‘Love Actually’ Cast: Where Are They Now?

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‘Love Actually’ Cast: Where Are They Now? Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant and More

Love is throughout! 2003’s Love Actually could have been primarily centered on England-based romances, but it surely has turn into a worldwide vacation staple amongst its followers.

The rom-com begins 5 weeks earlier than Christmas and takes viewers on a number of journeys of affection and romance. In the weeks main as much as the vacation, 10 separate tales are advised, most of which crossover with each other. The factor that binds all of them collectively? Love.

The ensemble consists of Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Andrew Lincoln, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth and extra. 

In the movie, Neeson’s Daniel tries to navigate the lack of his spouse, whereas guiding his stepson Sam (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) by way of his past love expertise. 

Meanwhile, Daniel’s good friend Karen (Thompson) is attempting to resolve easy methods to transfer ahead along with her marriage after her husband, Harry (Alan Rickman), begins flirting together with his receptionist. 

As Karen’s relationship is being examined, her brother David (Grant) is settling into his new function as Prime Minister — which he does by dancing like nobody’s watching by way of his new residence. 

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Throughout the movie, washed-up rock star Billy Mack (Bill Nighy) is targeted on his musical comeback, recording “Christmas Is All Around.” The track turns into the anthem for the season that performs within the background as much more love tales unfold, together with John (Martin Freeman) and Judy (Joanna Page) who meet whereas filming a intercourse scene for a film.

Romance is in excessive provide within the fan-favorite vacation flick, particularly when Mark (Lincoln) professes his love utilizing cue playing cards to Juliet (Keira Knightley), whom is married to his greatest good friend Peter (Chiwetel Ejiofor). It may also be seen when Jamie (Firth) learns Portuguese to suggest to his housekeeper Aurélia (Lúcia Moniz).

Nearly 20 years later, the heartwarming story nonetheless resonates with followers who really feel it of their fingers and really feel it of their toes. Creator Richard Curtis couldn’t be happier concerning the movie’s endurance and the way the forged has stayed charming from 12 months to 12 months — even whereas filming the 2017 minisequel Red Nose Day Actually.

“What was so sweet was that people’s fundamental characters haven’t changed much over 15 years,” Curtis advised The New York Times in May 2017, when talking concerning the mini-reunion the forged did for NBC’s Red Nose Day. “Keira was cast for the youthfulness and cheerfulness of her spirit, and she is still like that. Bill is everlastingly young and irresponsible; Liam terribly paternal. Hugh Grant behaved well for one week of the original shoot, very badly for the rest, and did exactly the same thing over one day now. It’s rather reassuring.”

Scroll right down to see what among the principal characters in Love Actually have been as much as for the reason that movie’s 2003 launch.

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Liam Neeson

Neeson’s Daniel famously helps his stepson Sam (Brodie-Sangster) navigate past love whereas they mourn the lack of his spouse, Joanna. The actor has since turn into a predominantly action-based star, main the Taken franchise and starring in The Grey, Cold Pursuit and The Marksman. He additionally appeared in Widows, Men in Black: International and Made in Italy. The Northern Ireland native misplaced his real-life love, Natasha Richardson, after a snowboarding accident in 2009 and has since raised their two sons alone.

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Thomas Brodie-Sangster

The England native’s function as lovestruck Sam was his first characteristic movie. As he’s grown in Hollywood his roles have gotten greater, starring in Nanny McPhee, Nowhere Boy, and Newt in The Maze Runner franchise. He voiced Ferb on Disney Channel’s Phineas and Ferb for 4 seasons, earlier than touchdown the function of John Tracy on Thunderbirds Are Go. He additionally performed Jojen Reed on Game of Thrones. In 2010, Brodie-Sangster joined the band Winnet, because the bass guitarist, alongside his household. He performed Benny Watts within the Netflix collection, The Queen’s Gambit, for which he was nominated for an Emmy.

Brodie-Sangster and actress Talulah Riley stepped out as a pair on the British Academy Film Awards Gala Dinner in March 2022, confirming their relationship after months of hypothesis.

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Olivia Olson

Olson performed Sam’s love curiosity, and musical pageant companion Joanna in Love Actually. She was 11 years outdated when she nabbed the function. The L.A. native reunited along with her film beau, Brodie-Sangster, on Phineas and Ferb in 2008 and voiced Vanessa till its 2015 finish. He different voice work consists of Adventure Time, The Powerpuff Girls and Fast & Furious Spy Racers. The actress launched her first solo album, Nowhere Land, in 2018 and a 12 months later she competed on The X Factor: Celebrity. She has a number of upcoming roles and in 2020, launched the quick movie, Grapefruit the Musical. She ceaselessly shares pictures along with her boyfriend by way of Instagram.

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Colin Firth

Firth’s character Jamie was heartbroken firstly of the film, however he finds love together with his Portuguese housekeeper Aurélia (Moniz) ultimately. In addition to the rom-com, the Oscar winner has had a significant profession. His hits embrace The King’s Speech, the Mamma Mia! films and the Bridget Jones’s Diary franchise. He has additionally starred within the Kingsman movies, Mary Poppins Returns and The Secret Garden. In 2019, the English actor cut up from spouse Livia Giuggioli after 22 years of marriage. The couple shares two youngsters. He is ready to star as convicted felon Michael Peterson within the TV adaptation of The Staircase, and is rumored to be courting the present’s coshowrunner Maggie Cohn.

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Lúcia Moniz

Moniz received over Jamie’s (Firth) coronary heart as Aurélia and famously discovered English for him earlier than he requested for her hand in marriage within the movie. The Portuguese actress has since appeared on quite a few TV exhibits, together with Vingança, Aqui Não Há Quem Viva, Olhos nos Olhos and Na Corda Bamba. She additionally starred in Fatima, Thirty Minutes and Sombra. Moniz launched 5 albums, the most recent being 2015’s Calendar (Vidisco). In 2004, she welcomed her daughter Júlia. She continues to be appearing and has a number of upcoming roles each on the massive display screen and the small display screen.

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Hugh Grant

Grant’s dancing scene as David, the newly elected Prime Minister of England, is among the most memorable within the movie. Plus, his character will get caught snogging (kissing) his former employee Natalie (Martine McCutcheon) on the faculty play! After the 2003 function, Grant appeared in rom-coms together with the Bridget Jones movies and Music and Lyrics. He’s additionally the star of the Paddington franchise and appeared in The Gentlemen earlier than touchdown the function of Jonathan Sachs in The Undoing. In 2018, Grant married TV producer Anna Elisabet Eberstein. The couple share three youngsters. Grant additionally shares two youngsters with Tinglan Hong. The actor is ready to star within the movie adaption of Dungeons & Dragons, with a launch date set for 2023.

During the Love Actually reunion particular in November 2022, Grant admitted that it was “excruciating” to movie his character’s dance scene. “I noticed it within the script and I assumed, ‘Well, I’ll hate doing that,’” he advised Diane Sawyer on the time. “I didn’t fancy doing the dance at all, let alone rehearsing it.”

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Martine McCutcheon

McCutcheon performed David’s (Grant) love curiosity Natalie, who leaves her job after the U.S. President (performed by Billy Bob Thornton) makes a cross at her. The EastEnders alum later returned to TV, showing in Moving Wallpaper and Echo Beach. She was additionally seen in The Bromley Boys. The actress, who shares one son with husband Jack McManus, launched her fourth studio album in 2017 after taking a break from music within the mid-2000s. McCutcheon was recognized with Lyme illness in April 2017. Her final onscreen function was in 2018.

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Emma Thompson

Thompson took on the function of Karen, sister to the Prime Minister, and spouse of Harry (Rickman) within the romance movie. She additionally starred alongside her onscreen husband, Rickman, in three Harry Potter movies. The Oscar winner has gained reward for her different works, like, the Nanny McPhee movies, Saving Mr. Banks, Burnt, Beauty and the Beast and Late Night. She performed Baroness in 2021’s live-action Cruella, and is taking up the function of Miss Trunchbull within the 2022 movie adaptation of Matilda the Musical. She can be at work on a stage adaptation of Nanny McPhee, set to debut in 2023. Thompson has been married to Greg Wise since 2003 and shares two youngsters with him.

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Alan Rickman

Rickman portrayed Harry, who had a wandering eye for his secretary, however was came upon by his spouse forward of the youngsters’s live performance. The following 12 months, the actor was nominated for an Emmy for his function on Something the Lord Made. He additionally starred in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Alice in Wonderland. One of the British actor’s largest roles was enjoying Professor Snape within the Harry Potter franchise from 2001 to 2011. Throughout his profession he acted in performs and starred on Broadway. Rickman died in January 2016 on the age of 69 after privately battling pancreatic most cancers. In October 2022, a set of his writing was revealed below the title Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman with a foreword by Thompson. 

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Laura Linney

Throughout the film, Linney’s Sarah is pulled in numerous instructions, attempting to stability her responsibility to her mentally in poor health brother and her eager for love with coworker Karl (Rodrigo Santoro). The actress shortly moved on from the rom-com with a job on Frasier, adopted by John Adams. She then starred and was an govt producer on The Big C and Tales of the City. Linney starred in Nocturnal Animals earlier than portraying Wendy Byrde on Ozark, a job for which she’s received a number of Emmys. The New York native shares a son with husband Marc Schauer, who she wed in 2009.

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Rodrigo Santoro

Santoro’s Karl will get left in his underwear by Sarah (Linney) after her brother’s wants come first following the pair’s vacation occasion. The similar 12 months Santoro appeared in Love Actually, he starred on Women in Love. He adopted it up with roles on Lost, Old River, Reprisal and Westworld. Film smart, the Brazilian actor appeared in The Immortal Warrior, 300 and voiced Tulio within the Rio franchise. Santoro shares daughter Nina with spouse Mel Fronckowiak.

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Keira Knightley

Knightley’s character Juliet finds herself in love triangle after marrying Peter (Ejiofor) and later studying that his greatest man Mark (Lincoln) is in love along with her. The Oscar-nominated actress then made a reputation for herself with Pride & Prejudice, Atonement and starring as Elizabeth Swan within the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. She additionally acted in Anna Karenina, The Imitation Game, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms and The Aftermath. In 2013, Knightley wed James Righton. The two have since welcomed two youngsters.

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Andrew Lincoln

Lincoln’s character Mark famously tells his greatest good friend’s spouse, Juliet (Knightley), that he loves her utilizing cue playing cards. After portraying the love-sick character, Lincoln appeared on Afterlife and Strike Back earlier than touchdown his largest function but in 2010. He performed Rick Grimes on The Walking Dead for 9 seasons till 2018. The English actor has been married since 2006 and he’s the daddy of two youngsters. Lincoln made his TV return in 2022 with Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities anthology collection on Netflix.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

Ejiofor’s Peter is blissfully unaware of his greatest good friend’s emotions for his new bride — having had probably the most romantic wedding ceremony, partially deliberate by his BFF. In actual life, the actor’s profession is rather more memorable with roles in Serenity, American Gangster and Salt earlier than enjoying Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave. The London native earned an Oscar nomination for the function after which went on to star in The Martian, voice Scar within the live-action model of The Lion King, and play the lead on The Man Who Fell to Earth. Ejiofor has additionally written and directed 4 movies.

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Bill Nighy

The About Time actor portrayed washed-up rocker Billy Mack whose track, “Christmas Is All Around” soared to the highest of the vacation charts. He has gone on to play Davy Jones within the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, voice characters in Rango and Arthur Christmas and starred in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. The Golden Globe winner additionally took the stage within the play Skylight in each London’s West End and on Broadway. He later appeared on Castlevania. He is father of 1 baby, daughter Mary.

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Gregor Fisher

Fisher performed Billy Mack’s (Nighy) longtime supervisor, Joe, who was regularly neglected however ultimately acknowledged for his dedication to the rock star. TV-wise, Fisher starred on Rab C. Nesbitt from 1988 to 2014. He additionally appeared on the Oliver Twist mini-series, Empty and Love Life. He presently stars on British sitcom The Cockfields. The comic revealed an autobiography, The Boy From Nowhere, in 2015. The Scottish actor shares two youngsters with spouse Vicki Burton.

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Martin Freeman

Freeman’s John is one half of the unlikely couple of John and Judy (Page), who meet whereas standing in for actors throughout a intercourse scene on a film set. They even get engaged on the finish of the movie. Outside of Love Actually, Freeman is understood for enjoying Bilbo Baggins within the Hobbit franchise. He additionally appeared on Fargo, Sherlock, StartUp and Breeders. He reprised his function as Everett Okay. Ross within the second Black Panther movie in 2022. He shares two youngsters with ex-wife Amanda Abbington.

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Joanna Page

Page portrayed “Just Judy” because the character calls herself, who meets John (Freeman) whereas simulating intercourse on a film set. Over the years, the Welsh actress landed roles on Poppy Cat, The Syndicate, Breathless and Q Pootle 5. She later stared on Gavin & Stacey and was in Dolittle. Page’s theater credit embrace Cinderella and Private Lives. She married James Thornton in 2003 and collectively they’ve one daughter and two sons. Page introduced her fourth being pregnant in August 2021 and gave beginning that December to daughter Boe Willow Russell.