Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann

Wiedemann was born and raised in New York City. She has three half siblings from her father's second marriage. She also has a brother on her mother's side. She attended high school at the United Nations International School, where she became fluent in French. Growing up, Wiedemann suffered from scoliosis, a spinal condition that had also afflicted her mother, and had to wear a back brace 23 hours a day from the ages of 12 to 17.Elettra Wiedemann: [http://www.teenvogue.com/beauty/health-fitness/2013-08/elettra-wiedemann-struggle-with-scoliosis Model Elettra Wiedemann Opens up About Her Teenage Struggle with Scoliosis] on teenvogue.com, September 2013.

She attended college at The New School, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations. She attended a two-year graduate school program at the London School of Economics in order to receive a master's degree in Biomedicine, Bioscience and Society.{{cite news |title=Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann: a model daughter |work=London Telegraph|date=April 13, 2008 |access-date=April 24, 2008 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main.jhtml?xml=/fashion/2008/04/13/st_elettrawiedemann.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414150327/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main.jhtml?xml=/fashion/2008/04/13/st_elettrawiedemann.xml |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 14, 2008 | first=Daisy | last=Garnett}}{{cite news |first=David |last=Foxley |title=The Fauxcialites |work=The New York Observer |date=February 6, 2008 |access-date=April 24, 2008 |url=http://www.observer.com/2008/fauxcialites |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080412022152/http://www.observer.com/2008/fauxcialites |archive-date=April 12, 2008 }}

Wiedemann worked as a fashion model and spokesperson for over 10 years before Impatient Foodie. She was discovered by Bruce Weber and quickly became one of the industry's most coveted models, shooting with photographers such as Karl Lagerfeld, Patrick Demarchelier, Annie Leibovitz, Arthur Elgort, Mario Testino, and Craig McDean for magazines such as American Vogue, French Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, Another, Muse, GQ, the French and Italian editions of Elle, to name a few. She has also been a spokesmodel for Lancôme since 2004 and done ads for Lancôme makeup, fragrance, and skin care worldwide.

While she was modeling, Wiedemann attended graduate school at the London School of Economics (LSE), ultimately receiving her Masters of Science (MSc) in Biomedicine, Biosciences and Society in 2010. Her MSc dissertation was an analysis of a biotech proposal known as Vertical Farming and the future of feeding urban populations in light of climate change.

Upon graduation from the LSE, Wiedemann launched a pop-up restaurant, GOODNESS.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.papermag.com/2011/09/mmm_mmm_good_elettra_wiedmann.php|title=Mmm Mmm Good: Elettra Wiedemann On Her Fashion Week Pop-Up Resto Goodness|magazine=Paper|last=Ferguson|first=Sarah|date=September 8, 2011}} GOODNESS featured a different chef and different menu every day. GOODNESS popped up twice at NY Fashion Week and at Iceland's Design March Festival{{Cite web|url=https://www.tumblr.com/goodnesspopup|title=sadasdads|website=Tumblr|accessdate=July 12, 2024}}{{User-generated source|date=August 2022}} before turning into a show (Elettra's Goodness) on Vogue{{'}}s new channel. Guests included Blake Lively, Seth Meyers, Grace Coddington, and Karlie Kloss.

She has also written for publications including Refinery29, VICE Munchies, Teen Vogue, SELF, Paper Magazine, The Cut, and Cherry Bombe.[http://www.elettrawiedemann.com/ Elettra Wiedemann] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523161254/http://www.elettrawiedemann.com/ |date=May 23, 2015 }}. elettrawiedemann.com.

Wiedemann was married to restaurateur James Marshall from 2012 to 2015.{{cite magazine|last=Holt|first=Emily|date=August 21, 2021|title=City Love: Elettra Wiedemann and James Marshall's New York Nuptials|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/elettra-wiedemann-and-james-marshall-wedding-in-new-york-city|magazine=Vogue|access-date=June 16, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.contactmusic.com/elettra-wiedemann/news/isabella-rossellini-s-model-daughter-to-divorce_4919746|title=Isabella Rossellini's Model Daughter to Divorce|date=September 14, 2015|website=www.contactmusic.com|access-date=June 16, 2021}} She has two sons{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/elettrawiedemann/p/BddfTkhhAFB/|title=Elettra Wiedemann on Instagram|date=January 2, 2018|website=Instagram|access-date=June 16, 2021}} with actor Caleb Lane.{{cite magazine|last=VanHoose|first=Benjamin|date=June 14, 2021|title=Model Elettra Wiedemann, Granddaughter of Ingrid Bergman, Welcomes Baby Boy Viggo River|url=https://people.com/parents/elettra-wiedemann-welcomes-baby-son-viggo-river/|magazine=People|access-date=June 16, 2021}}

She raced in several triathlons and three Half Ironman races. For her last race (Ironman 70.3 in Lake Stevens), she renounced energy gels and baked all of her own bite-sized food for racing fuel, and is convinced it helped her achieve her fastest 70.3 time.

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