Happy Valley, Slow Horses and BBC drama The Sixth Commandment dominate the nominations for this year’s Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) Awards, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
09.02.2024 - 20:30 / ok.co.uk
James Norton and Imogen Poots have seemingly called time on their romance, after seven years together.
The Happy Valley actor, 38, recently made a solo appearance at the Jamaica, LA and London premieres of the film Bob Marley: One Love, in which he plays Island Records founder Chris Blackwell. It's since emerged that the pair have unfollowed one another on social media, with the Daily Mail reporting that they parted ways just before Christmas after "growing apart." They were last seen in public together in March 2023 when Imogen, 34, supported James on the opening night of A Little Life, the stage adaptation of the Hanya Yanagihara novel of the same name. OK! have contacted representatives for James Norton and Imogen Poots.
James and Imogen met while performing in the Amy Herzog play Belleville at London's Donmar Warehouse in 2017, and became engaged five years later. Following the play's run, the couple embarked on a long-distance relationship when Imogen moved to the US to continue her acting career there. Speaking about their relationship back in 2020, Imogen told the Evening Standard: "It’s all I’ve ever known.
I’ve never known something to fall apart because of distance. Sharing a bathroom, however, is quite another matter." And last year, in the run-up to the Happy Valley finale, James opened up about the relationship and both the pros and cons of being in a relationship with a fellow actor. He told The Guardian: "It comes at a cost because sometimes you don’t see each other a lot.
Happy Valley, Slow Horses and BBC drama The Sixth Commandment dominate the nominations for this year’s Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) Awards, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
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