Rowan Atkinson stars in ‘Johnny English Strikes Again’
Rowan Atkinson, 68, has become a national treasure thanks to his portrayal of the much-loved TV characters Blackadder and Mr Bean.
His work has made him one of Britain’s wealthiest entertainers with an estimated fortune of around £70million.
He has also enjoyed big screen success with the Johnny English film series in which he plays the eponymous bumbling spy.
The third and final film in the series Johnny English Strikes Again is on Channel 4 at 11.45am today.
While onscreen he faces a lot of dramatic moments, in real life some may say his love life is as complicated as the plot of one of the films.
Express.co.uk takes a look back at the romantic history of the much-loved star.
Wife of 24 years
Rowan was married to Sunetra Sastry, the daughter of an Indian engineer from Ealing, West London, for 24 years from 1990.
The couple first met in the late 1980s when she was working as a make-up artist for the BBC.
They got married in New York in 1990 and have two children together – Ben, 30, and Lily, 28.
At the time of their split in 2014, the couple was building an multi-million-pound home in Oxfordshire
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Following the separation, the star moved into a lavish London cottage while Sunetra now lives in a mansion in the capital.
In 2015 they were granted a decree nisi in just 65 seconds with neither present at the hearing at London’s Central Family Court.
New love 26 years his junior
Since 2013 Rowan has been in a relationship with comedienne Louise Ford, 42, who is best known for playing Kate Middleton in the Channel 4 Royal Family parody The Windsors.
They met when they appeared together in the West End play, Quartermaine’s Terms.
In 2016, she moved into Rowan’s home and in 2017 the couple welcomed a daughter called Isla.
Despite being together for a decade, the couple have not revealed any plans to marry.
Other significant relationships?
Prior to his marriage Rowan was in a relationship with Men Behaving Badly star Leslie Ash.
While they were together, he planted an avenue of rowan and ash trees for her at his country home.
Following their split Leslie went on to marry former footballer Lee Chapman in 1988.
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