Born on July 2, 1956, in Gonzales, Texas, to John Printes Hall and Marjorie Nell Hall née Sheffield, she was one of five daughters, including her twin, Terry Jaye. Her family relocated to Mesquite, a nearby working-class town, when she was just two years old. Her early life was marked by turmoil, often facing the wrath of her late father, a truck driver who struggled with alcoholism. He had longed for a son, which is why he gave his daughters boys' names.
After modeling for the Kim Dawson Agency, she got into a car accident and used the insurance money to buy a one-way ticket to Paris when she was just 16 years old. It was in Paris that she was discovered by Antonio López, and she shared an apartment with fellow models Grace Jones and Jessica Lange, who were also making a name for themselves in the industry.
In 1977, she began dating the legendary musician Mick Jagger, after first meeting him in 1976. The couple held an unofficial wedding on November 21, 1990, and went on to have four children together: Elizabeth Scarlett Jagger, born in 1984, James Leroy, born in 1985, Georgia May, born in 1992, and Gabriel Luke, born in 1997. However, their partnership came to an end in 1999.
In 2016, she married media magnate Rupert Murdoch in London, England, on March 4th, marking a new chapter in her life.