Elizabeth Hurley ni a bi ni 10 June 1965 ni Basingstoke, Hampshire, bi ọmọ kekere ti Angela Mary (née Titt) ati Roy Leonard Hurley. Baba rẹ jẹ pataki ni Royal Army Educational Corps; iya rẹ jẹ olukọni ni Kempshott Junior School. O ni arakunrin agbalagba kan, Kathleen ('Kate'), ati arakunrin kekere kan, Andrews Hurley.Hurley lọ si Harriet Costello School, ti o jẹ igbalode ti o wa ni Basingstoke, ati pe, lakoko ti o jẹ ọdọ, o ti ni ipa pẹlu aṣa punk, ti o ni irun ori rẹ ati fifọ rẹ.
1981 àti 1982