Prepare to feel old! It's been years since they first walked the halls of Hogwarts, and the Harry Potter cast is all grown up. In this video, we reveal the real age and real life partners of your favorite stars like Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, and Tom Felton in 2024.
See the ultimate "then and now" transformation of the Harry Potter cast and find out who they're married to or dating today. From secret weddings to new babies, we've got all the updates on their relationships. If you're a fan of the Wizarding World, you need to see this!
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00:00Okay, so today we're diving into something pretty fascinating, the real lives behind the magic.
00:05We've got this stack of info from a recent celebrity news video, basically a cheat sheet on the Harry Potter cast.
00:12Yeah, we're looking at who they are now, you know, the real ages, who they ended up with.
00:16It's not just about the characters anymore.
00:18Exactly.
00:18And our mission here is to sift through it all, figure out who found lasting love,
00:23who's managed to stay totally private and maybe find some surprising backstories in these relationships.
00:30What's really interesting, I think, is when you map it all out, you see these timelines,
00:33marriage, kids, right alongside their massive fame,
00:36and you start seeing patterns like how their on-screen life connects or doesn't with their very human stuff.
00:42Right. It's a huge range. Some are super, super private.
00:46Others have these marriages that have lasted for decades. Let's unpack it.
00:49And it really highlights strategy, doesn't it?
00:51Especially for the ones who got famous so young.
00:53You see this immediate pivot towards stability and privacy, often way outside the Hollywood bubble.
01:00While the veterans, their relationships often started before all the craziness hit, like a protective shield.
01:06Exactly. That pre-existing foundation seems key.
01:10Okay, let's start with the big three, the golden trio.
01:13Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson.
01:17What really jumps out is how committed they all are to keeping their personal lives under wraps.
01:22I mean, considering they agree up with the whole world watching.
01:25Oh, definitely. Radcliffe, he's 36 now, is maybe the prime example.
01:29He's been with Aaron Dark for, what, 12 years?
01:32Yeah, 12 years. They met back in 2012 on the set of Kill Your Darlings, playing love interests, ironically enough.
01:37And they've just been incredibly successful at staying out of the spotlight.
01:40They had their son in 2023, and you barely hear a peep.
01:44It makes you wonder, you know, does that intense early fame almost force you to find someone completely outside the industry, or at least someone who wants that privacy just as much?
01:55The signs point to it being a very deliberate choice.
01:57You almost never see them on a red carpet together.
02:00They've really separated the professional persona from their personal life.
02:04And Rupert Grint, also 36, seems to be on a similar path, just maybe with more rapid family growth lately.
02:12Right. He and Georgia Groom started dating way back in 2011, and, you know, things are moving fast.
02:18They had their daughter Wednesday in May 2020, and the news just confirmed another daughter, Goldie, arrived in April 2025.
02:26Wow. April 2025. That's super recent. So lots happening, but again, very quietly, very under the radar.
02:34It really underscores that idea for this core group building that stable home base right after the franchise ended. Seems to have been, well, crucial.
02:42Then there's Emma Watson, 35. Her path seems a bit different, maybe leaning more towards, like, intellectual connection.
02:48Yeah, it seems that way. Since 2024, she's been dating Kieran Brown, and the connection is very academic.
02:52Right. He's doing a Ph.D., isn't he? Something about 19th century literature and economics.
02:56Exactly. And they met while she was doing her master's at the same U.K. university, so it's less meet-cute on set and more meeting of the minds in a scholarly setting.
03:05It suggests seeking something, you know, authentic, far away from the film world.
03:10So while Emma found her connection through academia, Matthew Lewis Neville, his story is almost the opposite.
03:16It feels like pure serendipity, like actual magic was involved.
03:19It really does. Lewis, he's 36, married an American event planner, Angela Jones, and get this, they met at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter event in Orlando back in 2016.
03:30No way!
03:31Yeah. The actual theme park brought them together. He proposed later that year in Paris. They got married in Italy in 2018. It's a pretty storybook.
03:40That's amazing. The very thing, that fame bubble that often pushes people apart, actually brought them together. That's a great detail.
03:46And that family building theme continues with others from that generation. Bonnie Wright, Jenny, married Andrew Loco in March 2022.
03:54And they have a son with a very unique name, right?
03:56Yes. Elio Oceanry-Taloco, born September 2023.
04:00And Devin Murray, who played Seamus.
04:01He and his partner, Shannon McCaffrey, they got together in late 2018, and they welcomed their son, Cooper Michael Murray, in January 2021.
04:09So yeah, a lot of new additions to the extended Hogwarts family recently.
04:13Definitely a baby boom.
04:14And just to round out this group quickly, Tom Felton, 37, is dating a jewelry maker, Roxanne Diodas.
04:20Evanna Lynch, Luna, she's 34, has been with her partner, Anil, since 2017.
04:25And who's currently single from that cohort?
04:28The reports mention Harry Melling, Dudley, he's 36, and Clemens Posey, Fleur Delacour, she's 42, are both single right now.
04:36Okay, so that paints a picture for the younger generation.
04:38Yeah.
04:38Early fame seems to push them towards privacy, often with partners outside the industry.
04:44Now let's shift gears to the veterans.
04:46The pattern feels totally different here.
04:48We're talking serious longevity.
04:50Right.
04:50This is where you really see that split we talked about.
04:53For these established actors, the relationships were often solid before Potter became this global behemoth that seems to have insulated them.
05:00Like Jason Isaacs, Lucius Malfoy, he's 62, he and his wife, Emma Hoot, who used to be an actress too, they met in drama school in the 80s.
05:08Yeah, exactly.
05:08And they got married in 1988.
05:10That's what, 36 years of marriage?
05:13Way before he was waving a wand around.
05:15Incredible.
05:16And Brendan Gleeson, Mad-Eye Moody, he's 70.
05:18He married Mary Gleeson even earlier, right?
05:201982.
05:21Yeah.
05:211982.
05:22They're heading towards 45 years together.
05:24These aren't typical Hollywood timelines.
05:26They built their families, their lives, away from all that.
05:29They have four sons together too.
05:31Donald, Fergus, Brian and Rory, quite the family.
05:35And Julie Walters, our beloved Molly Weasley, she's 75, married Grant Roffey in 97.
05:40And the detail about their life now is just wonderful.
05:43Oh, the farm.
05:44Yeah, 70-acre organic farm down in Sussex, raising cattle, sheep, chickens.
05:49It's the complete opposite of Leavesden Studios, isn't it?
05:52Totally.
05:52It makes you think how important that grounding, that physical escape from the celebrity world
05:56might be for making a relationship last that long.
06:00It's a deliberate disconnect.
06:01It provides that stability the younger ones seem to have had to consciously build or seek out.
06:06Now, we should touch on a relationship that was incredibly long-lasting but sadly marked
06:11by loss recently.
06:12Yes, Warwick Davis, Professor Flitwick, he's 55 now.
06:15He and Samantha Davis were married for 33 years.
06:17And they dated for four years before that, met back in May 1987.
06:23A really long, dedicated partnership.
06:25Sadly, the sources noted Samantha passed away just this year in March 2024.
06:29She was only 53.
06:31They have two children together.
06:32It's, yeah, a very significant commitment within this cast.
06:36A profound relationship to consider.
06:38Okay, let's go back to those really interesting pairings, the ones built more on, say, intellectual
06:43or artistic connection rather than just showbiz proximity.
06:46Tiona Shaw, Petunia Dursley, she's 67.
06:50This is a perfect example.
06:51She's married to Dr. Sonali Durraniagala.
06:53Who is a Sri Lankan memoirist and economist.
06:56And wrote that acclaimed book, Wave.
06:58That's the one.
06:59An incredible memoir about grief.
07:01And how they met is fascinating.
07:03It wasn't just a camps meeting, was it?
07:05No.
07:05Shaw read the book first, was deeply affected by it, and then actually sought out an introduction
07:09to her.
07:10They got married in 2018.
07:11Wow.
07:12So, that's finding a partner through deep intellectual respect and connection.
07:16Fame maybe opened the door, but the connection itself is purely about the work and the person.
07:20Exactly.
07:21And you see a similar kind of dynamic, maybe, with Helena Bonham Carter, Bellatrix Lestrange.
07:26She's 59.
07:27Since 2018, she's been with Rydag Hombo.
07:30Who is an art historian and psychoanalyst.
07:33Right.
07:33And often the focus is on the age difference.
07:35He's 22 years younger.
07:36But again, look at the pattern.
07:38A hugely successful actor choosing a partner whose world is entirely outside acting history,
07:44art, psychology.
07:46It fits that theme of established stars using their freedom to connect on a different level.
07:51Definitely.
07:52Okay.
07:52So, we've seen decades of stability, strategic privacy.
07:56Let's wrap up with the newest chapters.
07:57The really recent weddings and engagements, some literally just happened.
08:02Robert Pattinson is the big headline here, I think.
08:04He's 39 now, had that key role early on as Cedric Diggory.
08:07And he just got married.
08:09Very recently.
08:10To Suki Waterhouse, December 31st, 2024, New Year's Eve.
08:14Wow.
08:14That's like four months ago.
08:15Exactly.
08:16They've been dating for about five years, engaged for one, and they already have a child together.
08:20So, that's fresh off the celebrity news feed.
08:22As fresh as it gets.
08:23And what about the next generation of Gleasons?
08:26Donald Gleason?
08:26Bill Weasley?
08:27Yes.
08:28Brendan's son, he's 42.
08:29He married Juliet Bonas, a film producer, in 2023.
08:33And the cute detail there is they met in college, right?
08:36Yeah.
08:36At the Dublin Institute of Technology.
08:38Yeah, college sweethearts.
08:40Another relationship formed well before the peak of fame, reinforcing that idea of having roots in, you know, normal life first.
08:48And James Phelps, one of the Weasley twins, he's 39.
08:51He also seems to value privacy.
08:53Married Anika Austal back in 2016.
08:56But they keep things pretty low-key.
08:58Very much so.
08:58Okay.
08:59And any final updates on others?
09:01Well, Ray Fiennes, Voldemort himself, he's 62.
09:03He started dating Amelia Richards in February 2023.
09:06So that's one of the newer relationships among the more senior cast members.
09:11And Kelly MacDonald, Helena Ravenclaw.
09:13She's 49, currently single.
09:15She's separated from her ex-husband, Dougie Payne, from the band Travis back in 2017.
09:20They were married for 14 years and have two sons.
09:22So another long commitment that came to an end more recently.
09:25Okay, so we've literally gone from relationships starting this year to one spanning over 40 years.
09:31It really does give you a full and pretty fascinating picture of life after Hogwarts.
09:36Absolutely.
09:37And if we synthesize those patterns we pulled from the news source, it really does seem to split by age.
09:42And when the fame hit, the younger stars, the ones who grew up famous, privacy seems key, leading them to partners outside the industry.
09:50Whereas the veterans often had that stability before the Potter phenomenon, which maybe gave them the freedom later to connect with people based on, you know, these really interesting intellectual or academic passions.
10:02Exactly.
10:03And it's just striking to see those big life moments, the 2024, 2025 babies and weddings happening right now.
10:09It reminds you they're just living their lives.
10:11Same huge milestones as anyone, just, you know, with everyone watching.
10:15Which leads to an interesting thought for you, the listener, to maybe chew on.
10:18Does that extreme fame, which gives access to maybe unconventional circles, academics, writers, artists, ultimately lead to more interesting pairings than typical Hollywood dating?
10:29Or is there a tradeoff involved in seeking partners so far outside that world?
10:34That's a great question.
10:35Something to think about.
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