Happy Valley star pops the question to actress lover
All those fans who have swooned over James Norton should brace themselves, as I can exclusively reveal the dashing actor, tipped to be the next James Bond, has got engaged.
The 36-year-old star of Happy Valley, Grantchester, War & Peace and McMafia is now off-limits after proposing to his leading lady of the past four years, actress Imogen Poots, 32.
An insider tells me: ‘They’re over the moon about their engagement and have only told close friends and family. Imogen was totally surprised and is looking forward to being Mrs Norton.’ The pair have been inseparable since they appeared together on stage in Belleville at the Donmar Warehouse in 2017.
The couple rarely talk about their relationship. But, before she moved in with James, Imogen confided that the long-distance element (she was commuting between New York and london) was ‘all I’ve ever known’.
‘I’ve never known something to fall apart because of distance,’ she added. ‘Sharing a bathroom, however, is quite another matter.’
But in 2020, Imogen, who was in the films 28 Weeks later and The Father with Anthony Hopkins, moved into James’s london pad in Peckham, and the couple have often been seen cycling around the district. However, they won’t be in the SE15 location for long, as my source reveals: ‘They’re looking for a marital home in upmarket locations in East london.’
Norton has previously said his 2020 film, Nowhere Special, in which he played the dying father of a threeyear-old boy, had kicked off his ‘broody barometer’ and he was keen to become a dad.