PARIS — Nathalie Emmanuel has been named the brand new Giorgio Armani international make-up ambassador.
The British actress will seem within the model’s Luminous Silk basis marketing campaign that’s due out in January.
“What attracted me to this particular product and this particular challenge is I like to boost pores and skin and fresh-faced seems,” mentioned Emmanuel. She is keen on make-up that appears extremely pure — not heavy, over-contoured or over-manipulated. Emmanuel mentioned Luminous Silk “simply sits so effortlessly and lightweight on the pores and skin.”
She finds it’s to use and encourages or enhances one’s pure magnificence — what Emmanuel goals for along with her personal make-up.
“Then you’ll be able to have enjoyable with vibrant colours or eye shadow and lipstick in order for you,” mentioned Emmanuel. “However my go-to starter place could be very naturalistic. Armani has all the time had that aesthetic. It’s very delicate, however clear magnificence.”
Armani magnificence mentioned in a press release it was drawn to Emmanuel’s class, charisma and pure magnificence.
“In every uniquely totally different position that she has embodied, her magnetic presence has captivated audiences worldwide,” the L’Oréal-licensed model added. “Nathalie Emmanuel displays the essence of a contemporary femininity encapsulating Giorgio Armani‘s make-up philosophy of showing every particular person’s distinctive and internal magnificence.”
Emmanuel is an Emmy and SAG award nominee, whose breakthrough position was Missandei in HBO’s “Sport of Thrones.” She performed the character for greater than six seasons, between 2013 and 2019. That earned her six Display screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Excellent Efficiency by an Ensemble in a Drama Sequence.
Emmanuel in 2015 joined the “Quick and Livid” franchise and likewise appeared in its movies out in 2017, 2021 and 2023, which collectively grossed greater than $4 billion in field workplace tickets globally.
Over the previous 5 years she’s labored on tasks resembling “4 Weddings and a Funeral,” the Hulu collection from 2019; “Military of Thieves,” from Netflix in 2021, and this yr’s “Arthur the King,” from Lionsgate. Emmanuel was twice nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards for performances in “Die Hart,” in 2020, and “Die Hart 2: Die Harter,” this yr.
She had a characteristic starring position in “The Invitation,” a Display screen Gems horror movie. In 2024, she’s held main components in films “The Killer,” directed by John Woo, and Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis.”
Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk
Make-up can assist Emmanuel get into a job. “There may be a option to not put on make-up, and that in itself says one thing concerning the character or the state of affairs they’re in,” she mentioned.
Emmanuel defined make-up, like the way in which one does hair or chooses clothes, “is one other technique to improve the character that you simply’re taking part in. That additionally applies in life, as effectively.
“If you happen to’re, for instance, exhibiting as much as a state of affairs or an area you might be barely nervous about, generally the way in which that you simply costume, do your hair and your make-up can assist you’re feeling extra empowered — prepared for it,” she mentioned. “The within will catch as much as the surface.
“Traditionally for myself, particularly as an individual of colour and a mixed-race particular person, my relationship with make-up and hair hasn’t all the time been that easy,” she continued. Emmanuel mentioned it’s affirming when an individual’s particular wants, magnificence and particular person qualities are being catered to and cared for.
“It helps you’re feeling good,” mentioned Emmanuel.
She hopes to impart a message as an Armani make-up ambassador.
“In an age of social media, it’s really easy to match your self to everyone,” she mentioned. “There’s excessive and unobtainable requirements. It’s actually vital to keep in mind that your distinctive magnificence is one thing to be celebrated and nurtured. You don’t must appear like anyone else.
“I might all the time need individuals to really feel empowered to embrace their very own magnificence,” continued Emmanuel. “For lots of people, it has been an extended journey. I haven’t essentially all the time appreciated my very own distinctive seems. So to be part of one thing like this … that enhances my pure magnificence or pure qualities is a optimistic factor. The reality of it’s that by make-up we get to specific ourselves nevertheless we so select.”
Again to appearing: she’s set to seem within the third season of “Die Hart,” which was introduced earlier this week. The collection will probably be out on Dec. 13 on Roku. In the meantime, Emmanuel is contemplating choices for 2025.
“I’m making an attempt to be actually intentional with my subsequent tasks,” she mentioned, including she’s open to new tasks — to learn scripts and meet with individuals. “I don’t know what’s going to occur subsequent yr, and that’s each thrilling and scary, which is the place I prefer to be in life.
“As a result of if it doesn’t really feel a bit scary, then I don’t suppose it’s value doing generally,” she continued. “I’m on the lookout for that subsequent problem.”
