Elizabeth Hurley's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Gossip Girl Diana Payne Inspector Morse (UK) Julia Project Catwalk (UK) Herself - H…

Main Movie Roles 2004 - Method 2002 - Serving Sara 2002 - Bad Boy 2001 - Double Whammy 2000 - The Weight Of Water 2000 - Bedazzled 1999 - My Favorite Martian 1999 - EDtv 1999 - Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 1998 - Permanent Midnight 1997 - Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1992 - Passenger 57 1990 - Der Skipper 1987 - Aria

BIOGRAPHY:

Wanting to be a dancer, Elizabeth Hurley (I) went to ballet boarding school at 12, but soon returned home. When it came time to go to college, Hurley won a scholarship to the London Studio Centre which taught courses for dance and theater. Soon, Hurley wore the punk rock look with pink hair and a nose ring, but to get work, she had to change her image to one that was castable. After college, Hurley worked in the theater and made her screen debut in Aria (1987). Roles in Television and a film, Remando al viento (1988), which included a young actor named Hugh Grant (I), soon followed. European films followed her appearance in the BBC serial Christabel (1988) (TV). Her film debut in a Hollywood movie was in the Wesley Snipes action drama Passenger 57 (1992). When Hugh Grant (I) was picked up with Divine Brown (I), Hurley became headline news. Added to this was the fact that she was the model representing top cosmetics house Estée Lauder, and there was nowhere Hurley could go to get away from the press. In 1994, Hurley and Hugh Grant (I) set up Simian Films in partnership with Castle Rock Entertainment. As Head of Development, Hurley found the script and produced her first film Extreme Measures (1996), which stars Hugh Grant (I).


TRIVIA:

• (1995) Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#83).
• She and Arun held a blessing and party at Sudeley Castle, Winchecombe, Gloucestershire on Saturday 3rd March 2007.
• Measurements: 36C-23-34 1/2 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
• Was considered for a role in _GoldenEye (1995)_ (qv).
• Said she gets her "hot-date look" by eating vast quantities of watercress soup. (May 2001 interview, London's "The Evening Standard")
• Claims to have not watched television since 1979.
• She was ranked fourth in the 2001 Orange Film Survey of greatest British film actresses.
• In 2000, she crossed a Screen Actors Guild picket line to film a commercial. The well publicized strike was set up by the Guild to demand better conditions for members who work for the advertising industry. When asked why, she said she "didn't know" the strike was in progress.