Elizabeth Hurley
Date of birth: 1965-06-10
Place of birth: Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Liz Hurley, الیزابت هارلی
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.
Movie Credits
Bedazzled
2000-10-19
Elliot Richards, a socially awkward IT worker, is given seven wishes to get the girl of his dreams w
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997-05-02
As a swinging fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999-06-08
When diabolical genius Dr. Evil travels back in time to steal superspy Austin Powers's ‘mojo,’ Austi
Passenger 57
1992-11-06
Airline security specialist John Cutter, finally returning to the job after his wife's death, finds
EDtv
1999-03-26
Video store clerk Ed agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a tv network.
Permanent Midnight
1998-09-16
Juggling increasing career success and a growing heroin habit, a television comedy writer attempts t
Serving Sara
2002-08-23
When Sara is served divorce papers while she is in New York, she is stunned. Not about to lose the f
Kill Cruise
1990-04-05
Two British beauties go to Barbados with a yacht captain who does not know what he's in for.
My Favorite Martian
1999-02-11
Ambitious television reporter Tim O'Hara stumbles upon a martian whose spaceship has accidentally cr
The Weight of Water
2001-03-30
A newspaper photographer researches an 1873 double homicide and finds her own life paralleling that
Double Whammy
2001-10-17
Ray Pluto has many problems. He is satirized in the tabloids as the "loser cop." His partner is star
Method
2004-06-16
The line between fantasy and reality blurs when an actress begins behaving like the 19th-century mur
Dawg
2002-02-21
To inherit a million dollars, an egotistical womanizer must find the women he's betrayed and convinc
Aria
1987-05-27
Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert
Dangerous Ground
1997-02-12
Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy to bury his father. He meet
Sharpe's Enemy
1994-06-01
Portugal 1813. A band of deserters, including Sharpe's old enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, have captured t
Beyond Bedlam
1994-04-22
An experiment gone awry places a neurologist and a homicide detective in a psychopath's nightmarish
Made in Romania
2010-12-28
"Made In Romania" is the story of a producer who is given the chance to realize his dream project; t
The Shamrock Conspiracy
1995-12-12
A retired Scotland Yard detective gets involved in a serial killer investigation whilst in New York.
The Boy on the Beach
2022-08-08
Abandoning her life, grieving Katherine flees to the tranquil island of Nevis, where she encounters
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
1999-07-31
Strictly Confidential
2024-04-05
A haunted young woman finds herself drawn into a world of seduction, duplicity and betrayal as she d
Death Has A Bad Reputation
1990-01-01
A British agent is chasing after famous terrorist Carlos when he resurfaces in Europe.
Rowing with the Wind
1988-09-19
In the summer of 1816, Percy Shelley, his mistress Mary, and her stepsister Claire visit Lord Byron
Mad Dogs and Englishmen
1995-06-02
Gorgeous Antonia is on a dangerous downward spiral caused by an addiction to heroin when she meets M
Viktor
2014-09-04
After spending seven years in jail for an art heist, Frenchman Victor Lambert returns to Moscow to u
Deadline: Madrid
1988-09-01
In Spain during the civil war. The American journalists Erin Wright and Robert Minelli enjoy their l
Welcome to Georgia
2021-05-01
When Penelope's career takes off at exactly the same time as her husband's, they call on Penelope's
Christmas in the Caribbean
2022-12-02
A hopeless romantic is jilted at the altar. Not to let her Christmas in the Caribbean honeymoon go t
Christmas in Paradise
2022-11-11
Joanna’s plans for a quiet, cozy holiday season are shattered when her sisters call with the news th
The Piper
2023-10-27
Liz and her daughter Amy move to Hamelin where a dark secret in Liz's past is uncovered by the restl
The Long Winter
1992-02-15
In 1939, Ramón was a young man, caught up in his Barcelona family's involvement on the Republic side
Harrison: Cry of the City
1996-02-27
Harrison is an ex-Scotland yard detective hired to save an ex-convict accused of killing a New York
Sharpe: The Legend
1997-10-13
Several years after the battle of Waterloo, a former soldier from Shoreditch sits in a London inn r
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997-02-24
A special celebrating Elizabeth Taylor's 65th birthday featuring never-before-seen footage of her li
Valentino: The Last Emperor
2008-09-07
Film which travels inside the singular world of one of Italy's most famous fashion designers, Valent
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
2000-07-12
Ireland's bloody 1916 Easter Uprising, the suffragette movement in England, a Zeppelin raid, and a m
An Elephant's Journey
2018-04-16
A lost orphan boy and a giant elephant team up to take down an elephant poaching syndicate.
Then Came You
2021-03-11
A lonely widow plans a trip around the world with her husband's ashes, to visit the places they love
Father Christmas Is Back
2021-11-07
Four sisters – Caroline, Joanna, Paulina, and Vicky – reunite for the Christmas Holiday in a Yorkshi
The World of James Bond
1995-10-29
Elizabeth Hurley hosts a one hour documentary on the history of the James Bond film series to tie in