Looking back at Emily Ratajkowski’s career, from 'Blurred Lines' to 'Gone Girl' and beyond

·Editor, Yahoo Entertainment

June 7, 2019 at 10:00 AM

Model and actress Emily Ratajkowski might feel very of the moment, but the truth is that she’s been working for more than a decade.

As she celebrates her 28th birthday on June 7, take a look back at her career so far:

Ratajkowski was already studying with an acting coach at 14, when she followed a suggestion to contact a modeling agency. She ultimately signed with Ford, but she didn’t forget about her first love.

Over the years, Ratajkowski has worked as both a model and an actress, including playing a role on Nickelodeon’s iCarly in 2009.

Both worlds collided when she starred in the video for Robin Thicke’s smash hit “Blurred Lines” in 2013. Like the song, the video was a big deal!

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Ratajkowski followed up her breakthrough role with a part in the much-anticipated 2014 movie Gone Girl and then, in 2015, We Are Your Friends, alongside Zac Efron.

Impressively, she made her debut as a runway model the same year.

“Right before I walked out on to the red carpet, [designer] Marc [Jacobs] tied the bow on my blouse and fixed my jacket and said, ‘This is the sweetest I've ever seen you.’ I could tell he was happy and full of energy, and it made me remember what I like about modeling: It's wonderful to be a part of an incredibly creative person's vision,” she told Vogue magazine at the time.