Kiera Chaplin (born 1 July 1982) is a British actress and model. She is also granddaughter of filmmaker Charlie Chaplin and great-granddaughter of author Eugene O'Neill.

Biography

Kiera Victoria Chaplin was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, as the eldest daughter of Eugene Chaplin and his wife, Bernadette. She grew up in the same town as her father, in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland, until her parents' divorce in the mid-1990s.Soon after, aged sixteen, she moved to Paris, where she was signed up by the modelling agency NEXT Model Management.

In her modelling career, Chaplin has appeared in fashion magazines such as Vogue and Elle as well as the 2002 Pirelli Calendar. She was awarded a "Lifestyle Icon" award by the Vienna Awards for Fashion and Lifestyle in 2010. In addition to modelling, Chaplin is a film actress and producer. She has a 30% stake in the Hollywood-based film company Limelight Productions, named after her grandfather's last American film, and has appeared in supporting roles in films such as The Importance of Being Earnest (2002), the Bollywood production Yatna (2005), the biopic Aimee Semple McPherson (2006), the Peter Fonda film Japan (2008) and the Italian drama Interno Giorno by Tommaso Rossellini (2011).

She has expressed interest in writing and developing new production projects. She eventually obtained a real estate license and became part of a larger company.