Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd has made a name for himself on TV as well as on the big screen.
But over the last three years, the focus has been on the Marvel star’s marriage to Alice Evans and more recently, on news of his engagement to his longtime girlfriend, Australian actress Bianca Wallace.
Here’s everything we know about their relationship, the sad way we found out about the end of their 13-year marriage and what has been happening since.
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Who is Ioan Gruffudd’s wife Alice Evans?
Ioan Gruffudd was married to Alice Evans up until January 2021.
The actor met Evans, who is also an actress, while filming 102 Dalmations in 2000. At the time, she was dating Olivier Picasso (the grandson of the great Pablo Picasso), who she was also living with.
Evans reportedly ended the relationship after eight years because the Frenchman failed to propose to her.
“I had a fantastic relationship with Olivier and would have married him if he’d asked me, but he didn’t,” she said as per the Irish Examiner.
Gruffudd and Evans started dating shortly after her split and he proposed five years into their relationship.
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How long have Ioan Gruffudd and Alice Evans been married?
Ioan Gruffudd and Alice Evans were married in September 2007.
They tied the knot at the luxury One&Only Palmilla resort in Los Cabos, Mexico.
“It was an intimate gathering,” a source told People at the time. “Friends and family travelled all over the world for it.”
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In the lead-up to the wedding, the actor told the outlet that he was present in every aspect of the planning process.
“I am heavily involved. Both Alice and I are doing it ourselves,” he said. “We did the invitations, which was enough of a burden, and now of course everybody’s saying they want to come — so we’re over by about 20 people, but we’ll work it out.”
Evans filed for divorce in March of 2021, six months shy of what would’ve been their 14th wedding anniversary.
What happened between Ioan Gruffudd and his wife Alice Evans?
Ioan Gruffudd’s personal life became public fodder when his wife Alice Evans revealed the actor wanted out of their marriage.
In a since-deleted Twitter post from early 2021, Evans claimed the Marvel star didn’t offer up much explanation other than he “no longer loves” her.
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“Sad news. My beloved husband/soulmate of 20 years, Ioan Gruffudd, has announced he is to leave his family, starting next week,” she tweeted.
“Me and our young daughters girls are very confused and sad. We haven’t been given a reason except that he ‘no longer loves me.’ I’m so sorry.”
After Evans deleted the tweet, the couple released a joint statement to ET the following day.
“As you can imagine, this is an incredibly difficult time for our family and we remain committed to our children,” they said in the statement. “Thank you for respecting our privacy.”
On March 2 2021, Gruffudd officially filed for divorce in LA, with the case listed as a “dissolution with minor children”.
Does Ioan Gruffudd have children?
The actor shares two daughters with Evans but the road to parenthood was not easy.
In 2016, Evans revealed in a candid Daily Mail op-ed that they turned to IVF to help them conceive as they had each put their careers before parenthood.
“The fact is that Ioan and I left it late – very late – to start our family. And the worst thing is, it was deliberate,” she wrote. “So we found ourselves playing a traumatic and expensive IVF lottery game that we were lucky to win.”
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Two years after they married, the couple became parents to Ella, now 15. And while it was a long road to maternity, the second time around was even longer, with Evans revealing it took eight IVF cycles before they conceived Elsie, who was born in 2013.
“I know how lucky I am. I won the lottery. I get to kiss goodnight to the two most precious human beings I’ve ever met,” Evans wrote.
Is Ioan Gruffudd dating again?
Ioan Gruffudd went public with his new girlfriend, Aussie-born actress and producer Bianca Wallace, in October of 2021.
The actor shared a first couple of the pair on Instagram, with the caption, “Thank you for making me smile again @iambiancawallace ❤️??.”
Hours later, Evans fired off a series of tweets in which she accused her ex of having an affair with Wallace – who she claimed was a friend – for the last three years.
However, a wardrobe assistant who worked with Wallace and Gruffudd on the set of the TV series, Harrow, wrote in a series of since-deleted tweets that she has “personally known Bianca for years and they have NOT even known each other for three years let alone have an affair!!”
“[Bianca was] an extra and didn’t have contact with him in season 2, i know because i was there as crew,” added the assistant, who is also Wallace’s friend. “Season three yes, but they only started talking towards the end.”
“I am also her friend and I KNOW they didn’t, as I said they didn’t even speak to each other until the end of season three. Don’t buy into the lies you are being fed.”
Gruffudd and Wallace have since become engaged, announcing the news in a joint Instagram post in which they showed off the emerald and diamond ring.
What movies and TV shows has Ioan Gruffudd starred in?
The Welsh actor has experienced success both in the UK and the US.
Closer to home, one of his best-known roles was playing the titular role of Horatio Hornblower in the UK series Hornblower from 1998 to 2003. Gruffudd also played Andrew Earlham on Liar from 2016 to 2020.
His first big movie role was in the 1997 film Titanic, in which he played Fifth Officer Harold Lowe, and in 2001 he also played Lt John Beales in Black Hawk Down.
He has also scored leading roles in King Arthur and Fantastic 4, and its sequel Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
Most recently, he has starred in television series, Harrow and The Reunion.
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