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The first images I have of her are, interestingly enough, when she was quite young," Emma Ferrer says of her paternal grandmother, Audrey Hepburn. "I remember seeing a photo of her jumping on a trampoline—I believe this was before I understood that she was famous. But I remember thinking that she looked like a friend I wish I could have had."

Of course, Audrey Hepburn—or simply Audrey, as she will forever be known—has always been a luminous presence: She was a brilliant actress, a timeless style icon, and a tireless crusader for the world's underprivileged children as an International Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF. She was also a devoted mother who put aside her career at its peak to raise her two sons, Sean Ferrer, whose father was Audrey's first husband, the actor Mel Ferrer, and Luca Dotti, from her second marriage (to the Italian psychiatrist Andrea Dotti).

One thing that Audrey never had the chance to do, though, was enjoy the experience of being a grandmother. In late , she fell ill during a UNICEF trip to Somalia and died a few months later, in January , of a rare form of abdominal cancer.

Emma Kathleen Hepburn Ferrer, Audrey's first grandchild, was born in Switzerland in May of the following year to Sean and his then wife, Leila. Now 20, Emma is the eldest of Sean's three children and spent most of her adolescence in and around Florence, Italy, where Sean, who runs an agency that deals with intellectual property and is also a filmmaker and keeper of the Audrey flame, lives outside the city. (Luca, his wife, and their daughters occupy his mother's former apartment in Rome.)

"Muse" is an overused word these days, but that's exactly what Audrey was for the legendary photographer Richard Avedon. She was, in a word, his inspiration, and their interaction played out over a number of years in the s in the pages of Harper's Bazaar. Avedon photographed Audrey on the streets of Paris, in fashion stories, and

American artist and former model

Emma Kathleen Hepburn Ferrer (born in May ) is an American artist and former model.

Early life

Emma Kathleen Hepburn Ferrer was born in June , in Morges, Switzerland, the daughter of producer Sean Hepburn Ferrer and Leila Flannigan. She is the granddaughter of actors Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer. Her parents divorced when she was 6 years old. She has two younger half-siblings. Ferrer spent her childhood in Los Angeles and Florence, and briefly attended Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences. She previously studied ballet. She earned a degree from Italy's Florence Academy of Art.

Career

Ferrer made her magazine modeling debut on the cover of Harper's Bazaar September issue. Ferrer was signed by Storm Management. She additionally appeared in a number of editorial publications and campaigns, including Dior, Japanese luxury skincare brand Kosé, Givenchy, and Tiffany & Co. She played a supporting role in the feature film The Man in the Attic, a psychological thriller directed by Constantine Venetopoulos, released in Ferrer and her father both contributed to Audrey (), a documentary about her grandmother directed by Helena Coan.

Ferrer lived in New York City for 6 years from , where she worked as an art liaison and curator.

Ferrer currently resides in Italy since where she works as a professional artist.

Charity work

Ferrer is a spokesperson for UNICEF, and a UNHCR Ambassador to the United States. In December , Ferrer was the keynote speaker at a UNICEF ball, in a continuation of her grandmother's work with the organization. Ferrer does counseling work with female detainees at Rikers Island.

Style and works

Ferrer is a multi-mat