Rufus Sewell stepped out hand-in-hand with his new fiancée Vivian Benitez on Wednesday as they are seen for first time since his proposal.
The actor, 56, who played love rat Jasper in festive movie The Holiday, popped the question to the American actress, 27, last week.
Heading out shopping in London, the couple looked for furniture at Soho Home in Notting Hill.
Rufus wrapped up warm in a in navy blue wool coat that he teamed with a pair of grey jeans and smart shoes.
Vivian – who has starred in Arsenal and Criminal Minds – looked stylish in a double breasted trench coat.
Rufus Sewell, 56, stepped out hand-in-hand with his new fiancée Vivian Benitez, 26, on Wednesday as they are seen for first time since his proposal
The actor, 56, who played love rat Jasper in festive movie The Holiday, popped the question to the American actress, 26, last week
She layered a white jumper underneath, with a pair of brown trousers and leather boots.
Announcing their happy news last week, Vivian shared an image of the pair of them cuddling up on social media, as well as the beautiful diamond ring Rufus gave her.
This will be the third time Rufus has tied the knot.
She wrote in the caption: ‘Til death, (or him continuing to walk on bathmats with his outside shoes) do us part.’
It appears Rufus popped the question during a romantic getaway in Rome as Vivian shared a snap of herself in the city a day prior to their exciting announcement.
A host of Vivian’s pals took to the comment section of the engagement post to share their congratulations.
A family member wrote: ‘You are soooo good together. this makes my heart sing, We have a wedding to plan!’
Others typed: ‘Oh my goodness!! The best couple. Congratulations you two, so much love to you both!’ and ‘I am so excited!!!!! YAY!!’.
Heading out shopping in London, the couple looked for furniture at Soho Home in Notting Hill
Announcing their happy news last week, Vivian shared an image of the pair of them cuddling up on social media, as well as the beautiful diamond ring Rufus gave her
Rufus wrapped up warm in a in navy blue wool coat that he teamed with a pair of grey jeans and smart shoes
Vivian – who has starred in Arsenal and Criminal Minds – looked stylish in a double breasted trench coat
She layered a white jumper underneath, with a pair of brown trousers and leather boots
Rufus famously played Kate Winslet’s onscreen love interest in The Holiday – but his character turned out to be something of a love rat
The couple keep their relationship relatively private but have made some red carpet appearances over the years together.
In 2021 they put on a loved-up display at the premiere of Old in New York and Rufus sometimes features in Vivian’s Instagram posts.
Rufus’ first wife was his long-term girlfriend, Australian fashion journalist Yasmin Abdallah, 47.
Yasmin met Rufus in Australia aged 19, and the couple married when Yasmin was 23 in 1999. They divorced in 2000.
Yasmin previously spoke about their short-lived marriage in an interview with Elle.
She met Rufus in a bar in Australia and after several months of dating, they relocated to the UK and mixed with the Primrose Hill set.
‘I don’t know if I was accepted to be honest… some weird, shaved-head Aussie-Lebanese girl who wasn’t quite part of the mix,’ she said.
‘I ended up making some wrong decisions, wrong business decisions, and I ended up losing the store, which was devastating for me.
‘Rufus and I were no longer together, and that was quite traumatic. I was broke. It was a time of big loss. But it was also a time of great healing, when I went on – dare I say it – a spiritual journey.’
The actor married his second wife, scriptwriter and producer Amy Gardner, in 2004. They sadly divorced in 2006.
They are parents to a son, William Douglas. Amy went on to marry film producer Will Ricker.
Rufus also has a daughter called Lola, 10, from his relationship with Ami Komai.
It’s a busy time for the actor, who is set to star as Prince Andrew in a new adaptation of Newsnight’s bombshell interview with the Duke.
But the heartthrob will reportedly wear facial prosthetics to make him look ‘less handsome’ for his role in the show, which will depict the story behind Newsnight’s interview with Andrew.
In the adaptation, which will be titled Scoop, Gillian Anderson will portray Emily Maitlis, who grilled Andrew in the 2019 interview over his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The film will be based on the book Scoops: Behind The Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interviews, former BBC producer Sam’s account of how she gained access to Andrew for the infamous interview, which aired in November 2019.
In 2021 the couple put on a loved-up display at the premiere of Old in New York and Rufus sometimes features in Vivian’s Instagram posts (pictured together on his birthday in 2021)
It’s a busy time for the actor (left), who is set to star as Prince Andrew (right) in a new adaptation of Newsnight’s bombshell interview, he will reportedly wear facial prosthetics
The role couldn’t be further from the brooding Lord Melbourne in ITV’s smash hit series Victoria.
The actor said on This Morning he had no idea how popular his portrayal of the British PM would be in the series which starred Jenna Coleman as Melbourne’s monarch.
‘I was in America when it came out, I talked to Jenna to see what was going on, it took me by surprise,’ he explained.
‘At my age it’s quite nice to be objectified! Having complained about it for years I was like “thank you very much!”‘
