Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann


Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann is an American food editor and writer, fashion model, and socialite of Italian, Swedish, French and German descent. She is the daughter of Italian/Swedish actress and model Isabella Rossellini and Jonathan Wiedemann, an American. Her maternal grandparents were Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian film director Roberto Rossellini.

Early life

Wiedemann was born and raised in New York City. She has three half siblings from her father's second marriage. She also has a brother on her mother's side. She attended high school at the United Nations International School, where she became fluent in French. Growing up, Wiedemann suffered from scoliosis, a spinal condition that had also afflicted her mother, and had to wear a back brace 23 hours a day from the ages of 12 to 17.
She attended college at The New School, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations. She attended a two-year graduate school program at the London School of Economics in order to receive a master's degree in Biomedicine, Bioscience and Society.

Career

Wiedemann worked as a fashion model and spokesperson for over 10 years before . She was discovered by Bruce Weber and quickly became one of the industry's most coveted models, shooting with photographers such as Karl Lagerfeld, Patrick Demarchelier, Annie Leibovitz, Arthur Elgort, Mario Testino, and Craig McDean for magazines such as American Vogue, French Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, Another, ', GQ, ' and ', to name a few. She has also been a spokesmodel for Lancôme since 2004 and done ads for Lancôme makeup, fragrance, and skin care worldwide.
While she was modeling, Wiedemann attended graduate school at the London School of Economics, ultimately receiving her Masters of Science in Biomedicine, Biosciences and Society in 2010. Her MSc dissertation was an analysis of a biotech proposal known as Vertical Farming and the future of feeding urban populations in light of climate change. At the time, her dissertation was the first ever cross-disciplinary analysis of Vertical Farming, for which she received the top possible mark of a Distinction.
Upon graduation from the LSE, Wiedemann launched a pop-up restaurant, GOODNESS, which fused her passion for food with fashion. GOODNESS featured a different chef and different menu every day was an immediate success. GOODNESS popped up twice at NY Fashion Week and at Iceland's Design March Festival before turning into a show on Vogue's new channel. Guests included Blake Lively, Seth Meyers, Grace Coddington, and Karlie Kloss.
Wiedemann is the Executive Food Editor at Refinery29 as well as the founder and writer of , a food blog that navigates her desire to eat "good" food while balancing her severe impatience and goldfish-like attention span.
is where Wiedemann shares recipes she has created and/or tested herself that impatient cooks all over the world can easily recreate. Within just a few months of launch, Impatient Foodie was featured in numerous publications including Vogue, the New York Post, The Daily Mail , Elle US, ', , Yahoo! News, Madame Figaro and ', ' and Food and Wine Magazine. In January 2015, Wiedemann served as a brand ambassador for Moet & Chandon and was asked to create the recipes for two signature champagne cocktails to be served at the 72nd Golden Globes.
She has also written for publications including Refinery29, , Teen Vogue, SELF, Paper Magazine, , and .

Personal life

Wiedemann was married to restaurateur James Marshall from 2012 to 2015. She has a son, Ronin Hendrick Lane, with actor Caleb Lane.
She raced in several triathlons and three Half Ironman races. For her last race, she renounced energy gels and baked all her own, bite-size food for racing fuel and is convinced it helped her achieve her fastest 70.3 time.
She has a younger brother Roberto who also became a model.
She has an older cousin Tommaso who made two films, Interno Giorno, and Playing with Plays.