Nepo Baby, 22, Wows in Semi-Sheer Dress at Copenhagen Fashion Week – Can You Guess Her Famous Parent?

A nepo baby turned heads as she stormed the catwalk during Copenhagen Fashion Week on Thursday. 

The model, 22, appeared at a show celebrating Danish label Cecilie Bahnsen’s 10th anniversary and wowed the FROW as she graced the runway in a semi-sheer, floral-embroidered white dress. 

The chic ensemble featured delicate bow-tie spaghetti straps, intricate floral detailing, and a floaty silhouette. 

Adding an edge to the feminine look, she completed the outfit with chunky white-and-grey trainers. 

The budding model kept a stone-faced expression as she strutted down the runway,  taking centre stage as one of the key faces in the show. 

But can you guess who the nepo baby and her famous parents are? 

That’s right! It’s Ísadóra Bjarkardóttir Barney, the daughter of fashion icon Björk, 59, and American film director Matthew Barney, 58. 

Björk is known for her groundbreaking music and unforgettable red carpet looks,  including the now-iconic swan dress she wore to the 2001 Oscars, complete with a tulle tutu and a swan’s neck draped around her shoulders. 

Matthew, meanwhile, is a critically acclaimed contemporary artist, best known for his five-part experimental film series The Cremaster Cycle. 

The pair were in a relationship from 2002 until their split in 2013. 

But despite her famous lineage, Ísadóra has pushed back against claims that nepotism has paved her way. 

Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald in July, she said: ‘I have the benefit of their direct support as experienced veterans in their fields, which I am so, so lucky to have, 

‘They’re the first people I come to, if I have an idea for a script or a project. They have so much guidance to offer.

‘But then there is the other kind of benefit that disguises itself as a benefit but doesn’t really serve you, which is nepotism.’ 

It comes after Ísadóra landed her first leading role in a major feature film. 

The London-born star is set to headline new drama The Mountain, playing Anna – a teenage musician struggling to hold her life together following her mother’s sudden death, while navigating grief, early pregnancy, and a strained relationship with her father.

It marks her first time in a lead role, and she also contributed original music to the film’s soundtrack.

The role came to her by chance, after a former crew member she’d worked with on a TV series remembered she had acted before.

‘I went over for coffee and we did some scenes and I brought some demos for music and we just flew from there,’ she said.

‘It felt like a dream, really. It kind of came out of nowhere – it was wild.’

She played a small role – a singing Viking slave – in the 2022 film, The Northman, which starred her mother Bjork, Alexander Skarsgard, Nicole Kidman, and Anya Taylor-Joy.

But Isadora says her new role gave her the space to develop her skills as a performer.

‘I definitely felt on set, ‘wow, this is really forming me as a collaborator’,’ she said.

‘The first few weeks I was maybe a little shy, kind of nodding my head and saying, ‘sure, I’ll stand here and say that’. Eventually, I started to take up more space.’

Isadora said she was drawn to the role because of how emotionally complex the character was.

‘I think Anna’s teetering carefully on multiple precipices,’ she explained.

‘Journeys of grief, of adulthood, of both motherhood and losing a mother, of being a daughter in this new way, of being an artist. It’s a lot of big firsts being opened up to her.’

And while she admits she’s benefited from having two parents with decades of creative experience – calling them her ‘first people to come to’ with new ideas – Isadora is clear that she’s carving her own path.

‘There isn’t a career path that’s pre-written if you’re committed to a life in the arts,’ she said.

‘Even if you are making the right decision, it doesn’t always feel that way. And that’s comforting.’