Saffron Burrows Biography

Fast Facts

• Began modeling after being discovered at age 14 by a talent scout (the same one who discovered Naomi Campbell) while shopping in London's Covent Garden
• Made her movie debut in the 1993 British political drama In the Name of the Father
• Was fired from the 1998 Woody Allen movie Celebrity for "not being vulgar enough
• " Has appeared in a number of films directed by her former lover, Mike Figgis, including One Night Stand, The Loss of Sexual Innocence, Timecode and Hotel
• A part-time journalist, she has written reviews and articles for such British publications as the Times of London, the Guardian, the Independent and the Spectator
• The daughter of politically active parents, she's an activist herself, and has been an officer of the British organization the National Civil Rights Movement