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Twogenerations of stars lit up social media on Thursday in a photo posted byscreen legend Joan Collins. The 82-year-old former Dynasty star posted apic of herself with model turned actress Cara Delevingne, who just happens to beher goddaughter. “#ThrowbackThursdayguess who that little girl on my lap is? Sending masses of love @caradelevingne,”Joan captioned the picture.
Cara, whogrew up in London, hails from a British aristocratic family and started modelingfrom a young age, with sister Poppy also making a name for herself in theindustry. Cara has morerecently become a household name on the other side of the Atlantic, where she regularly hangs out with a glam squad, including Taylor Swift, model Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner.
She’s alsobecoming a more familiar face in Hollywood and has several movies coming out in course of the next year, including Paper Towns, scheduled for release next month,and the much awaited next Batman film, Suicide Squad. In total, over thenext two years Cara will appear in at least seven films.
To top off her incrediblybusy year, Cara appeared as Vogue’s July cover girl, telling the magazine thatacting is her real love. “The thrillof acting is making a character real,” she said. “Modeling is the opposite ofreal. It’s being fake in front of the camera.”
Joan speaks highly of her goddaughter, saying that she's natural and down-to-earth Photo: Getty Images
Cara, who recentlyleft her modeling agency, according to Harper's, has made no secret of her acting ambition. “People canput you in whatever box: model, whatever,” she told the New York Times. “But ifI just keep going and actually do it well, which I hope I can, then I hopepeople will give me more movies — and I’ll win an Oscar!”
Joan, afellow Brit who was made a dame this past spring, is one of Cara's biggest supporters. “I saw Caralast night and she doesn’t need any advice,” Joan told the Express in 2013. ““She is the most natural and down-to-earth girl you could ever meet. You wouldnever believe she is a top model. I am very proud, and I think it is wonderfulwhat she has done.”