Lydia Hearst Age, Height, Career, Personal Life and Net Worth

Lydia Hearst is an American model, actress, and blogger. She became popular due to modeling and other acting careers. Her name is on the list of famous personalities who have made it known to the world because of the legacy within the family name.

She is the granddaughter of newspaper publisher and politician William Randolph Hearst and the daughter of Patty Hearst, author, and actress who is also an infamous figure in American history.

Real name	Lydia Marie Hearst-Shaw
Nick Name	Lydia Hearst
Profession	Model, Actress, Socialite, Blogger
Well Known For	Her family legacy, modeling career, and appearances in films and television

Read ahead to get Lydia Hearst’s bio, family, career, net worth, and lifestyle.

Early Life of Lydia Hearst

Lydia born is on September 19, 1984, to actress and author Patty Hearst and Bernard L. Shaw a Police officer. Lydia, therefore grew up in a good family and connected to the legacy of her great-grandfather, William Randolph Hearst, a powerful newspaper publisher. Lydia attended Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. In 2003, however, she pursued fashion modeling as a career and left academe to pursue the profession.

Place of Birth	Wilton, Connecticut, United States
Date of Birth	September 19, 1984
Nationality	American
Ethnicity	White
Educated from	Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut
Parents	Patty Hearst, Bernard L. Shaw

Career life of Lydia Hearst

Lydia Hearst began to gain fame when she was recognized in 2004 by fashion photographer Steven Meisel, she first appeared on the cover of Vogue Italia. Since then, she has covered several of the world’s best-known international big-league magazines. Several of the world’s most renowned photographers have photographed Hears. Lydia has appeared on the runway for some of the world’s top designers.

Apart from her fashion shows and editorials, Lydia Hearst has also appeared in her fair share of commercials for big luxury brands. Her campaigns include work for Sephora, H&M, and MAC Cosmetics. One year Lydia modeled for Puma’s French 77 campaign, she teamed up with the sports brand to develop a line of handbags designed by herself. In 2012, Lydia became one of the many stable members of Swarovski Heart Truth ambassadors in support of women’s heart health.

Outside of her clothing business, Lydia experimented with being a journalist by penning as a columnist for Page Six and had a lifestyle and fashion blog. She was also a model who appeared in a few different music videos. Some of these include Miles Fisher and Cisco Adler, who took on unique and artistic roles in these projects.

Lydia continued her career by going into television in 2014 as a supermodel coach with Anne Vyalitsyna and Naomi Campbell. Here, she showed her experience, poise, and modeling skills.

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Height, Age, Weight, Star Sign, and Net Worth

Lydia Hearst is 40 years of age. She weighs about 55 kilograms and is 5 feet 7 inches tall. She is a Virgo.

Lydia Hearst is one of the most successful models, actresses, as well as bloggers. This must be the main reason behind her estimated net worth, which is around $3 million. Her fashion work and family background make her one of the world’s most popular females.

Age	40 years old (as of September 2024)
Height	5 feet 7 inches
Star Sign	Virgo
Weight	55 kg
Net Worth	$3 million

Personal Life of Lydia Hearst

She keeps her private life alive with marriage to Chris Hardwick, a comedian, actor, and popular television host. Her wedding to Chris Hardwick occurred on August 20, 2016, having a beautiful wedding ceremony in Pasadena, California. Only close family and friends were there to witness their commitment to each other as well as their values.

Lydia and Chris had their first child a baby girl in January 2022. Their daughter is so full of nice joys. Lydia and Chris reside in Los Feliz, Los Angeles. Los Feliz is a community in Los Angeles that has developed a very lively culture and artistic environment. It provided an excellent place for their daughter to grow up while both of them could pursue their respective careers in the entertainment industry.

Their love is full of cooperation and mutual concerns, especially in charity work and the arts. Together, they do all sorts of things from philanthropy to arts. Indeed, they represent giving back to society with the several projects and initiatives they engaged each other in. In that aspect, Lydia’s experience in philanthropy can trace its roots to her family traditions as complementing Chris’s charitable works true power couple in both their professional and personal lives.

Molding

Title	Year
Discovered by Steven Meisel	2004
First magazine cover for Vogue Italia	2004
Puma’s French 77 campaign	2007
Designed a line of handbags for Puma	2007
Swarovski Heart Truth campaign ambassador	2012

Acting

Title	Year
Appearance in Miles Fisher’s music video “This Must Be the Place”	2010
Starred in Cisco Adler’s “Song for All the Girls”	2011
Minor role in Johnny Polygon’s “LimoSexSuperstar”	2011
Supermodel coach on The Face	2014

Interesting Facts

This model is Patty Hearst’s daughter known for her famous kidnapping case in 1970.
Other than modeling, Lydia has featured in music videos and as a supermodel coach on the reality show The Face.
She is also a Smile Ambassador for Operation Smile, helping children with cleft lip and palate problems.
Lydia went on to create a line of handbags for Puma following her campaign for French 77.
Lydia is married to comedian Chris Hardwick, who also hosts Talking Dead.
Lydia welcomes her first motherly gift as she recently welcomed a daughter, in January 2022.
Lydia attended Sacred Heart University, studying psychology before going into the modeling world.
She is an art enthusiast attending many events there usually outside promoting creativity.
Lydia is fashionable with eclectic style trends.
She has a following sizeable enough on several applications of social media where she connects to her fans.
She supports animal welfare, besides advocating the adoption of pets rescued from shelters.
As an ambassador of Swarovski for the Heart Truth campaign, Lydia keeps the women informed about how important their heart health is.
Lydia is very active and sits on panels discussing issues like fashion, social issues, etc.
She has traveled abroad for international fashion shows and photo shoots.
Lydia is a multi-talent person with an interest in writing and public speaking, aside from modeling and acting.
He has 110k followers on Facebook.
He has 169k followers on Instagram.
He has 92.1k followers on Twitter.