# Lydia Hearst

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.

## Philanthropy

Her family's tradition of philanthropy inspired Hearst to become a Smile Ambassador for Operation Smile.

## 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 | |
| 2014 | Automobile Waltz | Penelope | Short film |
| 2014 | The Barber | Melissa | |
| 2014 | Desire | Penelope | Short film |
| 2015 | Stealing Chanel | Chanel | |
| 2015 | Condemned | Tess | |
| 2015 | #Horror | Lisa | |
| 2016 | Guys Reading Poems | Actress | |
| 2016 | All at Once | Amy | |
| 2016 | 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 |
| 2021 | Aileen Wuornos: American Boogeywoman | Jennifer Fell | Also executive producer |
| 2022 | Titanic 666 | Idina Bess | |
| 2022 | Turning Point | McKayla | |
| 2022 | Root Letter | Karen Blake | |
| 2022 | Slayers | Liz Andrews | Also co-executive producer |
| TBA | Werewolf Game | TBA | |

### 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 | Ref. |
| 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 |