Sadie Frost (born 19 June 1965 in London)1 is the co-owner of Frost French and an actress. She is probably best known for her six-year marriage to Jude Law and her friendship with Kate Moss, which have made her a staple of the British tabloids.
Biography
Born Sadie Liza Vaughan, her parents were psychedelic artist David Vaughan, who did work for The Beatles, and his then-16-year-old muse, actress Mary Davidson.12
Her childhood she describes as "chaotic but positive experience,"1 being born in Primrose Hill, but spending much of her youth in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester after her parents separated. Her parents had six relationships between them, and although Sadie is the oldest they produced four sisters and five brothers for her: including fellow actresses Holly Davidson and Jade Davidson; a brother called Gabriel Jupiter and a sister named Sunshine Purple Tara Velvet.3 According to Frost, one of her stepfathers was a follower of the Bhagwan cult, who forbade the children to say the words “No” or “Sorry”, and during her father's colour-therapy phase, he insisted that everybody in the house wear orange, and wouldn’t let them eat anything that was red. They also had to take showers wearing tracksuits and were made to refer to objects as the most opposite they could think of as a test of character, for example calling apples elephants.1
Career
After appearing in a Jelly Tots advert aged three and appearing with Morecambe and Wise aged five, she gained a scholarship to the Italia Conti Academy.3 However, following an early eating disorder,4 she gave up acting aged thirteen and attended Hampstead School5. On graduation she left home to escape her parents, and aged nineteen she appeared in a play called Mumbo Jumbo at the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre.
As an actress, the majority of her acting credits have been brief supporting roles, including parts in Press Gang and Casualty.6 Her first film role was in Diamond Skulls, though her most memorable film appearance is as vampire Lucy Westenra in Bram Stoker's Dracula in 1992. She earned her living mainly through appearing in music videos, including for Pulp's song "Common People", Planet Perfecto feat Grace "Not Over Yet '99"; and various productions for Spandau Ballet where she met first husband Gary Kemp.
After having her first child with Kemp, the pair appeared in The Krays together. In 1994 she took a role opposite a rising star named Jude Law in Paul W.S. Anderson's directorial debut Shopping. Frost started an affair with Law, and although later separated and divorcing from Kemp, the pair had to film a love scene for the 1994 film Magic Hunter.73
After marrying and having three children with Law, she cut down on her acting commitments in the late 1990s, and moved into producing (cofounding the production company Natural Nylon with three other British actors: Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Sean Pertwee; plus friend and bar owner Damon Bryant) and fashion. Natural Nylon produced such films as Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow and eXistenZ (both of which starred Law); and 2000's Nora which starred McGregor. Bryant and McGregor left the company in 2002, and following their divorce, Law resigned as director in January 2003, with the company folding later that year.
In 1999 she co-founded the fashion label Frost French with her best friend, Jemima French. The label started in lingerie and has expanded into clothing collections. The company and her turbulent private life means she has an agent at Storm Model Agency,8 and appears irregularly on the cover of magazines such Glamour.9
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 2008 she will make her West End debut in Touched ... For the Very First Time, a new one-woman show by Zoe Lewis.
Personal life
Frost is an occasional target of the British tabloid press, in part thanks to her friendship with model Kate Moss, and also her own comments that “Men, being in love, being treated like a princess” have always been “a huge force” in her life.1 Resultantly she dislikes her own hot-headedness, and gossip mongers.5
Whilst aged 16 and dancing in a music video, she met Spandau Ballet's Gary Kemp and the couple married on 7 May 1988, and later had a son, Finlay Munro (born 20 September 1990). After an affair with actor Jude Law, she divorced Kemp in 1997, and married Law on 2 September 1997. The couple had three children: son Rafferty (born 6 October 1996), daughter Iris (born 25 October 2000) and son Rudy Indiana Otis (born 10 September 2002). After Law's many affairs, the couple finalised their divorce on 29 October 2003 with Frost alleging mental cruelty by Law, resulting in her need for treatment for post natal depression.10 After a stressful two year negotiation, during which Frost was prescribed betablockers to manage a bout of panic attacks,11 in 2005 the couple reached a divorce settlement, with Frost keeping the couple's £2million house in Primrose Hill, and receiving a £4million payment and £15,000 a month. Frost has since had a series of relationships with various men, mostly younger actors.1
A practitioner of Kundalini yoga introduced to her by James Malfoy-Sparks,5 Frost has a number of charity commitments. In March 2006, Frost flew to South Africa to part-fund an orphanage for the Homes of Hope project. In September 2006 she posed nude for American photographer Brian Adams for a PETA anti-fur ad to coincide with London Fashion Week.12
Her nick name is "Little Liza".
Primrose Hill set
Frost is close to British model Kate Moss, being both godmother to Moss's daughter and involved in the same charity work. Their relationship, together with former Hollyoaks actress Davinia Taylor was referred to in the tabloids as an extension of the 1990s "Primrose Hill set."13 Frost, Moss and Taylor said they were just good friends, and all holidayed together on Taylor's father's boat in the Mediterranean with Moss's boyfriend Pete Doherty, who later admitted hiding drugs in Frost's handbag.14
In light of the allegations, Moss suffered with the cancellation of several high profile modelling contracts, Taylor booked into rehab suffering from "acute depression" after tabloids reported that she had slept with Frost's then boyfriend Barry Smith;15 16 while Frost's divorce from Law gained momentum. Frost and Moss are still close. Taylor lives in St John Wood, London with her husband.
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| Persondata |
| NAME |
Frost, Sadie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES |
Vaughan, Sadie Liza |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION |
English actress and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH |
1965-06-19 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH |
London, England, UK |
| DATE OF DEATH |
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| PLACE OF DEATH |
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