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The Glass MagazineEllie Bamber has always known how to inhabit a role. Playing Kate Moss, though, required something altogether different. The British actor, who is our next Summer cover star, has built a career on precision and range since the age of 12, from the Donmar to the Almeida, from Les Misérables to Nocturnal Animals. But nothing quite prepared her for the moment Kate Moss herself chose her to tell her story. Moss & Freud, directed by Academy Award-winning James Lucas, places Bamber at the centre of one of the most intimate and storied artistic relationships of the early 2000s. Depicting the months Moss spent sitting for Lucian Freud in his Holland Park studio during her pregnancy with daughter Lila, a portrait emerged. And so did a new chapter of Moss’s life. Bamber candidly admits the weight of it all wasn’t lost on her.”I think there was definitely a bit of imposter syndrome, like, are you sure you want me to do this?” she tells Glass. The answer, it turned out, came directly from Moss herself. “Kate quickly turned around to me, and she was, like, ‘You’re playing Kate Moss - smoke out the window.’ And I remember thinking, oh wow, yeah, that is who I’m playing. I can allow myself the freedom to be naughty and to be a rule breaker.” With permission granted, the rest, like the painting itself, is the stuff of myth. Summer Issue of GLASS hits stands this week! Photographer: Anya Holdstock Senior Fashion Editor: Lily Rimmer Hair: Christos Bairabas using Oribe Makeup: Anna Payne using Chanel Beauty Manicurist: Emma Adaoui using Chanel Beauty Production: Beauty Projects Photography assistant: Pawel Herman Digi assistant: Benjamin Meredith Hardy Styling assistant: Amber Cox Production assistant: Holly Raphael Lighting: 123 Lighting Location: Woods Quay Interview: Felicity Carter Talent: Ellie Bamber Cover credits: All jewellery: @Tiffany&Co. Dress: @SAINT LAURENT by Anthony Vaccarello #EllieBamber #MossandFreud
On the profile · Jul 6, 2026