Trudie Styler

Actress, producer, environmental activist, and all-around Hollywood socialite Trudie Styler grew up amid working-class surroundings, in Stoke Prior, England, then rode to fame on the heels of her relationship with British rocker Sting (aka Gordon Sumner). Their courtship blossomed in the early '80s (the two met in 1979), then sparked a 1992 marriage (the Police frontman's second) and four children. Beginning in 1984, Styler commenced supporting roles in films including Fair Game (1988), The Grotesque (1995), Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (2002), and Alpha Male (2005); she took her premier bow as a producer circa 1994, and her production resumé includes such gems as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006). Styler is also known for her extensive list of Hollywood friendships and connections; a party maven if ever there were one, she fetes constantly (and extravagantly), typically in support of various left-wing causes, such as the Rainforest Foundation, which she and Sting co-founded in 1987. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide

• Born:
  January 6, 1955 in Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom
• Job Titles:
  Producer, Actor, Model, Au pair

Family

• Daughter: Coco Sumner. born in 1990; father, Sting
• Daughter: Michael Sumner. born in 1984; father, Sting
• Son: Giocomo Luke Sumner. born December 1995; father, Sting
• Son: Jake Sumner. born in 1985; father, Sting
• Step-daughter: Katherine Sumner. born c. 1982
• Step-son: Joseph Sumner. born c. 1977

Significant Others

• Companion: Peter O Toole. appeared together on stage in 1978 in Macbeth ; had romantic involvement; ironically Frances Tomelty (then married to Sting) co-starred and befriended Styler

Education

• Trent Park College of Education, London, England, drama
• Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, London, England

Milestones

• 1985 Appeared in the documentary Bring on the Night , directed by Michael Apted
• 1986 Acted in The Body in the Library episode of the British series Agatha Christie s Miss Marple
• 1988 Had featured role in the Italian-produced film Mamba
• 1995 Acted alongside Sting in Grotesque/Gentlemen Don t Eat Poets/Grave Indiscretion ; released in USA in 1997
• 1995 Was a producer on Apted s documentary Moving the Mountain
• 1998 Served as executive producer of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels , a stylish British gangster comedy-drama directed by Guy Ritchie; Sting co-starred as the bar owner father of one of the leads
• 2000 Once again teamed with Guy Ritchie to executive produce his follow-up film Snatch
• 2000 Returned to acting in On the Q.T. , shown as a work in progress at IFFM
• 2000 Served as executive producer of the comedy Greenfingers
• 2001 Co-starred in Me Without You as a boozy mother; screened at the Venice and London Film Festivals before its release in Great Britain
• 2001 Guest starred on the popular sitcom Friends (NBC) playing herself
• 2002 Directed The Sweatbox a documentary which follows the making of Disney s The Emperor’s New Groove
• 2002 Had featured role as an ugly gypsy woman in the ABC TV production Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
• 2003 Cast in the black comedy, Cheeky, written and directed by David Thewlis and produced by her production company, Xingu Films
• 2005 Portrayed Servilia, mother of Brutus in the epic series Empire (ABC)
• 2006 Acquired film rights to Joshua Doder s Grk children s book trilogy for her production company, Xingu Films
• After drama school, worked as an actress in TV and on stage; was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company for one year
• At age 17, ran away from home to pursue an acting career
• In early 1980s, met the rock musician/actor Sting
• Raised in a working-class family