Lisa Jane Vanderpump^[1] was born in Dulwich, London.^[3] on 15 September 1960,^[2][4] Her father was an art director at an advertising agency.^[3] She had one older brother, Mark, who was a DJ and businessman.^[5] Vanderpump started ballet lessons at three. She attended Riverston School in Lee Green, South London.^[3] She was enrolled in the Corona Academy drama school at the age of nine.^[6]

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."^[3]

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.^[7] Her credited film debut was as Anne in the 1978 horror Killer's Moon.^[8] 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.^[9] She had small roles in various episodic television programmes throughout the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, including Silk Stalkings and Baywatch Nights.^[10] Vanderpump has been featured in over 100 commercials for brands including Maltesers, Lilt, Britvic 55 and Hamlet cigars.^[11] Vanderpump appeared in the 1980s music videos "Poison Arrow" and "Mantrap" by the pop band ABC^[12] and "(What) In The Name of Love" by the duo Naked Eyes.^[13] She also appeared in the 2014 music video for "G.U.Y." by Lady Gaga.^[14]

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.^[15] In August 2009, she opened Villa Blanca, a Mediterranean inspired restaurant. The establishment closed in July 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.^[16] 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.^[17] 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.^[18] In February 2019, the restaurant was named Best Bar in Southern California by Los Angeles Travel Magazine.^[19]

In March 2019, she opened Vanderpump Cocktail Garden, her first Las Vegas venue, located in Caesars Palace.^[20] In April 2022, Vanderpump opened Vanderpump à Paris, her second Las Vegas venue located in the Paris Las Vegas casino hotel.^[21] In April 2024, she launched Wolf by Vanderpump, her third Nevada venture located at Harvey's Lake Tahoe.^[22] Vanderpump opened her third Las Vegas restaurant, Pinky's at the Flamingo, on 6 December 2024.^[23] 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.^[24]

She 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^[25] following controversy widely referred to as "Puppygate."^[26] The controversy centered on a dog that Dorit Kemsley adopted from Vanderpump's rescue organization and subsequently re-homed in violation of the adoption contract.^[27] When the story became public, the cast accused Vanderpump of leaking the story which she denied. Vanderpump took a polygraph test on camera.^[28] 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.^[29]

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.^[30] She competed in the 16th season of Dancing with the Stars, partnered with professional dancer Gleb Savchenko, debuting on 18 March 2013.^[31] They were the second couple eliminated, leaving in tenth place on 9 April.^[32]

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.^[33] 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.^[34] 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.^[35] Vanderpump is a main cast member and an executive producer on Hulu's Vanderpump Villa. The series premiered on 1 April 2024.^[36]

Vanderpump launched Vanderpump Vodka, her first alcoholic beverage, in 2013.^[37] She later launched LVP Sangria, her second alcoholic beverage, in February 2014, and later rebranded the beverage to Vanderpump Sangria.^[38] She launched Vanderpump Rosé, her first wine, in April 2017.^[39] After the success of her rosé, she launched Vanderpump Wines in April 2020.^[40]

In November 2014, she released Vanderpump Beverly Hills by Pop Culture Promotions, a line of homewares.^[41] 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.^[42]

In November 2012, Vanderpump launched Very Vanderpump, a lifestyle blog.^[43] Vanderpump was named editor-in-chief of Beverly Hills Lifestyle Magazine in March 2017.^[44] She left the position in October 2018.^[45]

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.^[46] In July 2014, Vanderpump was honoured with a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars.^[47] She was a recipient of the Ally Leadership Award in August 2015 from Equality California, an LGBT rights organisation.^[48]

She organised a peaceful protest march against the Yulin Dog Meat Festival in October 2015. The march went from MacArthur Park to the Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles and started a movement to end the abuse, torture and slaughter of dogs worldwide.^[49] Together with her husband Ken and their partner, John Sessa, they launched the Stop Yulin Forever campaign. Vanderpump went on to address Congress about the same issues.^[50] Vanderpump produced a documentary, The Road To Yulin… And Beyond, in March 2018, to draw attention to the Yulin Dog Meat Festival and bring it to an end.^[51]

The Vanderpump Dog Foundation was launched online in 2016. On 1 March 2017, Vanderpump opened the Vanderpump Dogs rescue center in Los Angeles.^[52] She also owns and operates two rescue centers in China.^[53] Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States, Vanderpump has raised US$383,511.14 through Cameo for her foundation, as of February 2023.^[54] Vanderpump Dogs has saved "approximately 3,000 dogs domestically from kill shelters to date", as of February 2023.^[54]

Vanderpump met her husband, businessman Ken Todd, at his first bar, Cork's Wine Bar in Kensington, London, in May 1982.^[55] The couple wed on 28 August 1982, at a United Reformed Church. Together they have two children: a daughter,^[56] and an adopted son.^[57] She has one stepson from her husband's first marriage.^[58] She has two grandsons.^[59]

She currently resides in Beverly Hills, California.^[60] She has lived in London, Cheltenham, Monaco, and the South of France. She also owns property in Montecito.^[61] Vanderpump sold her Beverly Park home in 2011 for US$18.8 million^[62] and bought her US$12 million estate, Villa Rosa, in the Beverly Crest neighbourhood.^[63]

• Vanderpump, Lisa (2011). Simply Divine: A Guide to Easy, Elegant, and Affordable Entertaining. Running Press. ISBN 978-0-7624-4923-1.