Sadie Frost

Born: 1967
Where: London, UK

On a personal note: Sadie used to be one-half of the Britpack's It-couple with ex-husband Jude Law.

But after six years of marriage, the couple got a 'quickie' divorce in October 2003.

Frost has eschewed Hollywood for the more authentic experience of acting in independent films.

The product of a free-wheeling, bohemian childhood, (her dad painted John Lennon's Roller) she began her career at the age of three in a Jelly Tots commercial and won a scholarship at the age of 11 to London's Italia Conti Academy.

Although she made her film debut starring in A Horse Called Jester in 1980 while still a pre-teen, she dropped out of acting briefly during her rebellious punk years, returning to work primarily onstage and in British TV before playing a small role in the feature thriller Empire State.

She attracted some attention as Gabriel Byrne's sexually active little sister in Diamond Skulls and also appeared in Peter Medak's popular crime film The Krays co-starring her then-husband, Gary Kemp.

Diamond Skulls helped her land the role of Lucy Westenra, the flirtatious, upper-crust adventuress turned blood-sucking vampire in Francis Ford Coppola's operatic Bram Stoker's Dracula.

A victim of typecasting as a Gothic actress, her next three films went largely unnoticed by the movie-going public: the zany Brit comedy Splitting Heirs with Rick Moranis, the gritty crime drama Shopping opposite Law and the multi-national fairy tale Magic Hunter.

Frost finally hit the jackpot again as the tough American waitress and love object in the dark comedy A Pyromanic's Love Story.

Disappointed with the type of roles offered, she formed Natural Nylon with fellow actors Law, Jonny Lee Miller, Sean Pertwee and Ewan McGregor, and the production company received its first producing credit on David Cronenberg's eXistenZ starring Law.

A spate of poor movies followed, including the excrable Rancid Aluminium, with only Love, Honor an Obey worthy of note.

With her friend Jemima French, Frost designs a small clothing line, FrostFrench. Products include scented knickers and vests, bikinis, suits with magic symbols, and the like.