Life and career

Chapman was born in London, England, the daughter of Caroline Wonfor, a journalist, and Brian Chapman, a multi-millionaire businessman and owner of the organic coffee company Percol. Chapman grew up in Richmond, west London. Chapman attended Marlborough College in Wiltshire..

In college she lived in a Shepherd's Bush flat. In her twenties, Chapman modelled in Head & Shoulders and Soothers ads as well as music videos for Brit Pop band Pulp.

Chapman met future partner Keren Craig, while they were both students at Chelsea College of Art and Design. Chapman graduated from Wimbledon School of Art in 2001 and began her career as a costume designer. After graduation, Chapman appeared in various television shows and films.

In 2004, she and Craig launched Marchesa, named after socialite Marchesa Luisa Casati. Investors of the brand include Giuseppe Cipriani and Steve Witkoff. In 2006, the label was named one of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund's top ten finalists.

In 2010, she was named in Tatler’s top 10 best-dressed list.According to the "Sunday Times Rich List 2015," Georgina Chapman is worth £15 million.

In 2012, Chapman was featured as a judge on the premiere of Project Runway: All Stars. She reprised her role as judge for the first five seasons of the show.

Personal life

Chapman started dating film producer Harvey Weinstein in December 2004, after he left his first wife. They married on 15 December 2007 in Connecticut, USA. The couple splits their time between a West Village townhouse, a seafront home in Westport, Connecticut, and a mansion in Los Angeles. Chapman gave birth to the couple's first child, daughter India Pearl, on 30 August 2010. On 11 April 2013, they welcomed a son, Dashiell Max Robert.

Filmography

• Project Runway: All Stars (2012-present) - Herself, judge
• Gossip Girl (2009) .... Herself
• Awake (2007) .... Penny Carver
• The Nanny Diaries (2007) .... TriBeCa Fashionista
• Don't - Fake Trailer in between Planet Terror & Death Proof in Grindhouse (2007)
• Factory Girl (2006) .... Interviewer
• "Project Catwalk" (2006) TV Series .... Herself - Guest Panelist Season 1, Episode 9
• Derailed (2005/I) .... Candy
• The Business (2005) .... Carly
• Match Point (2005) .... Nola Co-Worker
• Danny the Dog (2005) .... Floozy 1
• Zemanovaload (2005) .... Jenna
• "Rosemary & Thyme" .... Celia Llewellyn (1 episode, 2004)
• The Italian Rapscallion (2004) TV Episode .... Celia Llewellyn
• Bride & Prejudice (2004) .... Anne
• A Soldier's Tunic (2004) .... Katherine Cranborn
• Piccadilly Jim (2004) .... Connie 1
• Shanghai Knights (2003) .... Debutante
• Sons & Lovers (2003) (TV) .... Louie
• Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (2002) (TV) .... Secretary
• Desire (2001) .... Eve

[ Source: Wikipedia ]