Benedict Cumberbatch Breaks Many Hearts, Officially Hitched to Sophie Hunter

Benedict Cumberbatch married his pregnant fiancée, Sophie Hunter, in a private ceremony on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, on the Isle of Wight.

The Sherlock Holmes actor Cumberbatch and theatre director, actress and singer Sophie Hunter met on the sets of 2009 thriller Burlesque Fairytales. The couple recently revealed they are expecting their first child together. Cumberbatch’s Sherlock and The Hobbit co-star Martin Freeman, is believed to have played his best man. Sophie, 36, and Cumberbatch, 38, announced their engagement in November in an old-fashioned way in an 8-line notice placed in The Times of London, shunning the modern Instagram posts.

The wedding ceremony was followed by a reception attended by close family and friends, at the centuries-old stunning Mottistone Manor. Sophie Hunter’s maternal great-great-grandfather John Seely’s (first Baron Mottistone) family had purchased the charming property in the 1860s. Cumberbatch spent the night before the wedding at the Royal Yacht Squadron, in Cowes. The staff at the venues had been asked to keep the entire ceremony under wraps.

This is Cumberbatch’s and Hunter’s first marriage. The British hunk previously dated his Star Trek costar Alice Eve, actress Olivia Poulet, model Katia Elizarova and furniture designer Anna Jones.

Sophie Hunter ‘s film and TV credits include appearances in Torchwood and Midsomer Murders, in the past. She studied Italian and French at Oxford. In 2007, Hunter received the Samuel Beckett Award for scripting and directing the avant-garde play The Terrific Electric, at the Barbican Centre.

Cumberbatch came a close second in the Glamour magazine’s world’s sexiest man poll and his marriage has definitely broken many hearts. Cumberbatch has been nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Alan Turing, mathematician and World War II code breaker in The Imitation Game. The actor is also presenting during the show.

We wish a very happy married life to the newlywed couple.