Elizabeth Hurley Shares Throwback Images from “Austin Powers”, Iconic Versace Dress

Virginia ChamleeMon, March 16, 2026 at 6:29 PM UTC

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Elizabeth Hurley is throwing it back to the 1990s

In a new montage posted to instagram, the model and actress shared photos of herself in the 1990s, including some with then-boyfriend Hugh Grant and others from her time in the Austin Powers films

Hurley appeared in the first two Austin Powers films, playing the spy's love interest Vanessa Kensington

Elizabeth Hurley is remembering the 1990s.

In a video shared to Instagram, the model and actress participated in the "What were you like in the '90s?" trend currently sweeping social media.

The video — set to the Goo Goo Dolls song, "Iris" — features Hurley now, spliced with photos of her in the 1990s.

She captioned the video, "Oh, behave… this was my 90’s ♥️"

Elizabeth Hurley and Hugh Grant in 1994Credit: Dave Benett/Getty

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Among the photos included in the montage were Hurley alongside her then-boyfriend Hugh Grant and other images of her with Ron Howard (who directed Hurley in the 1999 film EDtv).

The montage ends on a photo of Grant and Hurley taken in 1994 at the premiere of Four Weddings and a Funeral. Hurley made headlines for the dress she wore to the event — a plunging Versace dress held together by several oversized gold safety pins.

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In addition to fans, Hurley's friends and family weighed in on the post, with son Damian commenting, "Bloody hell. Heaven. Proud son ❤️"

Hurley appeared in the first two Austin Powers films, playing the spy's love interest Vanessa Kensington in 1997's Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and 1999's Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.

For the third offering in 2002, she was replaced by Beyoncé, who starred as undercover spy Foxxy Cleopatra. "I love Beyoncé. I love Austin Powers," Hurley said on WWHL, reiterating again, "It just wasn't my fault."

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She was absent from the third film — Austin Powers in Goldmember — because she was pregnant with her son Damian at the time, she said in a 2024 interview on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen .

"When I was offered it, I said to them — and they were the first people who knew, aside from my immediate family — I said, 'Guys, I'm pregnant.' And I was pregnant with my son," Hurley recalled. "I said, 'So, unless you shoot it literally next week, I don't think I can shoot it.' "

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