Background
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Kojii is the daughter of musician Enda Wyatt of Irish rock band An Emotional Fish (Atlantic Records). Cyril Helnwein is the eldest son of Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein.
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Kojii is the daughter of musician Enda Wyatt of Irish rock band An Emotional Fish (Atlantic Records). Cyril Helnwein is the eldest son of Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein.
She studied Technical Stage Training and worked as a freelance Stage Manager for four years in Irish theatres and a Parisian circus.
She was raised in Tallaght in south Dublin. "Urban Traffik" (pre-production) The O"Brien"s, 2013 The World Ends Without You (Short), 2010 Terra Incognita (2010) with Juliette Lewis and Michael Des Barres Kojii studied acting in Los Angeles at The Center as well as at the The Irish Film Academy in Ireland. Kojii Helnwein was engaged by Rebecca Morgan of Morgan the Agency in Ireland.
After her first modelling job for John Rocha Kojii began working full-time in print, runway, and commercial modelling.
She has been seen in numerous magazines, including, Fit Pregnancy, Women"s Wear Daily, Cosmopolitan, Elle, BPM, Prudence, Tatler and Vogue. She has appeared in adverts and catalogs for companies such as, O.P.I., Got2b, Louis Verdad, Editor Hardy, Coca Cola, Toni and Guy and Gap.
Kojii appears in national advertisements in the United States for clients such as Target, Mitsubishi, Comcast, Marshalls and in Ireland for clients such as O2, Pigsback and TV3. Kojii has become known in Ireland for a long-standing appearance in a TV3 ident where she is featured singing the networks jingle.
This ident is viewable on Kojii Helnwein"s YouTube page.
Kojii"s runway clients have included Prada, Jimmy Choo, Jeffrey Sebelia, Eduardo Lucero, A-Wear, Smet, GenArt and Whitley Kros to name just a few. Kojii appears on "Project Runway (Season 6") and the companion show "Models of the Runway" (Season 1). This show airs on Lifetime television August 20, 2009.
Kojii has also been regularly seen on RTÉ" General’ s Office the Rails, Late Late Show, and Live at 3, as well as TV3"s Ireland Department of Administration and Management.