Elizabeth Jane Hurley was born 57 years ago in Hampshire, England and is an actress as well as a businesswoman and model. She is divorced and has a son.
As a child, she took ballet lessons, went to 6th form and proceeded with studying theatre and dancing for 3 years. After that, in 1987, she started dating actor Hugh Grant and was simply known as his girlfriend. When the movie ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’ came out in 1994 with Hugh Grant starring in it, it was a huge success and he became an international star. Hurley caught the media’s attention when she accompanied him to the movie’s premiere in a very revealing dress and she too became popular. They split 13 years after.
‘Aria’ was the first movie Elizabeth starred in, back in 1987. In the next 12 years, she acted in more films including ‘Passenger 57’, ‘Bedazzled’, ‘Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery’ (for which she received an award), ‘Extreme Measures’ and ‘Mickey Blue Eyes’, amongst others.
Apart from films, Hurley appeared in several TV shows and series, soap operas and a documentary. She also performed in 2 theatrical productions.
With regards to fashion, Elizabeth became a spokesmodel for Estee Lauder at the age of 29. She did perfume ads and campaigned their cosmetics as well. She even created her beachwear line which was launched in the UK in 2005 and later introduced to other countries in Europe and the US.