Sadie Frost

Sadie Liza Frost (née Vaughan; born 19 June 1965) is an English actress, producer and fashion designer. Her credits as an actress include Empire State (1987), Diamond Skulls, also known as Dark Obsession (1989), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), The Krays (1990), Magic Hunter (1994), Shopping (1994), A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995), Flypaper (1997), Final Cut (1998), Captain Jack (1999), Love, Honour and Obey (2000), Beyond the Rave (2008), Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism (2015), and A Bird Flew In (2021).

She later turned to directing with Quant (2021), and Twiggy (2025).

Early life

Frost was born in Islington, North London, in 1965 to psychedelic artist David Vaughan, who worked for the Beatles, and actress Mary Davidson, who was sixteen at the time of her birth.

She has described her childhood as a "chaotic but positive experience". She spent much of her youth in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, after her parents separated. She has 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 attained a scholarship to attend the Italia Conti Academy. In 2019, she furthered her education, by taking a master’s degree in film production.

Career

Frost's debut film role was in Empire State (1987), in a cast which included Martin Landau. She played the part of Rebecca in the 1989 film Diamond Skulls (also known as Dark Obsession), alongside Amanda Donohoe and Gabriel Byrne. She later said that this role paved the way for her film appearance as the ill-fated Lucy Westenra in Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).

In the early '90s, she appeared in music videos, including for Pulp's song "Common People", Planet Perfecto featuring Grace's "Not Over Yet '99", various productions for Spandau Ballet, where she met first husband Gary Kemp. During their marriage, they appeared together in two films, The Krays (1990), and Magic Hunter (1994).

In 1994, Frost met her future husband Jude Law when she took a role opposite him in Paul W. S. Anderson's directorial film debut Shopping. Frost and Law appeared together again in the British gangster comedy Love, Honour and Obey (2000), alongside Ray Winstone, Jonny Lee Miller, Kathy Burke, Sean Pertwee, Denise Van Outen, and Rhys Ifans.

In 1997, Frost and Law co-founded the production company Natural Nylon, along with others including Jonny Lee Miller, Ewan McGregor, and Sean Pertwee. After six years, the company closed down. In 1999, Frost co-founded the fashion label Frost French with her friend Jemima French.

In 2004, she wrote, presented and produced a short-lived series What Sadie did next... for E4, and in 2006 appeared in Eating with... Sadie Frost on BBC2, to talk about her switch to vegetarianism.

Frost has been a member of the jury at the British Independent Film Awards, on two occasions, in 1999 and 2022.

Frost directed the film Twiggy (2025), about the life of fashion icon, television presenter and actress Twiggy.

Personal life

Frost had an eating disorder in her youth. In 1981, when 16 and dancing in a music video, Frost met Spandau Ballet's Gary Kemp. They married 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 Jude Law during the work on the 1994 film Shopping. They married in September 1997 and have three children, including Rafferty and Iris. Frost and Law divorced on 29 October 2003 after separating that January. Kate Moss is godparent to one child and Nick Grimshaw to another.

Frost maintains she has never been a party animal, having been too busy being a mother, and she has maintained a healthy lifestyle of exercise, yoga, and a vegetarian diet.

Frost was a victim of the News International phone hacking scandal, after it was found that they intruded on her private life, damaged her reputation as a successful businesswoman, and caused embarrassment and humiliation on issues that would have been kept private. She received an apology from Mirror Group Newspapers, and was awarded damages.