Chloé Noelle Hirschman is an actress and model of South African, European, Asian and St Helenian descent. She is an only child, born to a South African mother and British father who raised her in Johannesburg. Her parents encouraged her creativity and she has been involved in the performing arts since a young age, participating in various school plays and receiving ballet training for 16 years. She started modelling at the age of 15 but put this career on hold to pursue her education and drama studies.She graduated cum laude from Rhodes University with a B.A in Drama and Journalism. She then picked up modelling again in 2014 and has since been based between Cape Town and London for modelling and acting. She landed her first major role in Cape Town as Jan Cousteau in Jérôme Salle's French adventure epic, The Odyssey.