Inside Jamie Bell’s private life including marriage to legendary House of Cards star

British actor Jamie Bell is about to burst back onto screens in the new Peaky Blinders sequel series – but what does his life look like behind-the-scenes?

The 40-year-old screenstar was announced as the all-new Duke Shelby (played by Barry Keoghan in the movie and Conrad Khan in the original series), as we return to Birmingham in the aftermath of World War Two.

Showrunner Steven Knight has teased that this iteration of Tommy Shelby’s eldest illegitimate son will be ‘older, wiser, more ambitious and more dangerous’ as the city starts trying to rebuild in the wake of devastation.

Jamie will be joined by Downton Abbey’s Jessica Brown Findlay, Stranger Things star Charlie Heaton and Day of the Jackal’s Lashana Lynch and newcomer Lucy Karczewski in as-yet undisclosed roles.

The award-winning star first rose to fame after landing a historic Bafta aged 14 for his role as Billy Elliot in the movie of the same name 26 years ago.

But after a lifetime spent in front of the camera, what does it look like off-set?

Who is Jamie Bell married to?

Jamie Bell has been married to actress Kate Mara since 2017.

The Emmy-nominated actress has appeared in several high-profile TV shows and movies, including Netflix’s House of Card where she played Zoe Barnes, 24 as Shari Rothenberg and, most recently, Apple TV’s Imperfect Women.

The pair had known each other as far back as 2005, but remained acquaintances for a long time.

‘We were friends but not – we didn’t really know each other. And then we made the Fantastic Four movie together, which was a really interesting experience,’ she told the Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast.

Both starred in the 2015 superhero action movie with Kate as Sue Storm and Jamie as Ben Grimm.

As Kate explained: ‘We got to know each other on it, and I thought, “Oh, he’s so great”. I just thought he was the best.’

Even then, she revealed, she initially attempted to set him up with other people until a year later when ‘we fell in love on the press tour of that movie ’cause it was trauma bonding.’

Does he have any children?

They soon realised ‘that was it’ and got married in 2017, before going on to have two children – a daughter, six, and son, three.

‘We just thought, “Oh, this is gonna be forever. Wonderful.” And here we are, a bunch of kids later and it’s the best,’ Kate said.

The family lived in Los Angeles at one time but now live just north of New York, with Jamie, used to the world of child actors, previously reflecting on their plans to keep their children away from the spotlight.

‘Not that anyone’s ever been particularly invasive with me – I go around with relative ease – but it’s just a poppa thing to think, “No, no, no”; that’s a different side of my life that no one sees,’ he told the Evening Standard.

He also shared admiration for his wife’s family (giants in the NFL world): ‘They’re an incredible family, so loving, connected and together. They’re functional.

‘It’s kind of an amazing surprise to know that stuff really exists. I come from a broken home… But to see parents who are together, who have raised four children, with no sign of splitting up, is a joy to watch.’

As well as his two children with Kate, he also has a son from his previous marriage.

Who has Jamie Bell previously been in a relationship with?

The Billy Elliot star was once married to actress Evan Rachel Wood, who met in 2005 when they played lovers in Green Day’s music video for Wake Me Up When September Ends.

The pair were briefly together before breaking up, during which time Evan dated Marilyn Manson and got engaged. When their relationship ended, however, she once more started dating Jamie, and they tied the knot in 2012.

A year later, in 2013, they welcomed their son, but only 10 months after, in 2014, they announced their divorce – although both have reiterated they remain on good terms.

A statement read at the time read: ‘This is a mutual decision and the two remain close friends.

‘They both love and respect one another and will of course remain committed to co-parenting their son.”

Talking about co-parenting with the Evening Standard in 2017, Jamie explined they ‘understood very quickly the importance of maintaining a good relationship’.

Although he acknowledged, ‘It’s tricky enough when you’re actors who are together. The kid is just going to have to get used to going here, going there.’

What are some of his most well-known movies and TV shows?

After his breakout role as the eponymous Billy Elliot in 2000, the following year he landed his Bafta for best actor (and remains the youngest to win this category)

Since then, Jamie has starred in a steady stream of projects, including 2005’s King Kong, 2011’s Jane Eyre, the lead role in the animated Tintin movie and 2013’s Snowpiercer.

As mentioned, he met his now-wife Kate while filming the Fantastic Four remake and starred in TURN: Washington’s Spies from 2014 to 2017.

In recent years, he’s appeared in Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott’s haunted gay romance, All of Us Strangers, and has now landed top billing in the highly-anticipated sequel series.

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