Elizabeth Hurley explains why she ‘prances around’ in b!kinis on social media, Age, Net Worth and Modeling Career, comedian, businesswoman, and model. As an actress, her best-known film roles to date have been as Vanessa Kensington in Mike Myers’ hit spy comedy, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and as the Devil in Bedazzled.
Fans of Elizabeth Hurley have more than likely noticed that the 55-year-old beauty has a pretty strong social media presence, often posting photos of herself bikini-clad and/or topless anywhere from the beach to her own front lawn on a snowy winter day.
According to Hurley, the spicy snaps aren’t just for titillation’s sake, telling Extra it was an attempt to push her swimwear line during the pandemic.
“I have my own swimwear line,” Hurley explained. “I wouldn’t ordinarily be prancing around in quite so much beachwear, so there is a reason behind prancing around in so many swimsuits.”
Citing the Covid-19 pandemic, she added, “We haven’t been allowed to go on vacation in 14 months… I have a beachwear company and haven’t been on the beach… Hence, we have been selling what we can. We’ve been improvising.
“So, yes, we’ve been on hay bales, we’ve been in the snow, we’ve been in the shower.”
She’s also learned to tune out those who’ve taken issue with her consistently skimpy look.
“I think people are mean to women and I don’t think it’s how people should be, so I can’t say I am a fan of those comments, really,” she stated.
The British model and actress launched a London-based swimwear label named Elizabeth Hurley Beach in 2005
During the coronavirus pandemic, Elizabeth Hurley made use of quarantine by modeling bikinis for her 2.1 million followers on Instagram.
The sizzling snaps went viral and it drew attention to the actress and model’s swimwear brand while she was isolated at home.
“Well, it was challenging because I didn’t leave the country for anywhere hot,” the 56-year-old told People (the TV show!) on Tuesday. “I filmed abroad, but I actually filmed in really cold countries. So all I had was my yard and my house, which is England. I didn’t have the beach, I didn’t have the sea, I don’t have any water. We very rarely have the sun.”
The star shared that it was her son Damian Hurley, a fellow model, who gave her a confidence boost to take the plunge.
“He said, ‘Mom, just do it,’” Hurley recalled. “I’m like, ‘OK.’ But it’s good. I had him on task, especially during lockdown.”
When it comes to style, Hurley is no stranger to taking risks. It was 1994 when the then-28-year-old, a little-known actress, accompanied her boyfriend Hugh Grant for the premiere of his film, “Four Weddings and a Funeral.”
For the afterparty red carpet, Hurley famously wore a black silk Versace dress that was held together with oversized gold safety pins.
While the gown made Hurley a household name overnight, she doesn’t know where it is today because she “gave it back straight away.”
“I know it’s been in places like the Metropolitan Museum of New York and it’s been in the [Victoria and Albert] museum here [in England],” she told the outlet. “I think it’s been on a world tour.”
Back in January of this year, Piers Morgan apologized to Hurley for calling her “thirsty and creepy” after she shared a racy topless pic of herself.
In the outdoor photo shared on Instagram, Hurley wore a black and white fluffy coat that partially covered her chest, as well as white bikini bottoms.
The image went viral and received plenty of praise in the comments, but found some critics including Morgan, 56, who appeared to speculate that the actress had told her son Damian, 19, to take the picture.
After Morgan’s allegation, Hurley took to Twitter where she shared a few more shots from the photoshoot and clarified who exactly took them.
“Far be it for me to suggest the tabloids get their facts muddled, but these pics were in fact taken by my 80 year old mother,” she wrote online. “Not entirely sure if that puts minds at rest or not.”
Hurley launched a London-based swimwear line named Elizabeth Hurley Beach in 2005.
“I decided to venture into beachwear not only because I’ve always been obsessed with vacation clothes, but also because it’s an area where women, regardless of shape or size, can either look amazing or really get it wrong. I wanted to develop resort collections, which make women feel fabulous at any age,” she announced on the company’s site.
In May 2017, the star told Closer Weekly that being a mom inspired her to launch the brand. She previously took a break from Hollywood to focus on motherhood but found herself wanting to do something new professionally.
“Looking after my son became my number one task, and it was a joy to have someone else on whom to focus,” Hurley told the magazine. “I was 36 and had been worrying about myself for quite long enough. I stopped doing movies and TV for the first eight years of his life, and I don’t regret it for a moment. I always put him first.”
When it came to launching her swimwear collection, Hurley added, “It allowed me to be more flexible with my time and work when Damian was at school.”
Still, Hurley insisted she was eager to take on new challenges as her son grew older.
“I love my life,” she said. “I love change and I love new experiences.”
Elizabeth Hurley Net
Elizabeth Hurley Net Worth and Salary: Elizabeth Hurley is an English actress, model, and businesswoman who has a net worth of $50 million dollars.
Elizabeth rose to prominence in the 1990s thanks to films like “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery” (1997) and “EDtv” (1999). In 1994, while attending the premiere of “Four Weddings and a Funeral” with boyfriend Hugh Grant, Hurley gained attention after walking the red carpet in a revealing black Versace dress that was held together with oversized gold safety pins. The following year, she landed her first modeling job, becoming a spokesmodel for Estée Lauder. As an actress, Elizabeth has appeared in more than 40 film and television projects, including “Passenger 57” (1992), “Bedazzled” (2000), “Serving Sara” (2002), and “Gossip Girl” (2011–2012). From 2015 to 2018, she appeared in 40 episodes of the E! comedy series “The Royals,” and she began starring on Hulu’s “Runaways” in 2019.
Early Life: Elizabeth Hurley was born Elizabeth Jane Hurley on June 10, 1965, in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. Her mother, Angela, taught at Kempshott Junior School, and her father, Roy (who passed away in 1996), served as a major in the Royal Army Educational Corps. Elizabeth has two siblings, older sister Kathleen and younger brother Andrews. Hurley studied at Harriet Costello School and became interested in punk fashion as a teenager. As a child, she took ballet classes, and she studied theatre and dance at the London Studio Centre from 1983 to 1986.
Modeling Career: Elizabeth became an Estée Lauder spokesmodel in 1995, at the age of 29. She has appeared in ads for several of the company’s fragrances, including “Beautiful,” “Pleasures,” and “Sensuous” as well as their cosmetics. Hurley was the face of the company until 2001 when she was replaced by Carolyn Murphy, but she continued to work with Estée Lauder both as a model and as the Global Ambassador for their Breast Cancer Campaign. Elizabeth has also modeled for Jordache, Lancel, MQ Clothiers of Sweden, and several other companies, and in 2005, she started a beachwear line called Elizabeth Hurley Beach. In 2008, she designed 12 swimsuits for MANGO, a Spanish clothing brand.
Acting Career: Hurley made her acting debut in the 1987 anthology film “Aria,” and the following year, she appeared in the movie “Rowing with the Wind,” guest-starred on “Inspector Morse” and “Rumpole of the Bailey,” and played the titular role in the miniseries “Christabel.” In the 1990s, Elizabeth appeared in 11 films, including “Dangerous Ground” (1997), “Permanent Midnight” (1998), and “My Favorite Martian” (1999), and she earned a producer credit on the Hugh Grant films “Extreme Measures” (1996) and “Mickey Blue Eyes” (1999). Her most famous role is Vanessa Kensington in “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery,” and she briefly reprised her role in the 1999 sequel, “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.” Hurley played the devil in 2000’s “Bedazzled,” and she served as the star and executive producer of 2004’s “Method.”
Elizabeth has appeared in several documentary projects, such as “The Human Face” (2001), “Valentino: The Last Emperor” (2008), and “Made in Romania” (2010), and she was a host, judge, and executive producer on the fashion design competition “Project Catwalk” in 2006. Hurley has starred in the television films “The Shamrock Conspiracy” (1995), “Harrison: Cry of the City” (1996), and “Samson and Delilah” (1996), and she played Diana Payne on 14 episodes of The CW series “Gossip Girl” from 2011 to 2012. She starred as Queen Helena on “The Royals,” a primetime soap opera about a British royal family, from 2015 to 2018, and she played Marvel villain/sorceress Morgan le Fay on “Runaways” in 2019. In 2020, Elizabeth co-starred with Craig Ferguson and Kathie Lee Gifford in the romantic comedy “Then Came You.”
Awards and Nominations: Hurley was named Supporting Actress of the Year at the 1997 ShoWest Convention, and in 1998, she earned a Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination for Favorite Actress – Comedy for “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.” She also received a Best Actress nomination from the DVD Exclusive Awards for “Double Whammy” in 2003, a Best Dressed MTV Movie Award nomination for “Bedazzled” in 2001, and a Teen Choice Award nomination for Film – Sexiest Love Scene for “EDtv” (shared with Matthew McConaughey) in 1999.
Real Estate: For the last decade+, Elizabeth’s primary residence has been a 21-acre country estate outside of London called Donnington Hall. She purchased the property in 2012 for $11 million.
