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'', December 1999]] Naomi Campbell (born May 22 , 1970 , Streatham , South London , United Kingdom ) is a British Supermodel and Actress . Campbell attended the ''London Academy For Performing Arts''. She is of mostly Afro- Jamaica n heritage, though her father is also partially of Chinese descent. She has been a prominent Fashion Model on the Catwalk and in print advertising since the late 1980s . Campbell's first appearance to a wider public was in February 1978 when she was cast as a pupil to appear in a Music Video with Jamaican Reggae superstar Bob Marley for his song '' Is This Love? ''. She also posed nude for '' Playboy '' magazine and for a series of lesbian-erotic photos with Madonna in her book '' Sex ''. She also dated Robert De Niro in the 1990s . OTHER CAREER MOVES She is also a successful singer; her album ''Baby Woman'' sold over 1 million copies worldwide (mostly in Japan), and she was featured on Vanilla Ice 's single "Cool as Ice." She had previously appeared in George Michael 's Music Video , "Freedom '90", though she merely Lip-synched to his song along with other models rather than performing herself. In 1995, her collaboration with Toshinobu Kubota , ''LA LA LA LOVE SONG'', became a hit in Japan, with the single selling app. 1,856,000 copies. She has also appeared in music videos for artists such as Michael Jackson and Jay-Z . Campbell also co-authored the best-selling novel ''Swan'' and followed it up with a photography book titled ''Naomi''. PERSONAL LIFE In late 2004 she had a high profile relationship with for allegedly assaulting her assistant with a cell phone. She was charged with second-degree assault, a felony that carries a minimum sentence of one year in prison. {Link without Title} Campbell is purported to have had feuds with several celebrities: the most publicized of which are between herself and fellow supermodel Tyra Banks that had been going on for years. The two finally made up in 2005 on an episode of Banks' syndicated talk show '' The Tyra Banks Show ''. At the end of the 2005 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, Banks and other models exited the runway and Banks explained her emotions of the event being her last runway show as a fashion model; and as she was talking Campbell came to hug Banks and kiss her on the cheek. Campbell also had a rift with former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham , who publicly branded the model as a "massive cow" and a " Bitch " in 2000. They have since been photographed holding hands at a fashion show so a truce appears to have taken place. THE ''DAILY MIRROR'' COURT CASE In February 2001 pictures were published in the '' Daily Mirror '' newspaper showing Campbell leaving a Narcotics Anonymous meeting in London. In March of 2002 Campbell sued the paper citing a breach of confidentiality, as she was receiving treatment for Drug Addiction at the time. The ''Mirror'' claimed that the pictures were in the public interest as Campbell had denied having a drug problem publicly and had, up to that point, not been known or proved to be a drug addict. The High Court ruled in Campbell's favour and the ''Mirror'' was ordered to pay £3,500 in damages (although legal costs were thought to be around £500,000.) In October of 2002, the ''Mirror'' won an Appeal Court ruling that the photographs were indeed in the public interest. Campbell was ordered to pay the costs of the ''Mirror's'' legal fees, a cost of around £350,000. However, in May of 2004, the Law Lords overturned the Appeal Court ruling by a 3 to 2 majority, which reinstated the High Court's original decision, and Campbell was rewarded £3,500 and the £350,000 legal costs. The ''Mirror'''s legal cost is thought to be over £1,000,000. The case is also thought to be a landmark in the rights of Celebrities to privacy. ''Mirror'' editor Piers Morgan said at the time "This is a very good day for lying drug-abusing prima donnas who want to have their cake with the media, and the right to then shamelessly guzzle it with their Cristal champagne. Five senior judges found for the Mirror throughout the various hearings in this case, four for Naomi Campbell. Yet she wins. If ever there was a less deserving case for creating what is effectively a back door privacy law it would be Ms Campbell, but that's showbiz." {Link without Title} FILMOGRAPHY
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