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.[ (Adobe Flash)]
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.
[ (Adobe Flash)] 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 "LimoSexSuperstar" video.
In 2015 Hearst co-starred in the Lifetime shoplifting comedy Stealing Chanel with Carol Alt,
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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.
[ Chris Hardwick on Instagram: New human alert!]
Philanthropy
Her family's tradition of philanthropy inspired Hearst to become a Smile Ambassador for
Operation Smile.
Filmography
Film
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| 2008 | The Last International Playboy | Stella | |
| 2012 | Two Jacks | Alexis | |
| 2013 | Delirium | Jennifer | |
| 2014 | | Bridgett | |
| Automobile Waltz | Penelope | Short film |
| The Barber | Melissa | |
| Desire | Penelope | Short film |
| 2015 | Stealing Chanel | Chanel | |
| Condemned | Tess | |
| Hashtag 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 |
| 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
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| 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
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| 2020 | The Shadow Diaries | Christine / Lina | Voice role | |
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Music videos
See also
External links