Kristin Elizabeth Cavallari (born January 5, 1987)[3] is an American television personality, fashion designer and author.[4] She first rose to fame in 2004 as a cast member on the popular MTV reality television series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County (2004–2005), then on the spin-off MTV reality television series The Hills (2009–2010), and was later given her own E! reality series to star in, Very Cavallari (2018–2020). She also starred as an actress on television shows and in films, including National Lampoon's Van Wilder: Freshman Year. In 2017, Cavallari founded the company Uncommon James, which sells jewelry, homeware and beauty products.[5]
Early life
Kristin Elizabeth Cavallari was born in Denver, Colorado to Judith Eifrig and Dennis Cavallari.[6][3][7] She was their second child after her older brother Michael Cavallari, who passed by hypothermia following a car crash in 2015. She is of Italian heritage through her father and of German heritage through her mother.[8]
After Laguna Beach, Cavallari moved to Los Angeles and signed on the UPNreality television series Get This Party Started, which premiered in February 2006 and was canceled after airing two episodes.[13]
In 2009, Cavallari joined the cast of Laguna Beach's spin-off series, The Hills,[14] making her first appearance on the series during the fifth season's midseason finale at Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt's wedding, where she caught the bouquet. For the second half of the season, Cavallari replaced Conrad as a main cast member and narrator.[12] Despite originally signing a deal with MTV to appear in two additional seasons following the fifth, the sixth and final season concluded in July 2010.[15]
Cavallari then appeared on various reality competition shows as a guest, and as a contestant on the 13th season of ABC's Dancing with the Stars, partnering with two-time champion Mark Ballas. She was the third to be eliminated.[16][17] In 2012, Cavallari began commentating the Academy Awards for E![5] and in 2014, she co-hosted the half-hour fashion and lifestyle trends show The Fabulist.[18] She was also one of the judges responsible for crowning Miss Universe 2014, Paulina Vega.[19]
In April 2018, E! announced a reality show starring Cavallari, Very Cavallari, which premiered that July and followed her opening the flagship store for Uncommon James.[20] In May 2020, after three seasons, Cavallari announced that she was ending her series.[21]
In 2021, Cavallari made two final guest appearances on the second season of The Hills' sequel, The Hills: New Beginnings.[22] In 2022, Cavallari started a podcast with her former Laguna Beach co-star Stephen Colletti called Back to the Beach with Kristin and Stephen, in collaboration with Dear Media.[23] The podcast revisited the show with behind-the-scenes commentary and special guests.
In 2023, Cavallari launched a new podcast with Dear Media called Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari primarily about relationship advice including interviews with experts and other celebrities.[24]
She made acting appearances with Jay Cutler and solo on the American sitcom The League in 2012 and 2013.[27]
Fashion lines
Cavallari served as an ambassador for the children's charity OneKid OneWorld, traveling to El Salvador to rebuild schools in local communities in 2010. After another trip to Kenya the following year, Cavallari made her first foray in fashion design by collaborating with the company ShoeDazzle to design a spring shoe, with proceeds benefiting the charity.[18]
In 2012, Cavallari designed the first of many shoe lines for the company Chinese Laundry.[28] She launched her first jewelry collection in 2013, in collaboration with GLAMboutique.[29] In 2014, she co-founded a jewelry line with her friend Chelsea Bulte called Emerald Duv; she left the brand in 2016 to launch her solo line the following year.[30]
She founded her jewelry business, Uncommon James, in 2017, which later expanded into selling home and beauty products.[31][32][33] She subsequently founded a children's clothing line, Little James, in 2019.[34]
In collaboration with Feat Clothing, she launched an athleisure collection in July 2021.[35]
Lifestyle books
Cavallari wrote her first book, the lifestyle-oriented autobiographyBalancing in Heels, in 2016.[36] She then published two cookbooks, True Roots and True Comfort, with recipes without gluten, dairy or refined sugar, in 2018 and 2020, respectively. Both cookbooks were created in collaboration with Chef Mike Kubiesa.[37] Her third cookbook, Truly Simple, was released on April 4, 2023.[38]
In 2013, Cavallari married Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler.[44] They have three children. In 2017, following Cutler’s retirement from football, they moved to Nashville. They divorced in 2022,[45] and share custody of their children.[46]
From February to September 2024, Cavallari dated TikTok content creator Mark Estes. The relationship garnered media attention due to their age gap, with Cavallari being 13 years older than Estes.[47]
^"Stars' Family Holiday Traditions: Kristin Cavallari". US Weekly. Archived from the original on November 17, 2012. ...the former reality star does Christmas big with her Italian family. 'We would always do a big Italian feast. My dad would make homemade raviolis and all kinds of things...My mom is German...'
^Scheidler, Ann Marie (March 9, 2016). "Balancing in Heels". Country Magazine. Archived from the original on July 4, 2022. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
