Actress-turned-director Sadie Frost reveals in this exclusive chat how her friendship circle has changed and who she’s managed to overcome her anxiety and embrace life as she approaches 60
Sadie Frost was once synonymous with the famous Primrose Hill party set, often seen out and about with other nineties icons such as Kate Moss, Meg Matthews and Davinia Taylor. But fast forward 30 years and she’s a changed woman, who is embracing her life as a yoga teaching film director – and someone who has also just become a grandmother for the first time.
The London-born mum of four, whose ex husbands are Spandau Ballet guitarist Gary Kemp and Hollywood actor Jude Law, exclusively told OK! she’s in the best place she’s ever been in, and her days of anxiety and asthma attacks are now very much in the past.
On how her friendship group has changed over the years, she shared: “Before, I would operate in a group, a clan, a crew. I still have some very healthy friendships, but I actually enjoy my own time, too. I love going for walks on my own, going for lunch, the cinema…
“I think we change our friends in different parts of our life, because maybe we change what we want to be doing in life, but I’ve still got a close network of girlfriends. I’ve got lots of new yogi friends, and then my best friends like Zoe Grace, Frances Ruffelle and Rosemary Ferguson, they’re all people that I admire.”
Sadie first appeared on the big screen in Empire State in 1987, but it was her role as Lucy Westenra in Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula four years later that cemented her as a household name. She also appeared in various music videos in the nineties, including in Pulp’s video for Common People.
Living in north London at the time, Sadie was portrayed as a core member of the party-loving Primrose Hill set – alongside friends like Donna Air, the Gallagher Brothers, Jude Law, Patsy Kensit and Jonny Lee Miller.
As well as the big changes in her social circle, Sadie’s other big life change has been her discovery and now total devotion to her yoga practise, and she’s a regular visitor to India to learn more about the Jivamukti method.
“I’ve always struggled with certain breathing situations because I had asthma and that caused anxiety. So for me, yoga, meditation, diet and breathing have always been really important because if I’m out of balance or out of sync, not connected to myself and to my breath, I’m going to be a very unbalanced, unhappy person.”
Sadie, who turns 60 in June, is currently enjoying huge success as director of critically-acclaimed documentary film, Twiggy, about the life and time of another female British icon, Dame Twiggy Lawson. It’s a success she’s worked hard for, but she says she wouldn’t be able to enjoy that success if it wasn’t for her approach to health and wellness.
“So I’m not having asthma attacks or panic attacks, I’m not unhappy, I’m not suffering depression, because I’ve learned how I can have a relationship that is steady and joyful with whatever I’m doing,” she shared.
As well as her professional success, Sadie is also relishing her role as grandmother to her first grandchild, Daya Wildrose Mallory Kemp, the daughter of her eldest son Finlay and his wife Charlotte Mallory.
“A lot of people don’t call themselves granny or nanny, they have a pet name, and I chose Mimi. But weirdly, when I’m around my granddaughter, I say, ‘Oh, Granny’s here!’ so that goes out the window. Maybe when she’s older and we’re in the park, it’ll be nice if she calls me ‘Mimi Sadie’. I think it’s something that maybe feels weird at first but you’re just so happy to be looking at this beautiful angel, you could be called anything.”
Yoga instructor Sadie and Jivamukti yoga master Emma Henry will host The Art of Yoga and Mindfulness event at 7pm on Thursday 27 March, at Moco Museum London. Tickets at mocomuseum.com/locations/london
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