Kris Marshall is back on our screens tonight as detective Humphrey Goodman in the third BBC series of the Death in Paradise spin-off show Beyond Paradise. The actor first portrayed the part when he first joined the cast of original BBC drama back in 2014.
In recent years, the star has become a familiar face on our screens over the years thanks to his recurring role in the crime drama – not to mention his career-defining parts in My Family and the Christmas rom-com Love Actually. Away from the cameras, the actor keeps a low profile and prefers to keep his personal life out of the spotlight. But he isn’t the only famous face in his household, with his doting wife also boasting a busy TV career.
Kris Marshall met his wife Hannah Dodkin back in 2010, with the actor popping the question one year later. They went on to tie the knot during a winter wedding back in February 2012 in his hometown of Wells, Somerset.
The happy couple share two children, Thomas and Elsie, who live with them in their lavish home in Bath. Back in 2011, the businesswoman found herself catapulted into fame as she won the Middle Eastern version of The Apprentice.
She took part in Hydra Executive, a spin-off set in Abu Dhabi, based on The Apprentice format filmed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in which the ‘Lord Sugar’ role was taken by Sulaiman Al Fahim. The billionaire developer is best known in the UK for his role in the takeover of Manchester City FC and his short-lived ownership of Portsmouth FC.
She was "fired" in the ninth week by Al-Fahim, Hannah impressed producers and they invited her back as a wild card and emerged as a joint winner, scooping half of the $1,000,000 prize.
Hannah said at the time: "I feel truly proud of myself. Working as a plumber helped me enormously to grasp the technical aspects of the real estate market in the United Arab Emirates.
"It also makes me a little unique. Being a female on a building site in the Middle East is definitely more rare than back home.
"When you learn a trade you also learn that sometimes you have to drill through a wall instead of going around it - even if it takes four hours. It trained me not to give up at the first hurdle."
