The actress and British artist Dinos Chapman prefer to keep their private lives a secret, despite the fact that the couple is married.
When it was revealed that Lucy Punch, one of the show’s beloved characters, would have its own spin-off series, Amandaland, the BBC show’s viewers were thrilled.
The story follows blow-dried mum Amanda as she navigates life after divorce in a less well-to-do area of London. The show hit screens in February 2025, and a special Christmas episode will air on Christmas Day.
Lucy, a 47-year-old British actress, and her partner Dinos Chapman, a four-year-old boy named Rex, a nine-year-old, and their two children, Rex and Dinos Chapman, live in Los Angeles. Amanda dated James D’Arcy, an actor from the Avengers, for about three years before meeting Dino.
Although Lucy and Dinos have been dating since 2014, Lucy says she prefers to keep her relationship with the British artist completely secret.
She told The Times : “I think I’m just a fairly private person, and private even with people who are close to me. I also feel that anything interesting about myself is the last thing I’d want to share in an interview. I just think we’ve all become so accepting of a lack of privacy in our lives, and there’s so little left. There’s no more secrets and there’s no more mystery, and I think that’s weird and sad.”
Twenty years ago, Lucy and her family moved to Hollywood, where Laurel Canyon is known for its bohemian charm, and now reside there. Despite having lived across the pond for more than 20 years, Lucy doesn’t feel like she belongs there, calling LA “a very transient place.” She explained that she prefers to appear “more human” and declined to get carried away in the Hollywood aesthetics scene.
She continued, “I get that there is a lot of pressure on movie stars, but I think you need to have some humanity in your face.” And character or comedy actor must take that seriously. Because I believe that’s not what makes me a good person, I can’t do anything to my face.
Lucy grew up in West London and attended the private girls’ school Godolphin & Latymer, which counts Davina McCall and Nigella Lawson amongst its former pupils. She went on to study history of art at University College London, but dropped out when she got her big break – Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French offered her a part in their 1999 sitcom, Let Them Eat Cake. She went on to play receptionist Elaine Denham in Doc Martin.
In addition to Naomi Watts and Anthony Hopkins in You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Cameron Diaz in Bad Teacher, Meryl Streep and Johnny Depp in the 2014 film Into the Woods, Lucy has since co-starred with a number of well-known actors.
Joanna Lumley portrays Amanda’s evil mother Felicity Sanderson in Amandaland. Working with Joanna is “a dream,” according to Lucy. Jennifer Saunders and Joan Saunders, who played Felicity’s sister, will play the Christmas special with Joan in which Joanna will reunite with her Absolutely Fabulous co-star.
Lucy and Jennifer will also be getting together again. This time around, Lucy claims it was “even better” to co-star with the TV legend.
She explained to Metro, “I was 22 when I worked with her the first time, and I couldn’t speak,” because I was so excited and impressed.
On BBC One and iPlayer, the Christmas Special from Amandaland will be broadcast on Christmas Day at 9:15 pm.
Source: Mirror
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