Emma Heming Willis
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{{Short description|British and American model (born 1978)}}
{{Distinguish|Emma Willis}}
{{Infobox model
| name = Emma Heming Willis
| birth_name = Emma Frances Heming
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|6|18}}
| birth_place = Malta
|nationality=British / American
| occupation = Model, actress, businesswoman
| years_active = 1991–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Bruce Willis|2009}}
| children = 2
| height = {{convert|1.78|m|abbr=on|order=flip}}
| hair_color = Brown
| eye_color = Brown
| agency = {{Plainlist|
- The Lions (New York, Los Angeles)
- Visage Management (Zürich){{cite web|url=https://models.com/models/Emma-Heming |title=Emma Heming - Model Profile - Photos & latest news |publisher=Models.com}}
}}
}}
Emma Frances Heming Willis{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/mixfmgy/photos/a.663883810349669/1250614588343252/?type=3|title=Mix FM Guyana|publisher=Facebook}} ({{née}} Heming; born June 18, 1978) is a British-American model, actress and businesswoman.{{Cite web |title=Who Is Bruce Willis' Wife Emma Heming? Everything to Know About the 'Die Hard' Actor's Spouse |date=March 8, 2023 |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bruce-willis-wife-emma-heming-124913021.html |access-date=March 19, 2023|agency=Yahoo! Entertainment}}{{Cite web |last=Reed |first=Sam |date=2018-01-29 |title=Emma Heming Willis, Wife of Bruce Willis, Signs With The Lions Model Management |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/emma-heming-willis-wife-bruce-willis-signs-lions-model-management-1078979/ |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
Early life
Emma Frances Heming was born on June 18, 1978 in Malta{{Cite web|url=https://emmahemingwillis.com/about-me/|title=About me - Emma Heming Willis|access-date=April 5, 2022}} to a British father and a Guyanese mother (of Indo-Guyanese ethnic origin). She was raised in north London and California.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1913470/Emma-Heming-Bruce-Williss-girlfriend-models-for-La-Senza.html|title=Emma Heming, Bruce Willis' girlfriend, models for La Senza|date=April 30, 2008|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=February 5, 2013}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.thenewpotato.com/2015/07/28/emma-heming-willis-2015/|title=Emma Heming Willis: Cooking With Bruce Willis, Bruce-isms & The Importance of Coconut Oil & Charcuterie|work=The New Potato |date=July 28, 2015}}
Career
In the early 1990s, Heming was discovered in the British morning television show, The Big Breakfast's "The British Elle Supermodel" competition, with Lorraine Ashton model agency, which she won.
She was a spokesmodel for the Canadian lingerie retailer La Senza and has appeared in advertisements, including for Dior Bronze, Escada, Gap, Garnier, Intimissimi, John Frieda, Palmers, and Redken.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1913470/Emma-Heming,-Bruce-Willis'-girlfriend,-models-for-La-Senza.html Emma Heming, Bruce Willis' girlfriend models for La Senza]{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, The Daily Telegraph, April 30, 2008. Retrieved on May 17, 2008. She has appeared on the covers of Elle (Spain, France and Turkey), Elle Décor,{{Cite web |title=Elle Decor November 2017 Cover (Elle Décor) |url=https://models.com/work/various-covers-elle-decor-november-2017-cover |access-date=March 19, 2023 |website=MODELS.com}} Glamour, Shape, Town and Country, and W.{{Cite magazine |title=Bruce & Emma |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/gallery/bruce-emma-willis-ss |access-date=March 19, 2023 |magazine=W}} In 2005, Maxim magazine placed her at number 86 in its "Top 100" list of the world’s most beautiful women.{{Cite web |date=2005-05-01 |title=2005 Hot 100 List - Maxim |url=https://www.maxim.com/women/2005-hot-100-post/ |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=www.maxim.com |language=en-US}} She has also walked the runway at fashion shows for brands such as Herve Leger, John Galliano, Paco Rabanne, Christian Dior, Chanel, Maska, Thierry Mugler, Valentino, Emanuel Ungaro, Ralph Lauren, and the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.{{cite web |url=http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/emma_heming/ |title= Emma Heming |publisher= Fashion Model Directory }} In 2014, she started writing a blog on her website, writing about motherhood, style, beauty and food.{{Cite web |title=Emma Heming Willis - Official Website & Blog |url=https://emmahemingwillis.com/ |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=Emma Heming Willis}} In January 2018, Heming Willis signed with The Lions Management.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-01-30 |title=The Lions... |url=https://emmahemingwillis.com/the-lions/ |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=Emma Heming Willis}}
In 2016, Heming Willis founded a vegan, sustainably created and chemical-free skin care brand called Coco Baba.{{Cite web |date=2018-04-30 |title=MAMA-OF-THE-MOMENT: Emma Heming Willis, Creator of CocoBaba |url=http://www.mamaandtata.com/blog/2018/4/25/mama-of-the-moment-emma-willis-creator-of-cocobaba |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=Mama & Tata |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2016-09-28 |title=CocoBaba Has Arrived... |url=https://emmahemingwillis.com/cocobaba-has-arrived/ |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=Emma Heming Willis}} Heming Willis and her husband Bruce teamed up with LR Health & Beauty to create fragrances. In 2012, Bruce launched his first women's fragrance, "Lovingly by Bruce Willis", with Heming-Willis starring in the perfume's advertisements.{{Cite web |date=2012-02-23 |title="Lovingly by Bruce Willis" – A tribute to Love - LR Health & Beauty Systems Launches the First Global Fragrance for Women from Bruce Willis |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120223005054/en/Lovingly-by-Bruce-Willis-%E2%80%93-A-tribute-to-Love---LR-Health-Beauty-Systems-Launches-the-First-Global-Fragrance-for-Women-from-Bruce-Willis |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=www.businesswire.com |language=en}} In 2016, she launched "Lightning Collection" in collaboration with LR Health & Beauty, consisting of three perfume compositions.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-10-29 |title=LR Health Extends Cooperation With Emma Heming-Willis, Bruce Willis & Cristina Ferreira |url=https://www.businessforhome.org/2019/10/lr-health-extends-cooperation-with-emma-heming-willis-bruce-willis-cristina-ferreira/ |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=Direct Selling Facts, Figures and News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Emma Heming-Willis - Lightning Collection |url=https://lr-onlineshop24.de/?k=363&lang=eng |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=Emma Heming-Willis - Lightning Collection |language=en}} In 2023, Heming Willis and Helen Christoni founded a wellness brand, Make Time, which sells supplements and vitamins focused on brain health.{{Cite web |last=Directo-Meston |first=Danielle |date=2024-01-31 |title=Emma Heming Willis On How Her Wellness Brand's New Podcast Is Championing Women's Brain Health |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/shopping/emma-heming-willis-womens-wellness-brand-launches-make-time-podcast-1235811051/ |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} Make Time partners with Hilarity for Charity, a nonprofit organization, which supports families impacted by Alzheimer's disease and brain health research.
Her first book entitled The Unexpected Journey: Finding Hope and Purpose on the Caregiving Path, is set to be published by The Open Field on September 9, 2025.{{Cite web |title=The Unexpected Journey by Emma Heming Willis: 9780593833940 {{!}} PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/768943/the-unexpected-journey-by-emma-heming-willis/ |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=PenguinRandomhouse.com |language=en-US}}
Personal life
On March 21, 2009, Heming married actor Bruce Willis in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The ceremony was not legally binding and the couple were married again in a civil ceremony in Beverly Hills, six days later.{{cite web | url = http://www.today.com/id/29923036 | title = Bruce and Emma make marriage legal | publisher = Access Hollywood via Today | date= March 27, 2009 | access-date= December 18, 2013}} The couple have two daughters,{{cite magazine | url=https://people.com/parents/bruce-willis-and-emma-heming-willis-welcome-daughter/|title=Bruce Willis and Emma Heming welcome a Daughter|date=April 2, 2012|first=Elizabeth | last = Leonard| magazine=People|access-date=February 5, 2013}}{{Cite web |title=About me |url=https://emmahemingwillis.com/about-me/ |access-date=March 7, 2023 |website=Emma Heming Willis}} and Heming is also a stepmother to Willis' three elder daughters from his first marriage to Demi Moore.{{Cite news |last=Brisco |first=Elise |date=March 10, 2021 |title=Demi Moore praises ex-husband Bruce Willis' wife Emma as 'absolutely inspiring' |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/03/10/demi-moore-calls-ex-bruce-willis-wife-emma-absolutely-inspiring/6939206002/ |access-date=February 21, 2023 |newspaper=USA Today}}
= Advocacy =
In February 2023, Heming announced that Bruce Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD).{{Cite web |date=2023-11-11 |title=Emma Heming Willis Turned Her Pain Into Purpose After Bruce's Dementia Diagnosis. Here's What She's Learned Along the Way |url=https://www.mariashriversundaypaper.com/emma-heming-willis-ftd-op-ed/ |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=Sunday Paper PLUS |language=en}} She has since become an advocate for dementia awareness, support for the lived experience of FTD for care partners and families, and research to end FTD and all forms of neurodegenerative disease. On November 11, 2023, she wrote an op-ed about frontotemporal dementia and the lessons she has learned for Maria Shriver
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film and television roles | |||
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998
|Scrapbooks from Africa and Beyond | rowspan="2" |Herself |Model; Television film | |||
| 2001
|The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show |Model; Television special | |||
| 2001 | Perfume | Model #3 | Film |
| 2006 | Entourage | Girl at Club | Episode: "Three's Company" |
| 2007 | Perfect Stranger | Donna | Film |
| 2007 | The Comebacks | Megan | Film |
| 2013
|Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies |Herself |Television film; also as producer | |||
| 2013 | Red 2 | Kelly | Film |
Bibliography
= Authored articles =
- Heming Willis, Emma (November 11, 2023). [https://www.mariashriversundaypaper.com/emma-heming-willis-ftd-op-ed/ "Emma Heming Willis Turned Her Pain Into Purpose After Bruce’s Dementia Diagnosis. Here’s What She’s Learned Along the Way"]. Maria Shiver's Sunday Paper.
References
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External links
- {{Fashionmodel}}
- [http://emmahemingwillis.com/ Emma Heming Willis official Website]
- {{IMDb name|1081406}}
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