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Elizabeth Hurley

Elizabeth Hurley

Birthday: 1965-06-10 | Place of Birth: Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK

Elizabeth Jane Hurley is an English model and actress who became known as a girlfriend of Hugh Grant in the 1990s. In 1994, as Grant became the focus of worldwide media attention due to the global box office success of his film Four Weddings and a Funeral, Hurley accompanied him to the film's Los Angeles premiere in a plunging black Versace dress held together with gold safety pins, which gained her instant media notice. The highlight of Hurley's professional life has been her association with the cosmetics company Estée Lauder. The company gave Hurley her first modeling job at the age of 29 and has used her as a model for its products, especially perfumes such as Sensuous, Intuition, and Pleasures, since 1995. Her best known cinematic work was as Vanessa Kensington in Mike Myers' hit spy comedies, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999). Hurley currently models and designs an eponymous beachwear line. Hurley was born as a middle child in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, the daughter of Angela and Roy Hurley. Her Irish father was a Major in the British Army, while her Anglican mother was a teacher at Kempshott Infant School. She has an older sister, Kate, and a younger brother Michael James Hurley. Hurley was a struggling actress in 1987, when she met Hugh Grant while working on a Spanish production called Remando Al Viento. While Hurley was his girlfriend, Grant was embroiled in an international scandal for soliciting the services of a female prostitute in 1995. Hurley stood by him and accompanied Grant to the premiere of his movie Nine Months. After 13 years together, Hurley and Grant announced an "amicable" split in May 2000. Hurley lived in a London home owned by Grant after the break-up. She invited Grant to her wedding in 2007, but he chose not to attend. On 4 April 2002, Hurley gave birth to a son, Damian Charles Hurley. The baby's father, Steve Bing, denied paternity by alleging that he and Hurley had a brief, non-exclusive relationship in 2001. A DNA test, however, established Bing as the child's father. In late 2002, Hurley started dating Indian textile heir Arun Nayar, who runs a small software company since 1998. On 2 March 2007, Hurley and Nayar married at Sudeley Castle and then had a second wedding at Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur, India.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Then Came You

as    Clare

2021
Father Christmas Is Back

as    Joanna Christmas

2018
An Elephant's Journey

as    Aunt Sarah

2015
The Royals

as    Queen Helena

2010
Made in Romania

as    Herself

2004
Method

as    Rebecca Fairbanks

2002
The Weight of Water

as    Adaline Gunne

2002
Serving Sara

as    Sara Moore

2001
Double Whammy

as    Ann Beamer

2000
Bedazzled

as    The Devil

1999
My Favorite Martian

as    Brace Channing

1999
EDtv

as    Jill

1999
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

as    Vanessa Kensington

1998
Permanent Midnight

as    Sandra

1997
Dangerous Ground

as    Karen

1997
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

as    Vanessa Kensington

1996
Harrison: Cry of the City

as    Cecilia Harrison

1996
Samson and Delilah

as    Delilah

1995
Mad Dogs and Englishmen

as    Antonia

1995
Beyond Bedlam

as    Stephanie Lyell

1994
Sharpe's Enemy

as    Lady Farthingdale

1992
The Long Winter

as    Ema Stapleton

1992
Kill Cruise

as    Lou

1992
Passenger 57

as    Sabrina Ritchie

1989
Rowing with the Wind

as    Claire Clairmont

1987
Aria

as    Marietta