Caprice Bourret Biography

Caprice Bourret (born October 24, 1971) is an American born model, actress, television personality and businesswoman. She lives in London where she runs her company, By Caprice Lingerie Ltd.

Early life

Born into a Jewish family, Bourret grew up in Hacienda Heights, California. In 1996 she moved to the United Kingdom to launch her modelling career.

Career

Modelling

Bourret has appeared on more than 250 magazine covers which have included Vogue, GQ, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Maxim, FHM and the Swimsuit Issue of Sports Illustrated. She was named the world's sexiest woman by the News of the World, GQs Woman of the Year and Maxims International Woman of the Year for three consecutive years. She has been featured in television ad campaigns for Diet Coke and Pizza Hut alongside Jonathan Ross.

Lingerie line

In 2000, Bourret entered into a licensing agreement with Debenhams, lending her name to a lingerie range. However, in 2006, Bourret bought back her licence, invested her own money into the business and subsequently founded By Caprice Lingerie. Since then she has expanded into swimwear, sleepwear and bedding, amongst other products.

Film and TV

Caprice has appeared in a variety of film and television work. She starred in the HBO film Hollywood Flies and has also appeared in HBO's Nailing Vienna,Jinxed In Love also for HBO. Bourret has also appeared in the soap operas Hollyoaks, Dream Team for Sky 1 and in the English comedy show Hospital.

In 1998, Bourret hosted the UK television series, Caprice's Travels. The show followed Bourret's tour through several major holiday destinations around the world. Bourret has appeared on Friday Night's All Wright as well as several award shows, including the European MTV awards and the World Music Awards, the British National Television Awards in 1996, 1997 and 1998, and several series for the television channels VH1 and E! Entertainment Television. In 2000, she filmed the Channel 4 documentary Being Caprice, in which a hidden camera recorded her life for ten days. Also that year, she hosted an evening at The Oscars and hosted the red carpet event for the American Music Awards both live on ABC Network.

In early 2005, she appeared on Celebrity Big Brother but fell out with fellow contestant John McCririck. She continued to make appearances on companion show Big Brother's Little Brother until it switched channels in 2010.

She was a cast member on the fifth season of the VH1 reality series The Surreal Life and also appeared in the reality shows Celebrities Under Pressure, Celebrities Disfigured, Three Celebrities and a Baby, and Road Raja.

In June 2006, she starred in the English independent movie Perfect Woman, produced by Olympus Productions Limited. This followed an earlier appearance in the film The Man with Rain in His Shoes alongside Penélope Cruz.

In 2007, Bourret was a judge on Sky 1's Project Catwalk and Britain's Next Top Model. Three years later she took the role of head judge on TV3's show Style Wars in Ireland.

On November 13, 2008 she came joint second with Jimmy Osmond in a Celebrity Come Dine with Me episode that also featured Nicky Clarke and Nancy Sorrell.

In January 2013, Bourret had been announced as one of the fifteen contestants participating in the ITV reality diving show, Splash!. She became the second celebrity to be voted out on the second night of competition.

Theatre

Bourret starred on stage in the hit musical Rent playing Maureen at The Prince of Wales Theatre on the West End and also performed in The Vagina Monologues at the Arts Theatre in London's West End.

In South Africa, Bourret produced and starred in the off-Broadway production Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical playing the lead Lisa at the Tesson Theatre in Johannesburg in 2007.

Music

In 1999, Bourret was signed to Virgin Records and subsequently released her first pop single, "Oh Yeah" (UK #24), and then the 2001 follow-up single, "Once Around the Sun" (also UK #24). An album never appeared.

Filmography

Acting

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Hospital!	Cassandra	Channel 5 one-off comedy
1999	'	Dani West	Series regular, US TV series
2001	Bubbles	American woman	Short film
2001	Baywatch	Jackie Love	One-off episode
2002	Nailing Vienna	Crystal	British film
2004	Hollywood Flies	Cherie	Film
2004	Hollyoaks: After Hours	Saskia	Spin-off

Reality television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Friday Night's All Wight	Herself	Co-Presenter, TV series
1999	Bang Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer	Herself	Interviewed by Reeves and Mortimer as their characters "The Stotts".
2000	Being Caprice	Herself	Documentary
2002	Stars in Their Eyes	Herself/Nancy Sinatra	Celebrity Christmas Special
2002	Open House with Gloria Hunniford	Herself	1 episode
2003	'	Herself	Single guest interview series with Piers Morgan
2004	Road Raja	Herself	Driving reality show
2004	Loose Women	Herself	2 episodes, ITV
2004	GMTV	Herself	1 episode, ITV
2004	Celebrities Under Pressure	Herself	1 episode
2004	Sports Relief	Herself	1 episode
2005	Celebrity Big Brother 2005 (UK)	Herself
2005	'	Herself	2 episodes, CNBC
2005	'	Herself	US reality series
2005	Dirty Tricks	Herself	1 episode
2005	Ireland AM	Herself	1 episode
2005	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Herself	1 episode
2006	The Prince's Trust 30th Birthday: Live	Herself	One-off event
2007	Xposé	Herself	Entertainment series
2008	Come Dine With Me	Herself	1 episode, Channel 4 culinary reality show
2008	Cooking the Books	Herself	1 episode, Channel 5
2009	Hole in the Wall	Herself	1 episode
2009	Live from Studio Five	Herself	1 episode, Channel 5 live chat show
2009	9th Meteor Ireland Music Awards	Herself " Presenter	Music Awards show
2010	'	Herself	1 episode, BBC
2010	Big Brother's Little Brother	Herself " Guest Panelist	Multiple episodes, E4
2010	Style Wars	Herself	Judge of Irish Reality Show
2010	The King is Dead	Herself " Guest Panelist	1 episode, BBC
2010	The King is Dead	Herself	Contestant
2010	Celebrity Juice	Herself	Closerer Magazine Head
2010	The Panel	Herself	Guest
2010	Live from Studio Five	Herself	Guest
2011	Celebrity Juice	Herself	Guest
2011	OK! TV	Herself	Guest
2011	Xposé	Herself	Guest
2011	Daybreak (ITV)	Herself	Guest
2011	5 News	Herself	Guest
2013	Splash! (ITV)	Herself	Guest