When Eddie Redmayne met Hannah Bagshawe, they weren’t even considering getting married — they were simply teenagers at neighboring schools.
Redmayne’s class at Eton College (which included Prince William) was invited to a local all-girls school to help with a charity fashion show.
“It was an embarrassing evening,” he told the Daily Mail in 2014. “I had to walk across the stage topless — I was this pasty, freckly guy and when I came on the girls in the audience didn’t take much notice of me, but I was followed by the best-looking boy in the school and all the girls erupted in cheers, which was emotionally scarring!”
However, it was the night the Fantastic Beasts star met his future wife. “She was very beautiful and very funny and she loves the arts and theatre just as I do, so we became friends,” he explained.
Bagshawe, a PR executive in finance, was his pal for more than a decade. Everything changed when Redmayne invited her to travel to Italy with him just before he started filming Les Miserables.
“Before I went, Hannah and I were on a sort of date — we’d been good friends for 12 years — and we had a wonderful evening and I suddenly said, ‘You don’t want to come to Florence with me next week, do you?’ She said, ‘That’s absurd, you don’t mean it.’ I said, ‘Yes I do!’ So our first proper date was in Florence,” he said, adding that the two “couldn’t be happier” at the time.
The duo wed in an intimate ceremony at the Babington House in Somerset, England, in December 2014, his rep confirmed to Us.
Scroll down to see their entire relationship timeline:
The Brits met as teenagers when they were in school. In 2016, Redmayne told Time Out, “It’s also wonderful having a shared history and friends. Even though we didn’t get together for about 15 years.”
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The pair started dating after more than a decade of friendship.
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Redmayne proposed to his love in May over Memorial Day weekend after getting her father’s permission, a source told Us at the time.
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Bagshawe and Redmayne married on December 15.
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Redmayne thanked his new wife when he accepted the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role after portraying Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything.
“This is so extraordinary. I just want to thank my family and you, Hannah, my wife. I love you so much. We have a new fellow coming to share our apartment. Thank you,” he said.
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The couple welcomed their first child, daughter Iris, on June 15.
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The leading man brought his wife to the October premiere of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in London. The film was the first in a franchise set in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, decades before the original eight-movie series.
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Six months after welcoming their baby girl, Bagshawe was by Redmayne’s side as he was appointed an Order of the British Empire for his services to the dramatic arts.
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Bagshawe gave birth to their second child, son Luke, on March 10.
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The duo attended the Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore world premiere in London in March.
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Redmayne won an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical in April after starring in Cabaret on the West End. Bagshawe gave him a big kiss before he went on stage to accept the honor.
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While Redmayne played a serial killer in The Good Nurse, his family was not on board with any method acting preparation.
“I have a 6-year-old and a 4-year-old and for the sake of my wife’s sanity, staying in [character as] Charlie Cullen would not have been enjoyable for anyone,” he jokingly admitted during an appearance on Sunday Today.
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Bagshawe attended the Charles Finch x Chanel dinner in London with Redmayne after they stopped at the BAFTA Nominees Party.
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