Lydia Hearst-Shaw

Lydia Marie Hearst-Shaw (born September 19, 1984) is an American fashion model, actress, socialite, and lifestyle blogger. She is a great-granddaughter of newspaper publisher and politician William Randolph Hearst and a daughter of the author and actress Patty Hearst.

Early life and education Hearst-Shaw was born in 1984, the daughter of actress Patty Hearst and Bernard L. Shaw, a former San Francisco police officer. She is of Irish and Scots-Irish descent through her mother, and is a member of the Hearst family. She attended Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut until 2003, when she began fashion modeling.

Career

Magazines and fashion shows Photographer Steven Meisel "discovered" Hearst and shot her first magazine cover for Vogue Italia in April 2004. Since then, she has appeared internationally on a variety of magazine covers such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Marie Claire, GQ, L'Officiel, and Esquire. She has worked with several well-known photographers such as Meisel, Patrick Demarchelier, Ellen Von Unwerth, Mario Testino, Peter Lindbergh, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin.

Hearst has modeled for fashion designers such as Chanel, Fendi, Catherine Malandrino, Nicole Miller, and Jeremy Scott.

Advertising Hearst has appeared in advertising campaigns for Prada, Louis Vuitton, Alexander McQueen, Bottega Veneta, Sephora, L'Oreal Ferria, DKNY, MYLA Lingerie, H&M, NARS Cosmetics, MAC Cosmetics, Miss Me Jeans, Moschino Cheap & Chic. In 2007, she appeared in Puma's French 77, after which Puma engaged her to design a line of handbags for their collection.

In Spring of 2012, Swarovski chose Hearst to be its ambassador for its Heart Truth campaign, sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, intended to raise women's awareness about heart health.

Journalism Hearst was briefly a columnist for Page Six, a feature of the Sunday edition of the New York Post. She also ran a lifestyle and fashion blog.

Other roles Hearst made an appearance in the music video for the Miles Fisher cover of "This Must Be the Place". Hearst again starred in a music video in 2011 for Cisco Adler's "Song for All the Girls", where she is graphically murdered by a spin saw. She also has a minor role in Johnny Polygon's "LimoSexSuperstar" video.

In 2015 Hearst co-starred in the Lifetime shoplifting comedy Stealing Chanel with Carol Alt, John Rothman, and Anna Maria Cianciulli.

Reality TV Hearst served alongside Anne Vyalitsyna and Naomi Campbell as a supermodel coach for the second edition of Oxygen's The Face modeling reality competition. The season premiered on March 5, 2014.

Personal life Hearst married Chris Hardwick on August 20, 2016, in Pasadena, California. Their daughter was born in January 2022. They currently live in Los Feliz, Los Angeles.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2008 The Last International Playboy Stella 2012 Two Jacks Alexis 2013 Delirium Jennifer 2014 Cabin Fever: Patient Zero Bridgett Automobile Waltz Penelope Short film The Barber Melissa Desire Penelope Short film 2015 Stealing Chanel Chanel Condemned Tess #Horror Lisa 2016 Guys Reading Poems Actress All at Once Amy Swing State Julia Davies 2017 West of Time Sister Short film 2018 Between Worlds Mary 2019 The Haunting of Sharon Tate Abigail Folger 2020 50K Chloe 2021 Grace and Grit Amy Uncredited Aileen Wuornos: American Boogeywoman Jennifer Fell Also executive producer 2022 Titanic 666 Idina Bess Turning Point McKayla Root Letter Karen Blake Slayers Liz Andrews Also co-executive producer 2025 Werewolf Game Monika

Television Year Title Role Notes 2009 Gossip Girl Amelia Episode: "Much 'I Do' About Nothing" 2013 Mistresses Story Episode: "Ultimatum" 2014 The Face Herself / Coach Season 2 2015 South of Hell Charlotte Roberts 6 episodes 2018 Z Nation Pandora 5 episodes 2020 Sinister Sister Zara Downes / Ronnie Television film; also known as Psycho Sister-in-Law 2021 Eli Roth's History of Horror Herself 4 episodes

Podcasts Year Title Role Notes 2020 The Shadow Diaries Christine / Lina Voice role

Music videos Year Title Artist(s) 2009 "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" Miles Fisher 2011 "Song for All the Girls" Cisco Adler featuring Young Chris 2013 "LimoSexSuperstar" Johnny Polygon 2019 "Ass Level" Santina Muha