Actor Douglas Booth, currently starring in the new ITV crime drama The Blame, married fellow actor Bel Powley in a London ceremony in October 2023. The couple, both 34, tied the knot at Petersham Nurseries in Richmond, followed by a reception at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA).
Douglas Booth’s New Role in The Blame
Booth features opposite Michelle Keegan in ITV’s latest crime thriller, The Blame, which premiered tonight at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX. The six-part series follows two detectives, played by Keegan and Booth, who develop a romantic relationship while investigating a murder, only for one to become a suspect. Beyond this new project, Booth has an extensive career, including his breakout role in the 2010 Boy George biographical drama Worried About the Boy, as well as parts in Christopher and His Kind, the 2013 drama Romeo & Juliet, The Riot Club (2014), and Netflix’s The Sandman and biopic The Dirt.
Who is Bel Powley? Booth’s Actor Wife
Bel Powley is a London-born actor, like her husband, with a notable career spanning television and film. Her father, Mark Powley, is also an actor known for his role as P.C Melvin in the BBC police drama The Bill, and her mother, Janis Jaffa, is a casting director, according to Cosmopolitan. Powley’s acting credits include early roles in CBBC’s M.I. High and Benidorm, as well as more recent appearances in Dolly Alderton’s Everything I Know About Love, Apple TV’s The Morning Show, and Masters of the Air. She was also nominated for a British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her role in 2015’s A Royal Night Out. Her upcoming projects include playing Petunia Dursley in HBO’s Harry Potter TV series.
Relationship Timeline and Wedding Details
Douglas Booth and Bel Powley first met at a chemistry read, three years before co-starring in the 2017 biopic Mary Shelley. While they first encountered each other earlier, their relationship began on the set of Mary Shelley in 2016, where Booth played Percy Bysshe Shelley and Powley portrayed Claire Clairmont. They went public with their relationship in 2017, with Booth sharing a photo of Powley in Dublin captioned “I love her.” The couple lived together during the COVID-19 lockdowns, moving into a house they purchased in East London.
In July 2021, Booth proposed to Powley during a surprise picnic on Primrose Hill in London. They waited two years before marrying in October 2023. Their wedding at Petersham Nurseries was attended by a host of well-known faces, including Gemma Chan and Dominic Cooper, Freddie Fox, Joe Cole, and Jack Whitehall, as reported by HELLO! Magazine. The ceremony included a Jewish tradition, with the couple saying ‘I do’ beneath a chuppah cloth canopy made by Booth’s artist sister, Abigail, honouring Powley’s heritage. The wedding reception was a ’90s dance party featuring strobes and lasers, and a three-tier Guinness-flavoured wedding cake. Powley wore a custom crystal-embellished Miu Miu dress for the afterparty at the ICA. The couple frequently shares moments from their European getaways, including a recent family trip to Greece.