Elizabeth Hurley Biography
Elizabeth Hurley was a hit as the sexy spy Vanessa Kensington in the 1997 Mike Myers spoof Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. (Hurley played the daughter of the original Mrs. Kensington, Mimi Rogers.) Prior to that film, Elizabeth Hurley was best known for her 13-year relationship with actor Hugh Grant; the two split up in May 2000. Hurley’s most famous public appearance may have been at the 1994 premiere of Grant’s film Four Weddings and a Funeral, where she wore a Versace dress held together by safety pins. She served as the spokesmodel for Estée Lauder cosmetics for many years; in 2001 she was replaced by model Carolyn Murphy. Her other films include Passenger 57 (1992, with Wesley Snipes), Bedazzled (2000, with Hurley starring as the Devil ), and Method (2004).
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Elizabeth Hurley and Hugh Grant co-founded the production company Simian Films in 1994… She gave birth to a baby boy, Damien Charles Hurley, on 4 April 2002. Hurley named film producer Stephen Bing as the father; Bing at first disputed the claim, but later admitted paternity… Hurley married Indian businessman Arun Nayar on 3 March 2007, and they were divorced in 2011. Later that year, she became engaged to cricket star Shane Warne.
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