| General info : | | Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid (born 25 July 1955, Mogadishu, Italian Somaliland), mononymously known as Iman ("faith" in Arabic), is a Somali fashion model, actress and entrepreneur.
A pioneer in the field of ethnic cosmetics, she is also noted for her philanthropic work.
She is the widow of English rock musician David Bowie, whom she married in 1992.
Iman was born Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid in Mogadishu, the capital of the Trust Territory of Somaliland. She was later renamed Iman at her grandfather's urging. Iman is the daughter of Marian and Mohamed Abdulmajid. Her father was a diplomat and a former Somali ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and her late mother was a gynecologist.
At the age of four, she was sent to boarding school in Egypt, where she spent most of her childhood and adolescence.
While still at university, Iman was discovered by American photographer Peter Beard, and subsequently moved to the United States to begin a modeling career.
Her first modeling assignment was for Vogue a year later in 1976. She soon landed some of the most prestigious magazine covers, establishing herself as a supermodel.
After almost two decades of modeling, Iman started her own cosmetics firm in 1994. Iman Cosmetics was a US$25-million-a-year business by 2010.
Iman twice appeared in Miami Vice, playing Dakotah in Back in the World (1985) and Lois Blyth in Love At First Sight (1988). She also had a guest role as Mrs. Montgomery on The Cosby Show (1985). In 1988, she appeared as Marie Babineaux on an episode of In the Heat of the Night.
In the mid-2000s, Iman spent two years as the host of Bravo TV's fashion-themed show, Project Runway Canada. In November 2010, she along with friend and colleague, designer Isaac Mizrahi, also began hosting the second season of The Fashion Show. Bravo started the series to replace its former hit Project Runway that has now moved to the Lifetime network.
An occasional actress, Iman first featured in the 1979 British film The Human Factor, and had a bit part in the 1985 Oscar-winning film Out of Africa starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. She then portrayed Nina Beka in the 1987 thriller No Way Out with Kevin Costner, Hedy in the Michael Caine comedy Surrender the same year. During her first year in Hollywood in 1991, Iman worked on several successive film productions. Among these was the Tim Hunter-directed Lies of the Twins and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, where she played a shapeshifting alien. Iman also dabbled in some comedic roles, appearing in The Linguini Incident the same year opposite her then fiancé David Bowie. Additionally, she had smaller parts in the 1991 comedy House Party 2 and the 1994 comedy/romance film Exit to Eden. | |
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| Relations : | | Married to : Spencer Haywoodm. 1977 - div. 1987 | |
| Relations : | | Married to : David Bowiem. 1992 - 2016 (his death) | |
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