Sadie Frost
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Sadie Frost is an English actress, who currently runs fashion label Frost French
and has designed the kitchens for a new development in the East End of London.
. Her parents were psychedelic
artist David Vaughan
, who worked for The Beatles
, and his then-16-year-old muse, actress Mary Davidson.
She has described her childhood as a "chaotic but positive experience," as she was born in Primrose Hill
but spent much of her youth in Ashton-under-Lyne
, Greater Manchester
after her parents separated. Her parents had six relationships between them, which gave her 4 sisters and 5 brothers, 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. One of Frost's stepfathers - the rock photographer Robert Davidson
- was a follower of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh cult
, who forbade the children to say the words “No” or “Sorry”; during her father's colour-therapy
phase, he insisted that everybody in the house wear orange and he wouldn’t let them eat anything that was red. They also had to take showers wearing tracksuits, and they were forced to refer to objects as the most opposite they could think of as a test of character, for example calling apples elephants.
advertisement at age 3 and appeared with Morecambe and Wise
at age 5. She attained a scholarship to the Italia Conti Academy
, but after an early eating disorder
, she gave up acting at 13 and attended Hampstead School
. On graduation she left home to escape her parents, and at 19 she appeared in a play called Mumbo Jumbo at the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre, directed by Nicholas Hytner.
As an actress, Frost has performed in: Press Gang
and Casualty
. Her first film role was in Diamond Skulls, though her most memorable film appearance is as vampire
Lucy Westenra
in Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker's Dracula in 1992. She earned her living mainly through appearing in music video
s, including for Pulp's
song "Common People", Planet Perfecto
featuring Grace "Not Over Yet '99"; and various productions for Spandau Ballet
where she met first husband Gary Kemp
. Frost and Kemp appeared together in the 1990s film The Krays
. They appeared in 2 more films together, one of which was filmed while they were separated: 1994's film Magic Hunter, which even required them to participate in a love scene.
Frost took a role opposite Jude Law
in Paul W. S. Anderson
's directorial debut Shopping
. After marrying Law and having three children with him, she cut down on her acting commitments in the late 1990s, and moved into producing and co-founding the production company Natural Nylon
.
In 1999, she co-founded the fashion
label FrostFrench with her friend, Jemima French. The label started in lingerie
and expanded into clothing collections. FrostFrench won Elle Magazine
’s Designers of the Year Award 2004. 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
. In March 2006, Frost flew to South Africa
to part-fund an orphanage for the Homes of Hope project. In September 2006, aged 40, she posed nude for Canadian photographer Bryan Adams
for a PETA
anti-fur advert to coincide with London Fashion Week
. In 2009, she made her West End
debut in Touched ... For the Very First Time, a new one-woman show by Zoë Lewis
, directed by Douglas Rintoul and produced by Imogen Lloyd Webber
.
In January 2010 she starred in the play Fool For Love alongside Carl Barat
, formerly of The Libertines
. The play showed at the Riverside Studios theatre.
's Gary Kemp
. They married on 7 May 1988 and their son, Finlay Munro, was born on 20 September 1990. Frost and Kemp were married for 5 years and separated; they divorced on 19 August 1995.
She met Jude Law
during the work on the film Shopping. They married on 2 September 1997 and had three children: son Rafferty (born 6 October 1996), daughter Iris (born 25 October 2000) and son Rudy Indiana Otis (born 10 September 2002). Frost and Law divorced on 29 October 2003.
Frost French
FrostFrench is a fashion label established in 1999 and run by the British movie actress Sadie Frost and Jemima French.Sadie Frost and Jemima French match contemporary innovative design with striking attention to detail and as a result FrostFrench made a substantial impact in the UK and created...
and has designed the kitchens for a new development in the East End of London.
Biography
Frost was born Sadie Liza Vaughan in LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. Her parents were psychedelic
Psychedelic
The term psychedelic is derived from the Greek words ψυχή and δηλοῦν , translating to "soul-manifesting". A psychedelic experience is characterized by the striking perception of aspects of one's mind previously unknown, or by the creative exuberance of the mind liberated from its ostensibly...
artist David Vaughan
David Vaughan (artist)
David Vaughan was a psychedelic artist who formed the design team Binder, Edwards & Vaughan and the father of actress Sadie Frost. He obtained commissions for his psychedelic painted furniture from HRH Princess Margaret, did work for the Beatles in the early 1960s...
, who worked for The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
, and his then-16-year-old muse, actress Mary Davidson.
She has described her childhood as a "chaotic but positive experience," as she was born in Primrose Hill
Primrose Hill
Primrose Hill is a hill of located on the north side of Regent's Park in London, England, and also the name for the surrounding district. The hill has a clear view of central London to the south-east, as well as Belsize Park and Hampstead to the north...
but spent much of her youth in Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, it lies on the north bank of the River Tame, on undulating land at the foothills of the Pennines...
, Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
after her parents separated. Her parents had six relationships between them, which gave her 4 sisters and 5 brothers, including fellow actresses Holly Davidson
Holly Davidson
Holly Davidson is a British actress, model and personal trainer.She is most known for her recurring roles on the TV series' Renford Rejects, The Bill and Casualty, and roles in the films Final Cut, Van Wilder 2: Rise of the Taj and Essex Boys.She is the daughter of the photographer Robert Davidson...
and Jade Davidson; primary school teacher Jessi Frost, brothers called Gabriel Jupiter and Tobias Vaughan; and a sister named Sunshine Purple Tara Velvet. One of Frost's stepfathers - the rock photographer Robert Davidson
Robert Davidson (photographer)
Robert Davidson is a British photographer, best known for the iconic image of Frank Zappa sitting on a toilet in a London hotel room in 1967.Born in Dundee, he left school at seventeen years old to live in Paris, where he met the Time Life photographer Emil Cadoo...
- was a follower of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh cult
Cult
The word cult in current popular usage usually refers to a group whose beliefs or practices are considered abnormal or bizarre. The word originally denoted a system of ritual practices...
, who forbade the children to say the words “No” or “Sorry”; during her father's colour-therapy
Chromotherapy
Chromotherapy, sometimes called color therapy, colorology or cromatherapy, is an alternative medicine method. It is said that a therapist trained in chromotherapy can use color and light to balance "energy" wherever a person's body be lacking, be it physical, emotional, spiritual, or mental...
phase, he insisted that everybody in the house wear orange and he wouldn’t let them eat anything that was red. They also had to take showers wearing tracksuits, and they were forced to refer to objects as the most opposite they could think of as a test of character, for example calling apples elephants.
Career
Frost appeared in a Jelly TotsJelly tots
Jelly Tots are soft, chewy fruit-flavoured sweets produced by Rowntree's. They are round, sugar-coated gumdrop-like confections about 7mm in diameter, and are advertised as containing 25% fruit juices and no artificial colours or flavours...
advertisement at age 3 and appeared with Morecambe and Wise
Morecambe and Wise
Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, usually referred to as Morecambe and Wise, or Eric and Ernie, were a British comic double act, working in variety, radio, film and most successfully in television. Their partnership lasted from 1941 until Morecambe's death in 1984...
at age 5. She attained a scholarship to the Italia Conti Academy
Italia Conti Academy
The Italia Conti Academy is a theatre arts training school based in London. It was founded in 1911 by actress Italia Conti...
, but after an early eating disorder
Eating disorder
Eating disorders refer to a group of conditions defined by abnormal eating habits that may involve either insufficient or excessive food intake to the detriment of an individual's physical and mental health. Bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, and binge eating disorder are the most common specific...
, she gave up acting at 13 and attended Hampstead School
Hampstead School
Hampstead School is a large multi-ethnic comprehensive school in the London borough of Camden. The school building is one of the oldest in the borough...
. On graduation she left home to escape her parents, and at 19 she appeared in a play called Mumbo Jumbo at the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre, directed by Nicholas Hytner.
As an actress, Frost has performed in: Press Gang
Press Gang
Press Gang is a British children's television comedy-drama consisting of forty-three episodes across five series that were broadcast from 1989 to 1993...
and Casualty
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
. Her first film role was in Diamond Skulls, though her most memorable film appearance is as vampire
Vampire
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
Lucy Westenra
Lucy Westenra
Lucy Westenra is a fictional character in the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. She is the 19-year-old daughter of a wealthy family. Her father is not mentioned in the novel and her elderly mother is simply stated as being Mrs. Westenra. Lucy is introduced as Mina Murray's best friend. In the 1931...
in Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker's Dracula in 1992. She earned her living mainly through appearing in music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
s, including for Pulp's
Pulp (band)
Pulp are an English alternative rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. Their lineup consists of Jarvis Cocker , Russell Senior , Candida Doyle , Mark Webber , Steve Mackey and Nick Banks ....
song "Common People", Planet Perfecto
Planet Perfecto
Planet Perfecto were a dance supergroup, formed in 1997 by Paul Oakenfold, Ian Masterson and Jake Williams. They were signed to Oakenfold's record label, Perfecto Records.-Career:...
featuring Grace "Not Over Yet '99"; and various productions for Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet are a British band formed in London in the late 1970s. Initially inspired by, and an integral part of, the New Romantic fashion, their music has featured a mixture of funk, jazz, soul and synthpop. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s, achieving ten Top Ten singles...
where she met first husband Gary Kemp
Gary Kemp
Gary Kemp is an English pop musician and actor who is the guitar player and chief songwriter for the 1980s Synthpop band Spandau Ballet. His brother, Martin Kemp, plays bass guitar in the band...
. Frost and Kemp appeared together in the 1990s film The Krays
The Krays (film)
The Krays is a 1990 film based on the lives and crimes of the British gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as The Krays...
. They appeared in 2 more films together, one of which was filmed while they were separated: 1994's film Magic Hunter, which even required them to participate in a love scene.
Frost took a role opposite Jude Law
Jude Law
David Jude Heyworth Law , known professionally as Jude Law, is an English actor, film producer and director.He began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre in 1987, and had his first television role in 1989...
in Paul W. S. Anderson
Paul W. S. Anderson
Paul William Scott Anderson , also known as Paul W. S. Anderson or Paul Anderson, is an English film director who regularly works in science fiction movies and video game adaptations.-Life and career:...
's directorial debut Shopping
Shopping (film)
Shopping is a 1994 film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson about a group of British teenagers who indulge in joyriding and ramraiding...
. After marrying Law and having three children with him, she cut down on her acting commitments in the late 1990s, and moved into producing and co-founding the production company Natural Nylon
Natural Nylon
Natural Nylon was a British film and theatre production company.It was officially formed in 1997 by Jude Law, Sadie Frost, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewan McGregor, Sean Pertwee, Damon Bryant, Bradley Adams, and Geoff Deehan, although the history of the group goes back a few years earlier.Bryant quit his...
.
In 1999, she co-founded the fashion
Fashion
Fashion, a general term for a currently popular style or practice, especially in clothing, foot wear, or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person...
label FrostFrench with her friend, Jemima French. The label started in lingerie
Lingerie
Lingerie are fashionable and possibly alluring undergarments.Lingerie usually incorporates one or more flexible, stretchy materials like Lycra, nylon , polyester, satin, lace, silk and sheer fabric which are not typically used in more functional, basic cotton undergarments.The term in the French...
and expanded into clothing collections. FrostFrench won Elle Magazine
Elle (magazine)
Elle is a worldwide magazine of French origin that focuses on women's fashion, beauty, health, and entertainment. Elle is also the world's largest fashion magazine. It was founded by Pierre Lazareff and his wife Hélène Gordon in 1945. The title, in French, means "she".-History:Elle was founded in...
’s Designers of the Year Award 2004. 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
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
. In March 2006, Frost flew to South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
to part-fund an orphanage for the Homes of Hope project. In September 2006, aged 40, she posed nude for Canadian photographer Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...
for a PETA
Peta
Peta can refer to:* peta-, an SI prefix denoting a factor of 1015* Peta, Greece, a town in Greece* Peta, the Pāli word for a Preta, or hungry ghost in Buddhism* Peta Wilson, an Australian actress and model* Peta Todd, English glamour model...
anti-fur advert to coincide with London Fashion Week
London Fashion Week
London Fashion Week is an apparel trade show held in London, England twice each year, in February and September. It is one of the "Big Four" fashion weeks, along with New York Fashion Week, Milan Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week.-Organization:...
. In 2009, she made her West End
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
debut in Touched ... For the Very First Time, a new one-woman show by Zoë Lewis
Zoë Lewis
Zoë Lewis is an English folk musician from Brighton.She started out as a member of the London Latin jazz ten-piece band Avanti, but has more recently been active primarily as a solo performer and as the title member of Zoe Lewis and her Rubber Band and currently resides in Provincetown,...
, directed by Douglas Rintoul and produced by Imogen Lloyd Webber
Imogen Lloyd Webber
Imogen Anne Lloyd Webber is a British political commentator and author. She is the daughter of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber by his first wife, Sarah Hugill...
.
In January 2010 she starred in the play Fool For Love alongside Carl Barat
Carl Barât
Carl Ashley Raphael Barât is an English musician, actor and author. He was the frontman and lead guitarist of Dirty Pretty Things, and recently debuted a solo album, but is best known for being the co-frontman with Peter Doherty of the garage rock band The Libertines.-Early life:Carl Barât was...
, formerly of The Libertines
The Libertines
The Libertines were an English rock band, formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Barât and Pete Doherty . The band, centred on the song-writing partnership of Barat and Doherty, also included John Hassall and Gary Powell for most of its recording career...
. The play showed at the Riverside Studios theatre.
Personal life
When 16 and dancing in a music video, she met Spandau BalletSpandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet are a British band formed in London in the late 1970s. Initially inspired by, and an integral part of, the New Romantic fashion, their music has featured a mixture of funk, jazz, soul and synthpop. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s, achieving ten Top Ten singles...
's Gary Kemp
Gary Kemp
Gary Kemp is an English pop musician and actor who is the guitar player and chief songwriter for the 1980s Synthpop band Spandau Ballet. His brother, Martin Kemp, plays bass guitar in the band...
. They married on 7 May 1988 and their son, Finlay Munro, was born on 20 September 1990. Frost and Kemp were married for 5 years and separated; they divorced on 19 August 1995.
She met Jude Law
Jude Law
David Jude Heyworth Law , known professionally as Jude Law, is an English actor, film producer and director.He began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre in 1987, and had his first television role in 1989...
during the work on the film Shopping. They married on 2 September 1997 and had three children: son Rafferty (born 6 October 1996), daughter Iris (born 25 October 2000) and son Rudy Indiana Otis (born 10 September 2002). Frost and Law divorced on 29 October 2003.
Filmography
- Empire State (1987)
- Diamond Skulls (1989)
- The KraysThe Krays (film)The Krays is a 1990 film based on the lives and crimes of the British gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as The Krays...
(1990) - Paper MarriagePaper MarriagePaper Marriage is a 1988 Hong Kong film directed by Alfred Cheung and starring Sammo Hung and Maggie Cheung.-Plot:...
(1992) - Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
- Splitting HeirsSplitting HeirsSplitting Heirs is a 1993 British film starring Eric Idle, Rick Moranis, Barbara Hershey, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cleese and Sadie Frost. The film was directed by Robert Young, and features music by Michael Kamen...
(1993) - Magic Hunter (1994)
- ShoppingShopping (film)Shopping is a 1994 film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson about a group of British teenagers who indulge in joyriding and ramraiding...
(1994) - A Pyromaniac's Love StoryA Pyromaniac's Love StoryA Pyromaniac's Love Story is a 1995 American romantic comedy film directed by Joshua Brand. The original screenplay is by Morgan Ward. The movie was filmed in Toronto .-Plot synopsis:...
(1995) - CrimetimeCrimetime (film)Crimetime is a British thriller film starring Stephen Baldwin, Pete Postlethwaite, Sadie Frost and directed by George Sluizer.-Plot:Crimetime is set in the future where the media is nearly omnipotent...
(1996) - Flypaper (1997)
- BentBent (play)Bent is a 1979 play by Martin Sherman. It revolves around the persecution of gays in Nazi Germany, and takes place during and after the Night of the Long Knives....
(1997) - An Ideal Husband (1998)
- Final Cut (1998)
- Presence of MindPresence of MindPresence of Mind is a 1999 feature film. The film is based on the story The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. A woman is hired to watch over two recently orphaned children, Flora and her brother Miles . The woman starts seeing ghosts and the children begin some very peculiar and disturbing behavior....
(1999) - Captain JackCaptain Jack (film)Captain Jack is a British comedy film released on video by Kosch Vision in 1999.-Plot:Captain Jack stars Bob Hoskins as a rebellious captain of a small Whitby boat who is determined to flout petty maritime bureaucracy...
(1999) - Love, Honour and ObeyLove, Honour and ObeyLove, Honour and Obey is a 2000 mock gangster film starring several members of the Primrose Hill set. It was jointly written and directed by Dominic Anciano and Ray Burdis as a follow-up to their 1998 film Final Cut...
(2000) - Rancid AluminiumRancid AluminiumRancid Aluminium is a novel by James Hawes, first published in 1998. It is also the name of a 2000 film, based on the novel, that was released on 21 January 2000.-Cast:*Rhys Ifans*Joseph Fiennes*Tara FitzGerald*Sadie Frost*Steven Berkoff...
(2000) - Soul Patrol (2000)
- UprisingUprising (film)Uprising is a 2001 war/drama television movie about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The film was directed by Jon Avnet and written by Avnet and Paul Brickman...
(2001) - The Heavy (2008)
- Shoot on SightShoot on SightShoot on Sight is a 2007 film directed by Jag Mundhra and produced by Aron Govil. The film was marketed and distributed globally by Aron Govil Productions Inc...
(2008) - Beyond the RaveBeyond the RaveBeyond the Rave is a twenty-part horror serial that marked the return of Hammer Films in 2008.-Plot:The story follows the last hours of freedom of local soldier Ed, who is flying out to Iraq the following morning...
(2008)