Jerry Hall

Jerry Faye Hall (born July 2, 1956) is an American model and actress.

She began modeling in the 1970s and became one of the most sought models in the world.

Her modeling career began when she appeared, in the guise of a mermaid on the cover of Roxy Music's album Siren (1975).

By 1977, Hall had been on 40 magazine covers including Italian Vogue and Cosmopolitan.

She was earning modeling fees in excess of $1,000 per day.

Her long blonde hair and height of six feet quickly made her one of the most visible and photographed models of the day.

Hall acted in Urban Cowboy (1980) and director Tim Burton's Batman (1989).

She costarred in an NBC pilot, She's With Me, opposite Dinah Manoff, and penned by Married... With Children creators Ron Leavitt and Michael G. Moye.

The unsold pilot aired July 20, 1986.

She made her professional stage debut playing Cherie in a revival of Bus Stop (a role played by Marilyn Monroe in the film adaptation) in the Theaterfest summer stock (hosted at Montclair State University) in July 1988.

She transitioned into acting, appearing in the 1989 film Batman.

Hall was the long-term partner of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, with whom she has four children.

She was the fourth wife of Rupert Murdoch until they divorced in 2022.

Hall was born in Gonzales, Texas, to Marjorie (née Sheffield), a medical records librarian, and John P. Hall.

She is of English, Irish, and Dutch descent.

She was raised in the Dallas suburb of Mesquite, Texas.

Hall graduated from North Mesquite High School early at 16.

While in high school, she also took classes at Eastfield College in archery, tennis, and gymnastics.

Hall has been fluent in French since she was 16.

She has a twin sister, Terry, whose jobs have included working in a photography and printmaking shop, real estate investing, and real estate broker.

They have three older sisters, including Rosy Hall, one of the first Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.

In the TV series Who Do You Think You Are?, Hall discovered that she was descended from Humphrey Best, an associate of American pioneer Daniel Boone.

Jerry Hall and her twin sister Terry were in the French Riviera sunbathing on a Saint Tropez beach when fashion agent Claude Haddad discovered them.

She moved to Paris where she shared an apartment with singer Grace Jones and Jessica Lange.

She reprised the role for her London West End stage début in 1990 at the Lyric Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue.

In 1990, she joined many other guests for Roger Waters' massive performance of The Wall in Berlin.

She featured in commercials for Bovril.

Hall played the role of Miss Scarlett in the 1993 British television show Cluedo and in TV series, The Detectives.

In the early 2000s, she appeared as Mrs. Robinson in a Broadway production of The Graduate.

Hall appeared as herself in the documentary Being Mick (2001).

She appeared in Brighton in the play Picasso's Women in 2002.

Hall was presented with the Guinness World Record in February 2004 for making the most musical appearances in a single night; she performed in six shows before 9,124 theatregoers in London's West End.

In 2005, Hall appeared on the West End stage playing Mother Lord in the first London production of Cole Porter's High Society.

Hall provided the voice for Sister Penelope in the British cartoon Popetown first screened in New Zealand during the year.

In 2007, Hall guest-starred on the British TV show Hotel Babylon.

She has also appeared in the BBC comedy series French and Saunders.

In June 2012, Hall made a one-week appearance with David Soul at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, in a reprise of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated play Love Letters by A. R. Gurney.

In 2016, Hall won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Fashion Group International Dallas.

Hall was also a muse for artists Francesco Clemente, Ed Ruscha and Lucian Freud.

Hall modeled for Andy Warhol many times.