Jodie Kidd

About Jodie Kidd

Jodie is a West Sussex, UK-based fashion model, television personality, racing driver, and entrepreneur, best known as a prominent supermodel of the 1990s and early 2000s.
She was discovered at age 15 by photographer Terry O’Neill on a beach in Barbados, she quickly rose to fame modelling for major houses including Chanel, Alexander McQueen, Givenchy, Moschino, and Yves Saint Laurent. She appeared on covers of magazines such as British Vogue and international editions of Elle, and became associated with the “heroin chic” look of the era, though she later spoke of severe anxiety and panic attacks that contributed to her stepping back from full-time catwalk work in her early 20s.
She then pursued motor racing, including celebrity appearances linked to Top Gear, polo for England, golf, and television work such as Strictly Come Dancing, The Jump, Celebrity MasterChef, and Countryfile. She has also been involved in business ventures including the eco-conscious clothing brand Manava, skincare, and food products. In 2017 she bought and has since run The Half Moon, a gastropub in Kirdford, West Sussex.
In 2023 she posed for a nude artistic portrait used as a temporary/new sign for her pub as part of a Stella Artois charity campaign supporting the hospitality industry during rising energy costs. The painted image showed her undressed with flowers covering modesty