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South China Morning Post
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Who is Georgia Groome, Rupert Grint's long-term partner? The Nottingham native, from an acting family, just had her second child with the Harry Potter star – but why does she hate posing for photos?
Rupert Grint's family is growing. The actor, 36, who played Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter film series, recently welcomed his second child with his partner, Georgia Groome, 33. On April 28, he shared a photo of the couple's new bundle of joy on Instagram, captioning it, 'Secret Child Slightly Revealed'. The news came as a surprise to fans because the couple had kept Groome's second pregnancy under wraps; they're also parents of daughter Wednesday, who was born in 2020. While Grint didn't reveal the baby's gender in his post, he let fans in on her name – Goldie G. Grint – before giving a cheeky shout-out to Groome's doctor, Alex Digesu. A day before the announcement on Instagram, Grint and Groome were pictured taking a leisurely walk in Hampstead, London, with their newborn, according to The Sun. Advertisement The public outing was a rare exception for the ultra-private couple, who prefer to keep their personal lives under wraps. So what do we know about two-time mum Georgia Groome? What's her background? Georgia Groome hails from Nottingham, England. Photo: @Georgia_Groome/X Groome was born on February 11, 1992, in Nottingham, England. Her father, Paul Groome, was a chef and ran a pub. Her mother, Fiona Watson, teaches drama and musical theatre and is involved in coaching, directing and casting for Nottingham's Television Workshop. Groome's sister Alexandra Groome and half-sister Eden Watson are actresses. Groome's mum Fiona married Nick Watson – a composer of music for film and other media – in 2000, having had Eden in 1999. Georgia is a dancer who specialised in ballet, tap, modern and jazz and also studied musical-theatre singing, according to her IMDB biography. As a child she was athletic, playing girls' football and rugby in a boys' team. She studied at the Derby Youth Theatre and attended Trent College in Long Eaton, Nottingham, per This is Derbyshire. She's an actress
BBC News
07-03-2025
- BBC News
Dorset Police catch newly passed driver speeding at 153mph
A newly-passed driver caught speeding at more than 150mph has received a suspended jail sentence. Daniel Groome passed his driving test three weeks before Dorset Police found him speeding along the A338 dual carriageway near Ringwood in June 2024.A Dorset Police officer reached speeds of 153mph to catch the 23-year-old, of Winston Road, Bournemouth, who had a front-seat passenger in his BMW 325i was charged with dangerous driving and sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court. A police statement explained an officer had been monitoring traffic at the Ashley Heath roundabout when he spotted the BMW driving at an "inappropriate speed while navigating a left-hand bend" at around 23:40 road policing officer then "proactively responded in two seconds".They maintained a safe distance, but matched the speed of Groome in the BMW, recording a reading of 153mph on the police vehicle's calibrated Groome approached a 50mph speed limit at Blackwater, the force said he was travelling at almost double the speed limit."The distance between Ashley Heath and Blackwater is 5.2m (8.3km), which takes around five minutes to travel at a safe speed", the force explained. Groome travelled between the two locations in half that time and was subsequently charged. 'Not acceptable' During a court hearing on 21 February, he received a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for two was also disqualified from driving for two years and six months, given a four-month curfew and instructed to take an extended Kier Dagnall said: "We were very quickly able to respond and stop this vehicle from being involved in a collision and the driver potentially injuring themselves, their front-seat passenger or another road user."This driver had only passed his driving test three weeks beforehand and was travelling at incredibly dangerous speeds with someone else in his vehicle."We know some young, newly qualified drivers can be drawn into travelling at dangerous speeds and testing their capabilities, but this is not acceptable." You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
