Claudia Schiffer (born August 25 , 1970 ) is a German supermodel and actress , who reached the height of her popularity during the 1990s .

Claudia Schiffer was born in Rheinberg , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany , and began modelling in 1987 , after being spotted in a nightclub in Düsseldorf . Just weeks later she appeared in ELLE and within a short time she began modelling for Chanel . In the early 1990s she starred in Guess? jeans adverts in North America. She has appeared in a number of films and has also appeared in the music video of Westlife 's cover of Billy Joel 's " Uptown Girl ," as the iconic uptown girl. In 1993, she appeared in the children's movie, Richie Rich.

Schiffer was engaged to the magician David Copperfield for about 6 years until 1999 when she met Tim Jefferies. The magazine, Paris Match, claimed their engagement was possibly contractual, but this assertion was later found to be dubious by a French Court.

On 25 May 2002 , she married film producer Matthew Vaughn , son of George Albert Harley Drummond (also known as George de Vere Drummond). Schiffer and Vaughn have two children together; son Caspar Matthew, born 30 January 2003 and daughter Clementine, born 11 November 2004 . They all now live in London.

• Claudia holds the record for the supermodel with the most magazine covers. She has graced over 900.
• Claudia chooses to support young designers by wearing their creations.
• Claudia spent two months in the Norfolk town of King's Lynn as a young girl, as part of a cultural exchange between the King Edward the Seventh Secondary School and a comprehensive in Lynn's twin town of Emmerich .
  She is 5' 11" tall.

Acting:

• Love Actually ( 2003 ) .... Carol
• In Pursuit ( 2001 ) .... Catherine Wells
• Life Without Dick ( 2001 ) .... Mary
• Black and White ( 1999 ) .... Greta
• Friends & Lovers ( 1999 ) .... Carla
• Desperate But Not Serious ( 1999 ) .... Gigi
• The Blackout ( 1997 ) .... Susan
• Ri¢hie Ri¢h ( 1994 ) .... Claudia, the Aerobics Instructor

(Source: Wikipedia )