robert james collier's partner had no
problem with this romance on downton
abbey but what was one thing about it
that made her kind of jealous keep
watching for more about the off-screen
love lives of this show's cast
hugh bonnefell aka robert crowley the
earl of grantham has been married to
lulu william since 1998 they met when
they were teenagers and lost touch for a
while before reuniting marrying a
childhood friend has kept bonneville
down to earth amidst all the fame as
williams told the daily mail in 2012
we're not phased by the glitz of the
show business world we are just
home-loving people and don't make a
habit of hanging out at celebrity
parties instead of fussing over the
fanfare williams cares for the couple's
son felix and maintains her personal
hobbies bonneville is grateful for her
role as stay-at-home mom as he told the
daily mail in 2011 lulu's priority has
been to be a bedrock for felix and me
and i'm completely indebted to her
unlike her character lady edith
crowley's on lucky turns love blossomed
on set for laura carmichael she's dating
michael c fox who also appeared on
downtones but man andy the couple
revealed their relationship publicly in
2016 and then they moved in together in
2019. you met whilst filming here we did
we did yeah carmichael and fox have
mostly kept their relationship private
though they have revealed a few small
details in a 2019 interview with the
sunday post fox noted we'd go to work
and we didn't want it to be a thing in
any way when we were working together it
was great though to go to work with your
best pal apart from that we like to keep
it quite separate from downton the fact
we met on set is not a big part of our
relationship
lady mary crawley played by michelle
dockery endured heartache with her first
partner but eventually found love again
and life has imitated art for the
actress she lost her fiance john dineen
to cancer in 2015 and as she confessed
to the guardian in 2017 one of the
difficult things at the time was the
parallels with mary it was just baffling
and still is to me that my character's
storyline was so similar thankfully
dockery's story has a happier ending as
she's now engaged to jasper waller
bridge the creative director of james
grant talent agency and the brother of
phoebe waller bridge a friend of
dockeries they've been together since
2019 and they can happily boast that
they have the full support of their
family and friends
mother downton kora crawley is played by
veteran actor elizabeth mcgovern who's
been married to filmmaker simon curtis
since 1992 when mcgovern became pregnant
she relocated to cheswick england to
live near curtis she's since lived a
life similar to cora's as an american
living in england and raising english
children and she has zero regrets about
her decision the couple worked together
on the second downton abbey film when
curtis took on the role of director as
mcgovern gushed to the daily mail i
really feel that if you want to know
what simon's like you should see this
movie because you see his sense of humor
his warmth his love for family and his
love for all the characters that he's
actually lived with for so many years
via me i was really blown away by him
he's directed me over the years
occasionally what's that like
it's
challenging
one of the most heartbreaking downton
abbey storylines was that of lady simple
crowley who was played by jessica brown
finley but off-screen the actress's love
life is in full bloom though not without
its struggles the coronavirus outbreak
caused her to initially postpone her
wedding to fellow actor ziggy heath but
they eventually married during lockdown
in a small surprise ceremony brown
finley occasionally opens up about her
private life on her instagram including
sharing small details about the wedding
and marking their three-month
anniversary and on international women's
day 2022 she displayed her vulnerable
side as she revealed that she's
undergoing ivf injections to prepare for
expanding her family as she shared ivf
has made me even more aware of just how
much women are capable of and what we
can achieve whilst going through pain
and heartbreak
jim carter the man behind rigid house
butler mr carson has been married to
actress imelda staunton since 1983. they
met the year before while they were
appearing in the national theater
revival of guys and dolls and they've
since remained committed to leading an
ordinary married life in 2011 carter
told saga magazine we've both got a job
we've got a lovely garden we've got a
wonderful daughter doggie they don't
seem extraordinary things to me maybe if
we had three yachts and eight homes and
blah blah blah but this is quite
ordinary and i think it is extraordinary
because of that staunton joined the cast
of downtown as lady bagshaw for the
first movie though she and carter didn't
share any scenes as he joked to good
housekeeping we went in together three
days but we never had any dialogue or
scenes together which i was quite
pleased about because i didn't want her
getting the idea that i'd be the butler
at home as well oh that's better thank
you yeah
phyllis logan played prim and tidy mrs
hughes and her character finally found
love late in life with the house butler
mr carson off-screen logan found her own
true love in 1994 though marriage took
nearly as long for her as it did for mrs
hughes as the actress and her husband
kevin mcnally didn't marry until 2011
the two of them have both enjoyed
long-lasting showbiz careers mcnally has
been acting since he was 16 and he has
over 150 on-screen credits he's known
for the pirates of the caribbean series
and the beloved british sci-fi show
doctor who among other things he also
appeared on downton as horus bryant but
their busy careers haven't cramped their
marriage style as logan put it to yours
magazine in 2022 over the years we've
been away for months at a time you have
to get on with it i think it's why we
remain completely at one with it all
alan leach's downton character tom
branson went from family driver to
family member in real life leach married
his sweetheart actress jessica
blair-hermann in a star-studded ceremony
in 2019 the two met at a screen actors
guild after party in 2016. as he
revealed during a red carpet interview a
friend of mine tom we were about to
leave the party and being irish and
having two rubber arms he said do you
want one more drink and i said yeah okay
went in ordered turned around saw this
vision in a velvet dress and said tommy
i'm going to dance with that girl
and then we got married three weeks ago
the couple have mostly remained low-key
about their family life though on their
second wedding anniversary herman posted
a wedding day picture on instagram to
mark the occasion along with the caption
it's so great that we still look exactly
the same changing poopy diapers at 3am
dan stevens time as matthew crawley was
short-lived after the character's tragic
death and the series 3 christmas special
off-screen the actor has been much
luckier in love as he's been married to
south african jazz singer suzy harriet
since 2009 the couple met in 2006 while
performing in theater shows and fell for
each other almost instantly in addition
to her music career she's also acted on
stage and in a few movies the couple
eventually made their way from london to
the brooklyn heights neighborhood of new
york city to work and parent their three
children in 2014 stevens revealed to the
new yorker that the decision of where to
send their kids to kindergarten was a
little overwhelming as he put it the way
people talk about kindergarten it's sort
of the way people talk about
universities back home it seems to carry
the same weight and importance which is
slightly terrifying
butler thomas barrow was one of
downton's primary antagonists in the
first few seasons but by the end of the
series he'd won over the crawley family
and audiences in real life the actor who
plays him robert james collier has been
together with lauren chandaram who has a
career in clothing sales and design
since 2007. james colyer and chandaram
who have a son named milo are generally
private about their family life but he
did reveal a funny personal story on a
2013 episode of the jonathan rashow
thomas struggled with revealing his
homosexuality on downton abbey and when
he had to kiss another male character
james collier figured chandaram wouldn't
be jealous but her reaction wasn't
exactly what he expected and the missus
turns to his god's honest truth when you
never kiss me like that
downton abbey fans were plenty
entertained by the youthful shenanigans
of lady rose mcclaire played by lily
james in real life james stays mostly
quiet about her love life she's been
linked to the likes of matt smith chris
evans and dominic west but she rarely
confirms or denies any of the chatter
currently james is dating michael
schuman basis for the rock band queens
of the stone age they first appeared as
a couple in february 2021 when they were
seen kissing in suffolk england james
alba confirmed their relationship when
she posted a picture of the back of
shuman's head on her instagram though
the post has since been removed at the
beginning of april she posted another
picture of the pair but only credited
the photographer and offered no comment
about shuman in october 2021 schumann
left a sweet comment on james instagram
labeling her dream girl when she posted
a shot of herself looking dazzling for
an armani event in dubai
lady rosamund painswick was played by
veteran actor samantha bond whose
husband is fellow actor alexander hansen
they married in 1989 and had two
children during the height of her career
they also had a few rough patches and
even split up for a short time when
their two children were very young but
they've reunited and have been going
strong ever since in 2010 bondenhansen
shared the stage once in the oscar
wilde's play an ideal husband but don't
expect any future collaborations like
that as bond confessed to the
independent in 2012 it actually was
tricky he literally flew home on sunday
and on tuesday we went to work so from
having had this sort of absentee rather
glamorous husband who i went to visit in
new york suddenly there was this man in
my kitchen in my rehearsal room in my
bedroom and it was tricky
rose leslie played the ambitious gwen
dawson on downton but she's perhaps even
more famous as egret from game of
thrones in 2018 she married her love
interest from the latter show kit
harrington six years after they started
dating it was a like love at first fight
that's a good lead into that one there
were reportedly some bumps and breakups
along the way before they announce their
engagement in 2016. life is sweeter now
for the happy couple after the birth of
their son in 2019 leslie and harrington
generally keep a fairly low profile
though they look dashing out of metgala
appearance in 2021 as they coordinated
their look with a tribute to old
hollywood when asked by vogue how they
felt about the energy of the event
harrington admitted he was nervous while
leslie gushed buzzing buzzing it's
amazing the energy from the crowd is
sensational and we feel really fortunate
to be here
when charles blake entered downton abbey
viewers were immediately intrigued by
his snarky exchanges with lady mary
meanwhile the actor who played blake
julian oventon had a much warmer start
to his relationship with wife opera
singer kate royal despite the fact that
it took them three years to start dating
she knew about him through mutual
friends but they had a difficult time
aligning their busy schedules it was
important to her that avendan a west end
and broadway star was also passionate
about music as she noted to the daily
mail in 2011 i admire his extraordinary
musical talent and gift for performing
added to which i simply couldn't imagine
being with someone who was not musical
the couple have two children johnny and
audrey and royal still has a great
appreciation for venden's musical
abilities her guilty pleasure is even
listening to her husband's recordings
when he's not around as she admitted to
the guardian in 2016 he would be pretty
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