Devon Edwenna Aoki is an American model and actress. She was born on August 10, 1982 in New York City, New York. Aoki grew up in California and London, attending high school at The American School in London. Her Japanese father, Hiroaki "Rocky" Aoki, a former Olympic wrestler and her mother, Pamela Hilburger is a jewelry designer and a painter of German and English heritage. Aoki started modeling when she was 13 and that same year Aoki was introduced by her godmother to Kate Moss, who would later take the young model under her wing. Aoki has modeled for the fashion houses Lancôme, Chanel, Versace, despite her relatively short height for a runway model. Aoki has done ad campaigns for Chanel Ready-to-Wear, Chanel Couture by Karl Lagerfeld, Versace by Steven Meisel, YSL by Juergen Teller, Alessandro Dell'Acqua, Hugo Boss, Moschino, Ungaro, Fendi, Junko Shimada by Bettina Kimenda, Baby Phat by Kimora Lee Simmons, Lancome, Tiffanys and co. Early on in her career Aoki made cameo appearances in several music videos. She has also made a cameo appearance in the short films accompanying the Sean Lennon album, Friendly Fire. She also played Anna in 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead. Her acting career includes films like 2 Fast 2 Furious, D.E.B.S., Sin City, Dead or Alive, War and Mutant Chronicles. Aoki has been on the cover of I-D magazine three times. She was also the face of Lancome cosmetics for four years. Aoki posed for renowned Singaporean photographer Leslie Kee for Kee's 2006 charity photo-book "Super Stars", dedicated to the victims of the 2004 Asian tsunami disaster. The same year, Aoki posed for photographer Marc Baptiste’s book Nudes. In September 2007, it was announced she was designing jeans line for Levi's, although the line was only available in Asia. Aoki made a return to the runway, walking for the Chanel Pre-Fall 2008 show in London and the couture show in Paris Aoki lives on her own in Los Angeles. Her hobbies include writing poetry, playing the drums and tending to her two pet snakes. As of January 2011, Aoki is engaged to and expecting a baby with her fiancé, James Bailey.