Elizabeth Hurley is a famous model and actress from England. However, she is more known for her relationship with actor Hugh Grant than for her own successes. Hurley was born June 10th, 1965 in Basingstoke, Hampshire to a middle-class, suburban family. As a child and teenager, Hurley took ballet lessons and went to the London Studio Centre to study dance and theatre, though she did not continue her studies for long.
After finishing her education, Hurley began to pursue an acting career. She met the actor Hugh Grant in 1987 and they became a couple. Hurley first really gained media attention when she accompanied her then-boyfriend Grant to the premier of the film "Four Weddings and a Funeral". She became known as "Hugh Grant's girlfriend" and received comments about being an expensive piece of arm decoration. In 1995, Hurley was still with Grant when a scandal broke out for his solicitation of a prostitute. She stayed with him through this period but they eventually broke up in 200 after 13 years as a couple.
During this time, Hurley had several roles in movies and TV series. However, her real career break didn't occur until Estee Lauder asked her to be their spokes model in 1995, despite the fact the 29 year old woman had no prior experience. Since then, Hurley has also modeled for Jordache, Got Milk?, and several other campaigns. Elizabeth Hurley currently has an net worth estimated at around ?13 million.
In April of 2002, Hurley gave birth to an illegitimate son named Damien Charles Hurley. Paternity tests proved the father to be Steve Bing, though the man denied it at first. Later, in 2007, Hurley married an Indian textile heir named Arun Nayar. The couple is still together and live on a 400 acre farm in Barnsley, Gloucestershire along with Hurley's son.
