August 5th 2023.
Sherlock actress Amanda Abbington is set to join this year's Strictly Come Dancing, but what was her relationship with former co-star Martin Freeman?
Amanda is excited to join the show, describing herself as 'shy and self-conscious' and is looking forward to the training. After appearing in several top series, including Mr Selfridge and Desperate Measures, she also had a lead role in the film The Lost King.
Was Amanda Abbington married to Martin Freeman?
The couple met on the set of Men Only in 2000 before going on to have a 16 year relationship. But, unlike their characters in Sherlock, the two did not marry. They had two children together, son Joe, 17, and daughter Grace, 15.
The couple split in 2016, and Amanda admitted that she got the Sherlock job due to her relationship with Martin. She told The Sunday Times Magazine: "There was a lot of nepotism being banded around. It's true, it was that."
In March of this year, Amanda revealed that the break-up had a devastating effect on her mental health and she even considered taking her own life. She recalled an argument she got into with her daughter Grace while driving her to school, saying: "And I was sat there as I was driving, in my head, and I haven't said this since I started therapy six years ago, 'you could always kill yourself'."
Martin, 51, spoke about co-parenting Joe and Grace and said: "It's hard not to feel hurt when they start doing things that don't involve you, even though you understand it and welcome it because it's totally natural."
Since their split, Amanda has gone on to date The Queen's Gambit star Jonjo O'Neill, but the couple parted ways in 2021 after four years together. She is now in a relationship with former Britain's Got Talent daredevil and escapologist Jonathan Goodwin. The two connected through Twitter back in 2012 but only started talking regularly online in August 2021. They got engaged within half an hour of meeting and only weeks later, Jonathan was left paralysed for life after a stunt went wrong on America's Got Talent: Extreme.
Amanda and Jonathan now live together in Hertfordshire and are looking forward to their wedding.
We wish Amanda the best of luck in her upcoming Strictly performance and in her relationship with Jonathan.
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