Trudie Styler


Producer

About

Birth Place
Worcestershire, England, GB
Born
January 06, 1954

Biography

Most often associated with the musician Sting (she married him in 1992), Trudie Styler is in fact an accomplished actress and film producer. Trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Styler acted in many BBC productions in the early days of her career, such as the rustic romance "Poldark." She met Sting around this period, and the two lived together for 10 years before they were mar...

Family & Companions

Peter O'Toole
Companion
Actor. Appeared together on stage in 1978 in "Macbeth"; had romantic involvement; ironically Frances Tomelty (then married to Sting) co-starred and befriended Styler.
Sting
Husband
Singer, actor, songwriter. Together from 1982; married in 1992.

Biography

Most often associated with the musician Sting (she married him in 1992), Trudie Styler is in fact an accomplished actress and film producer. Trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Styler acted in many BBC productions in the early days of her career, such as the rustic romance "Poldark." She met Sting around this period, and the two lived together for 10 years before they were married. Styler carried on with sporadic acting jobs, but in the mid-1990s she began producing films, including the award-winning documentary " Moving the Mountain" in 1994. In 1998 she became an Executive Producer on Guy Ritchie's pulpy feature-film debut "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels." On top of executive producing his next feature, the similarly crime-themed "Snatch," Styler also gets credit for introducing him to his future wife, iconic pop star Madonna. Throughout the 2000s Styler continued to produce some stellar feature films, including the coming-of-age drama "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints" and the sci-fi mystery "Moon." She continued to pop up in films and on television throughout the 1990s and 2000s, most notably with a guest appearance as herself on the hit sitcom "Friends."

Life Events

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

Served as executive producer of the comedy "Greenfingers"

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

2001

Guest starred on the popular sitcom "Friends" (NBC) playing herself

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

2002

Had featured role as an ugly gypsy woman in the ABC TV production "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister"

2002

Directed "The Sweatbox" a documentary which follows the making of Disney's "The Emperor's New Groove"

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

Family

Joseph Sumner
Step-Son
Born c. 1977.
Katherine Sumner
Step-Daughter
Born c. 1982.
Michael Sumner
Daughter
Born in 1984.
Jake Sumner
Son
Born in 1985.
Coco Sumner
Daughter
Born in 1990.
Giocomo Luke Sumner
Son
Born in December 1995.

Companions

Peter O'Toole
Companion
Actor. Appeared together on stage in 1978 in "Macbeth"; had romantic involvement; ironically Frances Tomelty (then married to Sting) co-starred and befriended Styler.
Sting
Husband
Singer, actor, songwriter. Together from 1982; married in 1992.

Bibliography