Sadie Frost | |
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Born |
Sadie Liza Vaughan 19 June 1965 Islington, London, England |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1979–present |
Home town | Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside |
Spouse(s) |
Gary Kemp (1988–95) Jude Law (1997–2003) |
Children | 4 |
Parent(s) |
David Vaughan (deceased) Mary Davidson |
Sadie Liza Frost (born 19 June 1965) is an English actress, producer and fashion designer, who currently runs fashion label Frost French and a film production company (Blonde to Black Pictures).
Frost was born in Islington, north London, 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," as she was born in Islington but spent much of her youth in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, after her parents separated. Her parents had six relationships between them, which gave her four sisters and five brothers, 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.
One of Frost's stepfathers – the rock photographer Robert Davidson – was a follower of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh cult, who forbade the children to say the words "No" or "Sorry"; during her father's colour-therapy phase, he insisted that everybody in the house wear orange and he wouldn't let them eat anything that was red. They also had to take showers wearing tracksuits, and they were forced to refer to objects as the furthest opposite things they could think of as a test of character (for example, calling apples "elephants").
Frost appeared in a Jelly Tots advertisement in 1968 at age three and appeared with Morecambe and Wise in 1970 at age five. She attained a scholarship to the Italia Conti Academy, but after an early eating disorder, she gave up acting at 13 and attended Hampstead School instead. On graduation, she left home to escape her parents, and in 1984, at age 19, she appeared in the play Mumbo Jumbo at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, directed by Nicholas Hytner.