Elizabeth Hurley



Elizabeth Hurley (born June 10, 1965) is an actress who played the younger Vicky Prentiss in "London, May 1916" (later edited into Love's Sweet Song), with Jane Wyatt playing the older Prentiss in the bookend segments for that episode.

Since appearing on The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Hurley has become best known for her role as Vanessa Kensington in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (with Carrie Fisher), along with a brief cameo in its sequel Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. Her other feature film credits include the anthology film Aria (in which one segment was directed by Nicolas Roeg and another featured John Hurt), Remando al Viento, Beyond Bedlam (with Craig Kelly), Mad Dogs and Englishmen (with Joss Ackland and Frederick Treves, playing her aristocratic father as he did in "London, May 1916"), Permanent Midnight, My Favourite Martian, Bedazzled (with Julian Firth), Dawg (with Joe Inscoe), Serving Sara, and Made in Romania (with Jason Flemyng and Steve Nicolson).

Hurley's additional television appearances include a starring role as Helena Henstridge on The Royals, the intended regular role of Veronica Cale in the unsold television pilot for Wonder Woman, and the recurring role of Diana Payne on Gossip Girl, as well as appearances in the miniseries Christabel (in the title role), Act of Will (with Lynsey Baxter and Stuart Milligan), and The Orchid House (with Michael Byrne); the TV movies Sharpe's Enemy (also with Michael Byrne, along with Philip Whitchurch) and Samson and Delilah (also directed by Nicolas Roeg, with Paul Freeman, George Hall, and Max von Sydow); and guest roles on Inspector Morse, Rumpole of the Bailey, and The Tomorrow People.