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In addition to the
TV ads, Elisabeth also landed a role in the
television series Call to Glory, and co-starred with
Ralph Macchio in the 1984 hit The Karate Kid.
A semester short of graduating, Elisabeth focused on
acting, with roles in Adventures in Babysitting,
Cocktail, co-starring Tom Cruise, Back to the Future
2 and 3, Soapdish, and The Marrying Man.
While her bother Andrew had become a star on the
primetime soap Melrose Place, Elisabeth wasn't yet
given the chance to show her talent in the roles she
had played at the start of her career. |
Liz
Hurley
All-Star Ranking:
Born June 10, 1965,
in Hampshire, England, Elizabeth is a striking
model, film producer, and star actress. Elizabeth
was an army brat, her father an army officer and her
mother an elementary school teacher. Elizabeth had a
desire to be a dancer as a child, so at the age of
12 her parents sent her to a private school for
ballet lessons. At 16, Elizabeth went through the
punk stage with pink spiked hair and a nose ring.
Elizabeth, described as a diamond in the rough,
became famous as a model for Estée Lauder, and then
made a place for herself in the movies.
At the age of 21,
Elizabeth played her first role in Bruce Beresford's
movie "Aria" in 1987. After a few roles in
television, she met Hugh Grant when they worked on
the film "Remando al Viento" (1987). Hugh
Grant later became Elizabeth's beau. She didn't
really make her mark in the movie scene until the
Austin Powers role of Vanessa Kensington.
Elizabeth's career didn't take off until she
appeared at the London premiere of "Four
Weddings and a Funeral", Hugh Grant's 1994
movie. Elizabeth wowed the crowd by wearing a black
Versace dress that was held together by nothing more
than safety pins. Elizabeth stated in an interview,
that the role in Austin Powers didn't come naturally
to her. She has proven that she can be both funny
and terribly sexy, as well as play the more dramatic
roles, such as her work in "Dangerous
Ground".
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In
addition to acting, Elizabeth is the head of
production for Simian Films, which was formed by
herself and Hugh Grant with Castle Rock
Entertainment in 1994. She produced the movie
"Extreme Measures" (1996), which she found
the script for. The script so intrigued her that she
convinced Simian Films partners to back the project,
and "Extreme Measures" became the first
film produced by Simian Films. Since then, Elizabeth
has produced "Mickey Blue-Eyes". In
addition to her work as producer and spokesmodel,
she continues to pursue her acting career. She
starred in several films that were released within a
year of each other, "Permanent Midnight",
"My Favorite Martian", "Ed TV",
and "Austin Powers 2 - The Spy Who Shagged
Me".
