{{Short description|American philanthropist (born 1962)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Ariadne Getty | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1962}} | birth_place = Rome, Italy | mother = Abigail Harris | father = Sir John Paul Getty | spouse = Justin Williams (divorced) | children = Nats Getty<br/>August Getty | family = Getty | other_names = | education = | alma_mater = Bennington College | occupation = Philanthropist, businesswoman, film producer | years_active = }}
'''Ariadne Getty''' (formerly '''Williams'''; born 1962) is an American philanthropist, businesswoman, and film producer.
== Early life and family == Getty was born in Rome, Italy<ref name="glaad.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.glaad.org/about/board/ariadnegetty|title=Ariadne Getty (Los Angeles, CA) (October 2016 - Present) |website=GLAAD |date=October 12, 2016}}</ref> to Sir John Paul Getty, a philanthropist, and Abigail Harris, a water polo champion. She spent much of her childhood outside of Siena.<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/23/style/getty-family.html |title=Growing Up Getty |last=Barnes |first=Brooks |date=June 23, 2018 |website=The New York Times |access-date=March 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107185847/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/23/style/getty-family.html |archive-date=January 7, 2021}}</ref> She is a member of the Getty family and is the sister of John Paul Getty III, Mark Getty, and Aileen Getty and the half sister of Tara Getty.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/18/arts/j-paul-getty-jr-philanthropist-dies-at-70.html|title=J. Paul Getty Jr., Philanthropist, Dies at 70 |date=April 18, 2003 |first=Wolfgang|last=Saxon |website=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330032341/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/18/arts/j-paul-getty-jr-philanthropist-dies-at-70.html |archive-date=March 30, 2019 |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tatler.com/gallery/meet-the-getty-family-andrew-getty-history-fortune-getty-images |title=Meet the Gettys! |website=Tatler |date=September 27, 2016 |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref> Her parents divorced in 1964 and her father remarried twice; first to Talitha Pol, a Dutch actress and model, and later to Victoria Holdsworth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1446836/Getty-leaves-bulk-of-fortune-to-son-Mark.html|title=Getty leaves bulk of fortune to son Mark|first=Charlotte|last=Edwardes|date=November 16, 2003|website=the Telegraph |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref> She is the granddaughter of billionaire J. Paul Getty, the founder of Getty Oil Company, and Ann Rork Light, an actress. Getty's grandfather also served as her godfather at her baptism in the Catholic Church.<ref name="townandcountrymag.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a14435787/getty-family-all-the-money-in-the-world/ |title=A Member of the Getty Family Speaks Out About All The Money in the World |last=Halleman |first=Caroline |date=December 20, 2017 |website=Town & Country |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref> Getty attended Bennington College and Southover Manor School.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://people.com/archive/paralyzed-and-blind-from-a-drug-overdose-paul-iii-is-the-star-crossed-getty-vol-16-no-24/ |title=Paralyzed and Blind from a Drug Overdose, Paul III Is the Star-Crossed Getty |last1=Adelson |first1=Suzanne |last2=Wilhelm |first2=Maria |date=December 14, 1981 |website=People |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref>
== Career == Getty serves as the CEO of her son's fashion line ''August Getty Atelier'' and of her other son Nats Getty’s lifestyle brand ''Strike Oil''.<ref name="glaad.org"/><ref name="nytimes.com"/>
=== Film === In 2007, Getty produced the British comedy-thriller film ''The Baker''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8bb71b02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427052342/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8bb71b02|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 27, 2018|title=The Baker (2008) |website=BFI |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref> In 2010 she worked on the survivor-thriller film ''127 Hours''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3602828/|title=Ariadne Getty |website=IMDb |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref>
=== Philanthropy === In 2016, Getty joined the national board of directors of GLAAD.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-467631090.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427120033/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-467631090.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 27, 2018|title=Glaad National Board of Directors Appoints Pamela Stewart as New Co-Chair, Announces New Members Ariadne Getty, Nicole Eisenberg Glaad Announces $1 Million Gift from the Ariadne Getty Foundation to Support Glaad's Transgender Media Program|date=October 24, 2016}}</ref> She was a speaker at the third annual GLAAD Summit on September 30, 2016, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thehollywoodtimes.net/2016/10/01/third-annual-glaad-summit/ |title=Third Annual GLAAD Summit |date=October 1, 2016 |access-date=April 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427045124/https://thehollywoodtimes.net/2016/10/01/third-annual-glaad-summit/ |archive-date=April 27, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Getty is passionate about LGBT rights, climate change, and women's rights, making most of her time and financial contributions to GLAAD and the United Nations foundation.<ref name="townandcountrymag.com1">{{cite web|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a14457871/ariadne-getty-glaad-gift/|title=Ariadne Getty Gives $1 Million to Glaad|date=December 20, 2017 |last=Hallemann |first=Caroline |website=Town & Country |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref> Much of Ariadne's charitable work stems from her personal history; both of her children, Natalia (Nats) and August are gay, and much of Ariadne's philanthropic efforts go towards working with the LGBTQ community.
Getty serves with Queen Rania of Jordan, Muhammad Yunus, Kofi Annan, and Ted Turner as an inaugural board member of the Better World Fund, a nonprofit that provides educational and advocacy support for the United Nations and causes regarding refugees and gender inequality. Through her work with Better World Fund, Getty has traveled to Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to visit refugee camps with stakeholders to provide better living conditions for refugees.<ref name="glaad.org"/>
In September 2018, GLAAD presented the inaugural Ariadne Getty Ally Award to Alyssa Milano at its 49th anniversary gala in San Francisco;<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.out.com/news-opinion/2018/8/30/glaad-award-alyssa-milano-inaugural-ariadne-getty-ally-award|title=GLAAD to Award Alyssa Milano with Inaugural Ariadne Getty Ally Award |last=Garner |first=Glenn |date=August 30, 2018|access-date=November 19, 2018|language=en}}</ref> the Los Angeles LGBT Center honored Getty with the Rand Schrader Distinguished Scholar Vanguard Award;<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/rambling-reporter/greg-berlanti-husband-robbie-rogers-moved-tears-la-lgbt-center-vanguard-awards-1146398|title=Greg Berlanti, Husband Robbie Rogers Moved to Tears During L.A. LGBT Center Vanguard Awards|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=November 19, 2018|language=en}}</ref> and she became a board member of the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles. In August 2019, Variety named her the 2019 Philanthropist of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/scene/news/ariadne-getty-philanthropist-of-the-year-1203286262/|title=Ariadne Getty Honored as Variety's Philanthropist of the Year|last=Malkin|first=Marc|date=July 31, 2019|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=August 2, 2019}}</ref>
==== Ariadne Getty Foundation ==== Getty founded the Fuserna Foundation in 2004, later changing its name to the Ariadne Getty Foundation.<ref name="townandcountrymag.com1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ariadnegettyfdn.org/about/|title=About – The Ariadne Getty Foundation |website=The Ariadne Getty Foundation |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2011/02/09/the-getty-family|title=The Getty Family|date=February 9, 2011|newspaper=The Daily Beast}}</ref> She currently serves as its president and executive director.<ref name="glaad.org"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ariadnegettyfdn.org/the-team/|title=The Team – The Ariadne Getty Foundation|website=ariadnegettyfdn.org}}</ref> The foundation was formed to revitalize existing charities and individual charitable projects that were failing in their objectives due to financial constraints and/or lack of exposure and publicity.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010 |title=Fuserna Foundation - About Us |url=http://www.fusernafoundation.org/about-us.asp |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910085856/http://www.fusernafoundation.org/about-us.asp |archive-date=2010-09-10 |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=Fuserna Foundation}}</ref>
The foundation is a major donor to the Los Angeles LGBT Center.<ref name="glaad.org" /> In October 2017 it held a benefit concert that raised over $100,000 to help prevent bullying of LGBTQ youth.<ref name="advocate.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.advocate.com/people/2018/1/25/study-acceptance-lgbt-people-sees-significant-declines-us|title=Study: Acceptance of LGBT People Sees 'Significant Declines' in U.S. |last=Reynolds |first=Daniel |date=January 25, 2018 |website=The Advocate |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref> At the 2018 World Economic Forum in Davos Getty announced that her foundation would be giving $15 million to GLAAD to reverse the erosion of LGBTQ acceptance<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/GLAAD-Harris-Poll-shows-LGBTQ-acceptance-dropping-Getty-pledges-15M/61713.html|title=GLAAD, Harris Poll shows LGBTQ acceptance dropping, Getty pledges $15M - Gay Lesbian Bi Trans News Archive - Windy City Times |website=Windy City Times |date=January 26, 2018 |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref> and help move the global LGBTQ community forward.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://outleadership.com/?media_post=glaad-study-identifies-swift-alarming-drop-acceptance-lgbt-people-u-s |title=GLAAD study identifies "swift and alarming" drop in acceptance of LGBT+ people in the U.S. |last=Hughes |first=Dave |date=January 26, 2018 |website=Out Leadership |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427050140/http://outleadership.com/?media_post=glaad-study-identifies-swift-alarming-drop-acceptance-lgbt-people-u-s |archive-date=April 27, 2018 |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref><ref name="glaad.org1">{{cite web |url=https://www.glaad.org/blog/ariadne-getty-foundation-pledges-15m-glaad-and-brings-lgbtq-inclusion-world-stage-world |title=The Ariadne Getty Foundation Pledges $15M to GLAAD and Brings LGBTQ Inclusion to the World Stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos |date=February 1, 2018 |website=GLAAD |access-date=March 31, 2021 |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121184947/https://www.glaad.org/blog/ariadne-getty-foundation-pledges-15m-glaad-and-brings-lgbtq-inclusion-world-stage-world |url-status=dead }}</ref> A survey by the Harris Poll and GLAAD reported that LGBTQ acceptance in the United States had declined for the first time since the poll was first conducted.<ref name="advocate.com" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metroweekly.com/2018/01/alarming-erosion-lgbtq-acceptance-america-glaad-study-finds/ |title="Alarming" erosion of LGBTQ acceptance in America, GLAAD study finds |last=Marr |first=Rhuaridh |date=January 25, 2018 |website=Metro Weekly |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dallasvoice.com/glaad-poll-acceptance-lgbt-people-dropping-10248595.html |title=GLAAD Poll: Acceptance of LGBT People is Dropping |date=January 25, 2018 |website=Dallas Voice |access-date=April 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427044633/https://www.dallasvoice.com/glaad-poll-acceptance-lgbt-people-dropping-10248595.html |archive-date=April 27, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2018 Getty fulfilled her promise, donating $15 million for the GLAAD Media Institute, which seeks to spread LGBTQ acceptance by training journalists and people in the Hollywood film and television industries how to advocate for and tell the stories of LGBTQ people.<ref name="townandcountrymag.com" /><ref name="townandcountrymag.com1" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ariadne-getty-1-million-glaad-191451327.html |title=Ariadne Getty to Give $1 Million to Glaad |last=Hallemann |first=Caroline |date=December 20, 2017 |website=Yahoo! Life |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref> The Ariadne Getty Foundation and GLAAD partnered in hosting the panel ''Progress in Peril: How Business, Philanthropy and Media Can Lead to Achieving 100% Acceptance for LGBTQ People'' at the World Economic Forum.<ref name="glaad.org1" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/20/02/2018/what-davos-taught-me-about-supporting-my-transgender-child |title=What Davos taught me about Supporting my Transgender Child - Global Policy Journal |last=Lathan |first=Corinna |date=February 20, 2018 |website=Global Policy |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/01/25/there-has-been-an-alarming-backslide-in-support-for-lgbt-people-in-the-us/ |title=There has been an 'alarming' backslide in support for LGBT people in the US |last=Duffy |first=Nick |date=January 25, 2018 |website=Pink News |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref>
Additional partners of the foundation include the David Lynch Foundation, Family Equality Council, San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, Transgender Law Center, UNICEF Next Generation, United Nations Foundation, and the Washington Blade.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.ariadnegettyfdn.org/about |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819151809/https://www.ariadnegettyfdn.org/about |archive-date=2022-08-19 |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=The Ariadne Getty Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Personal life == Getty married Justin Williams, an actor, and had two children; fashion designer August Williams<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.com/event/the-getty-family-in-five-generations-546199409 |title=In Focus: The Getty Family In Five Generations |website=GettyImages |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref> and fashion model Nats Getty,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blackchalkmagazine.com/framing-a-getty/ |title=Framing A Getty |date=December 15, 2015 |website=Black Chalk Magazine |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref> who are both a part of the LGBTQ Community.<ref name="townandcountrymag.com"/><ref name="glaad.org1"/> She has said that her children inspired her passion for LGBTQ rights activism and philanthropy.<ref name="townandcountrymag.com"/> She and Williams later divorced in 2005.<ref name="nytimes.com"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a30361901/ariadne-natalia-august-getty-gigi-gorgeous-family-interview/ |title=Outrageous Fortune: Nats, August, and Gigi Gorgeous Getty are Not Your Typical Old-Money Scions |last=Reginato |first=James |date=January 14, 2020 |website=Town & Country |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref> She is in a long-term relationship with producer Louie Rubio.<ref name="nytimes.com"/>
=== Brother's kidnapping === {{main|Kidnapping of John Paul Getty III}}
Getty criticized the 2017 semibiographical crime film ''All the Money in the World'', which focused on the 1973 kidnapping of her brother John Paul Getty III when he was sixteen years old,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2015/04/23/the-getty-family-a-cautionary-tale-of-oil-adultery-and-death/#5ccd37587eee |title=The Getty Family: A Cautionary Tale of Oil, Adultery, And Death |first=Agustino |last=Fontevecchia |date=April 23, 2015 |website=Forbes |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref> saying the film incorrectly depicted her family as obsessed with wealth.<ref name="townandcountrymag.com"/><ref name="townandcountrymag.com1"/> She also defended her grandfather, J. Paul Getty, saying that her grandfather was a loving and involved person in her life and did not behave as the film portrayed him.<ref name="townandcountrymag.com"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/getty-opens-money-world-191432743.html |title=A Getty Opens Up About All the Money in the World |last=Hallemann |first=Caroline |date=December 20, 2017 |website=Yahoo! Life |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref>
In 2018, Getty threatened to take legal action against FX for their series ''Trust'', which retells the story of her brother's 1973 kidnapping, saying that the series defames her family for implying they were complicit in the kidnapping.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/03/john-paul-getty-iiis-sister-claims-trust-defames-family.html |title=John Paul Getty III's Sister Threatens Legal Action Over FX's ''Trust'' |first=Jackson |last=McHenry |date=March 16, 2018 |website=Vulture |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2018/03/16/getty-lawyer-says-fxs-trust-portrays-family-defamatory-wildly-sensationalized-way/434041002/ |title=Getty lawyer says FX's ''Trust'' portrays family in 'defamatory, wildly sensationalized' way |last=Keveney |first=Bill |date=March 16, 2018 |website=USA Today |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/03/fx-trust-j-paul-getty-kidnapping-lawsuit |title=Getty Family Threatens Lawsuit Over Trust, FX's "False and Misleading" Kidnapping Drama |first=Julie |last=Miller |date=March 19, 2018 |magazine=Vanity Fair |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref>
== Media == Getty is portrayed by Lucy Gentili in the 2018 American drama television series ''Trust''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5664952/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm | title=Trust (TV Series 2018) - IMDb | website=IMDb }}</ref>
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