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Daily Mail
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Crown double bill as Claire Foy goes Dutch with her long-term singer-songwriter boyfriend (well she is a fan of equal pay!)
The Crown star Claire Foy has long been vocal about sexual equality and the gender pay gap. So when she went for dinner with her long-term boyfriend, of course they split the bill between them. The actress has been dating singer-songwriter Charlie Cunningham for two years, and last week they were seen enjoying a casual dinner together outside a fishmonger's and acclaimed seafood bar in Highgate, North London. The loved-up pair, both 41, looked happy to be reunited, as Cunningham has just finished the first leg of his North American tour, and were seen holding hands and kissing during the meal. And when the time came to pay, both got out their bank cards and went Dutch on the bill – which included two glasses of rosé – before taking a romantic sunset stroll across nearby Hampstead Heath. Both were casually dressed in T-shirts, with Claire carrying a butter yellow bag. The actress hit the headlines in 2018 when she revealed she was being paid less than her co-star, Matt Smith, on The Crown – even though she was playing the young Queen Elizabeth II, around whom the whole Netflix drama was based. She later received an apology and an undisclosed amount – reported to be up to £200,000 – in back pay. 'I'd been working on that show for two years,' she later said. 'I loved everybody on it. And then I realised, there's been a big, fat, dirty secret that nobody's ever talked about.' Foy was paid a reported £29,000 per episode for the first two series of the hit drama, while Smith's higher pay for playing the Duke of Edinburgh has never been revealed. Producers justified the disparity as he was then the better-known actor because of his starring role in Doctor Who. The loved-up pair, both 41, looked happy to be reunited, as Cunningham has just finished the first leg of his North American tour The couple's careers mean that they are often apart with Cunningham is playing several dates across Europe and Canada over the next few months Smith defended his co-star's bid for parity, saying at the time: 'Claire is one of my best friends and I believe that we should be paid equally and fairly and there should be equality for all.' Foy and Cunningham were first spotted together in July 2023. It is her first public relationship since her 2018 break-up with The History Boys actor Stephen Campbell Moore, the father of her daughter Ivy Rose. The couple's careers mean that they are often apart. London-born Cunningham is playing several dates across Europe and Canada over the next few months, while Foy is currently filming H Is For Hawk, a biographical drama, alongside Brendan Gleeson. She is also set to appear in an all-star adaptation of Enid Blyton's The Magic Faraway Tree and the black comedy film Savage House alongside Richard E. Grant.
South China Morning Post
13-02-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Who is Claire Foy's ex-barman boyfriend, singer-songwriter Charlie Cunningham?
Singer-songwriter Charlie Cunningham, boyfriend of actress Claire Foy. Photos: Getty Images, AFP Fame and celebrity When asked by Rocknfool Magazine to share details about his personal life beyond the four its reporter had found online – that he is an Aquarius, has travelled to Spain, worked as a barman and lived in Oxford – Charlie Cunningham offered little additional insight. 'I'm Aquarius, I lived in Spain, I was a barman and I live in London now, I don't live in Oxford,' he more or less repeated, humorously, while highlighting his preference for privacy. 'That's a new thing! But I did live in Oxford, I was a barman there before I went to Spain,' he said. The response was unexpected, considering Cunningham's role as a musician: a publicly performing singer-songwriter and guitarist. According to the Daily Mail, he has also been linked romantically with British actress Claire Foy, 40, since 2023, a relationship that has attracted media attention given her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix drama series The Crown . Despite this, he continues to maintain a low profile regarding his personal life. So what else do we know about him? He was influenced by Stevie Wonder and Elton John Charlie Cunningham performing in France in 2019. Photo: @cunninghamcharlie/Instagram Charlie Cunningham – thought to be 41 – was born and raised in Bedfordshire, England, per AllMusic and first picked up a guitar as a teenager. His musical influences include bands such as Sigur Rós and Mogwai and he played in hardcore and experimental indie rock groups. He was also introduced to classic songwriters including Stevie Wonder and Elton John at a young age, according to The Bluegrass Situation podcast. 'I've always liked all sorts of music, but particularly acoustic guitar music. I used to listen to a lot of people like John Martyn and Nick Drake and Leonard Cohen – those kinds of people, playing that fingerpicking style,' he told fellow singer-songwriter Sallie Ford on the podcast. 'I wanted to learn how to do that. I'd run out of tools, as far as playing goes.' His discovery of flamenco music Charlie Cunningham performing in 2024. Photo: @cunninghamcharlie/Instagram
