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Dame Kristin Scott Thomas has admitted she is happier than she ever was before as she shared rare comment about married life after tying the knot for the second time two years ago.
The Slow Horses actress, 66, secretly married Bloomberg editor-in-chief John Micklethwait during an intimate ceremony with only close family and friends present in September 2024.
And while Kristin keeps her relationship out of the spotlight, it appears wedded bliss isn't slowing down for the couple as she lovingly referred to him as her 'partner in crime'.
Speaking about their relationship she said: 'I think I was perfectly happy before but not this happy, my husband is not the cure to anything [I've been through], but he is a man with whom I can talk about anything, who is inspiring and clever.
'My partner in crime.'
She told The Telegraph: 'I think people who have just fallen in love have this very obvious happiness about them, don't you?
Kristin Scott Thomas, 66, has said she is happier than ever as she shared rare comments about her marriage to husband John Micklethwait after tying the knot two years ago (pictured together in 2024)
Before finding her current beau however, Kristin - known for her roles as Fiona in Four Weddings and a Funeral and Katharine in The English Patient - was previously married to French fertility specialist François Olivennes.
The star and her husband tied the knot in 1987 before basing their lives in Paris and bringing up their three children together.
But when the marriage ended after 17 years, the star spoke of how she would likely stay single for the rest of her life because 'all the men will run for the hills' due to her peripatetic career.
There were brief relationships with The Crown actor Tobias Menzie and French tycoon Arpad Busson, but after nearly 20 years as a divorcee Kristin took the decision to marry again.
Speaking to The Times in 2025, the actress said her years of life experience have held her in good stead for second time around.
She said of her marriage: 'I don't know how to describe it without going mushy, but to have two hearts, two brains, two minds, two energies all striving for the same thing is fantastic.
'What you're looking for when you're in your fifties and sixties is very different from what you're looking for in your twenties, when you want to make babies and you've got the dream of a family thing going on.
'I've worked out what's worth paying attention to and what the really important things in my life are and I've found someone who thinks the same things.'
She said: 'I think I was perfectly happy before but not this happy, my husband is not the cure to anything [I've been through], but he is a man with whom I can talk about anything, who is inspiring and clever' (pictured in May)
Elsewhere Kristin also admitted she's considered getting a facelift.
The actress has been in the industry for four decades and has witnessed how Hollywood treats women of a certain age – and the expectation to remain looking youthful.
When asked if she felt the pressure herself, Kristin mused: 'I suppose the question is to facelift or not to facelift. But I remember talking to a younger woman about this in New York who said that if I had one, I'd never look the same again. You just look expensive. And I thought – she has a point.
Describing a facelift as 'a kind of status symbol to display your wealth', she went on: 'But I'm quite conflicted about it, because it's always slightly diminishing when someone says, "That woman hasn't taken care of herself." Deep down we do care about these things.'
Dame Kristin was then asked what procedures she'd had done herself.
Candid about her treatments, Dame Kristin told The Telegraph that she'd only opted for 'non-invasive' work such as laser or a buccal massage - essentially a deep tissue massage inside the mouth.
Yet while she admitted to being conflicted as to how far she'd take her quest to look younger, she praised the fact there are currently 'more interesting roles for grown-up women than there were before'.
That being said, earlier in the year Dame Kristin hit out at male critics for 'failing to understand plays written by and about women'.
The actress spoke about poorly-reviewed plays she had starred in written for the female gaze, which were lost on the male critics who came to see them.
She acknowledged her part in Penelope Skinner's Lyonesse, which ran at the Harold Pinter theatre in 2023, exploring ambition, motherhood and sexual violence.
Accepting the inaugural Leading Light award at the Women's prize for playwriting ceremony in February, she said: 'Where would I be without women playwrights? 'To be honest, absolutely nowhere.'
She said: 'The play [Lyonesse] was mostly hated by the critics. So why did people flock to the Pinter to catch it before we all vanished? A clue might be that many of the reviews were written by men who really didn't understand what it is to be a working mother or a child-free actress.'
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