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Elizabeth
Jane Hurley (born June 10, 1965) is an English actress, model, and
beachwear designer. She gained fame as Hugh Grant's girlfriend and
is best known for being an exemplary "professional
celebrity". She has appeared several times on the covers of
renowned fashion magazine ,Vogue, and hosted the first season of
the British reality series Project Catwalk, featuring novice
fashion designers. In 2005, Hurley's beachwear line Elizabeth
Hurley Beach debuted in select Saks Fifth Avenue stores in the
United States, Harrod's in the UK, various other locations
worldwide and through her website. In 2006, the line expanded its
distribution in Europe, the Middle East, Australia and Asia. In
2007, Hurley was voted best "British Body Idol" in New
Woman magazine, for which 5,000 women reportedly cast votes.
Hurley was cast as Vanessa Kensington in Mike Myers's hit spy
comedy Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery in 1997; after
the success of that original film, she reprised the role of
Vanessa in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999). Hurley
has also essayed several lead characters in films such as EdTV,
Bedazzled, Double Whammy, Serving Sara (2002), which was her last
Hollywood film, and the 2004 thriller Method ... more |
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