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Who is Tom Hardy’s actress wife, Charlotte Riley – who once played Kate Middleton on screen? The Marvel star met his partner on the set of Wuthering Heights in 2009 and proposed a year later

Charlotte Riley and Tom Hardy first met on a BBC TV film they worked on together in 2009. Photo: WireImage
Charlotte Riley and Tom Hardy first met on a BBC TV film they worked on together in 2009. Photo: WireImage

  • Tom Hardy was recently seen on the set of Marvel’s Venom: The Last Dance after thanking the production’s ‘cast and crew – good friends and family’ back in November after the writer’s strike ended
  • His wife Charlotte Riley is also an actress, who starred in Edge of Tomorrow with Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt; and In the Heart of the Sea with Chris Hemsworth and Cillian Murphy

Tom Hardy is proving once again that he’s not only effortlessly cool, but also just a down to earth, likeable sorta guy.

 

In photos shared in British media last week, the 46-year-old could be seen laughing and joking with crew members on the set of Venom 3 in New York City which had resumed filming after last year’s writer’s strike. The Brit was casually dressed with a grey shirt and blue jeans as he strolled the streets and interacted with a cameraman and the film’s director, Kelly Marcel.

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Back in November, Hardy also took to Instagram to thank the cast and crew of the production before shooting began on the Marvel franchise’s third instalment. In the caption, he said he wanted to “take a moment just to thank all the teams thus far on the ride from V1 to here, all our fantastic cast and crew – good friends and family”.

He added that he was grateful to be “surrounded by talented and passionate departments and when surrounded by people you love and care about it doesn’t get any better”. And while Hardy generally keeps his personal life under wraps, he does occasionally open up about his family too – including his wife, Charlotte Riley.

Here’s what we know about her.

Charlotte Frances Riley is an English actress

 
Just like her famous husband, Riley is also an actress. According to her IMDb profile, she is best known for her role as Catherine Earnshaw in ITV’s 2009 adaptation of Wuthering Heights, which she starred in alongside Hardy. She has also appeared in films including London Has Fallen with Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman; Edge of Tomorrow with Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt; and In the Heart of the Sea with Chris Hemsworth and Cillian Murphy. She also played Kate Middleton in a 2017 BBC adaptation of the play King Charles III, and played May Carleton in Peaky Blinders.
When asked by The Guardian how her family reacted to the news of her playing Middleton in the TV film, she said “they all howled with laughter and said: ‘What are they doing, employing someone from [Yorkshire] to play Kate Middleton?’”.