- Born
- Birth nameElizabeth Jane Hurley
- Nickname
- Liz
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Elizabeth Jane Hurley was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, to Angela
Mary (Titt), a teacher, and Roy Leonard Hurley, an army major. Wanting
to be a dancer, Hurley went to ballet boarding school at 12, but soon
returned home. When it came time to go to college, Hurley won a
scholarship to the London Studio Centre which taught courses for dance
and theater. Soon, Hurley wore the punk rock look with pink hair and a
nose ring, but to get work, she had to change her image to one that was
castable. After college, Hurley worked in the theater and made her
screen debut in Aria (1987). Roles in
Television and a film,
Rowing with the Wind (1988), which
included a young actor named
Hugh Grant, soon followed. European
films followed her appearance in the BBC serial
Christabel (1988). Her film debut
in a Hollywood movie was in the
Wesley Snipes action drama
Passenger 57 (1992). When
Hugh Grant was picked up with
Divine Brown, Hurley became
headline news. Added to this was the fact that she was the model
representing top cosmetics house
Estée Lauder, and there was nowhere Hurley
could go to get away from the press. In 1994, Hurley and
Hugh Grant set up Simian Films in
partnership with Castle Rock Entertainment. As Head of Development,
Hurley found the script and produced her first film
Extreme Measures (1996), which
stars Hugh Grant.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
- SpouseArun Nayar(March 2, 2007 - June 15, 2011) (divorced)
- Children
- ParentsAngela Mary Hurley (Titt)Roy Leonard Hurley
- RelativesKate(Sibling)Michael(Sibling)
- Gender / Gender identityFemale
- Her black Versace dress with gold safety pins
- Dark brown hair and blue eyes
- Curvaceous, buxom figure
- Deep sultry voice with British accent
- Godmother of Victoria Beckham and David Beckham's sons Brooklyn and Romeo.
- Estée Lauder's "Elizabeth Pink" lipstick is named after her and proceeds
from the sales go to breast cancer research. - The seven godparents of her son, Damian Hurley, are Elton John, Hugh Grant, David Furnish, Henry Dent Brocklehurst, Patsy Kensit, Heath Ledger and Denis Leary.
- Dated Hugh Grant [1987 - 2000]
- Gave birth, at age 36, to her first child, son Damian Hurley (Damian Charles Hurley), on April 4, 2002. Child's father is her ex-boyfriend, Steve Bing.
- I'd kill myself if I was as fat as Marilyn Monroe.
- A bit of lusting after someone does wonders for you and is good for
your skin. -- "Marie Claire" magazine, November 2000 - If Hugh and I split up, I would feel as if my brother had died.
- I like to eat delicious food and laugh a lot. I can put up with most things in life, as long a someone is making me laugh.
- I haven't been able to look at a chainsaw since Scarface (1983).
- Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) - $3,000,000
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