Jemima Marcelle Khan (born 30 January 1974) is an English socialite who is best known as Hugh Grant's ex-girlfriend and for her temporary move to Pakistan after marrying Imran Khan, now her ex-husband. She is a UNICEF UK Ambassador and has written columns for newspapers such as The Guardian, the Daily and Sunday Telegraph.
Born out of wedlock in London as Jemima Marcelle Goldsmith, Khan is the eldest of aristocratic Englishwoman Lady Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart and the late Anglo-French financier Sir James Goldsmith's three children. She has two younger brothers, Zac and Ben Goldsmith.
Khan's paternal half-siblings include: Isabel, the granddaughter of Antenor Patiño; Alix and Manes, her father's offspring with second wife and former secretary Ginette Lery; and Jetho and Charlotte, born to her father's French mistress. Through her mother's first marriage, Khan is also half-sister to the deceased Rupert, businessman Robin Birley, and the artist India Jane.
Khan was raised next to Richmond Park at Ormeley Lodge. After attending the Old Vicarage preparatory school and Francis Holland School in Graham Terrace, Khan enrolled to study English at the University of Bristol in 1993, but halted her studies two years later to get married. She eventually submitted her dissertation in March 2002 and earned a 2:1 bachelor's degree from Bristol. Upon her return to London in 2003, Khan successfully worked towards a master's degree at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) of the University of London.
Khan's occasional public appearances in London include photo calls to promote UNICEF campaigns and magazine photo shoots for UNICEF-sponsored international trips as well as fashion spreads. She is also pictured attending society galas and charity fundraisers in London along with her family. In 2007, she accompanied her then-boyfriend Hugh Grant on the red carpet at the London and New York premieres of his movie Music and Lyrics.
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