- Has been injured in a car crash while shooting PERFECT CREATURE in New Zealand. (July 27, 2004)
- At the pre production stage of DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002), Saffron Burrows and Salma Hayek were both considered for roles in the film. It was also rumored that Connolly, Billy was asked to play the part of a villain in the teaser sequence, but turned it down.
- Is the daughter of highly political, socialist-feminist parents. In childhood, she sold the Socialist Worker newsletter for pocket money, attended marches and rallies after school with her activist mother and stepfather, and even shared her home with striking miners.
- Was discovered at 15 in Covent garden, by the same scout who discovered Naomi Campbell, and embarked on a successful career as a model. Burrows modeled in Paris and London for Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent and Vivienne Westwood. But she'd studied drama since she was a child and made her first film at the age of 17, leaving the catwalk behind.
- Both her parents are socialists and Saffron used to spend her Saturdays selling the Socialist Worker with her dad.
- While guesting on the Conan O'Brien Show in December 1999, she stated that her height is six feet tall.
Quotes- On camera close-ups: "Once you get into your stride, it becomes like another person in the room. It's like being in a very small theatre where there is no getting away with anything because the audience is centimeters away from you."
- "Having traveled a lot, I now realize how unusual the community I grew up in was, and how open, really. My parents were very political - strong socialists."
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