Kiera Sunshine Chaplin was born on 1 July 1982, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, of Irish, English and Roma-Gypsy descent, and is an actress and model who has so far enjoyed a career spanning almost 20 years.
How rich is Kiera Chaplin? According to authoritative sources, Kiera’s net worth is estimated to be $8 million; she has accumulated the vast majority of her wealth through her involvement in the entertainment industry, which began in the late ’90s.
Kiera Chaplin Net Worth $8 Million
Kiera Chaplin is the granddaughter of the famous filmmaker and actor Charlie Chaplin, as well as a great-granddaughter of the well-known Irish-American playwright Eugene O’Neill. Kiera Chaplin grew up in Switzerland but after the divorce of her parents moved to Paris when she was sixteen.Iwhere she attracted the attention of a modeling agency called “NEXT Model Management” that manages such models as Anja Rubik, Arizona Muse, and Malgosia Bela, and Kiera soon signed a contract with the company. During her modeling career, Kiera Chaplin has made appearances in such famous magazines as Vogue and Elle, and was even featured on the Pirelli Calendar in 2002.
In 2010, Chaplin was presented with a Vienna Fashion Award in the category of “Style Icon”, which happens to be her first and only award to date. Kiera Chaplin managed to make a name for herself due to her modeling career and features in various magazines, which in turn increased her net worth.
However, Kiera Chaplin is not only a model but an actress as well. One of the first movies she has starred in was “The Importance of Being Earnest”, a British-American romantic drama film that was directed by Oliver Parker. In this movie, Kiera Chaplin appeared alongside Rupert Everett, Colin Firth and Reese Witherspoon. Chaplin’s next movie role was in a Bollywood film called “Yatna”, which was followed by her appearance in a dramatic biopic film entitled “Aimee Semple McPherson” which was released in 2006; the movie portrays the life of an evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, and was directed by Richard Rossi, who shot the entire film with a camcorder worth $300 and a budget of $75,000. The movie was released to generally positive reviews and was considered a better portrayal of the evangelist sister than its predecessors. In this movie, Kiera Chaplin starred with Mimi Michaels, Rance Howard and Carl Ballantine. Her net worth was continuing to grow.
Chaplin continued her acting career with an independent film entitled “Japan” that was written and directed by Fabien Pruvot. The movie was shot in Los Angeles, as well as Phoenix and features a cast including Shane Brolly, Peter Fonda and Tania Raymonde. Kiera Chaplin’s latest film venture is an Italian drama by Tommaso Rossellini called “Interno Giorno” that was released in 2011.The projects also contributed to Kiera’s net worth.
In addition, Kiera Chaplin has purchased a 30% stake in Limelight Productions, which is a Hollywood-based film company that was named in commemoration of her grandfather Charlie Chaplin’s last film. Limelight Productions is yet another source for Chaplin’s net worth.
