Natali Germanotta

Germanotta was born on March 10, 1992 in New York City to business executives Joseph Germanotta and Cynthia Bissett and grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.[1] She was raised in the Catholic faith. Germanotta is a younger sister of actress and singer Lady Gaga. As a teenager, she worked at Joanne Trattoria, an Italian restaurant owned by her parents.[2] She attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart, a private all-girls Roman Catholic school located on the Upper East Side.[2][3] After graduating, she studied fashion at Parsons School of Design, a constituent college of The New School.[4][5][6]

In February 2016, Germanotta and her sister partnered with Mattel's Monster High, in conjunction with the Born This Way Foundation as part of the #KindMonsters campaign, to create a doll for the franchise.[4]

Germanotta works as a fashion designer, and has designed for and styled her sister, including for a spread in Harper's Bazaar in 2014.[7] In 2018 she worked as a stylist on set for the film A Star Is Born.[8] In 2019, she accompanied her sister to the 91st Academy Awards.[9]