Lily Cole: podcast appearances and interviews

Lily Luahana Cole, born on December 27, 1987, is an English actress, model, author, and entrepreneur. She began her modeling career as a teenager and was recognized by Vogue Paris in 2009 as one of the top 30 models of the 2000s. At the age of 16, she secured her first British Vogue cover and earned the title of Model of the Year at the 2004 British Fashion Awards. Throughout her modeling career, she worked with numerous renowned brands including Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Moschino. Her advertising campaigns featured brands such as Longchamp, Anna Sui, Rimmel, and Cacharel. Cole's transition into acting included her first leading role as Valentina in the 2009 film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. She also appeared in films like Passages, directed by Shekhar Kapur, and There Be Dragons, directed by Roland Joffé. In 2013, she founded impossible.com, an innovation group and incubator, initially functioning as a gift economy social network and later rebranded as Impossible People. As an author, she published the book Who Cares Wins in 2020, focusing on human impacts on the planet and responses to climate emergencies. The book was adapted into a podcast in 2021, where Cole hosts conversations with diverse guests to explore critical issues related to the environment, technology, food, mental health, and capitalism.