Biography
Wanting to be a dancer, 'Elizabeth Hurley' (qv) 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. 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)_ (qv). Roles in Television, and a film _Remando al
viento (1987)_ (qv), which included a young actor named 'Hugh
Grant' (qv) soon, followed. European films followed her appearance
in the BBC serial "Christabel" (1988) (mini). Her film debut in a
Hollywood movie was in the Wesley Snipes action drama _Passenger 57
(1992)_ (qv). 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' (qv) 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)_ (qv), which stars 'Hugh Grant' (qv)
Biography courtesy of the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com).
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