Sadie Frost Biography
Born: March 27, 1968
A British actress who is probably best known to American audiences for her turn as a lusty society girl-turned-vampire in Francis_Ford_Coppola's Bram_Stoker's_Dracula and her former real-life role as the wife of Jude_Law, Sadie Frost has resisted the pull of Hollywood in favor of a career in small British films. A number of these films have been the product of Natural Nylon, a production company that Frost founded with then-husband Law and actors Jonny_Lee_Miller, Ewan McGregor, and Sean_Pertwee.
Born into a large bohemian family in London in 1967, Frost had her acting debut at the age of three in a Jelly Tots commercial. She studied acting at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts when she was 11, and then ran away to Liverpool to become a punk. At the age of 19, Frost joined the Manchester Exchange Theatre, and that same year married Spandau_Ballet frontman-cum-actor Gary_Kemp, with whom she later co-starred in The_Krays (1990) and the Polish arthouse film Papierowe_Malzenstwo (1992). The marriage, which ended in 1997, produced one son.
Frost got her biggest break when she was cast in Bram_Stoker's_Dracula (1992); although the film received very mixed reviews, many critics praised the actress' work as Winona_Ryder's blood-sucking best friend. Frost resisted the lure of Hollywood, however, preferring to remain in her native country. In 1994, she starred in Shopping, a nihilistic urban drama that cast her as an Irish punk who, in the company of her boyfriend, enjoys adrenaline-fueled crime sprees. The film provided Frost with an introduction to Jude_Law, who played her boyfriend. The two married in 1997 and had three children (two sons and a daughter) before they divorced in 2003.
Frost subsequently appeared largely in such art films as Rancid_Aluminum (2000), in which she starred with Rhys_Ifans, Tara_Fitzgerald, and Joseph_Fiennes. She also took part in such Natural Nylon productions as The_Final_Cut (1998), a drama about people doing nasty things, and Love, Honour and Obey (1999), a drama about a group of East London gangsters. In addition to her film work, Frost co-owns the fashion label Frost French with her close friend Jemima French. Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi
Browse More Actresses:
