Sadie Frost

English actress and producer

Sadie Frost

Frost in the short film Fortune's Smile in 2015

Born|

Sadie Liza Vaughan

(1965-06-19) 19 June 1965 (age 59)

Islington, London, England

Alma mater| Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
Occupation| Actress
Years active| 1979–present
Spouses|

* Gary Kemp

(m. 1988; div. 1995)​

* Jude Law

(m. 1997; div. 2003)​

Children| 4
Father| David Vaughan

Sadie Liza Frost (née Vaughan; born 19 June 1965) is an English actress, producer and fashion designer. Her credits as an actress include Empire State (1987), Diamond Skulls, also known as Dark Obsession (1989), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), The Krays (1990), Magic Hunter (1994), Shopping (1994), A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995), Flypaper (1997), Final Cut (1998), Captain Jack (1999), Love, Honour and Obey (2000), Beyond the Rave (2008), Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism (2015), and A Bird Flew In (2021).

## Early life

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Frost was born in Islington, North London, in 1965 to psychedelic artist David Vaughan, who worked for the Beatles, and actress Mary Davidson, who was sixteen at the time of her birth.[1]

She has described her childhood as a "chaotic but positive experience".[1] She spent much of her youth in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, after her parents separated. Her parents had six relationships between them, which gave her ten siblings, including fellow actresses Holly Davidson and Jade Davidson; primary school teacher Jessi Frost; brothers called Gabriel Jupiter and Tobias Vaughan; and a sister named Sunshine Purple Tara Velvet.[2]

Frost attained a scholarship[3] to attend the Italia Conti Academy.[4] In 2019, she furthered her education, by taking a master’s degree in film production.[3]

## Career

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Frost's debut film role was in Empire State (1987), in a cast which included Martin Landau.[5] She played the part of Rebecca in the 1989 film Diamond Skulls (also known as Dark Obsession), alongside Amanda Donohoe, and Gabriel Byrne.[2] She later said that this role paved the way for her film appearance as the beautiful, ill-fated Lucy Westenra in Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).[2]

In the early 90s, she appeared in music videos, including for Pulp's song "Common People",[6] Planet Perfecto featuring Grace's "Not Over Yet '99",[7] various productions for Spandau Ballet,[3] where she met first husband Gary Kemp.[2] During their marriage, they appeared together in two films, The Krays (1990),[8] and Magic Hunter (1994).[9]

In 1994, Frost met her future husband when she took a role opposite Jude Law in Paul W. S. Anderson's directorial film debut Shopping.[3] Frost and Law were to appear together again in the British gangster comedy Love, Honour and Obey (2000), alongside Ray Winstone, Jonny Lee Miller, Kathy Burke, Sean Pertwee, Denise Van Outen, and Rhys Ifans.[10]

In 1997, Frost and Law co-founded the production company Natural Nylon, along with others including Jonny Lee Miller, Ewan McGregor, and Sean Pertwee.[11] After six years the company closed down.[11] In 1999, Frost co-founded the fashion label Frost French with her friend Jemima French.[12]

In 2004, she wrote, presented, and produced a short-lived series What Sadie did next... for E4,[13] and in 2006 appeared in Eating with... Sadie Frost on BBC2, to talk about her switch to vegetarianism.[14]

Frost has been a member of the jury at the British Independent Film Awards, on two occasions, 1999 and 2022.[15][16]

## Personal life

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Frost had an eating disorder in her youth.[17] In 1981, when 16 and dancing in a music video, Frost met Spandau Ballet's Gary Kemp. They married on 7 May 1988.[3] Their son Finlay was born in 1990. Frost and Kemp were married for seven years and divorced on 19 August 1995.[18]

Frost met Jude Law during the work on the 1994 film Shopping.[3] They married in September 1997[3][19] and have three children, including Rafferty and Iris.[20] Frost and Law divorced on 29 October 2003.[20] Kate Moss is godparent to one child and Nick Grimshaw to another.[21]

Frost maintains she has never been a party animal, having been too busy being a mother, and she has maintained a healthy lifestyle of exercise, yoga, and being a vegetarian.[3][22]

Frost was a victim of the News International phone hacking scandal, after it was found that they intruded on her private life, damaged her reputation as a successful businesswoman, and caused embarrassment and humiliation on issues that would have been kept private.[23] She received an apology from Mirror Group Newspapers,[23] and was awarded damages.[3]

## Filmography

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### Film

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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1987  | Empire State |  |
1989  | Diamond Skulls (also known as Dark Obsession)  | Rebecca  |
1990  | The Krays | Sharon Pellam  |
1992  | Bram Stoker's Dracula | Lucy Westenra |
1993  | Splitting Heirs | Angela  |
1994  | Shopping | Jo  |
1994  | Magic Hunter | Eva  |
1995  | A Pyromaniac's Love Story | Hattie  |
1996  | Crimetime |  |
1997  | Bent |  |
1998  | Flypaper | Natalie  |
1998  | Final Cut | Sadie  |
1999  | Captain Jack | Tessa  |
1999  | Presence of Mind |  |
2000  | An Ideal Husband | Mrs. Laura Cheveley  |
2000  | Rancid Aluminium |  |
2000  | Love, Honour and Obey | Sadie  |
2007  | Shoot on Sight |  |
2008  | The Heavy | Dutch  |
2008  | Beyond the Rave | Fallen Angel  |
2014  | Deadly Virtues: Love.Honour.Obey. | Beautiful Woman  |
2014  | The Confusion of Tongues | Herself  |
2015  | Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism | Mrs. Alabaster  |
2015  | Set the Thames on Fire | Mrs Hortense  |
2019  | Nocturnal | Jean  |
2020  | Waiting for Anya | Madame Jollet  |
2021  | A Bird Flew In | Diane  |
2021  | Quant |  | Director
2023  | Rise of the Footsoldier: Vengeance | Jan  |
TBA  | Boxed-Up | Eileen  | In pre-production
TBA  | The Chelsea Cowboy | Cissy Bindon  | In post-production [24]

### Television

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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1989  | Press Gang | Jenny Eliot  | 2 episodes
1990  | A Ghost in Monte Carlo |  | Television film
2001  | Uprising | Zivia Lubetkin | Television film
2024  | Geek Girl | The Director  | 1 episode

## References

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1. ^ a b Christa D’Souza (19 August 2007). "Survivor: Sadie Frost". Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011.
2. ^ a b c d Jonathan Bernstein (10 May 1995). "Frost's bite – interview with actress Sadie Frost". BNET. Archived from the original on 27 December 2008.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Emine saner (11 October 2022). "'No one felt guilty about having fun' – Sadie Frost on the 90s, Dracula and turning her back on Hollywood". The Guardian.
4. ^ "Italia Conti Plymouth Alumni". italiacontiplymouth.co.uk. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
5. ^ "sadie Frost". filmbug.com. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
6. ^ "Pulp - Common People (1995)". bfi.org.uk. 1995. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021.
7. ^ "Planet Perfecto featuring Grace - Not Over Yet 99". ohnoitisnathan29 at youtube.com. 20 April 2013.
8. ^ "The Krays - Full Cast & Crew". tvguide.com. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
9. ^ "Radio Times Film Guide - Magic Hunter 1994". radiotimes.com. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
10. ^ "Love, Honour and Obey (2000)". BFI. Archived from the original on 10 March 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
11. ^ a b "Natural Nylon hole". variety.com. 8 January 2003.
12. ^ Craven, Jo. "FrostFrench". Vogue. Archived from the original on 28 July 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
13. ^ "Our shows: What Sadie did next..." monkeykingdom.com. 2004.
14. ^ "Eating with ..." bbc.co.uk. 8 July 2006.
15. ^ Sara Bradbury (4 December 2022). "Sadie Frost interview at BIFAs 2022". The Upcoming on Youtube.
16. ^ "Sadie Frost". BIFA. 2022.
17. ^ Sadie Frost Admits To Eating Disorder Tatler/Femaleifrst.co.uk – 7 April 2006
18. ^ Jonathan Bernstein, Frost's bite, BNET, Arts Publications, interview, May 1995
19. ^ "Jude Law divorced from Sadie". Irish Examiner. Ireland. 29 October 2003. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020. "Frost, 35, and 30-year-old Law ... married in September 1997 but separated at the beginning of this year."
20. ^ a b Silverman, Stephen M. (29 October 2003). "Jude Law, Sadie Frost Divorce Official". People. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
21. ^ Strang, Fay (31 December 2014). "Sadie Frost and Jude Law's youngest children are the PERFECT mix of their DNA: Mum shares holiday snaps". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
22. ^ "Sadie Frost opens up about how vegetarianism changed her life". Marie Claire. 19 May 2017.
23. ^ a b "Sadie Frost says Mirror hacking caused 'living hell'". bbc.co.uk. 12 March 2015.
24. ^ "The Chelsea Cowboy - One Man, Many Lives". orwodistribution.com. 2022.

## External links

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