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Ariadne Getty (formerly Williams; born 1962) is an American
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, businesswoman, and film producer.


Early life and family

Getty was born in Rome, Italy to Sir John Paul Getty, a philanthropist, and Abigail Harris, a water polo champion. She spent much of her childhood outside of
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. She is a member of the
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and is the sister of
John Paul Getty III John Paul Getty III (; born Eugene Paul Getty II; November 4, 1956February 5, 2011) was the grandson of American oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, who was once the richest man in the world. While living in Rome in 1973, he was kidnapped by the 'Ndranghe ...
,
Mark Getty Mark Harris Getty (born 9 July 1960) is an Irish-French businessman who is the co-founder and chairman of Getty Images. Life and career A member of the prominent Getty family, he is the younger son of John Paul Getty Jr. and his first wife, Ga ...
, and Aileen Getty and the half sister of Tara Getty. Her parents divorced in 1964 and her father remarried twice; first to Talitha Pol, a Dutch actress and model, and later to Victoria Holdsworth. She is the granddaughter of billionaire
J. Paul Getty Jean Paul Getty Sr. (; December 15, 1892 – June 6, 1976) was an American petroleum industrialist who founded the Getty Oil Company in 1942 and was the patriarch of the Getty family. A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, he was the son of pion ...
, the founder of Getty Oil Company, and Ann Rork Light, an actress. Getty's grandfather also served as her godfather at her
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in the Catholic Church. Getty attended
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.


Career

Getty serves as the CEO of her son's fashion line ''
August Getty Atelier August Getty (né Williams; born June 23, 1994) is an American fashion designer and founder of the fashion brand August Getty Atelier. Early life and family Getty is the son of Ariadne Getty, a member of the Getty family, and Justin Williams ...
'' and of her other son Nats Getty’s lifestyle brand ''Strike Oil''.


Film

In 2007, Getty produced the British comedy-thriller film '' The Baker''. In 2010 she worked on the survivor-thriller film ''
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''.


Philanthropy

In 2016, Getty joined the national board of directors of
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. She was a speaker at the third annual GLAAD Summit on September 30, 2016, at the
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. 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. 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
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,
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,
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, and
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as an inaugural board member of the Better World Fund, a nonprofit that provides educational and advocacy support for the
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and causes regarding refugees and gender inequality. Through her work with Better World Fund, Getty has traveled to
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and the
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to visit refugee camps with stakeholders to provide better living conditions for refugees. In September 2018, GLAAD presented the inaugural Ariadne Getty Ally Award to
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at its 49th anniversary gala in San Francisco; the
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honored Getty with the Rand Schrader Distinguished Scholar Vanguard Award; and she became a board member of the
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. In August 2019,
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named her the 2019 Philanthropist of the Year.


Ariadne Getty Foundation

Getty founded the Fuserna Foundation in 2004, later changing its name to the Ariadne Getty Foundation. She currently serves as its president and executive director. 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. The foundation is a major donor to the
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. In October 2017 it held a benefit concert that raised over $100,000 to help prevent bullying of LGBTQ youth. At the 2018
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in
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Getty announced that her foundation would be giving $15 million to GLAAD to reverse the erosion of LGBTQ acceptance and help move the global LGBTQ community forward. A survey by the
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and GLAAD reported that LGBTQ acceptance in the United States had declined for the first time since the poll was first conducted. 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. 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. Additional partners of the foundation include the David Lynch Foundation, Family Equality Council, San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus,
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, UNICEF Next Generation,
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, and the
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.


Personal life

Getty married Justin Williams, an actor, and had two children; fashion designer August Williams and fashion model Nats Getty, who are both a part of the LGBTQ Community. She has said that her children inspired her passion for LGBTQ rights activism and philanthropy. She and Williams later divorced in 2005. She is in a long-term relationship with producer Louie Rubio.


Brother's kidnapping

Getty criticized the 2017 semibiographical crime film ''
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'', which focused on the 1973
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of her brother
John Paul Getty III John Paul Getty III (; born Eugene Paul Getty II; November 4, 1956February 5, 2011) was the grandson of American oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, who was once the richest man in the world. While living in Rome in 1973, he was kidnapped by the 'Ndranghe ...
when he was sixteen years old, saying the film incorrectly depicted her family as obsessed with wealth. 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. 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.


Media

Getty is portrayed by Lucy Gentili in the 2018 American drama television series ''
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''.


References

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