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Devon Edwenna Aoki, born August 10,
1982, is an American model and actress.
Early life: Aoki was born in New York City and
grew up in California, attending high school in London.
Her Japanese American father, Rocky Aoki, a former
Olympic wrestler, is the owner of the Benihana
restaurant chain.
Her mother, Pamela Hilburger, is a
jewellery designer of English and German heritage. Her
brother, Steve Aoki, is a well-known Los Angeles,
California DJ, and is the head of the Dim Mak record
label. She also has a sister.
Aoki was discovered in New York at a Rancid concert she
had gatecrashed. She began modeling at the age of
fourteen.
Career: She has modelled for the fashion houses
Lancôme, Chanel, and Versace. Aoki is 5 ft 5 in (165cm)
an almost unheard of height for runway models, who are
usually at least 5 ft 8 in tall and is known to be a
short model.
This strikingly beautiful model began her career in the
entertainment industry at the ripe age of 14. Daughter
to restauranter Rocky Aoki (owner of Benihana
restaurants) and a German/English mother, Aoki's exotic
look was favored by photographers and designers alike.
She has been featured as the face of numerous
advertising campaigns, which have included Chanel,
Verace, Wella, Cerruti and Moschino.
Aoki's natural progressing into television and film
commenced when she shot the sensational "Primal
Scream" video with Kate Moss. She made her feature
film debut in the action sequel "2 Fast 2
Furious" (2003) and later appeared in the
"Death of a Dynasty"(2003) a musical comedy
newcomer Damon Dash. After a turn as Dominique, one of
the plaid-skirted schoolgirl spys in the cult film
"D.E.B.S." (2005), Aoki appeared in a pivotal
role in director Robert Rodriguez and writer-artist
Frank Miller's visually arresting adaptation of Miller's
crime noir comic book series "Sin City"
(2005), playing "deadly little Miho," the
silent, samurai sword-wielding hooker from Old Town who
raises the body count significantly in the segment
"The Big Fat Kill."
Early on in her career Aoki made a cameo appearance in
Duran Duran's music video "Electric
Barbarella", Ginuwine's "In Those Jeans"
video and, later, in Ludacris's "Act a Fool".
Music from this video was featured in
the soundtrack of 2 Fast 2 Furious, which Ludacris and
Aoki both appeared in. In 2006, she made an appearance
in The Killers's video "Bones". Aoki has also
made a cameo appearance in the short films accompanying
the new Sean Lennon album, Friendly Fire.
Her film career includes films like 2 Fast 2 Furious,
D.E.B.S., Sin City and Dead or Alive. She did not have
her driver's license prior to filming 2 Fast 2 Furious
and had to learn to drive during filming. |
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