The Elizabeth Hurley Handbook - Everything you need to know about Elizabeth Hurley

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Elizabeth Jane Hurley (born 10 June 1965) is an English model and actress. In the 1990s, Hurley became known as a girlfriend of Hugh Grant. 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 attention.

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Contents

Articles Elizabeth Hurley Aria (film) Rowing with the Wind Christabel (1988 TV drama) Kill Cruise The Orchid House (TV serial) The Long Winter (1992 film) The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Passenger 57 Sharpe's Enemy (TV programme) Samson and Delilah (1996 film) Dangerous Ground Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Permanent Midnight My Favorite Martian (film) EDtv Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me The Weight of Water (film) Bedazzled (2000 film) Double Whammy (film) Dawg (film) Serving Sara Method (film)

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Elizabeth Hurley

Elizabeth Hurley

Elizabeth Hurley

Liz Hurley campaigning for Breast Cancer Awareness, London October 2010 BornElizabeth Jane Hurley 10 June 1965 Basingstoke, Hampshire, England

Nationality

Other names

Occupation

Years active

Spouse

Partner

Children

English

Liz Hurley

Actress, model

1987–present

Arun Nayar (m. 2007–2011)

Hugh Grant (1987–2000) Shane Warne (2010–present, engaged)

Damian Charles Hurley (born 2002)

Website

[1] www.elizabethhurley.com

Elizabeth Jane Hurley(born 10 June 1965) is an English model and actress. In the 1990s, Hurley became known as [2] a girlfriend of Hugh Grant. In 1994, as Grant became the focus of worldwide media attention due to the global box [3] office success of his filmFour 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 [4] attention.

Hurley has been associated with the cosmetics company Est e Lauder for over 15 years since the company awarded [5] Hurley her first modelling job at the age of 29. They have featured her as a representative and model for its [6] products, especially perfumes such as Sensuous, Intuition, and Pleasures, since 1995. As an actress, her best known cinematic works to date have been as Vanessa Kensington in Mike Myers' hit spy comedies,Austin Powers: [7] International Man of Mystery(1997) and as the Devil inBedazzled(2000). Hurley currently owns an eponymous [8] beachwear line.

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Early life Hurley was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, the younger daughter of Angela Mary (n e Titt) and Roy Leonard [9] Hurley. Her father was a Major in the British Army; her Anglican mother was a teacher at Kempshott Infant [9] [10] School. She has an older sister, Kate, and a younger brother, Michael James Hurley. Hurley was educated at local schools including Kempshott Infant School, Kempshott Junior School, and the Harriet Costello School. Aspiring to be a dancer as a young girl, she took ballet classes and later briefly studied dance and theatre at the [11] London Studio Centre. While in her teens, she became involved with punk fashion, dyeing her hair pink and [7] piercing her nose. "When I was 16–this was about 1981, 1982–the thing to be in Basingstoke, the suburb I grew [12] [13] up in, was punk," she explained. She also reportedly associated with the New Age Travellers in her youth.

Career Hurley started working as an actress in the late 1980s and became a model in 1995. During the 2000s, she worked as a reality television presenter in Britain.

Fashion

In 1995, with no prior modelling experience, Hurley was introduced as an Est e [5] [7] Lauder spokesmodel. She later recounted, "I was far from an ing nue, [5] having had my first modelling job at 29." Hurley has since featured in ads for Lauder's 'Pleasures', 'Beautiful', 'Dazzling', 'Tuscany per Donna', and 'Sensuous' fragrances as well as participated in campaigns for the company's other [14] cosmetics. She was replaced as the face of Est e Lauder by Carolyn Murphy in 2001. However, she continues to work with the company non-exclusively, [6] signing a contract for the 16th year with Lauder in 2010. In 2005, she modelled for Saloni, Liverpool Department Stores of Mexico, and Lancel. She was part of the seasonal advertising campaigns for Jordache, Shiatzy Chen, Got Milk?, Patrick Cox, MQ Clothiers of Sweden, and Lancel in 2006 and Monsoon in 2007. In 2008, Hurley was unveiled as the seasonal campaign face for Hurley with fashion designer Blackglama mink. In 2009, she appeared in a campaign for Rosato jewellery. Valentino Garavani at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival In April 2005, Elizabeth Hurley Beach, her beachwear line that she also models every summer, was launched at Harrods in the UK. It debuted later that year in [15] select Saks Fifth Avenue stores in the United States and other European countries. She toldTatlermagazine, "I was on Necker Island for a fashion shoot and even as [Richard Branson] was lying back in a hammock, he was on the phone, doing deals, managing his empire. But then I thought I am never going to have even a holiday home, let [16] alone an island, unless I start a business that I can do without disrupting Damian's school days." In May 2008, [17] Hurley designed and modelled a capsule collection of 12 swimsuits for the Spanish clothes brand MANGO. [18] Hurley has appeared three times on the cover of BritishVogueis signed to the Independent Modeling. She Agency in London.

Film [9] Hurley made her first film appearance inAriahas since appeared in the movies(1987). She Passenger 57,EDtv, Bedazzled, andServing Sara. In 1997, she received her first and only acting award, the ShoWest Supporting Actress [7] of the Year, for her performance in the spy spoofAustin Powers: International Man of MysteryHugh Grant. When founded and became the director of Simian Films in 1994, Hurley was credited as one of the producers for the [19] company's two Grant vehicles,Extreme Measures(1996) andMickey Blue Eyes(1999). In 2000, she was publicly criticised for breaking a five-month acting strike to film an Est e Lauder advertisement, for which she was fined

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[20] [21] $100,000 (a70,000 in 2000) by the Screen Actors Guild and labelled "Elizabeth Scably" by protesters.

Television

In the late 1980s, Hurley portrayed the title character in a five-part television drama,Christabel. After appearing in John Cleese'sThe Human Face(2001), she hosted the inaugural season of the British reality seriesProject Catwalkon Sky1 in 2006. The show drew tepid ratings with only 1% of its target audience tuning into the first few [22] episodes. Hurley was almost universally criticised as a presenter. Marcelle D'Argy Smith, a former editor ofCosmopolitanmagazine, called her "witheringly boring" and added: "Liz Hurley has no fashion experience whatsoever. She wore a dress and has appeared at [22] premieres."GQ's Dylan Jones defended her as someone "immersed [22] in the fashion world as a celebrity." Hurley was ridiculed by critics for her "aspirational Basingstoke-gone-jetset accent and dead fish [22] [22] stare," while also being described as "the not-nice-but-dim host."

She was dropped after one season because her bosses reportedly [23] believed she was too wooden. It was later revealed that Hurley had [24] asked contestants to send her free clothes off the record. In 2011 Hurley at the launch of Estee Lauder's new fragrance, Sensuous, in July 2008 Hurley filmed a guest star role in the series pilot of NBC'sWonder [25] WomanTheas the villain Veronica Cale, potentially recurring. network decided not to pick up the series. However, in July 2011, it was announced that Hurley would join the cast ofGossip Girlfor a guest-arc. She will portray Diana Payne in the fifth series, who producers describe as "a sexy, smart, self-made media mogul and all-around force to be reckoned with" and that "Diana’s entrance on the Upper [26] East Side will change the lives of all our characters–including, and especially Gossip Girl herself."

Charity Hurley has been active in Est e Lauder's Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign, as part of which the company created [27] an "Elizabeth Pink" lipstick whose sales benefit The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Hurley, whose [28] grandmother died of breast cancer, was the mistress of ceremonies at "The Hot Pink Party" that marked the tenth anniversary of The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. [29] Hurley supported The Prince's Trust by co-presenting the 2003 Fashion Rocks event in its aid and helping launch [30] [31] the Get Into Cooking youth initiative in 2004. She has also helped raise funds for End Hunger Network, ARK [32] [33] children's charity, and the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre.

Personal life Hurley was a struggling actress in 1987, when she met Hugh Grant while working on a Spanish production called [7] Remando Al VientoGrant gained international notoriety for soliciting the services of a. While dating Hurley, [7] female prostitute in 1995. Hurley stood by him and accompanied Grant to the premiere of his movieNine Months. [34] After 13 years together, Hurley and Grant announced an "amicable" split in May 2000. According toThe [2] Guardian, Hurley was "then known as 'Hugh Grant's girlfriend,' now known as 'Hugh Grant's former girlfriend,'" [35] due to the high-profile nature of their relationship.

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1994

1995

Sharpe's Enemy

Passenger 57

1992

The Shamrock Conspiracy

On 4 April 2002, Hurley gave birth to a son, Damian Charles [36] Hurley. The baby's father, Steve Bing, denied paternity by alleging that he and Hurley had a brief, non-exclusive relationship [37] in 2001. A DNA test, however, established Bing as the child's [38] father. Hurley is godmother to Patsy Kensit and Liam Gallagher's son Lennon and two of David and Victoria Beckham's [39] sons (Brooklyn and Romeo).

Christina

Role

Rosie Japhet

Inspector Morse

Rowing with the Wind

Rumpole of the Bailey

TV series

Christabel Bielenberg BBC serial

1 episode:Rumpole and the Barrow Boy

1992

The Good Guys

1991

The Orchid House

Kill Cruise

Notes

Elizabeth Hurley

TV serial

GonzaloSucrezfilm

4

Antonia Dyer

Act of Will

1989

El largo invierno

Mad Dogs and Englishmen

Lou

Marietta

Natalie

Death Has a Bad Reputation

Julia Latham

1988

Cecilia Harrison

1988

Beyond Bedlam (Nightscare)

Year

1983

Aria

1986

1988

Christabel

One episode

Lady Farthingdale

1 episode:Natalie

James Frawley TV movie

Vicky Prentiss

1 episode:London, May 1916

Vadim Jean film

Stephanie Lyell

Sabrina Ritchie

Kevin Hooks film

Emma Stapleton

1 episode:Last Seen Wearing

Julia

Claire Clairmont

Henry Cole film

Jaime Camino film

Candida Ashton

1 episode:Relative Values

In late 2002, Hurley started dating Indian textile heir Arun Nayar, [40] Hurley with her then husband Arun Nayar at the who has run a small software company since 1998. On 2 March Ampney Crucis Village Fete in 2008 2007, Hurley and Nayar married at Sudeley Castle and then had a second traditional Hindu wedding at Umaid Bhawan Palace in [41] [42] [43] Jodhpur, India. The Indian celebrations included a sangeet at Nagaur Fort and a reception at Mehrangarh [44] [45] Fort. The wedding ceremonies, photos of which were sold toHello!weremagazine for a reported a2 million, [46] attended by numerous celebrities, including Elton John, who gave Hurley away. Hurley, whose net worth was [47] 2 estimated at a13 million in 2003, resided on a 400-acre (1.6bkm ) organic farm in Barnsley, Gloucestershire, with [48] [49] her son and husband. [50] On 12 December 2010, following press reports linking her romantically with Australian cricketer Shane Warne, [51] Hurley announced via her Twitter account that she and her husband Arun had separated several months [52] [53] earlier. Hurley filed for divorce on 2 April 2011, citing Nayar's "unreasonable behaviour" as the cause. The [54] divorce was granted on 15 June 2011. . On 30 September 2011, three months after her divorce, it was reported [55] that Hurley and Warne were engaged and she was spotted wearing a large sapphire ring, with their engagement [56] confirmed via Twitter shortly thereafter.

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Filmography

1995

1994

1990

1990

1992

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

1992

Peter Keglevic film

[1] http://www.elizabethhurley.com/ [2] Maev Kennedy (19 September 2007). "People–guardian.co.uk" (http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2171966,00.html).The Guardian(London). . Retrieved 11 August 2010. [3] Farndale, Nigel.Movie Connections: Four Weddings and a Funeral.The Sunday Telegraph, page 39. 16 September 2007. Retrieved 11 September 2007. [4] "Liz Hurley expecting baby–bbc.co.uk" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/1645559.stm). BBC News. 8 November 2001. . Retrieved 11 August 2010. [5] "Est e Lauder Lauds Elizabeth Hurley–Fashion Week Daily" (http:/ /www.fashionweekdaily.com/parties/fullstory. sps?inewsid=548687). Fashionweekdaily.com. 4 November 2008. . Retrieved 11 August 2010. [6]Murphy sidelines Hurley at Lauder(http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/09/07/lauder.hurley/index.html)–CNN. Retrieved 15 June 2008. [7]Liz Hurley: Life in the spotlight(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/1911350.stm)–bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2007. [8] The naked ambition of Liz Hurley/timesonline.co.uk (http:/ /women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/ article7072529.ece) [9]Elizabeth Hurley(http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/1353:1555/1/Elizabeth_Hurley.htm)– thebiographychannel.co.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2007. [10] "Elizabeth Hurley Biography" (http:/ /www.netglimse.com/celebs/bio/elizabeth_hurley.shtml).netglimse.com. 2009. . Retrieved 23 January 2011.

Nicolas Roeg TV movie

Darrell Roodt film

Vanessa

Jill

Jay Roach film

Adaline Gunn

Brace Channing

My Favorite Martian

Permanent Midnight

Harrison: Cry of the City

Dangerous Ground

Samson and Delilah

Vanessa Kensington

SignéChanel(2005) ... Herself Valentino: The Last Emperor(2008) ... Herself

Delilah

Karen

Cecilia Harrison

Victoria Hochberg film

Anna Lockheart

5

Sara Moore

Dr. Ann Beamer

Rebecca

Documentary film

References

Elizabeth Hurley

1999

1996

1999

EDtv

1998

1996

1997

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

1999

1997

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

2001

Dawg

Theatre

2002

2004

Method

2011

2011

2002

The Last Guy on Earth

2006

2000

2012

2000

The Weight of Water

The Cherry Orchardb–A Jubilee (Russian & Soviet Arts Festival) The Man Most Likely To (Middle East tour)

Double Whammy

Bedazzled

Sandra

James Frawley TV movie

David Veloz film

Harold Ramis film

Tom DiCillo film

The Devil

Veronica Cale

David E. Kelley–Cancelled

Diana Payne

(voice)

8+ episodes (more to air) recurring role

In production

Donald Petrie film

Ron Howard film

Kathryn Bigelow film

Jay Roach film

Wonder Woman(TV series)

Gossip Girl(TV series)

The Wild Bunch

Reginald Hudlin film.

Duncan Roy film

Jim Fitzpatrick film

Serving Sara