Bianca Jagger
Bianca Jagger (born Bianca Pérez-Mora Macías; 2 May 1945) is a Nicaraguan-born British human rights activist, actress, and former model, recognized primarily for her brief marriage to Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger from 1971 to 1978 and her subsequent career advocating against political oppression, child labor, and environmental degradation in regions including Central America, the Balkans, and South Asia.[1][2][3]
Born in Managua to a merchant father and homemaker mother, Jagger studied political science at the Paris Institute of Political Studies before relocating to London, where she met and wed Jagger in a civil ceremony in Saint-Tropez, France, on 12 May 1971; the couple's daughter, Jade, was born later that year, but their union dissolved amid mutual infidelities and lifestyle clashes, culminating in divorce proceedings initiated in 1978.[4][5][6]
Transitioning from sporadic acting roles in films like Performance (1970) and high-society modeling to full-time advocacy post-1979 Nicaraguan Revolution, Jagger documented Sandinista atrocities after initially aiding refugee relief, later broadening her efforts to oppose death penalty applications, promote indigenous land rights, and serve as a Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador on child exploitation; she established the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation in 2005 to amplify these campaigns.[7][8][9]
Her persistence earned accolades including the Right Livelihood Award for global human rights defense and the Abolitionist of the Year from the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, though her interventions have occasionally drawn criticism for aligning with partisan narratives in conflict zones like Nicaragua and Bosnia.[10][11][7]