Via an advertisement (below) paid for by the actor himself and placed in a British newspaper, the announcement made the round earlier today:
Benedict Cumberbatch is engaged!
The Sherlock star popped life’s most pressing question to Sophie Hunter this week… and she said yes!
The exciting news caused millions of women around the world to hang their head in despair that Cumberbatch is off the market, and many more to wonder: Wait, who is Sophie Hunter?!?
Sophie Hunter is … the granddaughter of the late General Sir James Michael Gow GCB, Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath. Her grandfather became Commander-in-Chief British Army of the Rhine and Commander Northag, the Northern Army Group of Nato.
That’s quite the bloodline.
Sophie Hunter was… in a relationship with famous sculptor Conrad Shawcross in the mid-2000s.
Sophie Hunter received … the Samuel Beckett Award in 2007 for writing and directing the play The Terrific Electric at the Barbican Centre. She is best known for her resume of helming avant-garde plays around in Europe and in North America.
Sophie Hunter recorded… a French-language music album titled "The Isis Project." She did so with Guy Chambers, who is the songwriting partner of Robbie Williams.
Sophie Hunter appeared… as Maria Osborne in the 2004 film Vanity Fair, which featured Reese Witherspoon in the lead rile.
Sophie Hunter met … Cumberbatch in 2009 when the two were filming Burlesque Fairytales about naturalist Charles Darwin.
