Biography
Although she initially gained notoriety as the sexiest victim of the vampire count in "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992), actress Sadie Frost became more widely known as the wife of leading man Jude Law, and as a member of a cadre of young celebrities in London's fashionable Primrose Hill district. After early stage work and roles in smaller films, she began to attract attention with turns in U.K. period pieces such as "Diamond Skulls" (1989) and …
Career Milestones
| Appeared on stage and in children's films | ||
| Formed production company Natural Nylon with fellow actors Law, Jonny Lee Miller, Sean Pertwee and Ewan McGregor; company received a producing credit on David Cronenberg's "eXistenZ" (1999), starring Law | ||
| Raised by her mother and a succession of different men, the last a follower of the Indian mystic Baghwan Shree Rajneesh | ||
1970 | Appeared in a Jelly Tots commercial at the age of three (date approximate) | |
1971 | Confined to a hospital at age four with a collapsed lung (date approximate) | |
1978 | Won a scholarship at age 11 to the Italia Conti Academy, a private theatrical conservatory (date approximate) | |
1980 | Film debut, "A Horse Called Jester" | |
1981 | Ran away to Liverpool and shaved her head at age 14; found and returned to conservatory but promptly expelled (date approximate) | |
1983 | Returned to acting at age 16 (date approximate) | |
1986 | Acted in director Matthew Jacobs's debut short film, "Vardo" | |
1986 | Became a member of Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre (date approximate), where she appeared in "Mumbo Jumbo", the only female in a cast of 14 | |
1987 | Was featured in the English thriller "Empire State" | |
1989 | Attracted some attention in the US for her work in "Diamond Skulls", helping her to land "Dracula" role | |
1989 | Had recurring role on the popular British children's show "The Press Gang" | |
1990 | Appeared in Peter Medak's English gangster film, "The Krays", starring first husband Gary Kemp and his twin brother Martin | |
1992 | American film debut in Francis Ford Coppola's version of "Bram Stoker's Dracula"; played the free-spirited Lucy Westenra | |
1993 | Acted with John Cleese and Eric Idle, among others, in "Splitting Heirs" | |
1994 | First film with future husband Jude Law, "Shopping"; played his girlfriend | |
1994 | Starred opposite Gary Kemp in Hungarian helmer Ildiko Enyedi's fantasy thriller "Magic Hunter" | |
1995 | Played a spunky American waitress in "A Pyromaniac's Love Story" | |
1997 | Had small role as one of Max's friends in "Bent"; Law also appeared as a stormtrooper | |
1998 | Filmed the role of Mrs. Cheveley in a modern-dress version of Oscar Wilde's "An Ideal Husband"; unreleased as of April 2000 | |
1999 | Acted in Ray Burdis and Dominic Anciano's feature writing-directing debut, "Final Cut", an infuriating piece of cinema verite that also featured Law; she had previously worked with the pair as producers of "The Krays" | |
2000 | Arrested in Berlin, Germany after becoming stuck in an elevator in the apartment block where Law was staying while filming in the city; when she told police she had left her passport in her husband's apartment, they refused to believe her and locked her up for eight hours | |
2000 | Co-starred as Rhys Ifans' lover in the critically drubbed "Rancid Aluminum" | |
2000 | Made screen singing debut covering the White Plains' 1971 hit "When You Are a King" in "Love, Honor and Obey", written and directed by Burdis and Anciano; Law, Miller, Pertwee and Ifans also featured | |
2000 | Portrayed young governness in "Presence of Mind", an adaptation of Henry James' "Turn of the Screw" with Harvey Keitel and Lauren Bacall | |
2001 | Had featured role in the NBC miniseries "Uprising"; briefly released in theaters after its TV showing; also released theatrically in Europe in 2002 | |