40-year-old actress Michelle Dockery has announced the news of her engagement with Jasper Waller-Bridge, 34, brother of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, via The Times Newspaper recently. The Downtown Abbey actress' engagement news comes after six years of her late fiance' John Dineen's death from cancer.
Thus, Michelle Dockery is now engaged for the second time. She had previously discussed her grief of losing her former fiance, John. She further described herself as a widow because they were married at heart.
However, the actress found love again when she met Phoebe's brother Jasper through mutual friends in 2019. They also made their first public appearance together at Rome Film Festival. Jasper is a film and TV producer and also the manager of former One Direction member Louis Tomilson.
Michelle Dockery Was Engaged In Past
Michelle Dockery was first engaged to John Dineen, whom she met in 2013. She had shared in an interview in 2014 how she was in love with him and described him as a wonderful man in her life. According to a source, John Dinnen proposed to her in early 2015, and she showed her fellow cast her engagement ring. However, the tragedy struck them when John Dineen died at Cork's Marymount Hospital in Ireland on 13 December 2015. He died of a rare form of cancer when he was just 34 years old. Days later, the actress provided an emotional eulogy via The Irish Times outlet, saying, "I was honored to know John. To love him and be loved by him. He was my friend, my king, my hero, my everything. We celebrate him, we honor him and we will miss him."
She had also talked about him with The Guardian saying, "John was a very private person, and the hardest thing was keeping it out of the press when he was sick. It took a lot."
However, the actress found love again when she met Jasper Waller-Bridge through mutual friends, and they are now absolutely head over heels getting ready to marry each other as they recently announced their engagement. The two started dating when Michelle was promoting the Downtown Abbey movie in the summer of 2019. According to a source, the actress had been traveling a lot to promote the movie, but she has been in constant contact. Source even added all family and friends were happy about them being together, and the couple is enjoying being together.
Michelle Dockery Engaged To Boyfriend Jasper Waller-Bridge (©: People.com)
The source further added how Jasper is younger than Michelle, but he has dated other older women in the past, and it appears to be working for both of them.
Jasper Waller-Bridge is also the brother of famous screenwriter and actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge. She is best known for her writing and acting in Amazon hit series Fleabag and Killing Eve too.
Net Worth Of Michelle Dockery
Michelle Dockery is a well-recognized actress and singer worldwide, and she has a net worth of $4 million according to Celebrity Net Worth. She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and had performed at the National Youth Theatre. Her full name is Michelle Suzanne Dockery.
Her breakthrough role was Lady Mary Crawley in the ITV drama series Downtown Abbey (2010-2015) that skyrocketed her fame and career. She was nominated consecutively three times in Prime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. The actress is also well recognized for her work in Theatre as she debuted while in school in a production of His Dark Materials at the Royal National Theatre. She also won an Ian Charleson Award for Pillars of the Community.
Her other notable works are Pygmalion, Fingersmith, Dalziel and Pascoe, Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974, Henry IV, Anna Karenina, American Dad, Family Guy, Non-Stop, Angelic Voices: The Choristers of Salisbury Cathedral, and more.