Kaia Jordan Gerber (born September 3, 2001) is an American model and actress.[4] After starring in a series of ad campaigns for fashion brands since debuting atFashion Week in 2017, Gerber won Model of the Year at theBritish Fashion Awards in 2018.[5] As an actress, she has appeared in supporting roles in the filmsBottoms (2023) andSaturday Night (2024). She is the second child and only daughter of the supermodelCindy Crawford and the businessmanRande Gerber.
Kaia Jordan Gerber was born on September 3, 2001, in Los Angeles, California. She is the younger of two children born to the supermodelCindy Crawford[6] and the businessmanRande Gerber.[7][8] She has an elder brother, Presley.[9]
Her mother, who is of German, English, French, and Danish ancestry, is aCongregationalist Christian[10][11] and her father is an American Jew. In a 2018 interview, she stated "my dad is Jewish and my mom is Christian so we grew up doing both; we call itChrismukah. I love learning about both of those sides of my life. We'd doPassover,Passover dinner andYom Kippur. I love learning all of that, and learning the cooking."[12][13][14] Through her mother, she is a descendant of EnglishPuritan settler Thomas Trowbridge, who helped establish theCongregational Church inNew Haven.[15]
When she was 10, Gerber landed her first modeling gig withVersace's junior line, Young Versace. She took online classes atMalibu High School.[16] She was part of the Young Versace S/S 12 campaign when she was only 10 years old.[17] Gerber made her acting debut at 15 inSister Cities as the young version of Carolina.[18] In July 2015, she signed under IMG models.[19]
Gerber appeared on the covers ofVogue Paris,Vogue Netherlands, andVogue India along with her mother Cindy in 2016.[20] In 2016, Gerber was also part of the Marc Jacobs "Daisy" fragrance advertisement and beauty fall campaign.[21] Gerber was also part of the Alexander Wang's S/S 16 campaign, and Chrome Hearts S/S 16 campaign.[21]
In 2017, Gerber appeared on the Teen Vogue Fall 2017 edition. In February 2018, Gerber appeared on the cover of Vogue Paris, in July 2018 on the cover of Vogue Italia and on October in the cover of Vogue Paris.[22]
In 2018, Gerber collaborated withKarl Lagerfeld to create the KarlxKaia collection,[27] her first collection. In 2018, Gerber won Model of the Year at the Fashion Awards.[28]
In 2019, Gerber starred inJimmy Choo's[29] spring/summer and fall/winter campaigns, theStella McCartney spring campaign and theFendi spring campaign. She also debuted as the new face of advertising campaigns and brand ambassador forYSL beauty.[30][31] Gerber also appeared on the cover of the British Vogue for the October Issue.[32] For the F/W 2019 season Gerber walked 26 fashion shows, opening 4 and closing 4.[33]
In 2020, Gerber starred in theLouis Vuitton "Twist bag" spring summer advertising campaign photographed byCraig McDean.[34] In 2020 Gerber appeared on her first American Vogue Cover for the April issue along with supermodelAdut Akech and also appeared on the cover of Vogue Italia for the May and September Issue.[35][36]
In 2023, Gerber covered the American andFrench editions ofElle[42] and starred in an advertising campaign forAlaïa.[43] She also appeared in the teen sex comedy filmBottoms alongsideRachel Sennott andAyo Edebiri.[44] It premiered atSouth by Southwest on March 11, 2023 to positive reviews.[45] It was released in the United States on August 25, 2023.[46] In 2024, Gerber appeared on the British Vogue for the March issue which featured 40 icons in the fashion industry.[47]
On March 20, 2024,Palm Royale debuted onApple TV+, with Gerber taking on the role of Mitzi, an aspiring model in 1969 Palm Beach. She appeared in the first 10 episodes of the show.
On April 6, 2024, Gerber appeared in a cameo role in theSaturday Night Live sketch "Pilates".[48]
In December 2025, Gerber was named Global Brand Ambassador forNARS Cosmetics. She fronts the brand’s Afterglow Lip Balm campaign, which was photographed by Nars founder and creative director François Nars.[49]
Gerber resides in New York City andMalibu.[50] She dated comedianPete Davidson from late 2019 until February 2020.[50] Gerber then datedJacob Elordi from September 2020 to November 2021.[51] Gerber began dating actorAustin Butler in December 2021.[52] In January 2025, it was reported the couple had split.[53] Gerber is currently dating actorLewis Pullman.[54]
^Freya Drohan (August 14, 2020)."Investor Group including Karlie Kloss and Kaia Gerber acquire W magazine".Daily Front Row.Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. RetrievedOctober 4, 2020.Sara Moonves, the glossy's first female editor in chief in its 50-year history, assembled the group, led by model and entrepreneur Karlie Kloss. Other celebrity investors include fashion fixtures Lewis Hamilton and 18-year-old Kaia Gerber.
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