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Name
Elizabeth Hurley

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1965-06-10 (61 years old)

Place of Birth
Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK

Biography

Elizabeth Jane Hurley (born June 10, 1965) is an English model and actress. She became known as a girlfriend of Hugh Grant in the 1990s after accompanying him to the Los Angeles premiere of Four Weddings and a Funeral 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.

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

2000 Bedazzled as Devil
1997 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery as Vanessa Kensington
1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me as Vanessa Kensington
1992 Passenger 57 as Sabrina Ritchie
1999 EDtv as Jill
1998 Permanent Midnight as Sandra
2002 Serving Sara as Sara Moore
1990 Kill Cruise as Lou
1999 My Favorite Martian as Brace Channing
2001 The Weight of Water as Adaline Gunne
2001 Double Whammy as Ann Beamer
2004 Method as Rebecca Fairbanks
2002 Dawg as Anna Lockheart
1987 Aria as Marietta
1997 Dangerous Ground as Karen
1994 Sharpe's Enemy as Lady Isabella Farthingdale
1994 Beyond Bedlam as Stephanie Lyell
2010 Made in Romania as Herself
1995 The Shamrock Conspiracy as Cecilia Harrison
2022 The Boy on the Beach as Katherine
1999 The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes' as Self
2024 Strictly Confidential as Lily
1990 Death Has a Bad Reputation as Julia Latham
1995 Mad Dogs and Englishmen as Antonia
1988 Rowing with the Wind as Claire Clairmont
2014 Viktor as Alexandra Ivanov
1988 Deadline: Madrid as Michele
2021 Welcome to Georgia as Georgia
2022 Christmas in the Caribbean as Rachel
2022 Christmas in Paradise as Joanna Christmas
2023 The Piper as Liz Haines
1992 The Long Winter as Ema Stapleton
1996 Harrison: Cry of the City as Cecilia Harrison
1997 Sharpe: The Legend as Lady Farthingdale
1997 Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life as Self
2008 Valentino: The Last Emperor as Self
2000 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song as Vicky Prentiss
2018 An Elephant's Journey as Aunt Sarah
2020 Then Came You as Clare
2021 Father Christmas Is Back as Joanna Christmas
1995 The World of James Bond as Self - Hostess
1999 Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me' as Self
2003 Celebrity Naked Ambition as Self (archive footage)

2001 The Job ( 1 episode ) as Elizabeth Hurley
1993 Sharpe ( 1 episode ) as Lady Farthingdale
1996 E! True Hollywood Story ( 1 episode ) as Self
1987 Inspector Morse ( 1 episode ) as Julia
2019 RuPaul's Drag Race UK ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Judge
1975 Rumpole of the Bailey ( 1 episode ) as Rosie Japhet
2006 Project Catwalk ( 11 episodes ) as Host
2007 Gossip Girl ( 14 episodes ) as Diana Payne
Soon Wonder Woman ( 1 episode ) as Veronica Cale
1988 Christabel ( 4 episodes ) as Christabel Bielenberg (née Burton)
2015 The Royals ( 40 episodes ) as Queen Helena
1981 Wetten, dass..? ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2022 Sherri ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles ( 1 episode ) as Vicky Prentiss
1999 Teen Choice Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Guest
1948 Bambi ( 1 episode ) as Self
2006 The One Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
2013 The Tomorrow People ( 2 episodes ) as A.L.I.C.E. (voice)
1996 Samson and Delilah ( 2 episodes ) as Delilah
2017 Marvel's Runaways ( 8 episodes ) as Morgan le Fay
2026 Breaking Bear ( 8 episodes ) as Wolf Queen (voice)
2025 The Inheritance ( 12 episodes ) as Self- The Deceased
2024 In Vogue: The 90s ( 6 episodes ) as Self
1997 Elle Style Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Winner
2006 Germany's Next Topmodel ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Judge
2006 Germany's Next Topmodel ( 1 episode ) as Self - Special Guest
1985 Gems ( 3 episodes ) as Penny
1989 Act of Will ( 4 episodes ) as Christina
1989 Frederick Forsyth Presents ( 1 episode ) as Julia Lathan
1991 The Orchid House ( 1 episode ) as Natalie
1992 The Good Guys ( 1 episode ) as Candida Aston
2001 The Human Face ( 1 episode ) as Self

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