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Vendela Kirsebom
Born
Vendela Maria Kirsebom

(1967-01-12) 12 January 1967 (age 57)
Other names Vendela
Vendela K. Thommessen
Vendela K. Thomessen
Occupation Actress
Model
Years active 1988–present
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Spouse(s)
Olaf Thommessen
(m. 1996; separated 2007)
Petter Pilgaard
(m. 2022)
Children 2
Modeling information
Hair color Blonde
Eye color Blue

Vendela Maria Kirsebom (born 12 January 1967) is a Norwegian-Swedish model, television host, and actress.

Early life

Kirsebom was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to a Norwegian mother and a Turkish father.

At the age of 13, she was discovered in a Stockholm restaurant by Eileen Ford. At 18, she graduated from the Oslo Waldorf School («Rudolf Steinerskolen i Oslo») and moved to Italy to pursue a modeling career under the guidance of Ford Models.

Career

Kirsebom moved to New York City at age 20 and signed a six-year contract with Elizabeth Arden soon after, in addition to modeling for fashion brands in the United States and Europe. ..... In 1996, she became a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF.

Kirsebom appeared in Batman and Robin in 1997 as Nora Fries and played the bridal gown model in the 1998 movie The Parent Trap, starring Lindsay Lohan, Natasha Richardson, and Dennis Quaid. She was also featured in the Disney Channel's Model Behavior with Justin Timberlake and Maggie Lawson. Kirsebom appeared as herself in 1995 episodes of The Larry Sanders Show and Murphy Brown, and made a cameo as a "space villainess" in a "Pigs in Space" skit on Muppets Tonight. She also lent her voice to a fictionalized version of herself on Johnny Bravo.

In 1999, Kirsebom hosted the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen 1999, the competition that determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. From 2006 to 2008, she hosted the Norwegian version of Top Model, and also hosted the fourth cycle of the Swedish version in 2007.

Kirsebom released her autobiography in 2017. In 2023, she walked the runway for Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Runway Show at Miami Swim Week.

Personal life

Kirsebom was engaged to American film producer Jon Peters during the early 1990s. In 1996, she married Norwegian politician Olaf Thommessen, with whom she shares two daughters. They separated in 2007 after 11 years of marriage.

In 2019, Kirsebom got engaged to Petter Pilgaard and married him in June 2022 after a postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

In addition to Swedish, Norwegian and Danish, Kirsebom speaks German, Italian and English fluently.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Batman & Robin Nora Fries
1998 The Parent Trap Bridal Gown Model

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1988 Piazza Navona Ingrid Allberg Episode: "Cuore di ladro"
1992 Blossom Fairy Godmother Episode: "Driver's Education"
1995 Murphy Brown Vendela Episode: "Model Relationships"
1995 The Larry Sanders Show Episode: "The Bump"
1995 Dweebs Greta Nyquist Episode: "The Actress Show"
1996 Muppets Tonight Princess Vendela Episode: "Jason Alexander"
1997 Johnny Bravo Herself (voice) Episode: "Talk to Me, Baby"
1999 Melodifestivalen 1999 Host Television special
2000 The Wonderful World of Disney Herself Episode: "Model Behavior"
2000 Model Behavior Television film
2005 Romy and Michele: In the Beginning Television film
2005–2007 Top Model Sverige Host 4 episodes
2006–2008 Top Model Norge 3 episodes

See also

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