- 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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