Elizabeth Jane Hurley - English

Elizabeth Jane Hurley (born June 10, 1965) is an English model and former actress who gained fame as Hugh Grant's girlfriend. The highlight of Hurley's professional life has been her association with the cosmetics company Estée Lauder, which gave Hurley her first modeling job at the age of 29 and has used her as a model for Estee Lauder cosmetics since 1995.






Hurley was born as a middle child in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, the daughter of Angela and Reg Hurley. Her father was an Irish-Catholic major in the British Army, while her mother was a schoolteacher at Kempshott Infant School. Her older sister Debbie is a literary agent and younger brother Michael works as an engineer.

Hurley took ballet classes as a child. She was educated at local schools, including the Kempshott Infant School and Kempshott Junior School, and later the Harriet Costello School, now known as Costello Technology College. She later studied dance and theater at the London Studio Centre.

While in her teens and before she was in the public eye, she became involved with punk fashion, dying her hair pink and piercing her nose. She associated with New Age Travellers, who sat under The Buttercross monument and the grounds of the Cathedral in Winchester, near Hurley's home.