Elizabeth Hurley - Biography

Last Editor: kragle				Elizabeth Hurley Biography -   Name : Elizabeth Hurley Date of Birth : June 10, 1965 Place of Birth : Basingstoke, England Sign : Sun in Gemini, Moon in Scorpio Height : 5' 9'' Hair : Brown Eye : Blue Education : London Studio Center in London UK (majored in Dance and Theatre) Occupation : Model Actress Sister : Katie Hurley (literary agent) Brother : Michael Hurley (engineer). Ex-boyfriend : Hugh Grant Fan Mail : C/O United Talent Agency 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 500 Beverly Hills, CA 90212

Elizabeth Hurley Trivia -

Former spokesperson for Estée Lauder. Listed in "People Weekly"s "Most Intriguing People" list. (December 25, 1995/January 1, 1996 issue) Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#83). [1995] Was considered for a role in GoldenEye (1995). Back together with former boyfriend Hugh Grant [September 2000] Said she gets her "hot-date look" by eating vast quantities of watercress soup. (May 2001 interview, London's "The Evening Standard") Replaced by supermodel Carolyn Murphy for the lucrative Estée Lauder make-up contract (Murphy is ten years younger than her). Gave birth to a son, Damian Charles Hurley, on 4 April 2002 in London, the father is Steve Bing. Bing originally denied parenting the child until paternity tests revealed he is the father. Older sister, Kate, younger brother, Michael. Mother, Angela. She was ranked fourth in the 2001 Orange Film Survey of greatest British film actresses. Godmother of actress Patsy Kensit's son, Lennon Francis Gallagher. Voted the 13th Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine - September 2002. Measurements: 36C-23-34 1/2 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) Size 6 dress. (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) Dated Hugh Grant [1987 - 2000] Estée Lauder's "Elizabeth Pink" lipstick is named after her and proceeds from the sales go to breast cancer research. In 2000, she crossed a Screen Actors Guild picket line to film a commercial. The well publicized strike was set up by the Guild to demand better conditions for members who work for the advertising industry. When asked why, she said she "didn't know" the strike was in progress. Her son Damian Charles has got seven godparents. One of them is Elton John. She owns her own beach wear company, aptly named Elizabeth Hurley Beach. Claims to have not watched television since 1979. Named #45 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005) Engaged to marry boyfriend Arun Nayer. They are planning an English countryside ceremony for September 2006. In 2000, the Screen Actors Guild went on a long strike against advertisers, demanding higher residual payments for actors appearing in commercials. Not only did Robbins and his colleagues demand that everyone punish Procter & Gamble workers with a boycott, they were highly interested in punishing any actor who crossed the picket line. When Elizabeth Hurley made an Estee Lauder ad, and then claimed she was unaware of the strike, Robbins was in a punitive mood, calling for Hurley to be punished, even banned from Hollywood. Hurley was eventually fined $100,000, not banned. Named #75 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006). Among the seven godparents of her son Damian there are Elton John, Hugh Grant, Henry Dent Brocklehurst, Patsy Kensit, Heath Ledger and Denis Leary. Godmother of Victoria Beckham and David Beckham's sons Brooklyn and Romeo. Another godfather of her son Damien is Henry Dent Brocklehurst. She and Arun held a blessing and party at Sudeley Castle, Winchecombe, Gloucestershire on Saturday 3rd March 2007. Married businessman Arun Nayar on 2 March 2007 a day earlier than planned in order to avoid the glare of the media. Godmother to Henry Dent Brocklehurst's son Mark.

Elizabeth Hurley Detailed Biography -

Elizabeth Jane Hurley was born on June 10, 1965 in Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. The daughter of an army officer father and anelementary schoolteacher mother, Hurley grew up in the suburb of Basingstoke, England. Her dream as a youth was tobecome a dancer, so she went to a boarding school for ballet instruction when she was twelve years old. She soonreturned home, however. Around the age of sixteen, Hurley became caught up in the English punk-rock scene and evenwore pink hair and a nose ring.Hurley parlayed her training at the London Studio Centre into theatre work and made her screen debut at the age of 21in Bruce Beresford's movie Aria in 1987. Several roles in television and the film Remando al viento (1987) with young actor(and future beau) Hugh Grant soon followed. Continuing her streak of success, Hurley drew accolades for her portrayal ofthe title role of Christabel Bielenberg in the BBC mini-serial Christabel in 1988. Then, in 1992, Hurley made her Hollywoodfilm debut as a terrorist (she can terrorize me any day) in the Wesley Snipes action drama Passenger 57. Despite thisappearance, Hurley was disappointed in the lack of meaty roles she received after two years of auditioning in Hollywood,so she returned to England.Unbeknownst to Hurley, her fame was soon to skyrocket for two reasons. Reason number one was the London premiereof Four Weddings and a Funeral (Grant's 1994 movie), where Hurley wowed the crowd by wearing a black Versace dressthat was held together by nothing more than safety pins. (You can find several pictures of that dress on this site at thePictures section, FYI.) Hurley says, ''That dress was a favor from Versace because I couldn't afford to buy one. Hispeople told me they didn't have any evening wear, but there was one item left in their press office. So I tried it on andthat was it.'' Reason number two for Hurley's fame taking off was her becoming the spokesmodel representing top cosmetics houseEstée Lauder. (Estée Lauder signed her shortly after the Versace safety-pin dress outing.) This assignment, along with theHugh Grant/Divine Brown incident, thrust Hurley squarely into the public eye. Despite the chaos created by the incident,Hurley and Grant founded Simian Films (''Simian'' because the two feel that Grant resembles a monkey) in partnership withCastle Rock Entertainment in 1994. Soon afterwards, Hurley, Simian's Head of Development, discovered the script for andproduced the film Extreme Measures(1996), starring Hugh Grant, Gene Hackman, and Sarah Jessica Parker. Extreme Measures, a medical mystery thriller, is Simian Films'first production and a departure from what Hurley and Grant had planned on doing in their first production -- comedy. Hurley found outabout Extreme Measures after Simian Films was established, during her first meeting with executives from Castle Rock Entertainment.Elizabeth liked the story and read Tony Gilroy's script eagerly. ''I found the moral intricacies of the script so complex that even now,nearly two years after reading the first draft, I still can't decide exactly where I stand on the ethical issues,'' said Hurley during aninterview.Since producing Extreme Measures, the well-rounded Hurley has continued to be very busy with a plethora of projects. The filmAustin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) was probably the biggest and and most successful of those projects. On AustinPowers' impact on her career, Hurley says ''. . . thanks to Austin Powers, I'm earning more money acting than I have before and gettingbetter scripts. But that film was not what I feel comes naturally to me. I'm actually a more melancholy, more serious actress. I mean, inEngland I got known for very sad, dramatic, quite heavy emotional BBC dramas.''Hurley has appeared in several movies since portraying the ''shagadelic'' Vanessa Kensington in Austin Powers: International Manof Mystery. She had a major role in the film Dangerous Ground in 1997. After a brief absence from the big screen in 1998, Hurleyreappeared with a vengeance. She starred in several films that were released within a year of each other -- Permanent Midnight (Fall1998), My Favorite Martian (Spring 1999), Ed TV (Spring 1999), and Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me (Summer1999). In addition to her starring roles in the above movies, Hurley served as a producer of Simian Film's second film, MickeyBlue-Eyes, which premiered Fall 1999. The year 2000 finds Ms. Hurley as busy as ever. Future movie projects include The Weight of Water with Sean Penn and CatherineMcCormack and Bedazzled with Brendan Frasier. However, after a couple of years of speculation (and to the great disappointment ofmany Hurley fans), it appears that Ms. Hurley will not portray Lara Croft from the video game Tomb Raider in the theatrical release.The role, as of this update, belongs to Angelina Jolie.