Everything We Know About Tom Hardys Secret Relationship With His Wife, Charlotte Riley
Highlights
- Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley have been in a strong relationship for over 7 years, despite rumors of infidelity.
- The couple got married in a private ceremony in France in 2014, which only close family and friends attended.
- Charlotte Riley is an actress and stepmother to Tom Hardy's son, and the couple has three children together, whose names and genders are not publicly known.
The 2016 Oscar winner for Best Supporting Actor, Tom Hardy, has lived more than half of his life in the limelight. The famous villain characters he portrayed such as Bane from The Dark Knight Rises and Venom added more fire to his Hollywood fame. Despite his public profession, Tom Hardy keeps one thing as private as he can—his family, especially his relationship with his wife, Charlotte Riley.
Although Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley are a decorated Hollywood couple, people know little about their relationship. Have things been rocky between them lately? Is there any relationship milestone they're sharing with the public? Here's everything we know about Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley's secretive relationship...
7 Who Is Charlotte Riley?
Like her husband Tom Hardy, Charlotte Riley works in the entertainment industry. She is an actress best known for her roles in the film Edge of Tomorrow and in the series Peaky Blinders. Her most recent role was in the series The Peripheral, in which she played the character Aelita West.
Also like her husband, she was born and raised in England. Riley has spent a lot of her career working in short films. She appeared in the short films Marie, The Interview, Fireworks, and more. During her marriage to Hardy, she became the step-mom to his son Louis. Riley and Hardy also gave birth to two children together.
6 How Did Charlotte Riley And Tom Hardy Meet?
Unlike Tom Hardy's fast-paced relationship with his ex-wife Sarah Adams, Charlotte Riley and he did not start their relationship head over heels. In an interview Charlotte had with The Daily Mail, she described their beginning saying, "It wasn't love at first cup. In fact, I was a bit unnerved when he switched into Charles Bronson".
Tom Hardy recently got off a heartbreaking divorce when he started developing feelings for Charlotte Riley. It was when they became co-stars in the novel turned TV show The Wuthering Heights that they began going out for coffee dates. Their relationship is still going strong as they surpassed the 7-year mark even when things started slowly between them.
5 Did Tom Hardy Cheat On Rachael Speed With Riley?
Despite the couple's slow getting-to-know stage, there have been rumors of Tom Hardy already being in a relationship with Charlotte Riley while his then-girlfriend Rachael Speed was pregnant with their son. Similar to how he first met Charlotte Riley through work, Tom Hardy met the assistant director for The Virgin Queen Rachael Speed on set.
Cheating allegations among fans sparked when Tom and Rachael ended their five-year dating relationship in 2009, and in the same, year he started dating Charlotte Riley. Fans suspect that Tom Hardy might have pursued Charlotte while things between Rachael and him were still on the rocks.
However, Tom Hardy never addressed the cheating allegations as he kept his relationship with his now-wife, Charlotte Riley, closely private. Charlotte also did not speak about the rumors from the beginning of their relationship, until now.
4 Tom Hardy And Charlotte Have Two Sons and One Daughter
From fiancée to now-wife, Charlotte Riley has a real-life mother role to Tom Hardy and her two biological children. Following the privacy of their relationship, the couple never publicly confirmed the names and genders of their children. However, Louis Thomas Hardy, Tom Hardy's son with Rachael Speed is the only Hardy child most exposed to the media. However, Louis Thomas Hardy follows his father's footsteps of keeping the media guessing about his whereabouts as the kid's social media accounts are either private or non-existent.
Charlotte Riley openly accepts the challenge of being Louis Thomas' stepmother. Tom Hardy, Rachael Speed, and Charlotte are said to be on good terms in co-parenting their 13-year-old child. Other celebrities that have a good co-parenting relationship include Megan Fox and her ex Brian Austin Green.
3 When Did Tom Hardy And Charlotte Riley Get Married?
Tom Hardy fans were surprised to find out that the private life of Tom Hardy and his wife, Charlotte Riley, could get even more private when the couple secretly got married in July 2014. Only their closest friends and family, including Rachael Speed who was a special guest, were invited to their beautiful, low-key Château de Roussan wedding in France.
Riley and Hardy wanted to keep their wedding private, as they do with every other aspect of their relationship. They prefer a quieter lifestyle than the entertainment industry typically promotes, so a secret ceremony with only those closest to them was the perfect way for Hardy and Riley to tie the knot.
2 How Did The Media Know About Tom Hardy And Charlotte's Wedding?
It took a little while for anyone in the public to find out that Charlotte Riley and Tom Hardy had tied the knot. Media outlets only found out about the couple tying the knot when a family member agreed to talk to a reporter. But if that didn't happen, the public would have known about their marriage for a much longer time. Their marriage may even have been a secret to this very day.
There were no photographs and videos of the actual wedding, except for two leaked photographs of them smiling in front of the camera at the reception. Whatever images or video the couple has of their wedding is under lock and key.
1 Have Tom Hardy And Charlotte Riley Worked Together?
Tom Hardy back as Alfie Solomons in Peaky Blinders Season 6 is no surprise after he returned from the dead at the end of season 5. However, little do fans know that his wife, Charlotte Riley, also appeared in the TV show for two seasons as May Fitz Carleton but she did not return after the 4th season because of her character's ending plot. Her character was mentioned during the show's 5th season, but not seen.
Although the couple's characters did not interact with each other in Peaky Blinders, they did not lack screen time together as co-stars in Wuthering Heights. The 2009 mini TV series was the reason for the couple's first on and off-screen interaction that led to their eventual romantic relationship and marriage.
Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley were two of the four leading roles in the four-part 2016 British series, The Take, After their 2009 TV show success. However, Charlotte's character Maggie Summers was in love with Jimmy Jackson, who was portrayed by Shaun Evans, contrary to the couple's real-life marriage status in 2016.
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