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Time of India
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
‘Little Women' star Saoirse Ronan and husband Jack Lowden to have their first child
Award-winning actress Saoirse Ronan and her actor husband Jack Lowden are expecting their first baby. The happy news has thrilled fans of the award-winning couple and marks a milestone in their growing love story. The pregnancy was originally confirmed by the Irish Independent, which quoted a source close to the couple revealing that Ronan and Lowden are expecting their first child. The confirmation came after recent speculation following Ronan's attendance at a fashion event, where her choice of outfit sparked rumours of a possible pregnancy. From on-screen chemistry to real-life romance Saoirse Ronan and Jack Lowden met in 2018 on the set of Mary Queen of Scots, the historical drama. Ronan starred as the eponymous queen, while Lowden played her second husband, Lord Darnley. Their on-screen chemistry quickly developed into a real-life relationship, and the pair have remained close ever since. Lowden has repeatedly praised Ronan in interviews, referring to her as a "force of nature" and a "brilliant leader." Ronan has reciprocated by describing her husband as "a lot calmer" and her "voice of reason," particularly during their work collaborations. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 5 Books Warren Buffett Wants You to Read In 2025 Blinkist: Warren Buffett's Reading List Undo Their respect and love for each other have been evident both on and off the professional stage. A shared life in London and Ireland The couple now share a home in Islington, north London, and also spend time at Ronan's seaside cottage in Ballydehob, West Cork. They co-wrote and co-starred in the 2024 film adaptation of The Outrun, with Ronan starring. Looking forward to parenthood Ronan has previously expressed her desire for marriage and motherhood, telling British Vogue in 2023, 'I've always wanted marriage and children,' emphasising her readiness to embrace motherhood while continuing her career. Although they have not shared a screen together since Mary Queen of Scots, Ronan has indicated there could be a forthcoming stage collaboration with Lowden, suggesting their creative bond may develop further. Check out our list of the latest Hindi , English , Tamil , Telugu , Malayalam , and Kannada movies . Don't miss our picks for the best Hindi movies , best Tamil movies, and best Telugu films .
Pink Villa
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Little Women Star Saoirse Ronan and Husband Jack Lowden Expecting Their First Child
Saoirse Ronan and Jack Lowden are expecting their first child together, sources close to the couple have confirmed. The Irish Independent revealed the joyful news, which comes less than a year after the couple tied the knot in an intimate ceremony in Edinburgh. Ronan, 31, and Lowden, 34, reportedly couldn't be happier about the upcoming arrival. The couple first met in 2018 while filming Mary Queen of Scots, where Ronan played the title role and Lowden portrayed her second husband, Lord Darnley. Their on-screen chemistry quickly blossomed into a real-life relationship. Lowden has openly praised Ronan in past interviews, calling her a 'force of nature' and a 'brilliant leader.' Ronan echoed the admiration, telling Harper's Bazaar that his praise meant more than anyone else's. In a 2023 interview with British Vogue, the Little Women star said she had 'always wanted' marriage and children, and felt ready to embrace motherhood without sacrificing her career. The couple currently reside in a €2.8 million home in Islington, north London, with their terrier, Fran. Ronan also owns a coastal cottage in Ballydehob, west Cork. Together, they co-produced the 2024 film adaptation of The Outrun, in which Ronan starred. She described Lowden as 'a lot calmer' and her 'voice of reason' in creative collaborations. While they haven't appeared together on screen since Mary Queen of Scots, Ronan recently teased a possible future stage project with Lowden, saying she'd convinced him it would be 'a great idea.' From child prodigy to four-time Oscar nominee, Ronan has long been a standout talent in the film world. Now, as she prepares for motherhood with her equally accomplished husband by her side, this next chapter promises to be one of her most rewarding yet.
Irish Independent
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Saoirse Ronan and husband Jack Lowden expecting first child
A source close to the couple confirmed the news, with both Saoirse and Jack said to be "thrilled" at the upcoming arrival. The pair were married in a private ceremony in Edinburgh last summer, with just a handful of close friends present. Ronan, who is a four-time Oscar nominee, met Lowden in 2018 during the filming of Mary Queen of Scots in which she played Mary and Lowden played Darnley, Mary's second husband. He has previously described working with Ronan as 'remarkable'. "The woman is a force of nature, on- and off-screen, and utterly fearless and a brilliant leader as well,' he said. Ronan gave her reaction to Lowden's comments in an interview with Harper's Bazaar, saying: 'When a person you respect as much as I do him says that, it means more than anyone else's opinion.' Speaking to British Vogue last year, the 31-year-old said she has 'always wanted' to marry and have children alongside her career. "I became successful when I was quite young. So it meant that, actually, by the time I found my partner, I'm now at the stage where if it happened, I would like to have a kid,' she said. "I feel fortunate enough that if I step out of this for a minute, I'm hopefully not giving it up forever. But, yeah, I've always wanted that.' The couple share a €2.8m home in Islington, north London, with their terrier, Fran. ADVERTISEMENT Learn more In 2020, Ronan was reported to have purchased a two-bedroom waterfront cottage in Ballydehob in west Cork. The couple produced the 2024 adaptation of The Outrun, which Ronan starred in, describing her husband as 'a lot calmer' than she is as a collaborator. "He's my voice of reason. But as a duo, we've both been on film sets our whole lives, so we have an appreciation of what we're asking actors to do. We always want them to feel safe,' she told USA Today. On whether the pair would appear on screens together again, she said: "Jack didn't want to for a long time, but I've now convinced him that's a great idea. I'd really like to do something together on stage.' The Co Carlow star launched her movie career at a young age and she was just 13 when she picked up her first Oscar nomination in 2008 for Atonement. Subsequent best actress nominations came for her roles in Brooklyn (2015), Lady Bird (2017) and Little Women (2019). Her first media appearance was at the age of 10, when she appeared on the late Gerry Ryan's radio show in a bid to win a trip to Florida for her family. She won the contest with her impression of the Gingerbread Man from Shrek.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Fifth Step: Jack Lowden and Martin Freeman are an irresistible double act
The bold-minded Belfast-born playwright David Ireland has a rare ability to attract top-flight actors for his darkly comic, often taboo-testing work, with unhinged male psyches his forte. In his breakthrough, Cyprus Avenue, Stephen Rea played a Belfast loyalist convinced his baby grand-daughter has the face of Gerry Adams. And late in 2023, Woody Harrelson starred in Ulster American as a Hibernophile Hollywood A-lister aghast to realise he has signed up to play a Protestant Unionist on stage. With The Fifth Step, David Ireland has finally arrived in the West End attended by the kind of dream cast that has fans snapping up tickets with barely a thought for the show's content. After an Edinburgh Festival premiere last year, Slow Horses star Jack Lowden is joined for the London run by Martin Freeman, everyone's favourite Hobbit, for a dive into the step-programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, in which two men – one battling the bottle, the other his (older) sponsor – share the challenge of recovery. I'd love to salute this as the writer's deserved hour of triumph, not least because this piece transmutes his painful experience into the stuff of accessible entertainment. The author attended AA when he was in his twenties and like Lowden's lost soul, who grabs our attention at the start by opening up to Freeman's James about his lack of luck with women, and addiction to porn, he has said he struggled with dating then. Like Luka, too, who surreally claims to have encountered Jesus in the guise of Willem Dafoe on a gym treadmill, he had a religious epiphany that saved him. Yet despite bubbling with hard-won authenticity and again displaying Ireland's flair for nifty, surprising dialogue, the short evening (80 minutes, directed by Finn den Hertog) winds up seeming curiously flat. At Edinburgh some complained about a rushed denouement but the amended, putatively adrenal resolution here feels no less abrupt, while generating a diminished provocative charge – attention is tilted from the damage perpetuated by Luka to the demons of paranoia and jealousy suffered by James. Interesting conversational skirmishes about the saving power of faith, and the surrogate spirituality of AA, take a back-seat to bickering about who said what. At its best, we're shown two fallible blokes striving to trust each other within a frame-work designed to help the vulnerable that still runs the risk of abusive power-play. But as a drama it finally lacks the requisite emotional punch to the guts. The big saving grace is the makeshift double-act itself; both men winningly rising to the challenge of the ringside space's gladiatorial intimacy. Freeman's eyebrows work expressively overtime in polite quizzicality, repressed concern and growing shiftiness. Compared to this middle-aged, uptight, sexlessly married guardian-figure, Lowden captivates with his edgy physicality and a Scottish accent redolent of hard-living; he welds child-like cluelessness with a steely tenacity. To be 'glass half full' about it, their presence and gear-switches are an irresistible theatrical proposition. But the play itself remains a step-change short of a knock-out July 26; Book ticketsvia Tickets | Telegraph Media Group provided by London Theatre Direct Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
BBC News
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Ginger Mr Darcy will break barriers, jokes Lowden
Actor Jack Lowden has said he likes the idea of "breaking down barriers" by being a ginger Mr Darcy in a new adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The 34-year-old joked on the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that "it is one of the great last barriers to break down". In a wide-ranging interview alongside fellow British actor Martin Freeman, 53, he discussed being trained by an ex-MI6 officer and their upcoming West End play. On his role in Netflix's six-part adaptation of Austen's classic novel, Lowden said he might draw on inspiration from some actors who have previously played the iconic Mr Darcy role. "I quite like the idea of being a ginger Darcy," he told the BBC. "I think that is really breaking down barriers - one of the great last barriers to be broken down." Sitting next to Lowden a smiling Freeman said he "agreed". Lowden continued: "I quite like the idea of me coming along and doing something else with it. "Or just copying one of them because some of the guys who played it are amongst the best. Matthew Macfadyen, to me, is one of the best actors on the planet. So if I just try copy him - maybe that's alright?" "But ginger?" Freeman asked. "Ginger", Lowden replied. "Yep, change it up." Lowden and Freeman are set to take part in David Ireland's West End theatre show the Fifth Step which is due to open at Soho Place Theatre on 12 May. The pair told the programme they had not met before they agreed to play an alcoholic and his Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor. Lowden said he enjoyed the dark humour of the show, saying that, while it may be "corny", laughter was "the best medicine" and a way of "self-healing". Asked about the Bafta-nominated series Slow Horses, which focuses on intelligence agents who have been discarded by MI5, Lowden talked about being trained in spycraft. "We did a day with an ex-MI6 officer who was helping us to train in the art of surveillance and counter-surveillance. Walking along and following a mark. "He gave us a lecture for a bit and then said 'right we are going to go outside and do this'. But then he pulled the shutters up on the window and saw that it was raining and he went 'oh no maybe we shouldn't'. "So MI6 don't operate a lot in the rain," Lowden - who has been touted as a possibility for the new James Bond - said. "Maybe it's cause they're abroad a lot." Freeman then shared his own experiences about being "tailed occasionally". "Just by people, sometimes follow you around. And they think you don't know and of course you do know." Freeman said those experiences are "less scary and more annoying". "It's annoying because they think you don't know they are doing it. So occasionally I do just turn round and go 'look, what do you want?' "I try to be reasonable with people and say 'look I am not a prop'." Culture West End theatre TV drama Jane Austen Netflix
