Elizabeth Hurley

Elizabeth Hurley
Hurley in 2017
Born
Elizabeth Jane Hurley

(1965-06-10) 10 June 1965 (age 59)
Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
Alma materLondon Studio Centre
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active1987–present
Spouse
Arun Nayar
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(m. 2007; div. 2011)​
Partners
ChildrenDamian Hurley
Signature

Elizabeth Jane Hurley (born 10 June 1965) is an English actress and model. Her best-known film roles are Vanessa Kensington in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) and as the Devil in Bedazzled (2000).[1] Hurley's television roles include the E! original series The Royals (2015–2018) and Morgan le Fay in Runaways (2019), based on the Marvel Comics series. She portrayed Diana Payne on the fifth season of The CW's original series Gossip Girl (2011).

Hurley's first role in a big budget film was in Passenger 57 (1992). In 1994, Hurley accompanied Hugh Grant to the London premiere of his film Four Weddings and a Funeral,[2] in a plunging black Versace dress held together with gold safety pins, which gained her instant media attention.[3][4]

Hurley has been associated with the cosmetics company Estée Lauder since the company gave Hurley her first modelling job at the age of 29.[5] They have featured her as a representative and model for their products, especially perfumes such as Sensuous, Intuition, and Pleasures, since 1995.[6] Hurley owns a beachwear line.[7]

  1. ^ "Liz Hurley: Life in the spotlight". BBC. Retrieved 31 March 2007.
  2. ^ Farndale, Nigel. Movie Connections: Four Weddings and a Funeral. The Sunday Telegraph, page 39. 16 September 2007. Retrieved 11 September 2007.
  3. ^ "Liz Hurley expecting baby". BBC News. 8 November 2001. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  4. ^ "Remember when Liz Hurley wore 'that' dress?". CNN. 7 March 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Estée Lauder Lauds Elizabeth Hurley". Fashion Week Daily. 4 November 2008. Archived from the original on 21 October 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  6. ^ Murphy sidelines Hurley at Lauder Archived 24 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine – CNN. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
  7. ^ "The naked ambition of Liz Hurley". The Times. Archived from the original on 8 September 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2014.