Lisa Vanderpump

Who Is Lisa Vanderpump?

Lisa Vanderpump is a friendly English actress and TV personality. She is well known for her warm smile and her love of food. She first became a household name on a popular reality show about housewives in Beverly Hills. Fans love her kind heart and her sharp sense of style. She also enjoys sharing meals with friends and family.

Besides acting she has a talent for running restaurants. She often talks about the joy of cooking and serving guests. Her fans see her as a caring leader and a fun person to watch on TV. She brings a gentle humor to every episode she appears in. Her presence makes the show feel like a friendly gathering.

Lisa's name is linked with both the screen and the dining room. She makes people feel welcome wherever she goes. Her charm and work ethic have earned her a loyal following around the world.

Early Life and Background

Lisa was born on September 15 1960. That day marked the start of a life that would later be filled with bright lights and bustling kitchens.

Career and Claim to Fame

Lisa Vanderpump began her career as an English actress. She soon moved to the United States where she found new chances in television. From 2010 until 2019 she was a main cast member on a famous reality series about the lives of housewives in Beverly Hills. Her lively personality made her a favorite on the show.

She also helped create a popular restaurant and lounge in West Hollywood called SUR. The staff and the daily buzz at SUR became the backdrop for another hit series that started in 2013. Lisa appears as a cast member and works as an executive producer on that show. Her love for food and people shines through each episode.

Fans can learn more about her work by visiting her official website. The site can be written as en dot wikipedia dot org slash wiki slash Lisa Vanderpump. It holds details about her shows and her restaurants.

Birthday, Age and Zodiac

Lisa celebrates her birthday on September 15 each year. She is currently sixty six years old. Her zodiac sign is Virgo. Virgos are known for being practical and detail oriented. They often like to help others and keep things tidy. This fits well with Lisa's careful approach to both acting and running a restaurant.

Fun Facts and Legacy

Lisa Vanderpump is an English actress born on September 15 1960. She is sixty six years old and a Virgo who loves to be helpful and organized. She became famous on a reality show about Beverly Hills housewives and later on a series that follows the life of her restaurant SUR. Her official website can be described as en dot wikipedia dot org slash wiki slash Lisa Vanderpump. Her fans remember her for her warm smile, her tasty dishes, and her gentle humor that makes every show feel like a friendly chat.

Lisa Vanderpump - Quick Facts

Profile Overview of Lisa Vanderpump

Lisa Jane Vanderpump (born 15 September 1960) is an English restaurateur, businesswoman and television personality. She initially gained fame as a main cast member on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, which she starred in from 2010 until 2019. Since emigrating to the United States from the United Kingdom, Vanderpump has been in the restaurant industry, along with her husband Ken Todd. Her West Hollywood, California restaurant and lounge, SUR (short for Sexy Unique Restaurant), along with its staff, are the premise to Bravo's Vanderpump Rules (2013–present), in which she is a cast member and executive producer.

This profile of Lisa Vanderpump covers Early Life and Family Background, Acting, Hospitality, Unscripted television and producing and Business Ventures.

Other producing television projects include E!'s Overserved with Lisa Vanderpump, Peacock's Vanderpump Dogs (both 2021), and Hulu's Vanderpump Villa (2024–present), all of which she executively produced.

Vanderpump is an animal rights activist and the founder of The Vanderpump Dog Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit animal rescue organization that works with domestic and international fronts.

Early Life and Family Background of Lisa Vanderpump

Lisa Jane Vanderpump was born in Dulwich, London. On 15 September 1960, Her father was an art director at an advertising agency. She had one twin brother, Mark, who was a DJ and businessman. Vanderpump started ballet lessons at three. She attended Riverston School in Lee Green, South London. She was enrolled in the Corona Academy drama school at the age of nine.

By the age of 19, she had a flat in Fulham, West London. Vanderpump says she was financially self-sufficient after leaving home, with "just a good education and a kick in the arse."

Acting of Lisa Vanderpump

Vanderpump made her film debut at the age of 13, as an uncredited extra in the 1973 romantic comedy A Touch of Class. She portrayed Julia Allessio, the daughter of Glenda Jackson's character. Her credited film debut was as Anne in the 1978 horror Killer's Moon. At the age of 14, she made her television debut with the role of Ursula Marsh in John Halifax, Gentleman on its premier episode in 1974. She had small roles in various episodic television programmes throughout the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, including Silk Stalkings and Baywatch Nights. Vanderpump has been featured in over 100 commercials for brands including Maltesers, Lilt, Britvic 55 and Hamlet cigars. Vanderpump appeared in the 1980s music videos "Poison Arrow" and "Mantrap" by the pop band ABC and "(What) In The Name of Love" by the duo Naked Eyes. She also appeared in the 2014 music video for "G.U.Y." by Lady Gaga.

Hospitality

Vanderpump and her husband partnered with husband-and-wife team Guillermo Zapata and Nathalie Pouille Zapata to be co-owners of SUR Restaurant & Lounge in May 2005. The restaurant was the original focus of Vanderpump Rules and is located in West Hollywood, California. In August 2009, she opened Villa Blanca, a Mediterranean inspired restaurant. The establishment closed in July 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Vanderpump contrasted SUR and Villa Blanca by saying, "Villa Blanca's where you take your wife, and SUR's where you take your mistress." Vanderpump opened her third restaurant, Pump Restaurant & Lounge in May 2014; her second restaurant in West Hollywood. She closed the establishment in July 2023. Vanderpump and her husband partnered with Tom Sandoval and Tom Schwartz to open Tom Tom, her fourth restaurant, once again in West Hollywood, in July 2018. In February 2019, the restaurant was named Best Bar in Southern California by Los Angeles Travel Magazine.

In March 2019, she opened Vanderpump Cocktail Garden, her first Las Vegas venue, located in Caesars Palace. In April 2022, Vanderpump opened Vanderpump à Paris, her second Las Vegas venue located in the Paris Las Vegas casino hotel. In April 2024, she launched Wolf by Vanderpump, her third Nevada venture located at Harvey's Lake Tahoe. Vanderpump opened her third Las Vegas restaurant, Pinky's at the Flamingo, on 6 December 2024. She partnered with Caesars Entertainment in 2025, which is renovating The Cromwell on the Las Vegas Strip to become the first Vanderpump Hotel in 2026.

Unscripted television and producing

Lisa Vanderpump debuted on Bravo's reality television series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills on 14 October 2010, and is an original main cast member of the series. On 3 June 2019, she announced her departure from the series after nine seasons following controversy widely referred to as "Puppygate." The controversy centered on a dog that Dorit Kemsley adopted from Vanderpump's rescue organization and later re-homed in violation of the adoption contract. When the story became public, the cast accused Vanderpump of leaking the story which she denied. Vanderpump took a polygraph test on camera. Socially isolated from the group, Vanderpump stopped filming with other cast members for the remainder of the season and declined to attend the season-end reunion.

Vanderpump has been a cast member and an executive producer on a spin-off of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Vanderpump Rules, since the shows inception on 7 January 2013. She competed in the 16th season of Dancing with the Stars, partnered with professional dancer Gleb Savchenko, debuting on 18 March 2013. They were the second couple eliminated, leaving in tenth place on 9 April.

Vanderpump began hosting E!'s Overserved with Lisa Vanderpump in March 2021. The series focuses on Vanderpump as she hosts celebrity guests and cooks intimate meals. Also in March 2021 she featured as a judge on ABC's Pooch Perfect. The series was hosted by Rebel Wilson and featured Jorge Bendersky and Dr. Callie Harris as judges. Vanderpump was featured in a second spin-off from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Peacock's Vanderpump Dogs, in June 2021. The series focuses on Vanderpump and her staff as they run her dog foundation/rescue centre in Los Angeles. Vanderpump is a main cast member and an executive producer on Hulu's Vanderpump Villa. The series premiered on 1 April 2024.

Business Ventures

Vanderpump launched Vanderpump Vodka, her first alcoholic beverage, in 2013. She later launched LVP Sangria, her second alcoholic beverage, in February 2014, and later rebranded the beverage to Vanderpump Sangria. She launched Vanderpump Rosé, her first wine, in April 2017. After the success of her rosé, she launched Vanderpump Wines in April 2020.

In November 2014, she released Vanderpump Beverly Hills by Pop Culture Promotions, a line of homewares. In July 2019, Vanderpump, partnered with Nick Alain, an industrial designer and creative director who helped her design her restaurant Tom Tom, launched Vanderpump Alain, a home collections line.

Other ventures

In November 2012, Vanderpump launched Vanderpump, a lifestyle blog. Vanderpump was named editor-in-chief of Beverly Hills Lifestyle Magazine in March 2017. She left the position in October 2018.

Animal activism and humanitarian work

Vanderpump received the Key to the City of Beverly Hills in March 2013, from then mayor Jimmy Delshad, who also declared March 1 'Lisa Vanderpump Day', in recognition of her charitable and philanthropic work. In July 2014, Vanderpump was honoured with a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars. She was a recipient of the Ally Leadership Award in August 2015 from Equality California, an LGBT rights organisation.

Source: adapted from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Vanderpump), text available under CC BY-SA 4.0.