FROST
Sadie

• 1. Career

Sadie Liza Frost 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).

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 purported that this role paved the way for her film appearance was as the beautiful, 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, mwhere 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 when she took a role opposite Jude Law in Paul W. S. Anderson's directorial film debut Shopping. Frost and Law were to appear 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, 1999 and 2022.