Jules Asner
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Jules Asner | |
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Born | Julie Ann White February 14, 1968 Tempe, Arizona |
Spouse(s) | Steven Soderbergh (2003–present) |
Jules Asner is an American television personality, writer, and former fashion model. She is also the wife of movie director Steven Soderbergh, whom she married on May 10, 2003.[1]
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[edit] Early life
Jules Asner was born Julie Ann White on February 14, 1968, in Tempe, Arizona. In 1986, Jules graduated from McClintock High School in Tempe. She has earned a degree in politics and journalism from UCLA.[2] At the age of sixteen Jules was discovered at a modeling convention in Scottsdale, Arizona
[edit] Career
Jules began her career as an Elite model. Jules and Cindy Crawford shared a bunkroom in the early years of her modeling career.[2]
Jules was a long-time E! Entertainment Television channel personality, hosting Wild On!, Revealed with Jules Asner, and E! News Live. Before joining E!, Jules was an entertainment reporter for Good Morning England, HCTV, Reuters Television, The Entertainment Show, and Extra.
The Weinstein Company/Miramax Books purchased the publishing rights to her first novel, Whacked. The book is due to be released June 3, 2008.[3] In her thirties, the former model was sometimes included in magazine rankings of "sexy" women:
- Maxim magazine's Girls of Maxim gallery
- FHM-US's 100 Sexiest Women 2001 Ranked number 91
- FHM-US's 100 Sexiest Women 2002 Ranked number 51
- FHM-US's 100 Sexiest Women 2003 Ranked number 82
[edit] References
- ^ Gary Susman. "Out of Sight", Entertainment Weekly, 2003-05-13.
- ^ a b Biography for Jules Asner. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
- ^ Jules Asner (June 3, 2008), Whacked, New York: Weinstein Books, ISBN 978-160286017-9