Cara Delevingne has certainly come a long way in her relatively short career.
The British model and actress' first major job was in Burberry’s 2011 Spring campaign (viaVogue).
Since then, the multi-talented star has racked up an impressive list of modeling jobs and acting roles.
She hasappeared inA-list movies likeAnna Karenina, Paper Towns,andValerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.
She even released a song in 2017, as reported byVogue.
Despite her stunning career success, Delevingne hasn’t always had a smooth ride.
While it may not have been easy, Delevingne has weathered every change in her life gracefully.
Want to learn more about how she became the woman she is today?
Here is the stunning transformation of Cara Delevingne.
It turns out, Delevingne’s mother, Pandora, had a relapsing heroin addiction.
Growing up with this shaped Delevingne’s life forever.
She spoke toVogueabout the impact her mother’s addiction had on her as a child.
“You grow up too quickly because you’re parenting your parents,” she explained.
“But it’s not something you get better from, I don’t think.”
Luckily, Delevingne had two sisters Poppy and Chloe to help her through her difficult childhood.
Her experience performing on stage caused her to have something of a lightbulb moment.
She had broken her wrist without even realizing it!
She explained, “Suddenly all this feeling came into my arm.
I was like,This is the power of acting.”
Sounds like this one pivotal moment in Delevingne’s childhood defined all of her future ambitions.
It turns out, her experience with depression began when she was young.
The star opened up toVogueabout how depression hit her suddenly as a teen.
Apparently, she was just 15 years old at the time.
“I just wanted to dematerialize and have someone sweep me away,” she said.
She was given strong medication and taken to therapists, but nothing seemed to help much.
While Delevingnelearned to manage her depression, the harrowing experience certainly shaped her as a person.
“It’s a huge part of who I am,” Delevingne toldVogue.
Apparently, Delevingne found modeling to be exactly the distraction she needed at the time.
She explained toElle,“Of course, no one can outrun depression …
But, at first, fashion seemed like a slightly ridiculous other world.”
Most people would assume thatthe modeling worldwould be an anxiety-inducing place for people with depression.
However, it wasn’t always smooth sailing for the young model.
She explained toVoguehow she didn’t find much work when she was starting out.
In fact, she faced some seriously harsh rejections in her first year.
Everything changed for Delevingne when she met Christopher Bailey, Burberry’sdesign director.
Suddenly, she was the “It girl” of the fashion world.
And Delevingne clearly appreciated her model friends, becoming a fiercely loyal friend herself.
In 2015, she toldBuro, “Friendship is one of the most important things to me.”
It’s nice to know that the young women were so supportive of each other!
The star traveled to Los Angeles, but decided not to take any medication.
Instead she coped by writing songs and poetry.
And soon enough, she started acting.
She got her breakout acting role in the 2015 moviePaper Towns.
Luckily, since transitioning to a career in acting, Delevingne’s mental health has improved.
We’re so impressed with Delevingne’s healthy career transition.
It turns out Delevingne initially found her new career pretty difficult.
Stop trying to look pretty."
Over time, Delevingne became more comfortable as an actor and learned to forget that the camera was watching.
“I’m attracted to the person,” she toldVarietyin 2020.
She’s one of manycelebs who identify as pansexual.
However, she hasn’t always been comfortable with talking about her sexuality to the press.
When Delevingne spoke toMarie Claire, she confessed that she spent years refusing to acknowledge her attraction to women.
She explained that she “didn’t want to feel different.”
But denying her feelings only made her feel like she “didn’t belong.”
I’m going to be nice to you, I love you.'"
Needless to say, their relationship was special.
Delevingne eventually professed her love to Benson publicly in her movingacceptance speechfor The Trevor Project’s Hero Award.
In 2019, Delevingne explained toEllethat her love life is “sacred.”
Dealing with overly public relationships taught Delevingne to be careful with her privacy.
Hopefully Delevingne can continue to learn new ways to maintain some privacy and normalcy in her future relationships.
Delevingne toldMarie Clairethat the role was her most complex to date.
Apparently, the star forced herself to do her own wired flying stunts.
She added, “Physicality to me is a very important way of expressing emotions.”
But what about her physical transformation?
However, in April 2017, Delevingne took toInstagramto reveal her newly shorn pixie cut.
The star spoke to talk show hostsKelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrestabout her haircut.
“I’ve always been very attached to having one haircut,” she said.
“I think I wouldn’t have done it without the opportunity of doing it for a film.”
She added, “It grows back!”
Apparently, her balanced lifestyle is a new addition to her life.
For fun, she goes rock climbing, skydives, races cars, and does escape rooms.
But not everything in her life is so extreme, of course.
In 2020, she took toInstagramto post a series of images of herself doing yoga poses.
In her caption, she explained that yoga keeps her “balanced and [focused] and sane.”
We’re so pleased to see the star taking care of herself both physically and mentally.
