{{short description|American heir, socialite, designer, and LGBTQ rights activist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox model | name = Nats Getty | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|11|30}} | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | mother = Ariadne Getty | relatives = August Getty (brother) | spouse = {{marriage|Gigi Lazzarato|2019|2025}} | occupation = {{hlist|Model|designer|socialite|activist}} | years_active = | height = 160 cm<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://natsgetty.com/natalia-getty72|title=Nats Getty|last=www.Portfoliobox.net|website=nataliagetty.com}}{{dead link|date=March 2021}}</ref> | agency = Next Management<ref name="auto"/> }}
'''Nats Getty''' (born November 30, 1992) is an American model, socialite, designer, and LGBTQ+ rights activist.
==Early life and family == Getty was born in Los Angeles<ref name="dapperq.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.dapperq.com/2016/08/portrait-heiress-la-oil-diva-nats-getty/|title=Portrait of An Heiress: LA Oil Socialite Nats Getty - dapperQ|date=August 8, 2016|last=Dolce Vita|first=Anita|website=www.dapperq.com|access-date=March 19, 2021|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320000848/https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oswald:400%7CLato&display=swap&ver=1579489630|url-status=live}}</ref> to Ariadne Getty<ref name="glaad.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.glaad.org/about/board/ariadnegetty|title=Ariadne Getty (Los Angeles, CA) (October 2016 – Present)|date=October 12, 2016|publisher=GLAAD|access-date=March 19, 2021|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320000851/https://www.glaad.org/about/board/ariadnegetty|url-status=live}}</ref> and Justin Williams.<ref name="glaad.org"/> He is a member of the Getty family and uses that surname professionally.<ref name="blackchalkmagazine.com">{{cite news|url=http://blackchalkmagazine.com/framing-a-getty/|title=Framing A Getty|date=December 15, 2015|website=Black Chalk magazine|access-date=March 19, 2021|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320000853/https://blackchalkmagazine.com/framing-a-getty/|url-status=live}}</ref> Getty is the grandchild of Sir John Paul Getty. Getty's maternal great-grandmother was actress Ann Rork Light, and maternal great-grandfather Jean Paul Getty was the founder of Getty Oil.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/style/gigi-gorgeous-engaged-nats-getty-see-the-ring/|title=Gigi Gorgeous Is Engaged to Girlfriend Nats Getty: See Her Beautiful Ring and Dramatic Proposal!|date=March 8, 2018|last=Ruffo|first=Jillian|website=People magazine|access-date=March 19, 2021|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320000907/https://people.com/style/gigi-gorgeous-engaged-nats-getty-see-the-ring/|url-status=live}}</ref> Nats's brother is the fashion designer August Getty. He spent his early childhood in Santa Monica, California, and attended school at The Willows Community School before moving to England at age eight.<ref name="dapperq.com"/><ref name="blackchalkmagazine.com"/> While living in England, Getty attended a boarding school in Oxford.<ref name="blackchalkmagazine.com"/> Raised in the Catholic faith, Getty is the godchild of Gavin Newsom.<ref name= nyt>{{cite news|last=Varian|first=Ethan|date=July 20, 2019|title=At the Wedding of Gigi Gorgeous and Nats Getty|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/20/fashion/weddings/gigi-gorgeous-nats-getty-wedding.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 19, 2021|url-access=registration}}</ref>
== Career == Nats, Ariadne and August Getty have worked to provide new infrastructures for the Los Angeles LGBT Center and works closely with GLAAD.{{When|date=March 2021}}<ref name="dapperq.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/null/gigi-gorgeous-and-nats-getty-29th-annual-glaad-media-awards-red-carpet/vp-AAvRagI|title=Gigi Gorgeous and Nats Getty 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Red Carpet|website=www.msn.com|access-date=April 26, 2018|archive-date=April 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426213059/https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/null/gigi-gorgeous-and-nats-getty-29th-annual-glaad-media-awards-red-carpet/vp-AAvRagI|url-status=dead}}</ref> Nats has a clothing and lifestyle brand, Strike Oil.<ref name="dapperq.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.out.com/popnography/2017/2/14/gigi-gorgeous-v-day-gift-girlfriend-nats-getty-better-yours|title=Gigi Gorgeous' V-Day Gift From Girlfriend Nats Getty is Better Than Yours|date=February 14, 2017|last=Dresden|first=Hilton|website=Out|access-date=March 19, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://strikeoil.com/about/|title=About – Strike Oil|website=strikeoil.com|access-date=May 14, 2018|archive-date=May 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515112653/https://strikeoil.com/about/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The name references the family's oil business.<ref name="gomag.com">{{cite web|url=http://gomag.com/article/gigi-gorgeous-nats-getty-engaged-couple/|title=Gigi Gorgeous & Nats Getty: The Most Visible Lesbian Couple For The Digital Generation|date=March 13, 2018|last=Berg|first=Alex|website=gomag.com|access-date=March 19, 2021}}</ref>
In 2014, Getty directed and acted in the short film ''Smoking Solitary,''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7681104/|title=Smoking Solitary|publisher=|via=www.imdb.com|access-date=March 19, 2021|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320001321/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7681104/|url-status=live}}</ref> a one-minute film featuring him exhaling cigarette smoke.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7681104/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=July 2022}}</ref> On July 24, 2017, Getty was interviewed on the podcast series ''Shane and Friends''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.podelight.com/podcast_episodes/7733/gigi-gorgeous--nats-getty---shane-and-friends---ep-119/details|title=Shane And Friends episode: Gigi Gorgeous & Nats Getty - Shane And Friends - Ep. 119|website=www.podelight.com|access-date=April 26, 2018|archive-date=April 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426145559/http://www.podelight.com/podcast_episodes/7733/gigi-gorgeous--nats-getty---shane-and-friends---ep-119/details|url-status=dead}}</ref> Getty arranged for the painting of a Mr. Brainwash mural to honor the 49 victims of the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting, having it displayed in front of Pulse nightclub.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.clickorlando.com/news/2016/10/21/gates-surrounding-pulse-nightclub-open-to-public-for-mural-unveiling/ | title=Gates surrounding Pulse nightclub open to public for mural unveiling | date=October 21, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="gomag.com"/> Getty is signed with Next Management and has modeled for his brother, August Getty; August has cited Nats and his wife Gigi Gorgeous as muses.<ref name="gomag.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/august-getty-the-next-gen_b_5909482|title=August Getty: The Next Generation of Fashion|first=Brad|last=Hammer|date=October 1, 2014|publisher=Huffington Post|access-date=March 19, 2021|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320001349/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/august-getty-the-next-gen_b_5909482|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/august-getty-fashion-designer|title=August Start|date=October 10, 2014|first=Lee|last=Carter|website=W|access-date=March 19, 2021|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320001352/https://www.wmagazine.com/story/august-getty-fashion-designer|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="mbfashionweek.com">{{cite web|url=http://mbfashionweek.com/designers/august-getty|url-status=dead|title=Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week|website=mbfashionweek.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531035704/http://mbfashionweek.com/designers/august-getty|archive-date=May 31, 2017}}</ref>
Nats is an advisor for the Ariadne Getty Foundation, started by his mother, Ariadne.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ariadnegettyfdn.org/the-team/|title=The Team – The Ariadne Getty Foundation|website=ariadnegettyfdn.org|access-date=March 19, 2021|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320001359/https://www.ariadnegettyfdn.org/the-team/|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Personal life == Getty began dating Canadian socialite and YouTuber Gigi Lazzarato, known as Gigi Gorgeous, in 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/transgender-youtube-star-gigi-gorgeous-new-life/|title=Transgender Star Gigi Gorgeous on Realizing She's a Lesbian: 'I Never Thought I'd Fall For a Girl'|date=February 8, 2017|last=Gomez|first=Patrick|website=People magazine|access-date=June 1, 2021|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320000939/https://people.com/celebrity/transgender-youtube-star-gigi-gorgeous-new-life/|url-status=live}}</ref> after spending time together during the Paris debut of August Getty's collection.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://gomag.com/article/gigi-gorgeous-nats-getty-engaged-couple/ | title=Gigi Gorgeous & Nats Getty: The Most Visible Lesbian Couple for the Digital Generation | date=March 13, 2018 }}</ref>
Getty proposed to Lazzarato in March 2018 at the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte in France.<ref name="gomag.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insideweddings.com/news/celebrity-style/youtuber-gigi-gorgeous-and-nats-getty-are-engaged/42675/|title=YouTuber Gigi Gorgeous and Nats Getty Are Engaged!|last=Lasnier|first=Emily|website=insideweddings.com|access-date=March 19, 2021|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320001338/https://www.insideweddings.com/news/celebrity-style/youtuber-gigi-gorgeous-and-nats-getty-are-engaged/42675/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.etonline.com/youtube-star-gigi-gorgeous-is-engaged-see-the-epic-proposal-video-98015|title=YouTube Star Gigi Gorgeous Is Engaged -- See the Epic Proposal Video!|date=March 8, 2018|last=Seemayer|first=Zach|website=ET Online|access-date=March 19, 2021|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320001337/https://www.etonline.com/youtube-star-gigi-gorgeous-is-engaged-see-the-epic-proposal-video-98015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/relationships/a19428893/gig-gorgeous-girlfriend-proposal/|title=Watch this YouTuber's girlfriend propose in the most extra (but adorable) way|date=March 14, 2018|last=Gilmour|first=Paisley|website=Cosmopolitan magazine|access-date=March 19, 2021|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320001349/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/relationships/a19428893/gig-gorgeous-girlfriend-proposal/|url-status=live}}</ref> The couple shared their engagement in a video posted to Lazzarato's YouTube channel.<ref name="gomag.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/pride/fast-lane/article/2018/03/09/gigi-gorgeous-has-announced-her-engagement-girlfriend-nats-getty|title=Gigi Gorgeous has announced her engagement to fiancé Nats Getty|date=March 9, 2018|last=Leighton-Dore|first=Samuel|website=sbs.com.au|access-date=March 19, 2021|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320001350/https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/pride/fast-lane/article/2018/03/09/gigi-gorgeous-has-announced-her-engagement-girlfriend-nats-getty|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/gigi-gorgeous-engaged-nats-getty-155674/|title=Gigi Gorgeous Is Officially Off the Market! GF Nats Getty Pops the Question in the Most Romantic Way|date=March 8, 2018|last=Lacroix|first=Emy|website=www.lifeandstylemag.com|access-date=March 19, 2021|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320001350/https://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/gigi-gorgeous-engaged-nats-getty-155674/|url-status=live}}</ref> The couple married in July 2019 in a private ceremony at Rosewood Miramar Beach in Montecito, California.<ref name="nyt" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/style/gigi-gorgeous-marries-nats-getty-wedding-dress-details/|title=Gigi Gorgeous Marries Nats Getty in Extravagant Beachfront Wedding – See Her Beautiful Dress!|date=July 13, 2019|last=Frey|first=Kaitlyn|website=PEOPLE.com|access-date=March 19, 2021|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320001339/https://people.com/style/gigi-gorgeous-marries-nats-getty-wedding-dress-details/|url-status=live}}</ref> Getty filed for divorce from Lazzarato in Los Angeles County Superior Court on July 2, 2025.<ref>{{cite web |last= Lyttle|first= Zoey|date= July 2, 2025|title= Gigi Gorgeous and Nats Getty File for Divorce After Nearly 6 Years of Marriage|url= https://people.com/gigi-gorgeous-nats-getty-file-for-divorce-11747135|website= People|location= |publisher= |access-date= July 3, 2025}}</ref>
Getty initially came out as transgender and non-binary in January 2021 via Instagram, sharing the start of a transition by undergoing a double mastectomy procedure.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nats Getty Gorgeous on Instagram: "COMING OUT AS TRANSGENDER NON-BINARY"|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CKPs1Kmpp26/|url-status=live|access-date=March 4, 2021|website=Instagram|language=en|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320001353/https://www.instagram.com/p/CKPs1Kmpp26/}}</ref> He came out as a trans man and changed his pronouns to he/him in June 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nats Getty Gorgeous on Instagram: "I stand proudly as a trans man. It feels right to finally publicly say my pronouns are he/him."|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CQMpuBJpw-o/|url-status=live|access-date=June 16, 2021|website=Instagram|language=en|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320001353/https://www.instagram.com/p/CQMpuBJpw-o/}}</ref>
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