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Sir Trevor Nunn’s thespian daughter

WHEN theatre maestro Sir Trevor Nunn’s daughter, Ellie, became an actress, her mother, Imogen Stubbs, was concerned, as she didn’t know ‘that many happy actors’.

Now, not only has the 27-year-old (right) won critical acclaim for her stage performances, but she’s emulating her mother yet again by falling head over heels for a theatre director.

Ellie, whose mother was married to former RSC chief Sir Trevor for nine years until 2013, is enjoying a sizzling romance with Andrew Room, whom she met when they were both students at Cambridge.

‘It’s a perfect match,’ says a friend. ‘She’s a great actress and Andy’s a talented director and producer. He’s already met the family and they love him.’

Sheffield-born Andy, 27, worked as an assistant on the Olivier Award-nominated West End production of Peter Pan Goes Wrong. Earlier this year, Ellie received outstanding reviews for her lead role in The Daughter-In-Law, by D. H. Lawrence, at London’s Arcola Theatre.