Wanting to be a dancer, Elizabeth Hurley 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 would wear the punk rock look with pink hair and a nose ring article continued below...

• Method (2004) .... Rebecka Fairbanks
• Serving Sara (2002) .... Sara Moore
  ... aka Mann umständehalber abzugeben! oder: Scheiden ist süß (Germany)
  ... aka Scheiden ist süß (Germany: video title)
• Bad Boy (2002) .... Anna Lockheart
  ... aka Dawg (UK) (USA: TV title)

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 (1987), which included a young actor named Hugh Grant soon, followed. European films followed her appearance in the BBC serial "Christabel" (1988).

Her film debut in a Hollywood movie was in the Wesley Snipes action drama Passenger 57 (1992). When Hugh Grant was picked up with Divine Brown, Hurley became headline news. Added to this was the fact that she was the model representing top cosmetics house Estee Lauder, and there was no place Hurley could go to get away from the press. In 1994, Hurley and Hugh Grant 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.

• Trademark - Her black Versace dress with gold safety pins, which she wore to the premiere of _Four weddings and a funeral (1994)_ , accompanied by Hugh Grant.
• Former spokesperson for Estee Lauder.
• Listed in "People Weekly"s "Most Intriguing People" list. (December 25, 1995/January 1, 1996 issue)
• Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#83). [1995]
• Was considered for a role in _Goldeneye (1995)_ .
• Back together with former boyfriend Hugh Grant [September 2000]
• Said she gets her "hot-date look" by eating vast quantities of watercress soup. (May 2001 interview, London's "The Evening Standard")
• Replaced by supermodel Carolyn Murphy for the lucrative Estee Lauder make up contract (Carolyn Murphy is ten years younger than Liz).
• Son Damian Charles born 4th April 2002 in England, father is Steve Bing.
• Older sister, Kate, younger brother, Michael.
• Mother, Angela.
• She was ranked fourth in the 2001 Orange Film Survey of greatest British film actresses.
• Godmother of actress Patsy Kensit's son, Lennon Francis Gallagher.
• Voted the 13th Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine - September 2002.
• Measurements: 36C-23-34 1/2 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
• Size 6 dress. (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
• Dated Hugh Grant [1987 - 2000]
• Expecting second child, Febuary 2005, with boyfriend Arun Nayer
• Estee Lauder's "Elizabeth Pink" lipstick is named after her, and proceeds from the sales go to breast cancer research.

• "I'd kill myself if I was as fat as Marilyn Monroe".
• "A bit of lusting after someone does wonders for you and is good for your skin." -- "Marie Claire" magazine, November 2000
• If Hugh and I split up, I would feel as if my brother had died.