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.
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- 2024 · Strictly Confidential as Lily
- 2023 · Piper as Liz Haines
- 2022 · Christmas in Paradise as Joanna Christmas
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2021 · Father Christmas Is Back as Joanna Christmas
- 2019 · RuPaul's Drag Race UK as Self - Judge
- 2017 · Marvel's Runaways as Morgan le Fay
- 2015 · The Royals as Queen Helena
- 2013 · The Tomorrow People as A.L.I.C.E. (voice)
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2007 · Gossip Girl as Diana Payne
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2002 · Serving Sara as Sara Moore
- 2001 · The Weight of Water as Adaline Gunne
- 2001 · The Job as
- 2000 · Bedazzled as The Devil
- 1999 · Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me as Vanessa Kensington
- 1999 · EDtv as Jill
- 1999 · My Favorite Martian as Brace Channing
- 1998 · Permanent Midnight as Sandra
- 1997 · Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery as Vanessa Kensington
- 1996 · Samson and Delilah as Delilah
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as Self
- 1996 · The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Sharpe as
- 1992 · Passenger 57 as Sabrina Ritchie
- 1992 · The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as Vicky Prentiss
- 1988 · Deadline: Madrid as Michele
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Julia
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1975 · Rumpole of the Bailey as
- 1948 · Bambi Awards as Self
- Future · Wonder Woman as Veronica Cale
- 2022 · Christmas in the Caribbean as Rachel
- 2022 · The Boy on the Beach as Katherine
- 2021 · Welcome to Georgia as Georgia
- 2021 · Then Came You as Clare
- 2018 · An Elephant's Journey as Aunt Sarah
- 2014 · Viktor as Alexandra Ivanov
- 2010 · Made in Romania as Herself
- 2008 · Valentino: The Last Emperor as Self
- 2006 · Project Catwalk as Host
- 2004 · Method as Rebecca Fairbanks
- 2002 · Dawg as Anna Lockheart
- 2001 · Double Whammy as Ann Beamer
- 2000 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song as Vicky Prentiss
- 1999 · Teen Choice Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1999 · The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes' as Self
- 1997 · Sharpe: The Legend as Lady Farthingdale
- 1997 · Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life as Self
- 1997 · Dangerous Ground as Karen
- 1996 · Samson and Delilah as Delilah
- 1996 · Harrison: Cry of the City as Cecilia Harrison
- 1995 · The Shamrock Conspiracy as Cecilia Harrison
- 1995 · The World of James Bond as
- 1995 · Mad Dogs and Englishmen as Antonia
- 1994 · Sharpe's Enemy as Lady Farthingdale
- 1994 · Beyond Bedlam as Stephanie Lyell
- 1992 · The Long Winter as Ema Stapleton
- 1991 · The Orchid House as Natalie
- 1990 · Kill Cruise as Lou
- 1990 · Death Has A Bad Reputation as Julia Latham
- 1989 · Rowing with the Wind as Claire Clairmont
- 1988 · Christabel as Christabel Bielenberg
- 1987 · Aria as Marietta