Chloe Sevigny was catapulted to fame on the back of the seminal and controversial 1995 movie 'Kids', which won applause and acclaim for its head on discussion of racial politics, drug use and sex among young people. Having found her way into the world of celebrity via controversy, Chloe never really looked back.
Still highly active in film and television, as well as working as a fashion designer (a habit she puts down to locking herself in the bedroom and sewing when she was a child because she was bored), there's little that Chloe hasn't done. She once dated British pop star Jarvis Cocker. She performed one of the first unsimulated on-screen sex acts in the history of Western cinema. She became a director with the release of 2016's "Kitty", and she may be one of the most interesting people in the world. But to many of us, she'll always be Jennie, or Lana from "Boys Don't Cry".
Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.
Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.
Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.
Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.