Delfine Bafort

Acting

Born: May 22, 1979

Birthplace: Ghent, Belgium

A native of Ghent, Belgium, Delfine Bafort began her career as a model at the age of 17. Since then, she has walked many a runway and become the face for such exclusive brands as Balenciaga, Versace, D&G, Jean Paul Gaultier, Loewe, Cacharel, Calvin Klein, Moschino and DKNY, among others. She has adorned the covers of such international magazines as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie-Claire, Elle and Dazed & Confused. A passionate actress at heart, Bafort holds a Bachelor of Drama degree from the KASK Conservatorium of the Arts, in Ghent, and studied with John Korkes at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, in New York. In 2003, she played the female lead in Belgian director Felix Van Groeningen’s film “Steve + Sky.” In 2008 she starred alongside Vincent Gallo, in his film “Promises Written in Water,” which premiered at the 2010 Venice Film Festival, where it was screened in competition. Bafort has also performed in a handful of short films and, in 2016, appeared in two other features — Lydia Rigaux’s “Hoe Kamelen Leeuwin worden” and Marco Laguna’s “Doubleplusungood” — as well as starring in Dimitri de Clercq’s You go to my head