Sadie Frost facts for kids

Quick facts for kids 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
Spouse(s)	Gary Kemp ​ ​ (m. 1988; div. 1995)​ Jude Law ​ ​ (m. 1997; div. 2003)​
Children	4
Parent(s)	David Vaughan (father)

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). She later directed Quant (2021), a documentary about the life of Mary Quant, one of the most influential fashion designers of the 20th Century. She also directed Twiggy (2024), a documentary about the model and cultural icon Twiggy, whose real name is Lesley Hornsby Lawson.

Early life

Frost was born in Islington, north London, in 1965 to 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". 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.

Career

Frost's debut film role was in Empire State (1987), in a cast which included Martin Landau. She played the part of Rebecca in the 1989 film Diamond Skulls (also known as Dark Obsession), alongside Amanda Donohoe, and Gabriel Byrne. 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).

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

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. 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.

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

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

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

Personal life

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

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

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.

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. She received an apology from Mirror Group Newspapers, and was awarded damages.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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
2024	Twiggy		Director
TBA	Boxed-Up	Eileen	In pre-production
TBA	The Chelsea Cowboy	Cissy Bindon	In post-production

Key

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Television

See also

In Spanish: Sadie Frost para niños