5 facts about Emily Ratajkowski

1. She was born to an English professor mother and an art teacher father.

2. She signed with Ford Models at the age of 14 with the intention of becoming an actress.

3. She appeared in two episodes of Nickelodeon teen sitcom iCarly in 2010 as Tasha.

4. Blurred Lines isn't the only music video she's appeared in. She was also in Maroon 5's Love Somebody, released in May.

5. She almost didn't appear in the music video for Blurred Lines. "On paper it sounded pretty crazy. It was naked girls dancing around and we didn't know what it would actually turn out like," she told Rolling Stone last month.