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  • BIRTH 10/06/1965
  • Country United Kingdom
  • SHOWS 9
  • MOVIES 21
  • PRODUCTION 4

Elizabeth Hurley

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.

Elizabeth Hurley

Shows (9)

Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl
Diana Payne
Marvel's Runaways
Marvel's Runaways
Morgan le Fay
The Royals (2015)
The Royals (2015)
Queen Helena
The Tomorrow People (US)
The Tomorrow People (US)
A.L.I.C.E. (voice)
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Self - Judge
Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse
Julia
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Vicky Prentiss
Wonder Woman (2011)
Wonder Woman (2011)
Veronica Cale

Movies (21)

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Vanessa Kensington
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Vanessa Kensington
Bedazzled
Bedazzled
The Devil
Passenger 57
Passenger 57
Sabrina Ritchie
Strictly Confidential
Strictly Confidential
Lily
The Weight of Water
The Weight of Water
Adaline Gunne
Father Christmas Is Back
Father Christmas Is Back
Joanna Christmas
EDtv
EDtv
Jill
Serving Sara
Serving Sara
Sara Moore
Permanent Midnight
Permanent Midnight
Sandra
My Favorite Martian
My Favorite Martian
Brace Channing
Christmas in the Caribbean
Christmas in the Caribbean
Rachel
Then Came You
Then Came You
Clare
Christmas in Paradise
Christmas in Paradise
Joanna Christmas
Death Has A Bad Reputation
Death Has A Bad Reputation
Julia Latham
Phoenix Wilder and the Great Elephant Adventure
Phoenix Wilder and the Great Elephant…
Aunt Sarah
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Self
Method
Method
Rebecca Fairbanks
The World of James Bond
The World of James Bond
Sharpe's Enemy
Sharpe's Enemy
Lady Farthingdale
Remando al viento
Remando al viento
Claire Clairmont

Production (4)

Extreme Measures
Extreme Measures
Strictly Confidential
Strictly Confidential
Mickey Blue Eyes
Mickey Blue Eyes
Method
Method