Add it to your IMDb page. Find out more at IMDbPro ». How Much Have You Seen? How much of Christy Turlington's work have you seen? Known For. No Woman, No Cry Director. The Supermodels Producer. Giving Birth in America Producer. Show all Hide all Show by Hide Show Producer 4 credits. Hide Show Actress 3 credits. Hide Show Director 2 credits. Hide Show Additional Crew 1 credit. Turlington Burns says her mother Elizabeth, who worked on an AIDS hotline in the s, was an early inspiration for her activism.
Christy herself did advocacy work on tobacco-related health issues after her father Dwain died of lung cancer; she smoked for about 10 years, from her teens into her twenties, adopting the habit from her dad. Back then there were no cell phones, so models drank coffee and smoked cigarettes.
It's so weird to see images of my younger self smoking—it has nothing to do with who I am. Dwain was a pilot, and later a trainer for pilots. Elizabeth was a flight attendant originally from El Salvador , then a homemaker. The family lived in Northern California and later Miami.
The young Turlington was sporty and loved riding horses "to be able to have solitude. The family traveled widely, something that Turlington Burns still loves to do for pleasure as well as work. I like to be in remote places where there's no internet—and oftentimes no hot water," she says, laughing. Turlington was discovered at 13 and arrived in New York circa , quickly meeting people who, like her, were on the verge of massive success. Of photographer Steven Meisel she says, "I remember him numbering prints and working out what the value of his work would be down the line.
Her mother chaperoned her when she was a young model, but soon enough Turlington was taking care of herself and living independently. Naomi Campbell was once her roommate. When her father fell ill several years later, her sisters had just had children, so Turlington took a very active role in his care for the six months from his diagnosis to his death, at age I was able to provide stability for my family.
If anyone calls me a philanthropist, I say I'm not. Attending school was Turlington's exit strategy from modeling, which she "minimized" significantly when—after studying comparative religion and eastern philosophy at New York University and graduating cum laude in —she set up her first two businesses: a skincare line based on ayurvedic principles and a yoga apparel line with Puma.
She recently wrote a recommendation letter to NYU for a young woman who could be considered her heir apparent in the supermodeling-as-a-mere-first-chapter category: Karlie Kloss. But even though Turlington's ambitions did not end with modeling, she appreciates the industry that first showed her how to take the reins of a career.
My success meant I could dictate the people I wanted to be with and the company I wanted to spend time with," she says. Patricia Herrera Lansing has known Turlington Burns since the latter first modeled for Lansing's mother, Carolina Herrera, wearing a black and white polka dot halter neck evening dress, at a New York fashion show when Herrera Lansing was The woman Turlington has grown into, Herrera Lansing says, is a master, along with her husband, of balancing professional life, family, and glamour.
It was special. Speaking to Turlington, you might expect that decades in the blaze of the fashion industry would have had a defining influence on her, especially when it comes to her self-image. But, in her signature down-to-earth manner, it turns out that getting older has been the true catalyst. Earlier on in my career, I did go through some phases where I would think, 'let me try this look on', or 'let me see what it feels like'.
Now, I just think I have a better sense of who I am and what I like and that doesn't have as much variation anymore. I think when you are trying to discover who you are and who you are trying to attract or appeal to, you change things.
But, then there comes a point when you do things just because they feel good. The same is true for her fitness routine, which has more or less remained consistent since her teenage years. Having always been sporty running, soccer and horse-riding were a big part of her childhood, while a love of yoga came later as a young adult , fitness has always been an important part of her life.
So, I started running a little bit to help with jet lag and it allowed me to get out and see the places where I was working. She continued: "Running and yoga are really my mainstays now.
During Covid, it has been so great to have those outlets for dealing with the world. But, I've also gone on to do lots of marathons, so it's been fun to try and push myself and compete in a way as I have got older. Your relationship with fitness and wellness evolves like anything else in your life. I feel I have all the tools I need at this point.
There are lots of different training programs — we now have a coach that creates them for Every Mother Counts. This is my ninth New York Marathon, and I have a sense of what has worked well for me in the past, and I know my body. I just did 20 miles, so once you do your longest distance, then you start to taper off before the full marathon. But this time around, I have been using a Polar watch because somebody recommended it to me over the summer.
I like being more attuned to my heart rate and the way I recover from running. There are a lot of products out there for that, too, that have caffeine, or lots of extra stuff, and I just find it can be intense on your stomach.
Some of it is also problematic to eat. Like one time, I had a PowerBar, but I could barely bite into it, so I ended up running with it most of the rest of the race. On being present in the moment: With any race, I just try to be as prepared as possible and not get attached to an outcome.
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