Sadie Liza Frost (

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Vaughan; born 19 June 1965) is an English actress, producer and fashion designer, who ran fashion label

Frost French Frost French was a British fashion label established in 1999 and run by the British movie actress Sadie Frost and Jemima French. History Frost French was created by Sadie Frost and Jemima French, who have been friends since they were fifteen. ...

(until its closure in 2011) and a film production company (Blonde to Black Pictures).

Early life

Frost was born in

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, north London, in 1965 to

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artist David Vaughan, who worked for

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, and his then-16-year-old muse, actress Mary Davidson.Survivor: Sadie Frost
Sunday Times – 19 August 2007 She has described her childhood as a "chaotic but positive experience". She spent much of her youth in Ashton-under-Lyne,

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, 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.Frost's bite – interview with actress Sadie Frost
1995 Brant Publications, Inc.

Career

Frost appeared in a

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advertisement in 1968 at age three and appeared with

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in 1970 at age five. She attained a scholarship to the Italia Conti Academy, but after an early

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, she gave up acting at 13 and attended Hampstead School instead.The questionnaire: Sadie Frost
''The Guardian'' – 20 February 1999 As an actress, Frost has performed in '' Press Gang'' and '' Casualty''. Her first film role was in '' Empire State'' (1987), although her most memorable film appearance was as the beautiful, ill-fated Lucy Westenra in

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's '' Bram Stoker's Dracula'' (1992). She earned her living mainly through appearing in music videos, including for Pulp's song " Common People", Planet Perfecto featuring

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's "Not Over Yet '99", and various productions for Spandau Ballet, where she met first husband Gary Kemp. Frost and Kemp appeared together in the film '' The Krays'' (1990). They appeared in two more films together. One of these films, '' Magic Hunter'' (1994), required them to participate in a love scene, although they were separated at the time. Frost took a role opposite

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in Paul W. S. Anderson's directorial debut ''

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''. 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, Frost co-founded the fashion label

with her friend Jemima French. The label started in lingerie and expanded into clothing collections. Frost French won ''

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''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

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. In March 2006, Frost flew to South Africa to part-fund an orphanage for the ''Homes of Hope'' project. 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, Frost starred in the play ''Fool for Love'' alongside Carl Barat, formerly of

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. The play showed at the

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theatre.

Personal life

In 1981, when 16 and dancing in a music video, Frost met Spandau Ballet's Gary Kemp. They married shortly before her 23rd birthday, 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

during the work on the 1994 film ''

''. They married in September 1997 and have three children: son Rafferty (born 1996), daughter Iris (born 2000), and son Rudy (born 2002). Frost and Law divorced on 29 October 2003. Frost named model

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as Iris's godmother and

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as Rudy's godfather. She is a vegetarian.

Filmography

References

External links

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