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Elizabeth Hurley
Liz Hurley campaigning for Breast Cancer Awareness, London October 2010
Born
Elizabeth Jane Hurley

(1965-06-10) 10 June 1965 (age 59)
Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
NationalityEnglish
Other namesLiz Hurley
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active1987–present
SpouseArun Nayar (2007–2011)
Partner(s)Hugh Grant
(1987–2000)
Soundarraj Thangaraj
(2010–present)
ChildrenDamian Hurley
Websitewww.elizabethhurley.com

Elizabeth Jane Hurley (born 10 June 1965) is an English model and actress.

She has been associated with the cosmetics company Estée Lauder since the company gave Hurley her first modelling job at the age of 29.[1] It has featured her as a representative and model for its products, especially perfumes such as Sensuous, Intuition, and Pleasures, since 1995.[2] Hurley owns an eponymous beachwear line.[3]

As an actress, her best-known film roles to date have been as Vanessa Kensington in Mike Myers' hit spy comedy, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) and as the Devil in Bedazzled (2000).[4]

In the 1990s, Hurley became known as the girlfriend of Hugh Grant.[5] In 1994, as Grant became the focus of international media attention due to the success of his film Four Weddings and a Funeral,[6] 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.[7]

Early life

Hurley was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, the younger daughter of Angela Mary (née Titt) and Roy Leonard Hurley.[8] Her father was a major in the British Army; her mother was a teacher at Kempshott Junior School.[8] She has an older sister, Kate, and a younger brother, Michael James Hurley.[9]

Aspiring to be a dancer as a young girl, she took ballet classes and later briefly studied dance and theatre at the London Studio Centre.[10] Hurley attended Harriet Costello School[11] in Basingstoke, and while in her teens she became involved with punk fashion, dyeing her hair pink and piercing her nose.[4] "When I was 16 – this was about 1981, 1982 – the thing to be in Basingstoke, the suburb I grew up in, was punk," she explained.[12] She also reportedly associated with New Age travellers in her youth.[13]

Career

Fashion

Hurley with fashion designer Valentino Garavani at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival

In 1995, with no prior modelling experience, Hurley was introduced as an Estée Lauder spokesmodel.[1][4] She later recounted, "I was far from an ingénue, having had my first modelling job at 29."[1] 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 cosmetics.[14] She was replaced as the face of Estée Lauder by Carolyn Murphy in 2001. However, she continues to work with the company non-exclusively, signing a contract for the 16th year with Lauder in 2010.[2] 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[15][16] and Monsoon in 2007.[17] In 2008, Hurley was unveiled as the seasonal campaign face for Blackglama mink.[18] Hurley has appeared three times on the cover of British Vogue.[19] She is signed to TESS Management in London.[20]

In April 2005, Elizabeth Hurley Beach, her beachwear line that she also models every summer, was launched at Harrods in the UK.[3] It debuted later that year in select Saks Fifth Avenue stores in the United States and other European countries.[21] She told Tatler magazine, "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 alone an island, unless I start a business that I can do without disrupting Damian's school days."[22] In May 2008, Hurley designed and modelled a capsule collection of 12 swimsuits for the Spanish clothes brand MANGO.[23]

Film

Hurley made her first film appearance in Aria (1987).[8] She has since appeared in the movies Passenger 57, EDtv, Bedazzled, and Serving Sara. In 1997, she received her first and only acting award, the ShoWest Supporting Actress of the Year, for her performance in the spy spoof Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.[4] When Hugh Grant founded and became the director of Simian Films in 1994, Hurley was credited as one of the producers for the company's two Grant vehicles, Extreme Measures (1996) and Mickey Blue Eyes (1999).[24] In 2000, she was publicly criticised for breaking a five-month acting strike to film an Estée Lauder advertisement, for which she was fined $100,000 (£70,000 in 2000) by the Screen Actors Guild and labelled "Elizabeth Scably" by protesters.[25][26]

Television

Hurley at the launch of Estee Lauder's new fragrance, Sensuous, in July 2008

In the late 1980s, Hurley portrayed the title character in a five-part television drama, Christabel. After appearing in John Cleese's The Human Face (2001), she hosted the inaugural season of the British reality series Project Catwalk on Sky1 in 2006. The show drew tepid ratings with only 1% of its target audience tuning into the first few episodes.[27] Hurley was almost universally criticised as a presenter. Marcelle D'Argy Smith, a former editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, called her "witheringly boring" and added: "Liz Hurley has no fashion experience whatsoever. She wore a dress and has appeared at premieres."[27] GQ's Dylan Jones defended her as someone "immersed in the fashion world as a celebrity."[27] Hurley was ridiculed by critics for her "aspirational Basingstoke-gone-jetset accent and dead fish stare,"[27] while also being described as "the not-nice-but-dim host."[27]

She was dropped after one season because her bosses reportedly believed she was too wooden.[28] It was later revealed that Hurley had asked contestants to send her free clothes off the record.[29] In 2011 Hurley filmed a guest star role in the series pilot of NBC's Wonder Woman as the villain Veronica Cale, potentially recurring.[30] The network decided not to pick up the series. In July 2011, it was announced that Hurley would join the cast of Gossip Girl for a guest-arc. She portrays Diana Payne in the fifth season, 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 East Side will change the lives of all our characters – including, and especially Gossip Girl herself."[31]

Charity

Hurley has been active in Estée Lauder's Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign, as part of which the company created an "Elizabeth Pink" lipstick whose sales benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.[32] Hurley, whose grandmother died of breast cancer,[33] was the MC at "The Hot Pink Party" that marked the tenth anniversary of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.[citation needed]

Hurley supported the Prince's Trust by co-presenting the 2003 Fashion Rocks event in its aid[34] and helping launch the Get Into Cooking youth initiative in 2004.[35] She has also helped raise funds for End Hunger Network,[36] ARK children's charity,[37] and the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre.[38]

She is a patron of the Elton John AIDS Foundation.[39]

Hurley is also an ambassador for the Hop Skip and Jump children's charity. She and Shane Warne announced that they were organising a cricket match in aid of Hop Skip and Jump and also the Shane Warne Foundation, at Cirencester Park, Gloucestershire on Sunday 9 June 2013. The match will involving leading cricketers such as Darren Gough, Andrew Strauss, Shaun Tait, Ian Harvey, Merv Hughes, Damien Martyn, Shaun Udal, and David Gower.[40]

Personal life

Hurley was a struggling actress when, in 1987, she met Hugh Grant while working on a Spanish production called Remando Al Viento. While dating Hurley,[4] Grant gained international notoriety for soliciting the services of a prostitute in 1995. Hurley stood by him and accompanied Grant to the premiere of his movie Nine Months.[4] After 13 years together, Hurley and Grant announced an "amicable" split in May 2000.[41] According to The Guardian,[5] Hurley was "then known as 'Hugh Grant's girlfriend,' now known as 'Hugh Grant's former girlfriend,'" due to the high-profile nature of their relationship.[42]

Hurley with her then husband Arun Nayar at the Ampney Crucis Village Fete in 2008

On 4 April 2002, Hurley gave birth to a son, Damian Charles Hurley.[43] The baby's father, Steve Bing, denied paternity by alleging that he and Hurley had a brief, non-exclusive relationship in 2001.[44] A DNA test, however, established Bing as the child's father.[45] Hugh Grant is his godfather.[46] Hurley is godmother to Patsy Kensit and Liam Gallagher's son Lennon and two of David and Victoria Beckham's sons (Brooklyn and Romeo).[47]

In late 2002, Hurley started dating Indian textile heir Arun Nayar, who has run a small software company since 1998.[48] On 2 March 2007, Hurley and Nayar married at Sudeley Castle and then had a second traditional Hindu wedding at Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur.[49] The Indian celebrations included a sangeet at Nagaur Fort[50][51] and a reception at Mehrangarh Fort.[52] The wedding ceremonies, photos of which were sold to Hello! magazine for a reported £2 million,[53] were attended by numerous celebrities, including Elton John, who gave Hurley away.[54] Hurley, whose net worth was estimated at £13 million in 2003,[55] resided on a 400-acre (1.6 km2) organic farm in Barnsley, Gloucestershire, with her son and husband.[56][57]

On 12 December 2010, following press reports linking her romantically with Australian cricketer Shane Warne,[58][59] Hurley announced that she and her husband Arun had separated several months earlier.[60] Hurley filed for divorce on 2 April 2011, citing Nayar's "unreasonable behaviour" as the cause;[61] this is a conventional ground for divorce under English law. The divorce was granted on 15 June 2011.[62] On 30 September 2011, three months after her divorce, it was reported that Hurley and Warne were engaged and she was spotted wearing a large sapphire ring,[63] with their engagement confirmed via Twitter shortly thereafter.[64] On December 17, 2013, WHO Magazine confirmed that the couple had "called off" their engagement.[65]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1987 Aria Marietta
1988 Inspector Morse Julia 1 episode: Last Seen Wearing
1988 Rowing with the Wind Claire Clairmont Gonzalo Suárez film
1988 Christabel Christabel Bielenberg BBC serial
1988 Rumpole of the Bailey Rosie Japhet 1 episode: Rumpole and the Barrow Boy
1989 Act of Will Christina TV series
1990 Death Has A Bad Reputation Julia Latham TV serial
1990 Kill Cruise Lou Peter Keglevic film
1991 The Orchid House Natalie 1 episode: Natalie
1992 The Good Guys Candida Ashton 1 episode: Relative Values
1992 El largo invierno Emma Stapleton Jaime Camino film
1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Vicky Prentiss 1 episode: London, May 1916
1992 Passenger 57 Sabrina Ritchie Kevin Hooks film
1994 Beyond Bedlam (Nightscare) Stephanie Lyell Vadim Jean film
1994 Sharpe's Enemy Lady Farthingdale One episode
1995 The Shamrock Conspiracy Cecilia Harrison James Frawley TV film
1995 Mad Dogs and Englishmen Antonia Dyer Henry Cole film
1996 Harrison: Cry of the City Cecilia Harrison James Frawley TV film
1996 Samson and Delilah Delilah Nicolas Roeg TV film
1997 Dangerous Ground Karen Darrell Roodt film
1997 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Vanessa Kensington Jay Roach film
1998 Permanent Midnight Sandra David Veloz film
1999 My Favorite Martian Brace Channing Donald Petrie film
1999 EDtv Jill Ron Howard film
1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Vanessa Kensington Jay Roach film
2000 The Weight of Water Adaline Gunn Kathryn Bigelow film
2000 Bedazzled The Devil Harold Ramis film
2001 Double Whammy Dr. Ann Beamer Tom DiCillo film
2002 Dawg Anna Lockheart Victoria Hochberg film
2002 Serving Sara Sara Moore Reginald Hudlin film
2004 Method Rebecca Duncan Roy film
2006 The Last Guy on Earth Jim Fitzpatrick film
2011 Wonder Woman (TV series Pilot) Veronica Cale David E. Kelley – Not picked up
2011–2012 Gossip Girl (TV series) Diana Payne 15 episodes
2013 Dead Rich (TV series) Miss Spender Pilot
2013 The Royals (TV series) HM Queen Helena Pilot
Theatre
  • The Cherry Orchard – A Jubilee (Russian & Soviet Arts Festival)
  • The Man Most Likely To (Middle East tour)
Documentary film

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