Quick answer
Who is Cara Delevingne?
Cara Delevingne (born 12 August 1992 in Hammersmith, United Kingdom) is an English model and actress who was a defining runway presence of the early 2010s. Cara Delevingne is ranked #26 on The Cast Index Global 50, with an Index Rating of 85.6 out of 100 in the 5 October 2026 snapshot.
At a glance
How old and how tall is Cara Delevingne?
Cara Delevingne was born on 12 August 1992 in Hammersmith, United Kingdom, which makes Cara 34 as of 5 October 2026. Cara Delevingne’s recorded height is 176 cm (5 ft 9 in), according to Wikidata. Agency measurements can differ slightly.
- Born
- 12 August 1992 (age 34)
- Birthplace
- Hammersmith, United Kingdom
- Height
- 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Disciplines
- Runway, Campaigns
- Cast Index status
- #26 · 85.6 / 100
- @caradelevingne
Birth date, birthplace and height from Wikidata (Q1395624), retrieved . Agencies from the listed sources. Profile updated .
The perspective
What is Cara Delevingne known for?
A defining runway face of the early 2010s.
The published assessment
Where does Cara Delevingne rank on the Global 50?
Cara Delevingne is ranked #26 on The Cast Index Global 50, with an Index Rating of 85.6 out of 100 in the 5 October 2026 snapshot.
Each pillar reflects an editorial assessment of the published record. The weighted rating belongs to the snapshot.
Index Rating · Editorial pillars · Medium confidence · evidence reviewed
85.6
- Runway · 40%
- 76
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76 / 100 - Campaigns · 30%
- 92
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92 / 100 - Editorial · 20%
- 89
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89 / 100 - Cultural aura · 10%
- 98
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98 / 100
Evidence behind the assessment
- Current major-house campaign and cultural visibility qualifies within the rolling five-year window.
- Earlier runway authority is retained only at the published time-decay rate.
New work and corrections can change the assessment. A profile’s confidence label describes the depth of its source review.
Sources to explore
The runway record
Which shows has Cara Delevingne walked?
No show-by-show walks for Cara Delevingne are on the Cast Index ledger yet; the sources above give the career record.
A source-linked selection across seasons, rather than a complete booking history. Open the source for the original record.
A show-by-show record has not yet been added. The source links above provide the available career context.
Career & background
The story so far.
Biography last reviewed .
Early life
Cara Jocelyn Delevingne was born on 12 August 1992 in Hammersmith, London, to property developer Charles Hamar Delevingne and Pandora Stevens Delevingne. She has two older sisters, Chloe and Poppy Delevingne — Poppy also a model — and a paternal half-brother, Alexander Jaffe. Her first modelling assignment came at age 10, an editorial for Vogue Italia, though she then worked largely unpaid for about a year and endured two seasons of casting rejections.
She signed with Storm Management in 2009 after leaving Bedales School, and was discovered by Burberry designer Christopher Bailey, who gave her a runway debut in the house’s Autumn/Winter 2011 show at London Fashion Week.
Rapid rise, 2011–2013
Following her Burberry debut, Delevingne walked the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show and fronted campaigns for Chanel, Dior, Marc Jacobs, DKNY, Burberry, Tag Heuer, Pepe Jeans, Alexander Wang and Yves Saint Laurent in 2012, the same year she won Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards. In 2013 she walked Chanel’s Métiers d’Art show at Linlithgow Palace in Scotland and the house’s Cruise show in Singapore, collaborated with stylist Katie Grand and with Tod’s, and was named the year’s most-Googled fashion figure and most-reblogged model on Tumblr.
Peak earnings and a pivot to acting, 2014–2015
Delevingne won a second Model of the Year award at the British Fashion Awards in 2014, the same year Forbes ranked her 6th on its World’s Highest-Paid Models list at an estimated $3.5 million. In 2015 that figure rose to an estimated $9 million, placing her 2nd on Forbes’ list, even as she began reducing her runway commitments to focus increasingly on acting — a shift that would come to define the second half of her career, including roles in Suicide Squad and Carnival Row.
Continuing legacy
Across her modelling career, Delevingne appeared on covers including Vogue, V Magazine, British GQ, Vogue Paris, Elle UK, Elle Australia, The Wall Street Journal Magazine and Love Magazine, and remains one of the most recognised faces to emerge from the early-2010s British modelling generation.
At a glance
Quick facts.
- Born 12 August 1992 in Hammersmith, London; sister of fellow model Poppy Delevingne
- First modelling assignment at 10, a Vogue Italia editorial; runway debut at 19 in Burberry Prorsum’s Autumn/Winter 2011 show at London Fashion Week, after being discovered by designer Christopher Bailey
- Won Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards in both 2012 and 2014
- Ranked 2nd on Forbes’ World’s Highest-Paid Models list in 2015, with estimated earnings of $9 million
- Walked Chanel’s Métiers d’Art show at Linlithgow Palace, Scotland, in 2013
- Shifted her career balance toward acting from the mid-2010s, with roles including Suicide Squad and Carnival Row
