Jude Law

Profession: Actor
Place/Date of Birth: Lewisham, London, 29 December 2020
Associated with: Sadie Frost, Sienna Miller

Jude and Keira glitter at awards - Nov 19 2007
Jude Law and Keira Knightley have been crowned king and queen of the big screen, being named Film Actor and Film Actress of the Year at the Variety Club Showbiz Awards.

Keira won plaudits for her role in Atonement this year, while Jude receives the gong despite only lukewarm reviews for the film Sleuth, which is about to be released.

Other winners include Philip Glenister for TV Performance of the Year for Life On Mars and Michael Parkinson for Outstanding Contribution to Showbusiness.

The awards are all voted for by the Variety board, with the exception of Strictly Come Dancing which beat Life On Mars, X Factor and Any Dream Will Do to take best TV show - voted for by Daily Express readers.

Lee Mead, the winner of the BBC talent search Any Dream Will Do, took the award for Outstanding New Talent for his debut in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Lee Evans won the award for Comedy, and Westlife best Recording Artist.

Welsh star Katherine Jenkins was named Classical Performer of the Year at the bash at the London Hilton.

David Suchet won Stage Performance of the Year for his performance in The Last Confession, while Cabaret was named best Musical Theatre, and Jerry Springer won the International award for his show on Sky One.

The awards show will be broadcast on Sky Three on November 24 and Sky One on November 25.

Jude: I’m incredibly lucky - Sept 12 2007
Jude Law has spoken out about his recent trip to Afghanistan, admitting he was upset by some of the things he saw.

The Brit actor, 34, visited the country in July, apparently to film a documentary for charity Peace One Day.

"I’m not a great fan of excess, it sticks in my throat," the hunky star is quoted by the Daily Mirror as saying.

"However, compared to the majority of Afghans, I’m incredibly lucky."

He visited Kabul and Jalalabad to make a film promoting the UN’s annual Peace Day on September 21, meeting children, British troops, diplomats and village elders.

The dad-of-three said it was seeing poverty stricken children in the war torn country that had the most profound effect on him.

"As a father, that was so painful," he admitted, as he spoke of the courage and hope of the communities he visited.

"It made me realise how privileged we all are, how much we take our lives for granted."

Jude reportedly plans to fly home from the Toronto set of his new film Repossession Mambo to attend a special concert for global peace at London’s Royal Albert Hall on September 21.

The show will feature performances from Annie Lennox and Corinne Bailey Rae.

Jude to take on Hamlet stage role - Sept 11 2007
Jude Law is taking to the West End stage to play the title role in Hamlet, it has been announced.

The Hollywood heartthrob, 34, will appear in a new production for London’s Donmar Warehouse, directed by Kenneth Branagh.

Jude worked with Branagh, 46, on his new film remake, Sleuth, and has previously appeared in stage productions of Death Of A Salesman and Dr Faustus.

The production will open in the summer of 2009, after Doctor Who star David Tennant is expected to play Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Other plays announced today include Othello, with British Kinky Boots star Chiwetel Ejiofor in the title role.

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Biography

David Jude Heyworth Law (now you know that isn’t there just a little part of you that wants to call him ’Dave’?) was born on December 29 1972 in the thoroughly un-glam Lewisham, London, to teachers Peter and Maggie. Taken out of school after he was bullied, Jude started acting at the age of twelve, first at the National Youth Music Theatre then at the Guildhall School, although he later dropped out.

Jude’s early stage roles included that of Foxtrot Darling in The Fastest Clock In The Universe and Michael in Indiscrections (he would reprise this role on Broadway later in his career). Following a part in crappy soap opera Families, Jude was cast in cult Brit-flick Shopping, alongside Sadie Frost and took a part in the acclaimed Wilde. Moving to Hollywood proved, to begin with, a good choice for Law who garnered recognition in Gattaca, Road to Perdition and The Talented Mr Ripley, for which he was nominated for an Oscar (he was again nominated for Cold Mountain).

However, Law’s reign of the box office was not to last. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow was a major miss while the remake of Alfie was one of 2004’s worst films. Jude is currently working on Sleuth and Mr Blueberry Nights. There are also rumours that he will appear in the next Superman movie.

Jude’s personal life has taken as many twists and turns as his professional one. From his turbulent marriage to fellow Natural Nylon owner Sadie Frost, which culminated in rumours of wife swapping and affairs to his on/off engagement to young actress Sienna Miller who called time on their relationship after finding out that Jude had been shagging the nanny Jude has become a legendary cad. He has two sons, Rafferty and Rudy and a daughter, Iris with Sadie plus a receding hairline which bears much resemblance to that of Phil Collins’. Just think of that next time you’re having a ’Dave fantasy’ ladies...
updated January 2007

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