Pouty Canadian celebrity temptress Estella Warren has packed quite some CV into her short life so far. Born in Peterborough, Ontario, on 23 December 1978, the daughter of an elementary school principal mother and a used car dealer father, she swam like a fish as a child. By the age of 12, she moved to Toronto to train with the national synchronized swimming team. She became three-time Canadian national champion and was solo bronze medallist at the 1995 Junior World Championships.

Estella had the chance to represent Canada at the 1996 Summer Olympics, but a high school fashion show changed all that. Spotted by a talent agent, who took a photo and sent it to a New York agency, Estella Warren soon had photographers begging at her door.

"I really wanted to go to the Olympics, but everyone wanted me to model for them, so I said what the hell, why not!" she recalls. A glittering modelling career followed, seeing her grace magazines like Sports Illustrated, Vogue, Vanity Fair and become the face on TV of perfume Chanel No.5. Sexy Estella, who was Maxim Magazine's Hottest Woman in 2000, decided to move to Los Angeles soon after to pursue an acting career. Numerous TV and movie roles have already followed, including parts in Driven alongside Sly Stallone and as Daena in the remake of Planet of the Apes.