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Elizabeth Jane Hurley (born 10 June, 1965) is an English model, actress, producer and designer, born in Basingstoke, Hampshire. Her mother is an English Protestant while her late father was a lapsed Catholic of Irish descent. Her height is 173cm.

Personal Life

Elizabeth has an older sister, Kate, and a younger brother, Michael. She took ballet classes as a child and got a scholarship at a boarding school at the age of 12 but was expelled for poor grades. She first came to public attention following her wearing of a form-fitting black Versace gown barely held together with safety pins (referred to as "that dress" in the British press), at the premiere of Four Weddings and a Funeral
(1994), a film that starred her then-companion Hugh Grant.

Since her breakup with Grant, she has been linked with multi-millionaire American film producer Stephen Bing and American multimillionaire Ted Forstmann. She is engaged to half-Indian, half-German Arun Nayar, the playboy son of a Bombay textile millionaire, whom she has been seeing since 2003 and who obtained a divorce from his Italian wife, Valentina Pedroni, in early 2005.

On 4 April, 2002, she gave birth to a son, Damian Charles Hurley, fathered by Bing, who initially denied paternity. DNA tests confirmed that he was the father, although it is not clear if Damian's surname will be changed. Damian was baptized a Roman Catholic, although Elizabeth herself has not yet been received into the Roman Catholic church despite contemplating it for a number of years now.

Career

Her Hollywood films include, two Austin Powers
movies (1997 & 1999) and Bedazzled (2000). She has also produced two films starring Hugh Grant, Extreme Measures
(1996) and Mickey Blue Eyes
(1999), under their jointly owned Simian production company. Additionally, in 2004 she was an executive producer on the film Method.

Beginning in 1995 Hurley began working exclusively for Estée Lauder as the company's primary spokesmodel, launching the perfume "Pleasures" in her first month with the company. In 2001 Hurley's role was downsized with the arrival of youthful model Carolyn Murphy. In 2003 model Liya Kebede also joined the company, creating a trio of 'faces' at the brand. In late 2005 Hurley's unprecedented ten year reign as the face of "Pleasures" perfume ended when actress Gwyneth Paltrow was signed to the line. Sales for the perfume, since Paltrow's arrival, have declined. In 2006 Hurley was announced as the face of Estée Lauder's ReNutriv Skin Care Line, with a contract extension for another three years. In addition, Hurley has a lipstick named after her, Elizabeth Pink, the profits of which go to the Estee Lauder Breast Cancer Foundation.

In April 2005 her beachwear line Elizabeth Hurley Beach debuted in select Saks Fifth Avenue stores in the United States, Harrod's in the UK, in various other locations worldwide and through her website. In 2006 the line expanded its distribution greatly among Europe and the Middle East as well as Asia.

Hurley also fronted the Spring 2006 campaign for shoe designer Patrick Cox.

The Daily Mail 2004 Rich List put her fortune at an estimated £17 million.

Breast Cancer Advocate

Hurley revealed that her grandmother died from breast cancer because her grandmother refused to reveal the lump that she discovered for a number of years. By the time that it was revealed, it was too late to save her life.

Hurley was the Mistress of Ceremonies at The Hot Pink Party, at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City, to mark the tenth anniversary of The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Residences

She has homes in London; in Ampney Crucis, a village in Gloucestershire, England; and in Beverly Hills, California.

Filmography

The Last Guy on Earth
(2006)
Method (film) (2004)
Serving Sara
(2002)
Double Whammy (2001)
Bedazzled (2000)
The Weight of Water
(2000)
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
(1999)
Edtv
(1999)
My Favorite Martian (1999)
Permanent Midnight
(1998)
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
(1997)
Dangerous Ground (1997)
Mad Dogs and Englishmen (film) (1995)
Beyond Bedlam (1993)
Passenger 57
(1992)
The Long Winter (1992)
Skipper, Der (1990)
Rowing In the Wind (1988)
Aria (film)
(1987)

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