Emily Ratajkowski has been making waves in Hollywood for years.

The actor and model started modeling professionally at age 14, and her career only blossomed from there.

Take a closer look at the tragic details about Emily Ratajkowski.

Emily Ratajkowski at an Oscars party

Her parents placed an importance on physical appearance, and it affected her relationship with them.

“Beauty was a way for me to be special.

Their own toxicity continued after she was born, though, and Ratajkowski became the middleman for their arguments.

Emily Ratajkowski as a teen

In her book “My Body,” the model recounted one particularly inappropriate moment.

She continued with the shoot, but she felt powerless.

I didn’t have any real power as the naked girl dancing around in his music video.

Emily Ratajkowski at a GQ party

I was nothing more than the hired mannequin,” she said.

As of this writing, Thicke has not addressed the allegations publicly.

I lost a patch of hair the week it happened."

Emily Ratajkowski at a Spike TV awards show

Ratajkowski said she was convinced her career would end because of the leak.

The leak only exacerbated Ratajkowski’s fears.

And they were extremely intimate photos; they were intended for someone that I was in love with.

Emily Ratajkowski posing at an event

And it was horrible," Ratajkowski said of the scandal.

Before getting married to and divorced from Sebastian Bear-McClard, Ratajkowski was in a long-term relationship with Jeff Magid.

The model and the music producer reportedly dated for four years before calling it quits.

Emily Ratajkowski at a Golden Globes party

In 2024,Ratajkowski was rumored to be in a relationship with Shaboozey.

“Men do usually respect other men’s presence in women’s lives.

She also recognizes that her traumatic experiences have affected her demeanor.

Emily Ratajkowski at a movie premiere

“I’m like, ‘Have I been hardened?’

I think I’m just a little less scared now, basically, of the world.

So maybe that comes off as unemotional,” she said.

Sebastian Bear-McClard and Emily Ratajkowski

And McFarland wasn’t the only person who had to pay.

I made many wrong and immature decisions along the way and I caused agony,” McFarland said toPeople.

And I have learned that my image, my reflection, is not my own."

Emily Ratajkowski at a holiday celebration

However, in the summer of 2022, the spouses separated, and in September Ratajkowski filed for divorce.

“I was really, really unhappy.

I was 100 pounds and I had just had a baby.

Emily Ratajkowski walking down the street

I got really skinny because I was not OK.

I tried everything else.

I tried to take antidepressants.

Emily Ratajkowski at the SNL 50 celebration

I was sure that something was wrong with me,” she said.

And gaslighting is a real thing."

“We all know that the court system is really sexist.

And I’m scared.

I’m learning that outspoken women don’t often get their children,” Ratajkowski told the outlet.

“I’m really just not thinking about guys.

I’m working, I’m a single mom.

I’ve been so busy that it’s easy not to think about,” she said.

“Now I’m super-grounded in them.

I have basically curated my life exactly to how I want it to be,” she said.

Ratajkowski has changed so much that she has a hard time picturing her life with a partner.

“I think trauma lives in the body, that’s been my experience.

I actually go the other way.

When I’m really unwell, I lose so much weight.

I was down to 100 pounds recently and it was really, really scary,” Ratajkowski said.

“2019 was one of the hardest years of my life.

She added that she hoped sharing her story would be encouraging to anyone else going through similar challenges.

“I had no plans.

I wasn’t thinking about a career, I was thinking about saving money.

Ratajkowski did become famous, though, and it wasn’t quite what she had hoped for.

the model said to the Los Angeles Times.

“I didn’t trust them.

I was like, ‘I can handle receiving phone calls.

I’m gonna make these decisions.

None of you have my best interest at heart.

And you all hate women,'” she said of the executive decision.

Though her hiatus was lengthy, Ratajkowski returned to Hollywood with some small roles beginning in 2023.