Victoria Jane Getty, Lady Getty (née Holdsworth, formerly Brooke; born 1944) is an English philanthropist and former model. Since 2003 she has been a trustee of the

J. Paul Getty Trust The J. Paul Getty Trust is the world's wealthiest art institution, with an estimated endowment of US$7.7 billion in 2020. Based in Los Angeles, California, it operates the J. Paul Getty Museum, which has two locations—the Getty Center in the ...

Biography

Victoria Holdsworth is the daughter of Gerald Holdsworth, a Suffolk landowner. She worked as a model. She appeared in a campaign for

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and in advertisements for Gibbs toothpaste. She married James Bertram Lionel Brooke, the son of Anthony Walter Dayrell Brooke, in 1964. She and Brooke were divorced in 1969. She married John Paul Getty Jr. as her second husband in 1994. Her husband had been awarded an honorary knighthood in 1987, but was not able to use the title substantively until he became a British subject in 1997. After her husband was granted British citizenship, Holdsworth was styled as Lady Getty. She played a major role in reintroducing her husband to public life and helping him overcome his drug addiction. After her husband's death in 2003, Holdsworth took over as trustee of the

. Holdsworth lives at

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, a country house in

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that was owned by her husband. In 2015 she purchased Lavenham Brook Farm in

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In popular culture

Holdsworth is portrayed by the English actress

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in the 2018 television series ''

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'' on FX.

References

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