Noel Gallagher’s daughter Anaïs admits her catwalk job is all down to her dad

The young teen said it's tough for her to be a model because she didn't make it in her own right
Rising star: Anais Gallagher is making a name for herself
Alistair Foster11 October 2017
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Noel Gallagher’s daughter Anaïs has admitted she only found work as a model because of her famous father.

The 17-year-old, whose mother is Meg Mathews, was signed by a modelling agency at 11 and did her first campaign for Accessorize when she was 14.

She said: “I think it’s tough for me because in no way am I here by my own right. I’m here with this platform because of my parents.

“People say, ‘You only did that because of your dad’. That’s 100 per cent true, but I’ve only sustained where I am because I’m me. I’m a hard worker and I have my own mind. Like when I wrote about not being able to vote in the general election for Teen Vogue.

Daddy's girl: Anais Gallagher with her father Noel
Dave Benett

“A lot of teachers said I had a pretty face and a lucky last name and that I wasn’t intelligent enough to write, or couldn’t because I’m dyslexic. But that was nothing to do with my name. I wrote it myself and it was published. I was immensely proud of myself.”

This year she has been unveiled as the new face of Reebok and modelled for Dolce & Gabbana at Milan Fashion Week. But she was not fazed by the catwalk, telling Rollacoaster magazine: “I found it all a little funny – I just walked in a straight line!”

Catwalk queen: Anais Gallagher walking for Dolce and Gabbana
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The teenager, a keen photographer, has 121,000 followers on Instagram. But she urged her young fans to remember that she doesn’t always look like she does in her photographs.

Cover girl:  Anaïs Gallagher in a shoot for Rollacoaster magazine

She said: “To anyone reading this, Instagram is the best version of me. I don’t wake up looking how I look in my photos. That’s how I look on a good day. The problem sits with the girls posting super-edited photos, portraying unrealistic representations of women, not with the 14-year-old looking at the photo thinking they want to look like that. Yeah I post selfies – but what 17-year-old doesn’t?”

Anaïs, who went to school in Hampstead, said she sometimes followed in the footsteps of her Oasis star father by singing — in the middle of class. She said: “My school reports always said I was trying to be the centre of attention, which was 100 per cent true.

“I would stand on my chair in a science lesson and start singing. I always got good grades though, so my parents found it hard to tell me off.”

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Read the full interview in issue 23 of Rollacoaster magazine, out on Friday

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