Lauren Gold

Lauren Gold grew up in England with her mother, a former model, and her brother and sister Frances. Growing up, Gold was in awe of her mother, a top model in the 1960s, whose pictures adorned their house. As early as age two, she was "obsessed with dressing up" and posing in front of the camera. At age 13, Gold's mother submitted her along with her siblings' pictures to modeling agencies. However, Gold was the only one who wanted to pursue modeling as a career. When Gold was 13, she signed with her first agency, Now Models. When Gold was a teenager, she attended an all-girls school, which was very strict about her grades and attendance. She was given time off school to pursue her modeling, with the proviso that she keep her grades up. Much of her initial modeling work was during her school holidays. Early in her career, she appeared in music videos by Roxette and MJ Cole ("Crazy Love") as well as adverts for Marks & Spencer and Next. Eventually, Gold moved on to top fashion agency Select Model Management in London but spent a large portion of her career with Take 2 Model Management. Gold signed with now defunct Take 2 Model Management who represented top fashion models such as Natalia Vodianova, Esther Canadas, and Jacquetta Wheeler. While at Take 2, Gold branched out as both an editorial model as well as a commercial model. Despite being an fashion model, Gold has appeared in men's magazine Maxim as well as advertisements for Coca-Cola and Vodafone. In October 2005, she walked in the Agent Provocateur Charity Fashion Show in London. The following year Gold left Take 2 and signed with NEXT London. With Next, Gold landed her most lucrative endorsement deal to date with La Senza. She has been featured on the website, catalogs, and advertisements for the lingerie company. Despite filming for Dream Team, Gold continued to land campaigns including Truworths in South Africa. In 2007, she was featured in two commercials for Norwegian eye wear brand, Brilleland. In addition, Gold took part of the Amber Fashion-Grand Prix and Fashion Unite. Gold along with Petra Nemcova, Jessica Sjöö, Tereza Maxová, and Lena Gercke walked in the Charity Fashion Show in Monaco. In 2008, Gold signed to Models 1. That same year, Gold became the editorial face of Pantene Pro-V Shine in the United Kingdom. Since then, Gold has featured in editorial advertisements for Jockey Underwear, Triumph International, and Wonderbra. In 2010, Gold was featured in an advertorial for Elizabeth Arden as well as a British commercial for Lenor Fabric Softener. In late 2010, Gold could be seen modeling for British Clothing Company East Ltd. In September 2010, Gold was featured in an editorial spread for She Magazine in the United Kingdom. Additionally, she signed with Cathy Quinn Models in New York. Currently, she signed to Models 1 in London, Cathy Quinn Models in New York, Unity Models in Hamburg, Modelwerk in Munich, Central Models in Lisbon, Francina in Barcelona, Stockholmsgruppen in Stockholm, MC2 in Tel Aviv, Shine Group in Johannesburg, Image Models in Athens,and IMM Models in Brussels. Gold's first acting role was playing a footballer's girlfriend named Scarlett on the show Dream Team. She was a regular during the 2005-2006 series. Gold was quoted as saying, "Well, initially I auditioned for the part of Chloe and they DT called me back a week later to read Scarlett, so I guess it was meant to be. I did an episode a couple of years ago when I was modeling, I've watched it on and off since then." In that same interview, Gold was asked if she would like to be a footballer's wife, and responded, "I would hate to be a kept woman, all that lunching and shopping seems like such hard work." In 2008, Gold starred in the horror film Beyond the Rave as Lucretia. Also in 2008, she appeared in an arts film made by Angelo Valentino sponsored by Brockmans Gin which was shown in Cannes.