About
was born and raised in Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland but currently resides between Los Angeles and her family’s castle in Tipperary, Ireland.
From an early age it was clear that a life in the Arts was imminent as she was rarely without a paint-brush, an instrument or a tune on her lips.
Being the daughter of Enda Wyatt, bass player of Irish rock band “An Emotional Fish” (Atlantic Records) certainly helped her love of music and the entertainment industry along.
After studying Technical Stage & Production alongside costume design, lighting operation/design and stage management. Kojii worked as a freelance Stage Manager in Irish Theatres for 4 years and even found herself at work in a Parisian Circus. Stage Management led her on a trip to Los Angeles where she uncovered the possibility of modeling.
Upon her return to Ireland she was immediately signed by Top Irish Agent Rebecca Morgan. Within days Morgan had Kojii on the Runway for esteemed Irish designer John Rocha, before the cream of the Irish fashion world. From here Kojii’s career as a model climbed until she found it was time to return to Los Angeles and pursue her goals to greater heights.
Throughout her career Kojii has never forgotten her dream to make music. She continued to write and stay in touch with her old band mates from childhood knowing that someday they would be in a position to re-kindle the sound they wanted.
After her marriage to Austrian photographer Cyril Helnwein and the birth of their first child, Croí Sequoia in December 2005 Kojii decided it was time to show people that parenthood does not mean giving up on your dreams. She raises her daughter to see that dreams are attainable. Kojii’s motto is “Dreams are not ghosts to ponder on but goals to grab a hold of and make true.”
In 2006, some months before her annual trip home to Ireland Kojii began calling her old band mates and started writing tunes with them online. By her return there was just one thing left to do and that was to find a drummer. Three weeks later the band, known as Kojii had begun booking shows around Ireland and soon found themselves with airtime on Irish radio and on National TV. Unfortunately it came time for Kojii to return to work in LA and leave Ireland and the band. For two years the band worked this way. Separated throughout Winter, writing online, then regrouping for long Summer months of touring, writing and recording.
Currently, due to lack of funding the band are separated indefinitely, Kojii in Los Angeles, Keogh, Burke and Kelly in Ireland. Each band member is pursuing side projects of their own.
Kojii’s time in LA is spent working full time as a model, represented by Click Model Management and Flick East/West Talents. (In Europe Kojii is represented by 1st Option Ireland). She also attends classes at The Acting Center to continue her work as an actress which stems from her Stage Training as well as co-writing with various musicians while seeking to start a new band based in LA for an entirely new project.
A track co-written by Kojii & Gods and Monsters will air on KROQ radio in LA mid-November 2008.
KOJII HELNWEIN can be seen on “PROJECT RUNWAY” & “MODELS OF THE RUNWAY”
August 20th, 10pm ET/PT
on Lifetime
CLIENT LIST
After almost 8 years working as a professional model there are a lot of clients to list… here are just a few to get started.
This will be updated occasionally.
WWD
Vogue
Elle
Helio
Confetti
…and many, many more
Runway shows for:
Prada
John Rocha
AWear
Arnotts,
GenArt
Charlotte Solnicki
Jeffrey Sebelia Fall 07 (Cosa Nostra)
Smet/Ed Hardy
Jimmy Choo
Whitley Kros
Project Runway
…and many others
Got2b Hair
Bishop
Scrapbook
Roisin Dubh
Roisin Gartland
GAP.com
Tulle
Louis Verdad
….and more
O2 (National Ireland)
TV3 Kojii Music Ident (National Ireland)
TV3 Kojii Music Halloween Ident (National Ireland)
Marshalls (National USA)
Pigsback.com (National Ireland)
Mitsubishi Outlander 2008 (National USA)
Target (National USA)
Comcast (National USA)
Looks FANTASTIC! cant wait to see it updated
I had a rock-a-billy firend who was from Belfast.