article_title name occupation yearsactive
neith hunter
 neith hunter actor 1986 - 1999
neith hunter

neith hunter is an american model and actress .
a creative child with a passion for art and writing , neith began her modeling career in the 80 's in her home town of san francisco , california , where she was discovered as a teen by french couturier hubert de givenchy and offered an exclusive contract to work for his house of givenchy in paris .
neith quickly became an international supermodel on runways and in print appearing regularly in publications such as vogue italia and victoria 's secret catalogs .
neith worked with photographers gian paolo barbieri , albert watson , sheila metzner , arthur elgort , guy bourdin , helmut newton , mario testino , irving penn , antonio guccioni , matthew rolston and steven meisel .
returning to the states , neith modeled in new york city for american vogue and became the signature model for avant-garde designer and fashion journalist , diane pernet , and worked extensively with photographer , herb ritts .
on route from a french vogue shoot with barbieri in tahiti , neith stopped over in los angeles for a meeting with director , daniel mann , who persuaded neith to join his acting group .
neith moved to l.a. to study with mann , while continuing to model .
working with ritts , neith collaborated on the iconic image , `` neith with tumbleweed '' , for his book , `` pictures '' , as well as , `` neith with shadows '' and images for ritts ' book , `` men / women '' .
neith also appeared in books by photographers matthew rolston and gian paolo barbieri .
helmut newton introduced neith to master sculptor , robert graham .
neith became graham 's muse and the two were a couple , during which time graham sculpted , sketched and photographed neith for such installations as the duke ellington memorial in central park and `` study for column 1 , '' in the rolfe courtyard , at ucla .
after appearing in various guest starring roles in television , film and theater with a lead in '' '' and a contract lead on `` one life to live '' , neith returned to her childhood passion when she set her sights on the california institute of the arts -lrb- calarts -rrb- and graduated with a bfa degree in studio art in 2002 .
neith has one child with songwriter andrew scandal and was married to author warren fahy in 2009 .
