page_title: Noémie Lenoir
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Noémie Lenoir / Early life
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Noémie Lenoir au festival de Cannes
context_page_description: Noémie Lenoir is a French model and actress. She is known for her work with Gucci, L'Oréal, Next, Gap, Tommy Hilfiger, Victoria's Secret, Balmain Paris Hair Couture, and Marks and Spencer. She has been featured in a line-up of the world's most successful black models by photographer Annie Leibovitz.
context_section_description: Lenoir was born in Les Ulis, Essonne, France. Her mother comes from the French island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean, and has Malagasy ancestry. Her father is a French European retired electrician who later divorced her mother. Her family moved first to Gif-sur-Yvette and then to Palaiseau where she was discovered and started her career in modeling.
caption: Noémie Lenoir at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival
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