Gemma Ward

Gemma Ward Return to Modeling
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Gemma Ward's Return, Anna Sui's Baggage, and Sketches of the Summit

All the bits fit to print here, in our daily news roundup.
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All the bits fit to print here, in our daily news roundup.

  • Andrew Allen and Georg Petschnigg used their app Paper by Fifty Three to sketch moments from WWD's CEO Summit, like Karl Lagerfeld's Q&A with Bridget Foley. [WWD]

  • Will Gemma Ward return to modeling? [Perth Now]

  • Jason Wu won't accept outside investors anytime soon: "I've always grown based on whatever I can afford," Wu said. "I know what I'm spending. It's my money. It's kept me quite realistic in what I can do." [Washington Post]

  • Anna Sui resurrected a floral pattern originally used in her Spring 2009 collection for her luggage collaboration with Tumi. [Teen Vogue]

  • This year's Oscar nominees have been announced. [BuzzSugar]

  • Damien Hirst's signature polka dots adorn the statuette he designed for the 2013 Brit Awards. [Vogue UK]

  • Daniel Vosovic's target demographic is "the whiskey-drinking perfectionist." [Fashionista]

  • Dolce & Gabbana's Spring 2013 video captures the ideal Sicilian Summer holiday. [AnotherMag]

Gemma Ward on The Great Gatsby Set [Picture]
Gemma Ward

A First Look at Gemma Ward on The Great Gatsby Set

>> Gemma Ward has been captured on set — and in costume — of The Great Gatsby.
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>> Gemma Ward has been captured on set — and in costume — of The Great Gatsby. She is playing Catherine, sister of Myrtle Wilson (mechanic and garage owner George B. Wilson's unstable wife and Tom Buchanan's mistress), who is being played by Isla Fisher. The movie, which is currently filming, also stars Carey Mulligan, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Tobey Maguire and will premiere in November 2012. [Models.com]

Gemma Ward — Great Gatsby Movie Role Details
Gemma Ward

Gemma Ward's Great Gatsby Film Role Revealed

>> After two months of speculation, Gemma Ward's Great Gatsby film role has finally been confirmed.
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>> After two months of speculation, Gemma Ward's Great Gatsby film role has finally been confirmed. She's set to play Catherine, sister of Myrtle Wilson (mechanic and garage owner George B. Wilson's unstable wife and Tom Buchanan's mistress), who is being played by Isla Fisher. The film also stars Carey Mulligan, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Tobey Maguire, and is set to premiere in Nov. 2012. [Fashion Copious]

Gemma Ward in The Great Gatsby Movie
Gemma Ward

Gemma Ward Reportedly Cast in Upcoming Great Gatsby Film

>> Gemma Ward, who last appeared as a mermaid in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, has reportedly landed a new film role.
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>> Gemma Ward, who last appeared as a mermaid in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, has reportedly landed a new film role. She said to have been cast for a "significant" part in The Great Gatsby, which begins shooting in Sydney next week. The film, directed by her fellow Australian Baz Luhrmann, is scheduled to be out in theaters next year and stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby, Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan, and Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway. [Herald Sun]

Video of Gemma Ward's Scene in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Gemma Ward

Watch Gemma Ward's Scene in Pirates of the Caribbean

>> A video of Gemma Ward's scene as Tamara, queen of the mermaids, in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides has popped up, showing Ward singing "My Jolly Sailor Bold."
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>> A video of Gemma Ward's scene as Tamara, queen of the mermaids, in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides has popped up, showing Ward singing "My Jolly Sailor Bold." Ward describes her role as a “siren mermaid who uses song and her sensuousness to lure the sailors and ultimately bring them to her death. She’s kind of evil but alluring.”

See Gemma Ward's First Fashion Magazine Cover Since 2008
Gemma Ward

See Gemma Ward's First Fashion Magazine Cover Since 2008

>> Gemma Ward's last international fashion magazine cover was on the October 2008 issue of Spanish Marie Claire — and even then, she had been out of the spotlight for the better part of a year — but now, she's back with a supplement cover shot by Peter Ash Lee for Australian Harper's Bazaar's May 2011 issue.
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>> Gemma Ward's last international fashion magazine cover was on the October 2008 issue of Spanish Marie Claire — and even then, she had been out of the spotlight for the better part of a year — but now, she's back with a supplement cover shot by Peter Ash Lee for Australian Harper's Bazaar's May 2011 issue. Lee also shot her recently for a Australian Sunday Telegraph cover story, and it's possible that this cover image is from that same shoot — Ward appears to be wearing the same thing. In any case, both shoots have been promotional for the Perth-based play Ward is currently appearing in, rather than focusing on any kind of modeling comeback. [Jezebel]

Video: Gemma Ward at The Ugly One Press Conference; Reports of Modeling Comeback
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Watch Gemma Ward Speak at Her First Public Appearance in Three Years

>> After three years of shying away, Gemma Ward is slowly returning to the public eye.
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>> After three years of shying away, Gemma Ward is slowly returning to the public eye. A few weeks ago, she was featured on the cover of Australia's Sunday Telegraph magazine, and inside she explained of her absence, "I have taken a break from the media spotlight for the last few years, and it was something spurred by Heath [Ledger]'s death. We first met in New York and we were both struggling with things that I won't get into, and we bonded over that. I kind of met him at first and said, 'Listen my mum's living with me right now and I'm kind of going through a hard time and I'm not interested in having a serious relationship with somebody right now' and he was like, 'You know, um, let's just be there for each other through these hard times we're both going through.' And we developed a relationship and we started seeing each other."

That was in November 2007, when Ward was 20; she and Ledger spent Christmas in Perth, Australia, together before heading back to New York, where he passed away shortly after on Jan. 22, 2008. "There was no one like him — and no one will ever be like him," she continued. "I'm just so grateful I got to meet him and get as close as I did with him."

Ward, now 23, is slated to star in the Perth Theatre Company's play The Ugly One, for which she will be in Australia for three months; rehearsals began on Feb. 14 (she was snapped taking a break the first morning), and opening night is March 22. Yesterday, her promotional photos for the play were released, and Ward appeared in front of media for the first time since taking her break for the play's press conference in Perth — video, above.

Reporters at the conference were limited to one question, and anything relating to Ward's personal life or modeling career was off limits, but Ward recently reiterated that she plans to continue both her acting and modeling career after her stint in The Ugly One: "Yes, of course [I can do both]. It is interesting because as a model you do play a certain role and you know as an actor you play another role. I am very, very devoted to things that I'm passionate about. I think in terms of me shying away from modelling, I would like to clarify in some way that I was taking a break from many things in my life and obviously what people in the public see is that I'm pulling away from what is more public. But in the full capacity of my life, it was a reassessment of everything and I've made a commitment to myself to address some things that were coming up to do with Heath's passing and also things that were troubling me before we met. So it was a retreat from many things in my life and I did think it was important for me to focus on those things. I didn't know how long it would take. I didn't know if it would solve anything, but I set out to focus inside myself."

Meanwhile, she seems to be enjoying her return — as she said yesterday, “It’s nice to have a job where you’re laughing through the day, bouncing ideas and collaborating.”
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See a Peek at Mermaid Gemma Ward in Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides
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See a Peek at Mermaid Gemma Ward in Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides

>> A new trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which opens on May 20, 2011, just came out — complete with two peeks at Gemma Ward in her role as a mermaid named Tamara (at 1:52 and 2:07).
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>> A new trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which opens on May 20, 2011, just came out — complete with two peeks at Gemma Ward in her role as a mermaid named Tamara (at 1:52 and 2:07). It appears she's playing a evil temptress . . . [Deadline]

 

Gemma Ward Rumored to Have Landed Role in Bryan Singer's Upcoming Film Jack the Giant Killer
Gemma Ward

Gemma Ward Rumored to Have Landed Role in Bryan Singer's Upcoming Film Jack the Giant Killer

>> In honor of her 23rd birthday, a little Gemma Ward news.
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>> In honor of her 23rd birthday, a little Gemma Ward news. Ward, who recently shot scenes for Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides playing a mermaid, seems to be going after blockbuster roles. There's the Pirates role, a June audition for Mad Max 4: Fury Road, which so far doesn't seem to have panned out, and now, her IMDB profile lists her as a possible cast member of Jack the Giant Killer, which is to be directed by Bryan Singer (X-Men, The Usual Suspects, Valkyrie) and is scheduled to start shooting in the Spring. The film is a remake of the 1962 film of the same name and recounts the story of a boy who rescues a princess from evil sorcerers. Singer is said to be circling Kick-Ass's Aaron Johnson for male lead, and as for Ward, all attempts to reach her LA management were unreturned. [Frockwriter]