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Love blossoms when an abandoned British bride spends the festive period with her bridesmaids in the Caribbean. Romantic comedy, starring Elizabeth Hurley, Caroline Quentin and Nathalie Cox
2022
Movie/Drama
Romance
Cast & Crew
Elizabeth Hurley
(Actor)
.. Rachel
Caroline Quentin
(Actor)
.. Amanda
Nathalie Cox
(Actor)
.. Rebecca
Stephanie Beacham
(Actor)
.. Chloe
Philippe Martinez
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Elizabeth Hurley
(Actor)
.. Rachel
Born:
June 10, 1965
in
Basingstoke
Best Known For:
Her love life.
Early-life:
Born Elizabeth Jane Hurley on June 10, 1965, in Basingstoke, Hampshire. She has an older sister, Angela, and younger brother, Michael. Her father was a British Army officer, her mother a teacher. She wanted to be a dancer from an early age, and went to a ballet boarding school at 12, but later quit. Instead, she became a punk, dyed her hair pink and pierced her nose before winning a scholarship to study dance and drama at the London Studio Centre.
Career:
Hurley started her acting career in theatre, before making her movie debut in 1987's Aria. She met Hugh Grant on the set of the film Rowing with the Wind. She appeared on TV for the first time a year later in an episode of Inspector Morse and made her Hollywood debut in action thriller Passenger 57 in 1992. She became a household name after accompanying Grant to the Four Weddings and a Funeral premiere in 1994 wearing a black Versace dress held together by strategically placed gold safety pins, often referred to as "That Dress". Until the mid-1990s she produced movies with Simian Films, an organisation at the time jointly owned by her and Grant. She appeared in the first two Austin Powers films, Edtv, My Favourite Martian, and Bedazzled.
Quote:
"A bit of lusting after someone does wonders for you and is good for your skin."
Trivia:
Away from acting, she became the face of Estée Lauder, and has been involved with various charities.
Caroline Quentin
(Actor)
.. Amanda
Born:
July 11, 1960
in
Reigate, Surrey
Best Known For:
Playing Dorothy in 1990's sitcom Men Behaving Badly.
Early-life:
Born Caroline Jones in Reigate, Surrey, on July 11, 1960. She has three older sisters. She learnt her trade at the Tring Park School, a boarding school focusing on the performing arts, which would eventually give her the platform to forge a TV career. Her first proper job, however, came on stage in Lowestoft, where, at the age of 16, she was a member of a chorus line. A director spotted her and offered her a job at London's Royal Court Theatre.
Career:
During the 1980s, Quentin had small, supporting roles in a number of projects. In the early 1990s she made appearances in Harry Enfield and Chums before landing the role of Dorothy on Men Behaving Badly in 1992, which eventually ended in 1998. Jonathan Creek offered Quentin a chance to delve into slightly more serious territory. Acting projects since include Life Begins, Blue Murder, Life of Riley, Just William, Dead Boss, Switch and Dancing on the Edge. Quentin also presents Restoration Home (she has dabbled in property restoration herself on numerous occasions) and has begun a second TV career as a travelogue presenter thanks to series such as A Passage Through India and Caroline Quentin's Cornwall.
Quote:
"Reaching 50 is a reason for great celebration, if you ask me, because we all know people at this stage who haven't made it. In the end, it's so much better than the alternative."
Trivia:
In 2004, Quentin received a special recognition gong at the National Television Awards.
Nathalie Cox
(Actor)
.. Rebecca
Stephanie Beacham
(Actor)
.. Chloe
Born:
February 28, 1947
in
Casablanca, Morocco
Best Known For:
Playing Sable in The Colbys and Dynasty.
Early-life:
Born on February 28, 1947, in Barnet, Hertfordshire. Her mother was a housewife, her father was an insurance executive. She is completely deaf in one ear and has only 75 per cent hearing in the other. Beacham was educated in London at St Michael's Convent, Finchley, and Queen Elizabeth Girls' School in Barnet, after which she became an au pair in Paris to pay for her training at the famous Etienne de Creux Mime School in 1964. On returning to the UK she spent three years at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada).
Career:
After a number of appearances in various TV shows such as The Saint, Armchair Theatre, and Callan, Beacham's first major film role was opposite Marlon Brando in 1971's The Nightcomers. She was subsequently cast alongside Peter Cushing in Dracula AD 1972. It was acclaimed series Tenko in the 1980s that made her name and introduced her to American audiences. In 1985, she starred in the glossy soap operas Dynasty and The Colbys. She also gained a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a TV series for Sister Kate. Other notable projects include Connie, SeaQuest DSV, To Be the Best, Secrets, Relative Values, Bad Girls, Trollied and Mount Pleasant. She took part in Strictly Come Dancing in 2007, featured in Coronation Street for five months in 2009, and appeared in Celebrity Big Brother in 2010.
Quote:
On her hearing difficulties: "I sometimes cut people off dead, not knowing that they have spoken to me. I have been accused of rudeness."
Philippe Martinez
(Director)
