Sadie Frost
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Sadie Frost (born Sadie Liza Vaughan on June 19, 1965), is an English fashion designer and former actress. She is probably best known for her six-year marriage to Jude Law and her friendship with Kate Moss, which have made her a staple of the British tabloids.
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[edit] Biography
Frost was born in London. Her father, David Vaughan, was a psychedelic artist who did work for The Beatles. Frost had numerous siblings and step-siblings, including a sister named Sunshine Purple Tara Velvet. She was brought up in Primrose Hill, but spent much of her youth in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, when her parents separated.
At the age of five, she appeared with Morecambe and Wise. She studied acting at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. At nineteen she joined the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre to appear in Mumbo Jumbo. The majority of her film credits have been brief supporting roles, however, she made a memorable appearance as vampire Lucy Westenra in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).
Frost gave up acting in the late 1990s. In 1999 she co-founded the fashion label Frost French with her best friend, Jemima French. The label started in lingerie and has expanded into clothing collections.
On the March 10, 2006 Frost flew to South Africa and is reportedly planning to fund an orphanage for the Homes of Hope project.
[edit] Personal life
Frost has been married twice. She married Spandau Ballet's Gary Kemp on May 7, 1988, and bore him a son, Finlay Munro (born September 20, 1990). They divorced in 1997. She married actor Jude Law on September 2, 1997, and with him she has three children: son Rafferty (born October 6, 1996), daughter Iris (born October 25, 2000) and son Rudy Indiana Otis (born September 10, 2002). They divorced in 2003.
Since her divorce from Law, Frost has been linked to a number of younger men, namely Flamenco guitarist Jackson Scott, 25, actor Andy Jones, 25, Popworld presenter Alex Zane, 27 and Tom Atkin from The Paddingtons, 21.
[edit] Trivia
- She appeared in the music video for Pulp's song "Common People".
- She has been a vegetarian since birth.
- She posed nude for a PETA anti-fur ad in September 2006. The photograph, by rocker Bryan Adams, a PETA supporter, was taken to coincide with London Fashion Week. Her shot carries the logo 'Turn Your Back On Fur'.
- She has a half-sister, Holly Davidson, who also acts.
- She produced Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow which starred her ex husband Jude Law.
- She appeared as a talking head on The 100 Greatest musicals, presented by Denise Van Outen (Channel 4.)
- In 2004 she wrote, presented and produced a short lived series What Sadie did next... for E4. The following year, she was the guest host for the entertainment show The Friday Night Project for Channel 4. Most recently she appeared in Eating with...Sadie Frost on BBC2.
- Her life has been parodied in the comedy Star Stories.
[edit] Filmography
- Empire State (1987)
- Diamond Skulls (1989)
- The Krays (1990)
- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
- Splitting Heirs (1993)
- Shopping (1994)
- A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995)
- Crimetime (1996)
- Flypaper (1997)
- Bent (1997)
- An Ideal Husband (1998)
- Final Cut (1998)
- Presence of Mind (1999)
- Captain Jack (1999)
- Love, Honour and Obey (2000)
- Rancid Aluminium (2000)
- Soul Patrol (2000)
- Uprising (2001)
