
Elizabeth Hurley
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.
Personal Info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1965-06-10
Place of Birth
Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK
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Cast
Bedazzled
20006.1 / 10
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
19976.6 / 10
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
19996.3 / 10
Passenger 57
19926.0 / 10
EDtv
19996.0 / 10
Permanent Midnight
19985.9 / 10
Serving Sara
20025.4 / 10
Kill Cruise
19903.6 / 10
My Favorite Martian
19995.6 / 10
The Weight of Water
20005.5 / 10
Double Whammy
20015.5 / 10
Method
20044.8 / 10
Dawg
20024.3 / 10
Aria
19875.6 / 10
Dangerous Ground
19974.3 / 10
Sharpe's Enemy
19946.9 / 10
Beyond Bedlam
19944.6 / 10
Samson and Delilah
19966.5 / 10
Made in Romania
20104.1 / 10
The Shamrock Conspiracy
19954.0 / 10
The Boy on the Beach
20220.0 / 10
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
19996.0 / 10
Strictly Confidential
20245.3 / 10
Death Has A Bad Reputation
19904.0 / 10
Mad Dogs and Englishmen
19954.0 / 10
Rowing with the Wind
19885.7 / 10
Viktor
20144.5 / 10
Deadline: Madrid
19880.0 / 10
Welcome to Georgia
20210.0 / 10
Christmas in the Caribbean
20220.0 / 10
Christmas in Paradise
20224.3 / 10
Piper
20234.2 / 10
The Long Winter
19925.2 / 10
Harrison: Cry of the City
19961.0 / 10
Sharpe: The Legend
19976.0 / 10
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
19977.3 / 10
Valentino: The Last Emperor
20086.6 / 10
An Elephant's Journey
20184.5 / 10
Then Came You
20216.0 / 10
Father Christmas Is Back
20214.6 / 10
The World of James Bond
19956.0 / 10
Crew
Mickey Blue Eyes
19995.7 / 10
Extreme Measures
19966.0 / 10
Strictly Confidential
20245.3 / 10
Method
20044.8 / 10