Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch took the more traditional route and declared his engagement to his girlfriend, actor Sophie Hunter by publishing an announcement in the ‘Forthcoming Marriages’ section of The Times, reported The Independent.
The statement by the actors parents read, “ Mr BT. Cumberbatch and Miss S.I. Hunter: The engagement is announced between Benedict, son of Wanda and Timothy Cumberbatch of London, and Sophie, daughter of Katharine Hunter of Edinburgh and Charles Hunter of London.”
Cumberbatch, 38, and Hunter, 36, were only confirmed as a couple earlier this year after they were pictured together at the French Open, and have since kept their relationship out of the limelight. The Mail on Sunday recently reported that the actor flew to Edinburgh to ask Hunter’s mother for her daughter’s hand in marriage and sealing the deal.
Hunter and Cumberbatch have a history of acting alongside each other, such as in Burlesque Fairytales 2009, set in a Thirties London Theater. Hunter studied modern languages at Oxford, before launching a career in acting and theatre direction. Her directing credits include the New York production of Benjamin Britten’s opera, The Rape of Lucretia, the African tour of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Magic Flute, as well as the North American tour of experimental play 69° South 2012. In 2007, she was given the Samuel Beckett Award for writing and directing the avant-garde play The Terrific Electric at the Barbican Centre, which mixed moving images, comedy and montages. Cumberbatch, meanwhile, shot to fame with his lead role in the drama series Sherlock, and has since appeared in a series of high profile films, the latest being Alan Turing biopic, The Imitation Game, slated for release on November 14, reported The Guardian.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 6th, 2014.
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