Zawe Ashton and Tom Hiddleston put on a loved up display on Sunday as they attended the Critics Choice Awards hand-in-hand.
Tom, 42, was nominated for Best Actor in a Drama Series for his role in Loki but missed out on the accolade to Succession’s Kieran Culkin.
The engaged pair, who welcomed their first child in October 2022, beamed as they attended the star-studded event – which took place at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica.
Zawe, 39, who was absent from red carpet arrivals but pictured with her fiancé soon after, looked sensational in a vibrant blue cape gown with her hair slicked behind her ears. She accessorised her dazzling outfit with blue drop earrings and a nude lip.
Meanwhile, Tom looked dapper in a black double-breasted suit – which he paired with a satin tie.

Zawe Ashton and Tom Hiddleston put on a loved up display as they attended the Critics Choice Awards hand-in-hand at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, on Sunda

The engaged pair, who secretly welcomed their first child in October 2022, beamed as they attended the star-studded event – which took place at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica
The couple looked smitten as they posed ahead of the award announcements.
Speaking in July, Zawe made a rare comment about her private relationship with the Hollywood actor by revealing the ’empowering’ career advice he has given her.
The actress admitted she was unsure about joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe before Tom – whose role as Loki has cemented his place in the franchise – offered his ‘incredible’ advice on her role as Dar-Benn in film The Marvels.
She told Entertainment Weekly: ‘One of the main takeaways from our conversations was: “What you put into Marvel, you get back.”
‘He said, “If you go into this with an open heart and a great work ethic and just want to provide an amazing experience for the fans, you’ll have an amazing experience on those sets.” He really empowered me in that way.’
Tom, who played Loki in a plethora of past MCU movies starting with 2011’s Thor and went on to star in titular Disney+ series, also offered practical advice for Zawe in her first appearance in such a film.
‘He also had some very good practical advice, which was “Make sure you have enough zippers to go to the bathroom in your costume”,’ she joked, before confirming that she has come to realise how good that tip really was.
The Fresh Meat star did not hide her excitement for the movie, which she described as an ‘all-female sci-fi extravaganza, with a woman on the other side of the camera’.

Tom, 42, was nominated for Best Actor in a Drama Series for his role in Loki but missed out on the accolade to Succession’s Kieran Culkin

Zawe, 39, who was absent from red carpet arrivals but pictured with her fiancé soon after, looked sensational in a vibrant blue cape gown with her hair slicked behind her ears. She accessorised her dazzling outfit with blue drop earrings and a nude lip


Meanwhile, Tom, who initially walked the carpet alone, looked dapper in a black double-breasted suit – which he paired with a satin tie
Tom and Zawe first met in 2019 when they played husband and wife in a revival of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal.
It was reported the couple had moved in together in Atlanta, Georgia in 2020 and they confirmed their romance during a PDA-filled holiday to Ibiza in September 2021.
Tom and Zawe then made their red carpet debut together at the 2021 Tony Awards in New York City.
The couple set tongues wagging about a possible engagement when they appeared at the BAFTAs in 2022, where Zawe was pictured wearing a huge diamond sparkler on her ring finger,
In June that year, Tom confirmed he was set to wed his actress fiancée, but kept tight-lipped about the romance, simply telling the LA Times: ‘I’m very happy’.
It was then reported in October 2022 that Tom and Zawe had secretly welcomed their first child together and have kept the name and sex of the child private.
Their appearance on Sunday came after the pair attended the BAFTA Tea Party at The Maybourne Beverly Hills hotel in Los Angeles just one day earlier.
The besotted couple held hands and beamed for the cameras as they posed on the the red carpet.
Zawe looked gorgeous in a plunging red ruffled midi-dress, while Tom looked typically suave in a light brown and beige checked suit with a coordinating tie.
Tom had been up for Best Actor in a Drama Series at Sunday’s Critics Choice Awards – which ended up going to Kieran Culkin for his role as Roman Roy in Succession.

Tom Hiddleston and his fiancée Zawe Ashton looked smitten on Sunday as they attended the BAFTA Tea Party at The Maybourne Beverly Hills hotel in Los Angeles

The Loki actor, 42, and the Fresh Meat actress, 39, held hands and beamed for the cameras as they posed on the the red carpet
But perhaps the the most shocking moment of the night came when Paul Giamatti beat favourite Cillian Murphy in the Best Actor category.
Paul, 56, was up for the award for The Holdovers while Cillian, 47, was nominated for blockbuster Oppenheimer as they were up against Bradley Cooper – Maestro, Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon, Colman Domingo – Rustin, and Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction.
In the film The Holdovers he portrays a cranky history teacher at a remote prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a troubled student who has no place to go.
Meanwhile Emma Stone was also one of the biggest winners of the night as she earned Best Actress for Poor Things.
The 35-year-old actress – who also triumphed at the Golden Globe Awards last week – was in disbelief as she won over a very stacked category which included the likes of Lily Gladstone – Killers Of The Flower Moon, Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall, Greta Lee – Past Lives, Carey Mulligan – Maestro, Margot Robbie – Barbie.
She recognised each of her competitors individually during the beginning of her acceptance speech as she said: ‘Um, I’ll be honest. I’m in full blown I didn’t have anything that I was going to say because this is completely crazy. This category is ridiculous. Lily, I mean, come on. Margot. What in the Carey. Okay. Greta and Sandra Huller. This doesn’t make any sense.’