Nicola Walker – surely an acting Dame before too long? – will thankfully be back on the box again as Annika series 2 screens on BBC One. But how much do you know about the celebrated actress and her marriage to husband Barnaby Kay?
Fans of The Split, starring Nicola as divorce lawyer Hannah Stern, may well have pondered the real life and love life of the actress behind the character. But Nicola, 55, has not opened up extensively in public about her personal situation and tends to keep her private life out of the spotlight.
However, here’s what Nicola Walker has said about her marriage and husband previously.
Who is Nicola Walker married to? Is her husband famous?
Nicola’s husband Barnaby may not be as well-known to telly viewers as his spouse. But he is also a performer – and comes from a family of actors.
His father Richard Kay was also an actor, while his grandfather was entertainer Arthur Kay.
Barnaby has built an acting career that has seen him thrive at venues in the West End and other prestigious London theatres.
But he has also had TV roles in Wallander, Doctor Who, New Tricks, Spooks and Prime Suspect. He has also appeared in films such as Shakespeare in Love and Croupier.
How did Nicola Walker and her husband meet?
According to reports, the couple met when they were treading the boards together.
Nicola and Barnaby are said to have met in the mid 1990s while touring with productions of The Man of Mode and The Libertine.
However, it would be about 20 years later – in 2006 – until they married. And she has indicated they got hitched to provide a layer of security for their son Harry.
‘Not the most romantic reason to get married’
That’s because, Nicola has previously explained, both she and Barnaby were impacted by the death of a parent.
She previously told the Radio Times: “Me and my husband, because we both lost a parent young, we thought, after we had a child, we ought to get married, in case one of us dies, so that the legalities are clear.
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