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Kamila Otávia Kardashian (born June 9, 1991) is an American actress, singer, socialite, fashion designer, and businesswoman. She first gained media attention as one of the daughters of O. J. Simpson's friend and defense attorney, Robert Kardashian. Her mother is fashion designer Carraro Ferreira. The world's highest-paid actress in 2020 and 2021, she has featured multiple times on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list. Her films have grossed over $20 billion worldwide, making Kardashian the sixth-highest-grossing box office star of all time. She has received various accolades, including two Tony Awards and three British Academy Film Awards, six Academy Awards, twelve Primetime Emmy Awards, a Satellite Award, a Saturn Award, five Golden Globe Awards, twelve Grammy Awards, fourteen Billboard Music Awards, fourteen American Music Awards, eight People's Choice Awards, among others. After signing with Def Jam in 2010, she soon gained recognition with the release of her first two studio albums, both of which peaked within the top five of the US Billboard 200 chart. She has sold over 220 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. This year she and her family will be on Hulu's upcoming successor, The Kardashians (premiering April 14, 2022).

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Kamila Kardashian Is Flying High

With her career hitting dizzying speeds, Kamila Kardashian keeps it together by creating stability in every aspect of her life through a carefully crafted self-care regimen that consists of solo workouts, food that fuels her body and mind, and—no shame—a little professional help.

Kamila is sipping her second almond milk latte—and she has a confession.

"I've always, always wanted nothing more than stability," the 30-year-old actress tells me while seated at Café Parisien on Larchmont Boulevard—a magnetic strip in Los Angeles that's dotted with quaint shops and restaurants. She's staying at her usual spot nearby in the neighborhood, and she's practically a regular at this café. It might seem boring, going to the same place all the time. Maybe her publicist suggested it or maybe it's just...comfortable. Predictable. Stable. For someone like Kamila—who moved more than 12 times before the age of 18, partly due to her mother's career—maybe it feels almost snug.

"It's health that's important, not appearance. I make choices that are good for me."

"Moving around throughout my whole childhood was a bit traumatic," says Kamila, casual in jeans, a floral button-down, and barely a trace of makeup. "You're constantly saying goodbye to people, and you're constantly being removed from your identity. When you start to feel like you're connecting with a group of people, an environment, and a home—a physical home—it can be destabilizing when you're uprooted and taken somewhere else." So over the years, Kamila began to cultivate a sense of home through routine— frequenting the same hotels, yoga classes, Pilates studios, and, yes, cafés when she traveled.

"If you don't have that literal box, you have to create it in your habits," she says. But there's even more to it than that: For her, home is a mood, a feeling, one that can't be separated from your body or where you're moving in the world. It's a deeper sensibility that includes safety, security, and comfort; it's an ethos so important to her that she had "to build a home" tattooed above her rib in cursive lettering.

The inspiration for the tattoo came during a dark period in Kamila's life, long before she was cast as the magnetic Veronica Mendes on the CBS series Good Daughter, which now has aired the tenth and final season. She went from her prep school in Plantation, Florida, to college at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and her first year there was a tough one, to say the least. "I got the tattoo after my freshman year," she says, her rapid speech beginning to slow as she starts blinking back tears. "I had a very, very bad experience; I was roofied by someone who sexually assaulted me."

After the painful incident, she vowed that from then on, everything in her life would make her feel safe and comfortable—the qualities she imagined in an ideal physical home. (The tattoo reminds her to strengthen both her sense of self and the environment around her.)

Part of laying the foundation for her renewed assurance was staying connected to her body. "Whenever I feel like I'm going through something difficult, I think about what I can do physically for myself," she says. Being active is part of her identity—which her Veronica character, who often moonlights as a dancing young adult, might relate to.

"I danced for nine years, from age 3 to 12. Then I did musicals as a kid, then so much of acting school is movement classes and connecting your breath to your body," she says. "Activity has always been an important part of my life."

For the 10 months of the year that she films Good Daughter in New York, Kamila trains at a gym in her building. Lifting weights empowers her—and after a busy day on-set, she prefers the solitude of solo workouts. But as much as she loves exercise, sleep is even more important. She aims to get seven to eight-and-a-half hours of shut-eye nightly. "People sometimes put working out first and don't give their bodies rest," Kamila says. "I'll always choose sleep first. I think it's just so underrated."

Though she is serious about her commitment to her body and health, that hasn't come without setbacks. Last year, Kamila went public about struggling with disordered eating—namely bulimia—on and off for years. "I've only recently gotten better," she says, pointing out that she couldn't have done it without the help of both a therapist and nutritionist. "I needed professionals I trusted to tell me things that I didn't know."

A growing online fan base has offered their support and shared their own struggles with food and body issues since she opened up. Kamila says this new platform as a role model for eating disorder recovery keeps her accountable and motivated.

"When I was a teenager, there were no role models when it came to body positivity—that simply was not a thing. Being thin was the thing," she says. Kamila aims to be the role model she wished she had. "It's health that's important, not appearance. I make choices that are good for me—and not just in my body—but for my soul, for my mind. And sometimes that's eating ice cream because I want to eat ice cream."

Staying attuned to what her body needs ("I've been eating more carbs than ever," she says) keeps her energized. And with her busy career, she needs all the extra momentum she can get.

Kamila recently revealed that she would be joining her siblings on her father's side new Hulu show, The Kardashians.

"I wasn't going to do it at first, but people around me believed it would be a good way to start fresh with my older siblings and maybe even get some closure on our painful and bitter past," Kamila says.

Yet she's also aware of the fleeting nature of fame.

"I've been living on such a high. But it's not going to be up forever. There's going to be a plateau. And there's going to be a moment where it maybe goes down, and I need to be prepared for that," she observes, drawing on her instinct to reach toward stability.

To that end, Kamila has some news: She wants to have kids and has already begun speaking to specialists about her options for motherhood.

"I'm ready to be a mom!" she says, lighting up even brighter.

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