Elizabeth Jane Hurley

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Elizabeth Jane Hurley (born 10 June 1965) is an English model and actress who became known as a girlfriend of Hugh Grant in the 1990s.In 1994, as Grant became the focus of worldwide media attention due to the global box office success of his film Four Weddings and a Funeral, Hurley accompanied him to the film's Los Angeles premiere in a plunging black Versace dress held together with gold safety pins, which gained her instant media attention.Hurley has been associated with the cosmetics company Estee Lauder for over fifteen years since the company awarded Hurley her first modelling job at the age of 29. They have featured her as a representative and model for its products, especially perfumes such as Sensuous, Intuition, and Pleasures, since 1995.  As an actress, her best known cinematic works to date have been as Vanessa Kensington in Mike Myers' hit spy comedies, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) and as the Devil in Bedazzled (2000).  Hurley currently owns an eponymous beachwear line.

Fashion

In 1995, with no prior modeling experience, Hurley was introduced as an Estee Lauder spokesmodel.  She later recounted, "I was far from an ingenue, having had my first modeling job at 29." Hurley has since featured in ads for Lauder's 'Pleasures', 'Beautiful', 'Dazzling', 'Tuscany per Donna', and 'Sensuous' fragrances as well as participated in campaigns for the company's other cosmetics. She was replaced as the face of Estee Lauder by Carolyn Murphy in 2001. However, she continues to work with the company non-exclusively, signing a contract for the 16th year with Lauder in 2010.  In 2005, she modeled for Saloni, Liverpool Department Stores of Mexico, and Lancel.  She was part of the seasonal advertising campaigns for Jordache, Shiatzy Chen,Got Milk?, Patrick Cox, MQ Clothiers of Sweden, and Lancel in 2006  and Monsoon in 2007.  In 2008, Hurley was unveiled as the seasonal campaign face for Blackglamamink.  In 2009, she appeared in a campaign for Rosato jewelry.

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Hurley with fashion designerValentino Garavani at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival

In April 2005, Elizabeth Hurley Beach, her beachwear line that she also models every summer, was launched at Harrods in the UK. It debuted later that year in selectSaks Fifth Avenue stores in the United States and other European countries.  She told Tatler magazine, "I was on Necker Island for a fashion shoot and even as [Richard Branson] was lying back in a hammock, he was on the phone, doing deals, managing his empire. But then I thought I am never going to have even a holiday home, let alone an island, unless I start a business that I can do without disrupting Damian's school days."  In May 2008, Hurley designed and modeled a capsule collection of 12 swimsuits for the Spanish clothes brand MANGO.Hurley has appeared three times on the cover of British Vogue.  She is signed to the Independent Modeling Agency in London.^{[citation needed]}

Film

Hurley made her first film appearance in Aria (1987). She has since appeared in the movies Passenger 57, EDtv, Bedazzled, and Serving Sara. In 1997, she received her first and only acting award, the ShoWest Supporting Actress of the Year, for her performance in the spy spoof Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.  When Hugh Grant founded and became the director of Simian Films in 1994, Hurley was credited as one of the producers for the company's two Grant vehicles, Extreme Measures (1996) and Mickey Blue Eyes (1999).  In 2000, she was publicly criticised for breaking a five-month acting strike to film an Estee Lauder advertisement, for which she was fined $100,000 (￡70,000 in 2000) by the Screen Actors Guild and labeled "Elizabeth Scably" by protesters.

[edit]Television

In the late 1980s, Hurley portrayed the title character in a five-part television drama, Christabel. After appearing in John Cleese's The Human Face (2001), she hosted the inaugural season of the British reality series Project Catwalk on Sky1 in 2006. The show drew tepid ratings with only 1% of its target audience tuning into the first few episodes.  Hurley was almost universally criticised as a presenter. Marcelle D'Argy Smith, a former editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, called her "witheringly boring" and added: "Liz Hurley has no fashion experience whatsoever. She wore a dress and has appeared at premieres."  GQ 's Dylan Jones defended her as someone "immersed in the fashion world as a celebrity."  Hurley was ridiculed by critics for her "aspirational Basingstoke-gone-jetset accent and dead fish stare,"  while also being described as "the not-nice-but-dim host." She was dropped after one season because her bosses reportedly believed she was too wooden. It was later revealed that Hurley had asked contestants to send her free clothes off the record.In 2011 Hurley filmed a guest star role in the series pilot of NBC'sWonder Woman as the villain Veronica Cale, potentially recurring.  The network decided not to pick up the series. However, in July 2011, it was announced that Hurley would join the cast of Gossip Girl for a guest-arc. She will portray Diana Payne in the fifth series, who producers describe as "a sexy, smart, self-made media mogul and all-around force to be reckoned with" and that "Diana’s entrance on the Upper East Side will change the lives of all our characters - including, and especially Gossip Girl herself.

  

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