American model and actress Jerry Hall has posed for several magazine covers and portrayed high-end companies, including Chanel, Saint Laurent, and Revlon. She shares four children with Mick Jagger and is well-known for her connections to businesses and music stars.
Texas native Hall traveled to Paris at the age of sixteen, staying in the same lodgings as actress Jessica Lang and singer Grace Jones. She gained popularity in the French capital quickly, and by 1977, she had accumulated a remarkable portfolio that included 40 covers of fashion magazines, such as Cosmopolitan and Vogue.
She climbed to the top of the modeling industry because of her striking beauty, long blonde hair, and statuesque frame. In the 1980s, she made a move into acting and had several noteworthy on-screen and stage roles.
Hall’s love relationships had a big impact on her rise to prominence in high society. She met fashion artist Antonio Lopez early in her career, and their friendship catapulted her and her friends into the upper echelons of the fashion world.
Her career as a model began in 1975 when she appeared on the Roxy Music album cover. At the age of 19, Hall and band leader Brian Ferry got engaged after their romance took off. But by 1977, things had soured, and she was soon involved with Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Jagger, another legendary rock star.
Despite never formally tying the knot, Hall and Jagger’s romance, which lasted more than 20 years, produced four children. They were engaged in Bali in 1990, but the English courts never acknowledged their marriage.
Known as the “mistress of billionaires,” Hall drew wealthy suitors such as Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and industrialist Robert Sangster. Her relationship with Jagger lasted, but she also had brief liaisons with Count Adam Zamoyski and Lord Neidpath, which fed tabloid rumors.
When Hall discovered Jagger was unfaithful in 1999, she ended their relationship permanently because she knew there would be no change in his behavior.
She participated in brief relationships with other millionaires, such as Warwick Hemsley, after their split. The news of Hall’s engagement to 85-year-old millionaire Rupert Murdoch in 2016 broke. After their divorce in 2023, Murdoch went on to marry Elena Zhukova for the sixth time.
