In the 1980s, Carré Otis became a household name after appearing on the cover of the French edition of Elle. After that, she was featured on the covers of magazines and walked the runway for several high-end labels.
Otis made her acting debut opposite her future husband and abuser Mickey Rourke in the 1989 film Wild Orchid. From 1992 until 1998, she was married to Mickey, an actor.
Their marriage was a source of constant media attention. Domestic violence led to Rourke’s imprisonment in 1994. After the breakup, she went back to her modeling career, landing another spread in Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit issue.
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Carré Otis Early Life And Education
Carre Otis entered this world on September 28, 1968, in San Francisco, California. She went to high school in Greenbrae, Marin County, before moving on to Marin Academy in San Rafael and then John Woolman School in Nevada City. It was at the age of 16 that she first escaped from her family. Chrisse is her older sister, and Jordan is her younger brother.
Carré Otis Modeling Career
Otis was scouted in San Francisco by Look Model Agency and signed with Elite Model Management in New York while she was living with an abusive boyfriend. In 1986, she became a household name after appearing on the cover of the French edition of Elle magazine and being sent to the Elite offices in Paris, France.
In the years that followed, Otis’s fame skyrocketed as she appeared on the covers of publications including Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Allure, Marie Claire, and Harper’s Bazaar. She was also featured in a 1996 calendar for the tire firm Pirelli, and in commercial campaigns for Guess and Calvin Klein.
Otis was in Playboy and the illustrious Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition in the year 2000. Meanwhile, she has walked the catwalk for a wide variety of high-end designers and labels, such as Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, Max Mara, Donna Karan, and Todd Oldham.
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Carré Otis Net Worth
In the United States, Carré Otis is a multi-talented model and actress who has amassed a net worth of $3 million.
Carré OtisActing Career
Otis made her acting debut beside her future husband Mickey Rourke in the racy 1989 picture Wild Orchid. Jacqueline Bisset, Bruce Greenwood, and Assumpta Serna also starred in the film.
The film’s explicit sexual content caused a stir, and the sale of stills from the film’s climax sex scene to Playboy just added fuel to the fire. Otis sued the “Wild Orchid” production company after they allegedly provided Playboy with the nude stills without her permission.
Otis and Rourke co-starred in a thriller called “Exit in Red” in 1997. The film also featured Anthony Michael Hall and Annabel Schofield.
Health Struggles And Recovery
Otis’s health problems have ranged from addiction to substances to food disorders. She began her journey back from anorexia nervosa in the early 2000s, and by 2008, she had gained enough weight to become a successful plus-size model.
As such, Otis was featured in editorials for Mode magazine and became the face of the plus-size women’s apparel line Marina Rinaldi. During National Eating Disorders Awareness Week in 2003, she was a spokesman for the cause. Otis also started representing the NEDA as an ambassador.
Carré Otis Personal Life
Otis wed Mickey Rourke, with whom she had worked in the film “Wild Orchid,” in 1992. Otis claims that the relationship was abusive and that Rourke threatened to kill himself if the two didn’t get married. Initially arrested for domestic violence in 1994, Rourke’s case was dismissed the following year. Their divorce was finalized in 1998.
Otis married Matthew Sutton, a chemical engineer, and environmental scientist, in 2005. They are parents to two little girls as a couple.
Memoir
Otis’s biography “Beauty, Disrupted,” co-written with Hugo Schwyzer, was released in 2011. The book centers on her life and modeling profession, shedding light on the many cases of abuse she suffered at the hands of the industry, including widespread allegations of sexual assault and rape by Gérald Marie, the CEO of Elite Model Management in Paris. If you want to read more updates so you can visit on TheActiveNews.Com.