Elizabeth Jane Hurley was born on June 10th 1965 in Basingstoke, Hampshire in England. She is the daughter of Angela and Roy Hurley. Roy is of Irish decent and a Major in the British Army. Angela, her mum was a teacher at the Kempshott Infant School. Elizabeth is a middle child with one older sister and a younger brother. As a young girl, she took ballet classes and studied dance and theatre at the London Studio Centre. Elizabeth became involved with punk fashions while in her teens. She died her hair pink and had a piercing in her nose. It was the thing to do where she grew up and not actually out of the ordinary for the teens of Basingstoke to dress in the punk style.

Elizabeth is an actress and English model. She was in a relationship with Hugh Grant during the 1990′s. Elizabeth accompanied Hugh to the London premier of his huge box office success Four Weddings and a Funeral. She grabbed headlines all over the world for the Versace dress she wore to the event. Her relationship with Hugh Grant ended in 2000. Elizabeth has been the face of Estee Lauder Cosmetics Company. Her first modeling assignment for the cosmetics giant was at the age of twenty nine. Her relationship with the company has continued since 1995. Two of Elizabeth’s best known movie roles have been in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. In these two hit films Elizabeth plays Vanessa Kensington. Some of her other movie roles have included, Aria in 1987, Passenger 57, EDtv, Bedazzled, and Serving Sara in 1997. Elizabeth won the ShoWest Supporting Actress of the Year for her performance in the comedy Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.