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| Birth Name(s) : Sadie Liza Vaugman |
Date of Birth: March 27, 1968 |
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Full Sadie Frost Biography
One-half of the Britpack's "It-couple" (with husband Jude Law), the lovely, lively blue-eyed Sadie Frost has eschewed Hollywood for the more authentic experience of acting in independent films. The product of a free-wheeling, bohemian childhood, she began her career at the age of three in a Jelly Tots commercial and won a scholarship at the age of 11 to London's Italia Conti Academy, a private theatrical conservatory. Although she made her film debut starring in "A Horse Called Jester" (1980) while still a pre-teen, she dropped out of acting briefly during her rebellious "punk" years, returning to work primarily onstage and in British TV before playing a small role in the feature thriller "Empire State" (1987). She attracted some attention as Gabriel Byrne's sexually active little sister in "Diamond Skulls" (1989), a stylish melodrama about sex and violence among the British aristocracy, and also appeared in Peter Medak's popular crime film "The Krays" (1990), co-starring her then-husband, Gary Kemp.
Frost's work in "Diamond Skulls" helped her land the role of Lucy Westenra, the flirtatious, upper-crust adventuress turned blood-sucking vampire in Francis Ford Coppola's operatic "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992). Sinking her teeth into the vivacious, quirky portrayal of the spooky, tragic vampire victim, Frost won some of the film's best notices, but her compelling performance also helped typecast her as a gothic presence, making it hard for her to find a good follow-up project. Her next three films went largely unnoticed by the movie-going public: the zany Brit comedy "Splitting Heirs" (1993, with Rick Moranis), the gritty crime drama "Shopping" (1994, opposite Law), and the multi-national fairy tale "Magic Hunter" (also 1994). Frost finally hit the jackpot again as the tough American waitress and love object in the dark comedy "A Pyromanic's Love Story" (1995). Disgusted with the type of roles offered, she formed Natural Nylon with fellow actors Law, Jonny Lee Miller, Sean Pertwee and Ewan McGregor, and the production company received its first producing credit on David Cronenberg's "eXistenZ" (1999), starring Law.
Terrible reviews for her work in "Crimetime" (1996) did nothing for Frost's career, and following a small role as one of Max's friends in the acclaimed "Bent" (1997), she appeared in the seafaring mess "Captain Jack" (1998) and the aptly named "Rancid Aluminum" (1999). Reteaming with "The Krays" producers Ray Burdis and Dominic Anciano on their feature writing-directing debut, "Final Cut" (1999), and their follow-up, "Love, Honor and Obey" (2000), offered her the chance to work improvisationally as both projects invited the public to eavesdrop on loosely-scripted hymns to spontaneity featuring talented casts (i.e., Law, Ray Winstone). Whereas "Final Cut" was the worst kind of pretentious self-indulgence in which all of the characters were despicable, "Love, Honor and Obey" (2000) managed to be fun (with its silly costumes and Viagra jokes) as the filmmakers returned to the improvisational comedy which made their reputations on the award-winning BBC2 series "Operation Good Guys". Frost, playing a soap star, made her film singing debut with a karaoke rendition of the 1971 hit "When You Are a King". |
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Additional Sadie Frost Biography
Sadie Frost (born 19 June 1965 in London) 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.
Born Sadie Liza Vaughan, her parents were psychedelic artist David Vaughan who did work for The Beatles, and his then sixteen year old muse and actress Mary Davidson.
Her childhood she describes as "chaotic but positive experience," being born in Primrose Hill, but spending much of her youth in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester after her parents separated. Her parents had six relationships between them, and although Sadie is the oldest they produced four sisters and five brothers for her: including fellow actresses Holly Davidson and Jade Davidson; a brother called Gabriel Jupiter and a sister named Sunshine Purple Tara Velvet. According to Frost, one of her step-fathers was a follower of the Bhagwan cult, who forbade the children to say the “No” or “Sorry”, and during her father's colour-therapy phase, he insisted that everybody in the house wear orange, and wouldn’t let them eat anything that was red.
After appearing in a Jelly Tots advert aged three and appearing with Morecambe and Wise aged five, she gained a scholarship to the Italia Conti Academy. However, following an early eating disorder, she gave up acting aged thirteen and attended Hampstead School On graduation she ran away to escape her parents, and aged nineteen she joined the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre to appear in Mumbo Jumbo.
As an actress, the majority of her acting credits have been brief supporting roles, including a part in the BBC's Casualty. Her first film role was in Diamond Skulls, though her most memorable film appearance is as vampire Lucy Westenra in Bram Stoker's Dracula in 1992. She earned her living mainly through appearing in music videos, including for Pulp's song Common People, Planet Perfecto feat Grace Not Over Yet '99; and various productions for Spandau Ballet where she met first husband Gary Kemp.
After having her first child with Kemp, the pair appeared in "The Krays" together. In 1994 she took a role opposite a rising star named Jude Law in Paul W.S. Anderson's directorial debut "Shopping." Frost started an affair with Law, and although later separated and divorcing from Kemp, the pair had to film a love scene for the 1994 film "Magic Hunter."
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. The company, her looks and her turbulent private life means she has an agent at Storm Model Agency, and appears irregularly on the cover of magazines such Glamour. In 2004 she wrote, presented and produced a short lived series What Sadie did next... for E4, and in 2005 appeared in Eating with...Sadie Frost on BBC2.
A pursued target of the British tabloid press, in part thanks to her friendship with model Kate Moss, and also her own comments that “Men, being in love, being treated like a princess” have always been “a huge force” in her life. Resultantly she dislikes her own hot-headedness, and gossip mongers.
Whilst aged 16 and dancing in a music video, she met Spandau Ballet's Gary Kemp and the couple married on May 7, 1988, and later had a son, Finlay Munro (born September 20, 1990). After an affair with actor Jude Law, she divorced Kemp in 1997, and married Law on September 2, 1997. The couple had three children: son Rafferty (born October 6, 1996), daughter Iris (born October 25, 2000) and son Rudy Indiana Otis (born September 10, 2002). After Law's many affairs, the couple finalised their divorce on October 29, 2003 with Frost alleging mental cruelty by Law, resulting in her need for treatment for post natal depression. After a stressful two year negotiation, during which Frost was prescribed betablockers to manage a bout of panic attacks, in 2005 the couple reached a divorce settlement, with Frost keeping the couple's £2million house in Primrose Hill, and receiving a £4million payment and £15,000 a month. Frost has since had a series of relationships with various men, mostly younger actors.
A practitioner of Kundalini yoga, Frost has a number of charity commitments. In March 2006, Frost flew to South Africa to part-fund an orphanage for the Homes of Hope project. In September 2006 she posed nude for rocker Bryan Adams to take a photograph for a PETA anti-fur ad, taken to coincide with London Fashion Week.
In light of the allegations, Moss suffered with the cancellation of several high profile modelling contracts, Taylor booked into rehab suffering from "acute depression" after tabloids reported that she had slept with Frost's then boyfriend Barry Smith; while Frost's divorce from Law gained momentum. Frost and Moss are still close, but the relationship was parodied in the comedy Star Stories; Taylor returned to live in Manchester with her husband. |
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