Deba Hekmat

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Deba Hekmat
Bornc. 2001
Sardasht, Iran
Years active2018–present

Deba Hekmat (born c. 2001) is a Kurdish-British model, actress, and writer. She began her career in modeling before starring in the film Last Swim (2024).

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Early life

Hekmat was born in Sardasht, western Iran. [1] In 2004, her family fled to the United Kingdom, where they settled in Croydon, South London. When Hekmat was 12, the family moved again to Cardiff. [2] She left her sixth form college early and subsequently moved back to London. [3]

Career

Hekmat began modeling at the age of 16 [4] and signed with Anti-Agency. [3] In 2018, she presented [5] and appeared in videos for i-D [6] and PAQ. Her other early work includes gigs with Cosmopolitan UK [7] and walking the runway for Vivienne Westwood and Vetements. [8] She starred in the Genesis II campaign for FootDistrict in 2020. [9]

In 2021, Hekmat featured in W Magazine's "Punk Fashion Goes Pop" issue, [10] led jeweler Loveness Lee's spring/summer 2021 campaign [11] and a Mulberry bag campaign, [12] and modeled the Lee x H&M collection. [13] She also had gigs with the likes of Metal Magazine. [14]

With musician Tom Austin (also known as Niko B), [15] [16] Hekmat collaborated on modeling projects and campaigns for Lucozade Sport [17] [18] and YOOX x Aries [19] in 2022 and 2023. Hekmat represented the star sign Cancer for the astrology-themed campaign Heaven by Marc Jacobs [20] and editorially featured on the cover of Exit's spring/summer 2022 issue. [9] Writing-wise, Hekmat has contributed to publications such as The Basement [21] and conducted an interview for the monograph Mia by Aries. [22]

Hekmat made her feature film debut as Laraib in Luna Carmoon's Hoard , [23] which premiered at the 2023 Venice Film Festival. [24] Hekmat then starred in the lead role of Ziba Soofi in Sasha Nathwani's Last Swim , which premiered at the 2024 Berlinale.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2023 Hoard Laraib
2024 Last Swim Ziba Soofi

Music videos

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