This article is about the model and actress. For the journalist and political consultant, see Millard Hall. For the Canadian actress, see Geri Hall. For the R&B singer with the Huey Smith and the Clowns, see Gerri 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.[2] 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.
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.[5]
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.[7] She moved to Paris where she shared an apartment with singer Grace Jones and Jessica Lange. 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.[7] Her long blonde hair and height of six feet quickly made her one of the most visible and photographed models of the day.
In 2016, Hall won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Fashion Group International Dallas.[8]
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.[13]
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 LettersbyA. R. Gurney. On September 10, 2012, Hall was announced as a contestant for the tenth series of the British dance show Strictly Come Dancing. Her professional partner was Anton du Beke. She was the second celebrity to be eliminated from the competition.
Her autobiography, Jerry Hall: My Life in Pictures, was published in 2010.
In 2010, she sold her art collection through Sotheby's.[15] Four years later, she performed at Glastonbury. She wrote music and lyrics to original country and western music.[16]
On March 4, 2016, Hall married media business magnate Rupert Murdoch, in a ceremony at the Church of England church of St Bride's, Fleet Street,[23] eight weeks after announcing their engagement with a listing in Murdoch's The Times newspaper.[24] Hall filed for divorce on July 1, 2022, citing irreconcilable differences;[25] the divorce was finalized in August 2022.[26]
