Born: Elizabeth Jane Hurley on 10 June 1965, in Basingstoke, Hampshire.

Elizabeth Jane Hurley is an English beachwear designer, actress and former fashion model, first gaining fame as Hugh Grant's girlfriend.

Wanting to be a dancer, Hurley went to ballet boarding school at 12, but soon returned home. She gained early recognition for her beauty in the early 1980s when she won a Face of the Year competition at a local newspaper in Winchester, securing a year's modelling contract with a prestigious London firm as the first prize. She made her first film appearance in Aria (1987), and attracted some media attention in the late 1980s for portraying the title character in a four-part television drama, Christabel, written by Dennis Potter. During this time, she appeared in several low-budget British and Hollywood films, including a performance as a stewardess in the 1992 thriller Passenger 57. She also appeared on television on both sides of the Atlantic, working in the British series Rumpole of the Bailey and the George Lucas-produced The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. In 1987, working on a Spanish production called Remando Al Viento, she met actor Hugh Grant and they started a long romantic relationship.

A bit of lusting after someone does wonders for you and is good for your skin."

In 1994, Grant's film Four Weddings and a Funeral was an international box office success and Grant was the focus of much media attention. Hurley attended the premiere in a black plunging Versace dress held together with gold safety pins, due to which she was relentlessly photographed at the event. This appearance propelled her to recognition in the modelling world, especially catching the attention of cosmetics giant Estée Lauder. The Versace dress Hurley wore was, for a long time, referred in popular media simply as "that dress". After 13 years together, the Hurley and Grant made "a mutual and amicable decision" to split in May 2000 and have since remained cordial.

Hurley was cast as Vanessa Kensington in Mike Myers's hit spy comedy Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery in 1997; after the success of that original film, she reprised the role of Vanessa in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999). Hurley has also essayed several lead characters in films such as EdTV, Bedazzled, Double Whammy, Serving Sara (2002), which was her last Hollywood film, and the 2004 thriller Method.

On 2 March 2007, Hurley married Indian businessman Arun Nayar in a secret service at Sudeley Castle, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. The wedding festivities continued in Mumbai, India where the couple joined a private celebration held at Juhu Beach before moving on to Jodhpur, India.