Emily Ratajkowski

Who are Emily Ratajkowski parents?

Kathleen Balgley (mother)

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All of us know, that Emily’s parents played an important part in the formation of her personality. Let’s see, what is known about her parents. Her mother’s name is Kathleen Anne Balgley. She is a professor of English, who teaches at UCLA. Kathleen gained wide popularity as the mother of a star Emily Ratajkowski. The actress’s fans have already noticed that she inherited her charm and beauty from her mom. Emily always devotes warm loving posts to her mother on social media. She considers her “intellectual and emancipated”. Emily and her mother are sometimes caught by paparazzi, when they are spending time together in LA, walking down the streets, and visiting luxurious shops.

Kathy is a great supporter of her daughter. But she didn’t like Emily’s idea to become a model. She noticed the deep brain of her daughter and encouraged her to get some serious profession, like a brain surgeon, for example. But then she decided to let Emily follow her dreams – and now we enjoy watching her beautiful face and body on the screen.

John Ratajkowski (father)

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John David Ratajkowski is a doting father for Emily and a famous painter for the others. He grew up in San Diego, CA. In his early years, John was painting all the time. No wonder, that he chose art as his profession – he studied not just painting, but also sculpture and work with ceramics. His exhibitions in New York and Los Angeles are attended by many lovers of art. John’s hobby is the rebuilding of the houses. He restored the farmhouse in Ireland, and his only daughter Emily spent a lot of time there. From her father’s side, Ratajkowski has not just Polish, but also Jewish ancestry. Her father’s predecessors were Jewish, who lived in a village in Belarus.

Bio

The actress and model Emily Ratajkowski was catapulted to stardom after the release of the psychological drama “Gone Girl”, where she portrayed Andie, the mistress of the main character Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck). The movie was ranked as one of the best, released in 2014, and Emily enjoyed the first wave of international popularity. She did a lot of jobs, till she reached the status of a rising star.

Emily was born in London on June 7, 1991, in the family of Kathleen and John Ratajkowski. She is the only child in the family. She was still little when her parents moved to California, USA. Ratajkowski’s beauty has caught people’s eyes since her teens. She was signed by the model agency at the tender age of 14. Tall, slim girl with long dark hair and deep brown eyes was in great demand at Ford Models. Besides, she felt free to take her clothes off before the camera, which attracted even more attention to her.

The girl became initially popular after she had appeared nude in the Robin Thicke music video “Blurred Lines”. From that moment she was known as “Blurred Lines girl”. Later Emily called the video “the bane of my life”, as she wanted to be accepted as an actress, not as a hot looking woman.

She considered acting as a more interesting and creative activity for herself. In 2004 Emily debuted on TV with a role in the popular TV series “iCarly”. She acted on 2 episodes, but that was enough for her to fall in love with his activity. Later she featured on the projects “A Year and a Day”, “Love Advent” and others.

Nowadays she is a noticeable figure in the movie world. In 2019 she presented the criminal drama “Lying and Stealing”.