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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 10, 1965
Place of Birth
Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK
Also Known As
- Liz Hurley
- الیزابت هارلی
Elizabeth Hurley
2.1 Popularity
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.
Known For
0.0
The Inheritance
2025
8.7
Self
In Vogue: The 90s
2024
5.2
Lily
Strictly Confidential
2024
4.5
Liz Haines
The Piper
2023
6.0
Rachel
Christmas in the Caribbean
2022
4.3
Joanna Christmas
Christmas in Paradise
2022
3.0
Self - Guest
Sherri
2022
0.0
Katherine
The Boy on the Beach
2022
4.6
Joanna Christmas
Father Christmas Is Back
2021
🎬
0.0
Georgia
Welcome to Georgia
2021
Credits
The Inheritance
2025
0.0
In Vogue: The 90s
as Self
2024
8.7
Strictly Confidential
as Lily
2024
5.2
The Piper
as Liz Haines
2023
4.5
Christmas in the Caribbean
as Rachel
2022
6.0
Christmas in Paradise
as Joanna Christmas
2022
4.3
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
3.0
The Boy on the Beach
as Katherine
2022
0.0
Father Christmas Is Back
as Joanna Christmas
2021
4.6
🎬
Welcome to Georgia
as Georgia
2021
0.0
Then Came You
as Clare
2021
6.0
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
as Self - Guest Judge
2019
7.1
An Elephant's Journey
as Aunt Sarah
2018
4.9
Marvel's Runaways
as Morgan le Fay
2017
7.3
The Royals
as Queen Helena
2015
7.3
Viktor
as Alexandra Ivanov
2014
4.5
The Tomorrow People
as A.L.I.C.E. (voice)
2013
6.9
Made in Romania
as Herself
2010
4.1
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Valentino: The Last Emperor
as Self
2008
6.5
Gossip Girl
as Diana Payne
2007
8.2
The One Show
as Self
2006
4.4
🎬
Project Catwalk
as Host
2006
9.0
Method
as Rebecca Fairbanks
2004
4.6
Serving Sara
as Sara Moore
2002
5.4
Dawg
as Anna Lockheart
2002
4.3
Double Whammy
as Ann Beamer
2001
5.4
The Weight of Water
as Adaline Gunne
2001
5.5
The Job
2001
6.7
Bedazzled
as The Devil
2000
6.1
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
as Vicky Prentiss
2000
5.2
Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'
as Self
1999
0.0
Teen Choice Awards
as Self
1999
9.1
🎬
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
as Self
1999
6.0
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
as Vanessa Kensington
1999
6.3
EDtv
as Jill
1999
6.0
My Favorite Martian
as Brace Channing
1999
5.6
Permanent Midnight
as Sandra
1998
5.9
Sharpe: The Legend
as Lady Farthingdale
1997
5.0
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
as Vanessa Kensington
1997
6.6
🎬
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
as Self
1997
7.3
Dangerous Ground
as Karen
1997
4.3
Samson and Delilah
as Delilah
1996
6.0
E! True Hollywood Story
as Self
1996
8.1
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
1996
3.9
🎬
Harrison: Cry of the City
as Cecilia Harrison
1996
1.0
The Shamrock Conspiracy
as Cecilia Harrison
1995
4.0
The World of James Bond
as Self - Hostess
1995
6.0
Mad Dogs and Englishmen
as Antonia
1995
3.4
Sharpe's Enemy
as Lady Farthingdale
1994
6.8
Beyond Bedlam
as Stephanie Lyell
1994
4.6
Sharpe
1993
8.0
Passenger 57
as Sabrina Ritchie
1992
6.0
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Vicky Prentiss
1992
6.5
The Long Winter
as Ema Stapleton
1992
4.7
The Orchid House
as Natalie
1991
4.0
Kill Cruise
as Lou
1990
3.4
Death Has A Bad Reputation
as Julia Latham
1990
4.0
Act of Will
as Christina (credit only)
1989
3.8
🎬
Christabel
as Christabel Bielenberg
1988
5.5
Rowing with the Wind
as Claire Clairmont
1988
5.6
Deadline: Madrid
as Michele
1988
0.0
Aria
as Marietta
1987
5.3
Inspector Morse
as Julia
1987
7.8
Wetten, dass..?
as Self
1981
5.3
Rumpole of the Bailey
as Rosie Japhet
1975
6.9
Bambi
as Self
1948
9.0
Wonder Woman
as Veronica Cale
N/A
4.9
Breaking Bear
as Wolf Queen (voice)
N/A
0.0