Jade Foret

Jade Foret (born 26 September 1990) is a Belgian model whose family roots are in France.^[1] She is the wife of French businessman Arnaud Lagardère.^[2]

Jade Foret
Jade Foret on holidays in the US - July 2011
Born	(1990-09-26) 26 September 1990 (age 34) Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium
Spouse	Arnaud Lagardère ​ (m. 2013)​
Children	3
Modeling information
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Blue
Agency	Iconic Management

Biography

She is the daughter of Maïté Foret, the fourth child of a family of five.^[1] She started modelling at the young age of 12^[3] with the Newmodels agency in 2003. At age 13, in 2004, she became famous in Belgium for a backless picture which was displayed as a gigantic poster for the Levis paint brand (100 m by 20) on the Madou Plaza Tower in Brussels.^[4] At the same age, she went on the catwalk for Armani in Italy.^[5]

In 2009, she had a short and stormy liaison with soccer player Émile Mpenza,^[6] which concluded bitterly.^[7] She continued working as a top model and decided to move to New York. She joined the agency One Management.^[8] She also tried singing and played bit parts in films and on television.

In 2010, she met businessman Arnaud Lagardère and became his partner.^[2] They both appeared in a short making-of of a photo shoot in Lagardère's country residence in Rambouillet^[9] in July 2011 for the Belgian daily Le Soir.^[10] This video became an instant Internet phenomenon.^[1] It also led some employees from the industrial conglomerate of Arnaud Lagardère to challenge his ability to manage the group.^[11]

In May 2012, Arnaud Lagardère confirmed that the couple will marry soon and was expecting a baby in September 2012.^[12] The baby girl, Liva, was born on 16 September 2012. They married in Paris on 24 May 2013.^[13]

They have also a second daughter, Mila (born 9 March 2014) and a son, Nolan (born 16 January 2016).

Filmography

• Louis la Brocante - "Louis et la belle brocante" (2008) : girl at the bar
• Traceless (Sans laisser de traces) (2010) : Russian girl

Books

Graphic novels

Amber Blake series

In French

1. La Fille de Merton Castle (2017) with Jackson Guice - Glénat Editions - ISBN 978-2344016190
2. Opération Cleverland (2018) with Jackson Guice - Glénat Editions - ISBN 978-2344024430
3. Opération Dragonfly (2022) with Jackson Guice - Glénat Editions - ISBN 978-2344052068

In English

• Amber Blake (compilation of La Fille de Merton Castle and Opération Cleverland) (2019) - IDW Publishing - ISBN 978-1684055371