Elizabeth Hurley

Elizabeth Jane Hurley, born 10 June 1965 was an English actress. As an actress, her most well-known film roles were as Vanessa Kensington in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) and as the Devil in Bedazzled (2000). One of Hurley's TV roles include the E! original show The Royals (2015-2018) and her role as Morgan le Fay in Runaways (2019) that is based on the Marvel Comics series of the identical title. Passenger 57 (1992), was her first role in a major film. In 1994, Hurley accompanied Hugh Grant to the London premiere of his film Four Weddings and Funeralwearing a dramatic black Versace gown, secured by gold safety pins, which brought her immediate media attention. She is associated with cosmetics company Estee Lauder since the company offered Hurley her first modeling role at age 29. Since 1995 she's been a model as well as an ambassador for Estee Lauder's brands including perfumes like Sensuous, Intuition, Pleasures and Intuition. Hurley owns her own beachwear brand. Elizabeth[8Hurley Hurley was the younger daughter of Angela Mary (nee Titt) and Roy Leonard Hurley (8 Jun 1929 - 17 Nov 1996). She was half Irish. [10] Her father was Major in the Royal Army Education Corps.[11][12] Her mother was an instructor at the Kempshott junior school teacher. Hurley is the older sister of Kathleen Hurley ('Kate') and her younger brother Michael Hurley. Hurley's debut movie appearance was in Aria (1987). Her next appearances included the films Passenger 57 (87), EDtv and Bedazzled. She won the ShoWest Supporting Actress of the Year award in 1997 for her role as Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. 1] When Hugh Grant founded and became director of Simian Films in 1994, Hurley was named as one of the directors for the two Grant films, Extreme Measures (1996) and Mickey Blue Eyes (1999). [20] In 2000, she was widely attacked for breaking her five-month strike by actors to film an Estee Lauder advertisement, for which she was punished with a fine of $100,000 (PS70,000 in 2000) by the Screen Actors Guild and labelled "Elizabeth Scably" by protesters. Hurley was a relatively unknown actress when she first met Hugh Grant in 1987 while working in an Spanish production titled Remando Al Viento. Hurley was Grant's girlfriend during the 90s. In 1994, when Grant became the subject of international media attention because of the popularity of his movie Four Weddings and Funerals,[2[2] Hurley accompanied him to the film's London premiere in a stunning black Versace dress that was secured with gold safety pins that immediately attracted media interest. In the course of dating Hurley, Grant gained international notoriety for soliciting the services of a prostitute in 1995. Hurley stood by Grant and accompanied him to the premiere of his movie Nine Months. 1. Hurley and Grant announced an "amiable" separation after thirteen years of living together in May 2000.