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Kieron Moore Relishes Taking on Complex Characters, From ‘Code of Silence' to Queer Camboy
If you don't know rising British actor Kieron Moore yet from his roles in Vampire Academy, Masters of the Air, The Corps and ITV hit crime series Code of Silence, opposite Rose Ayling-Ellis, you can now catch him in the latter on BritBox in the U.S. and Canada, where it premiered on July 24. In the show, Moore portrays Liam, a complex and, shall we say, ambiguous character, who meets protagonist Alison (Ayling-Ellis), a determined deaf woman working in a police canteen who gets recruited to use her lip-reading skills in a covert operation. As the story of Code of Silence unfolds, Moore hints at and slowly reveals all sorts of layers to Liam. More from The Hollywood Reporter The Exiles of Tehrangeles Stellan Skarsgard to Receive Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at Sarajevo Film Fest Nigeria's C.J. "Fiery" Obasi Created This Spot, and Two More, for Locarno Pro's Open Doors (Exclusive) The 28-year-old from Manchester didn't have a chemistry test with Ayling-Ellis, but playing multi-layered characters seems natural to him. After all, he is not only enjoying the challenges of acting, but also used to be a boxer and writes poetry, among other interests. Next up, fans can see him as queer fetish camboy Aaron in Elliot Tuttle's drama Blue Film, in which he stars opposite Reed Birney, which has been selected for the competition program of this year's 78th edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, which unspools next month. Below, Moore chats with The Hollywood Reporter via Zoom about his varied interests and how they help him when it comes to acting, Code of Silence, which has been renewed for season two, Blue Film, his experience on Sex Education and why he enjoys continuously challenging himself. Your character, Liam, is difficult to get a handle on early. Can you talk a bit about how you developed this role, which is your first leading part on TV? There are levels to him. The first thing is you must trust in yourself. You have to have an opinion. As limited as I am in my acting experience, I have to know that character more than all of you. Lead director Diarmuid Goggins (Kin, Black Cab) and I got along like a house on fire. We had great chemistry, just because I trusted him. He was looking out for my character, but he also appreciated when I was saying to him: 'You have a million pots on the stove right now, while I only have one, and that is Liam. I spend more time with him, so you have to trust me.' Something a friend said to me one time has also always stuck with me: You can't be everything in every character; you'll get opportunities to show different things. So who is Liam? Liam is intelligent but has a difficult past, and when you've got his level of intelligence, you kind of outthink yourself sometimes. That was constantly on my mind with him. It's like a mask. He puts up all these walls with the gang he works with. But then with Rose's character, Alison, he just lets them crumble a little bit somehow. So you can relate to Liam or recognize some of his characteristics? I think with Liam, it was quite easy to get into this mode of lying to everyone. In my personal life, it's always a bit of a struggle coming back home to Manchester, because I love my family, but there's a certain routine. It's not so much that they stay the same, but that I've changed. So, there's that thing of being what people expect you to be and want you to be. And I have a dad who is the most unreadable person in the world, but you feel him, and I felt him as a kid. My mother is the opposite — she wears everything on her face. With Liam, more than anyone that I've played so far, I was naturally bringing in this self-awareness. And he puts on this kind of mask. But once you get to episodes five and six, hopefully you get to understand that he's burdened, and you may find yourself being upset with him about some things but also rooting or hoping for him. How do you think about viewers' role in making sense of Liam? I guess with every character you play, when you truly feel that you know who they are, you realize that everyone struggles to understand who they are, and that gives all of us an opportunity to learn something about ourselves. I write poetry. That has always been my thing. I love poetry. I would usually write a poem and keep it to myself. But family members or others have stumbled upon my poems or I've shared poetry with my friends, and they often go: 'Oh, you must have meant this!' And I actually didn't, but I'm so glad that you found something else in it. You have developed a reputation for playing complex characters. And you have different sides to you as a person too. You just mentioned poetry, and I heard you also used to be a boxer? How nice to be a contradiction! [Laughs] Boxing is my first love. My dad's Kieron Moore. I'm Kieron Moore Jr. My dad always wanted to be a boxer, but his mum and dad said no. One day, my mum let me take out a videotape to watch on VHS. We had them under the TV. She was thinking I'd pick Tarzan or something, but I saw my name on one tape and said I want to watch that. Mum's like: No, no, no, no. But she puts it on. And it's my dad in his first boxing fight. He only had three. So, I'm five years old and want to be a boxer. I was in a gym at five years old, and I trained three, four times a week up until I was 10. And I got good. It was illegal to box in England until you were 11 at the time. My dad's side of the family is Irish. My mum's side is Welsh. And in Wales, you can box at 10. So we used my grandmother's address in Wales, and I started competing when I was 10 years old. I had six fights, and then I turned 11. But I boxed up until I was 21 because everyone told me I was going to be a boxer. My Dad was my coach. I guess I was good at it. But when you're good at something and it comes naturally, you get complacent. I was also extremely nervous. I never believed anyone when they told me I was good at boxing. I thought maybe they just told me I was good. I had 60, 70 fights, and I traveled too. But when I was 21, I just knew I had to make a choice. I knew I didn't love it enough. And it's a dangerous sport if you don't love it. I just didn't want to be a journeyman. And at 21, when you decide to quit something, what do you do? I thought, let me go into acting. People may think boxing and poetry are a contradiction. I started writing poems very early. I wrote a poem for my grandma's funeral when I was 10, which I couldn't even attend because I was at a boxing camp. But the pastor read it for everyone. And my mum and dad came back and said: 'Everyone loved your poem. People were crying.' I just remember thinking: 'Wow, words affect people.' I think words are so powerful. I love what poetry can do. Could we see you publishing any of your poetry or writing a script? I'm actually writing a script about a bad injury I had at the start of my boxing career. I'll talk about this more when it's time. And yes, I'm typing my poems up. The title that I'm working on for my poetry book is called The Burden of Caring. The positives and negatives of caring are quite burdenous, but in the most beautiful way. If you watch someone in your favorite roles, and if you care about them, they burden you while you watch. If you're anxious and scream, 'Oh my God, please don't get hurt!' Or you watch Rose in Code of Silence and go: 'Oh my God, stop doing that, because I care about you!' Did you ever face frustrations in your move into acting? When I was learning acting, I did a scene with my friend, and I was really frustrated, and when everyone left, I sat down and festered in class for 10 minutes. My coach asked me what was wrong. I said I keep waiting for someone to do something special so that I can respond and be special. And he said: 'Why don't you just do that for them?' And it turns out that it's so much more interesting when you realize it is all about giving. That's where chemistry comes in. With Rose, I would throw her a softball, and she would knock it out of the park. And that comes with trust and being open. And I kind of hope that I do the same for everyone else. I'm desperate for opportunities for them to let me find something else in their characters and in my character that we don't know yet. The most refreshing part about the Liam experience has been hearing people notice the subtleties that I am trying to bring to the role. I can be expressive, but I think real people live with and in their little quirks. What can you tell me about , which will world premiere at Edinburgh? It's from a first-time film director, Elliot Tuttle, and produced by the likes of Adam Kersh, who represents Sean Baker, and also Mark Duplass. All that is really cool. It's a very provocative movie and a very daring role for me, but I wanted to show I'm fearless. Basically, I play a gay American camboy who spends the night with a stranger for $50,000, and when he gets there, the stranger is wearing a ski mask and has a camcorder set up and starts asking him questions. But the questions get deeply personal, and then there's an altercation and a reveal. I don't want to give away too much. It's a conversation between these two people exploring shame and sexuality and identity and a little bit of religion and the question if we're born the way we are. It's a two-hander with Reed Birney, who's done quite a lot of Broadway stuff. It's my first movie, which was really exciting. This sounds like a role that is a real challenge and pushes one outside one's comfort zone. How did you get cast? The Hollywood strike happened, and I was filming the Netflix show [Boots], which was stopped, and I stayed in New Orleans. And when the strike finished, Netflix decided to do some rewrites, which delayed things. I thought: 'Wow, I'm very unemployed right now.' And then Saltburn had just come out, and I thought: 'What a role for an actor!' I briefly met Barry Keoghan once and have been enamored by him, because he is a very interesting actor, and a lot of my friends know that I like his work. That role would have been so good for you, they said. And he does it so well. So, I said if anything dangerous comes up, I want that chance. Five days later, my manager texted me and said, 'Check your emails!' He said that most people would say no to this role, but I might like it. And then I got the script. When I read it the first time, I was like whoa! And I read it again. And I felt I have to do this. When I did an audition, they said: 'We really like what you did, but we're going to go somewhere else.' And Reed, who's now one of my very good friends, was like: 'I'm not doing the movie unless it's with Kieron.' He got me the job really. I think contradictions are really exciting. And this is a movie where power is massively involved. I'm much bigger than Reed, and I'm physically capable, which just added a really interesting dynamic. Hopefully, people will appreciate the art. It's definitely a dangerous and brave film. At the end of the day, all I want to do is look back and be like: 'Wow, the roles I have played were all so different.' How do you think about your future as an actor? There's a letter that I wrote to myself when I was doing Vampire Academy that I just completely forgot about. And it was just so interesting to have it now, and I've been speaking about it with my friends. When you've worked hard at something, you kind of naturally, subconsciously become very defensive of it. In this letter that I wrote to myself, I said: 'It's really sad that I've gotten to where I thought I wanted to be, and I realized that I have to leave behind the Kieron that got me here.' You think you have made all these changes, so you are ready. But you get as far as you do, and you have to change again. That's the thing: you constantly have to be changing. And that's something that I'm starting to get more comfortable with now. I know that I don't have all the answers. Everything has led me to this, but then that next door will hopefully open, people will want to work with me, and I'll have to find that version of me for that. That's terrifying, but also so exciting. There's a line in one of the Night at the Museum films. Ben Stiller goes: 'I don't know what I'm gonna do tomorrow.' And then Robin Williams goes: 'How exciting…' Since you are quoting films, I just noticed that you are wearing a T-shirt. Are you a big fan? I just love that scene where Robert De Niro is at the bar, and then 'Sunshine of Your Love' by Cream kicks in. It's one of my favorite songs. I love that part in the script. It demonstrates that you don't have to say anything to do something [as an actor]. It's not necessarily about stealing moments, but being alive in moments when the script isn't centered around your character. I've worked to hone my craft so that I'm not lazy because no one's ever just doing nothing. So, I think about that moment in Goodfellas all the time, when De Niro smokes that cigarette and his eyebrow flickers and he's just telling us, 'I'm gonna kill you.' You had a small part in as Dylan, too. How was that? That was actually one of my first experiences ever. I did two days on that show, and Connor Swindells was so nice to me. Yeah, it was a great experience. It was beautiful and really insightful. I saw that you have more Netflix stuff coming up? Yes, I have done a show for Netflix that comes out in the fall. It's called Boots. It's based on a book called The Pink Marine by Greg Cope White about a guy who joins the Marines when you still couldn't be gay in the military. I'm not playing a very nice character. His name is Slovacek. He is an ex-con who joins the Marines and is an antagonist who goes on a journey though. I like that because I think everyone has a vulnerability. Again, he's very different from Liam and Aaron. Those three characters would hate each other. So I'm excited that I have a couple of things coming out this year, which I hope will show that I can do different things. Any tips for actors who are even younger than you on developing characters? The most interesting parts of every character I've played, the most interesting parts of their lives, are off camera. Liam has these great moments in Code of Silence, don't get me wrong! He has some fantastic moments. But I do genuinely think the most interesting parts of Liam's day are when he goes home. And as an actor, I think about what he does and feels in those moments we don't see on camera. Who is he then? Best of The Hollywood Reporter 'The Studio': 30 Famous Faces Who Play (a Version of) Themselves in the Hollywood-Based Series 22 of the Most Shocking Character Deaths in Television History A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Dua Lipa and actor fiancé Callum Turner will avoid one thing at wedding
So many of Dua's songs are about failed and messy relationships, that you might imagine her facing life as a perpetual singleton. However, nothing could be further from the truth, as she has been blissfully loved-up with British actor Callum Turner for nearly 18 months. The pair were said to have got engaged at Christmas, almost a year after first being seen together at the premiere of Callum's Apple TV+ series, Masters Of The Air, in January 2024. They were then spotted enjoying dinner dates in LA and looking cosy at afterparties for the BAFTAs, the BRITs and the Grammys. In an Instagram snap last October, they appeared smitten following the recording of Dua's televised Royal Albert Hall concert in London, with Callum kissing her on the cheek. 'Post-show fun and so much love!!!' Dua wrote. READ MORE: Holly Willoughby shows off new look as she gives rare insight into family life READ MORE: Love Island stars Elma Pazar and Sammy Root 'split' as emotional break-up 'caught on camera' And during Paris Fashion Week this January, a viral clip showed them smooching, dancing and taking selfies under the Eiffel Tower. Callum was previously in a long-term relationship with The Crown actress Vanessa Kirby, but while being quizzed about upcoming movie Eternity earlier this year, he appeared to confirm his and Dua's rock-solid status. Asked who he wanted to spend all eternity with, his short but sweet reply was, 'My girlfriend.' Dua and Callum first sparked engagement rumours on Christmas Eve when she shared an Instagram snap that showed a ring on her wedding finger. Another photo of her sipping a martini on New Year's Eve also showed the beautiful gold band with a diamond at its centre. However, the lovebirds have not publicly confirmed any marriage plans, preferring to keep their relationship as low key as possible. 'Dua seems to have found 'the one', but she's not someone who talks about her love life openly,' says music journalist John Earls. 'I think she'll want to avoid any sense of it becoming 'The Dua and Callum Show', so we probably won't know much if and when they marry.' Music writer and broadcaster Matt Charlton believes Dua has found the perfect balance between her public and private persona. 'Some celebrities broadcast every minute of their lives on social media, but Dua's not like that, and she keeps enough of herself back,' he says. 'She retains an old-school aloofness while still being aware of her image and brand, which I think is a good place for her to be.' Prior to falling for Callum, who played Theseus Scamander in Fantastic Beasts, Dua dated French film director Romain Gavras, 43. She was seen with him at a BAFTA afterparty in February 2023 and they made their red carpet debut together at the Cannes Film Festival that May. But in December 2023, they reportedly called it quits, with a source saying Dua wanted to end it 'before things turned sour'. The song French Exit from her Radical Optimism album was thought to reference the split, with lines such as, 'It's not a broken heart if I don't break it/ 'Goodbye' doesn't hurt if I don't say it / And I really hope you'll understand it / Only way to go is a French exit.' Dua also briefly dated Paul Klein, frontman of the US band LANY, and she had an on-off romance with British chef and model Isaac Carew, making her Met Gala debut with him in May 2019. Scheduling conflicts are thought to have caused their break-up a few weeks later, and Dua was then linked with Gigi and Bella Hadid's model and musician brother Anwar, 25. After meeting him at a barbecue, the pair confirmed they were an item with a public kiss at the American Music Awards in November 2019, and Dua once said, 'I'm very comfortable in the relationship, more so than any others.' They spent part of 2020 isolating on Anwar's family farm in Pennsylvania, and describing life in lockdown, Dua said, 'It's been really great – easy and fun and chill. We've been making the most of this because we got all this extra time, that we weren't expecting, to just hang out.' She and Anwar even adopted a puppy together, Dexter, who she called 'our tiny best friend', but after more than two years they went their separate ways in late 2021. In a May 2022 interview, Dua revealed that the 'next chapter' of her life was about 'truly being good with being alone'. Speaking about single life on her At Your Service podcast, she added, 'This is the first year I've not been in a relationship for a very long time. It's been really great to just be alone and only think about myself and kind of be quite selfish.' She even took herself on a solo date in New York, saying, 'Some people on the internet were like, 'Oh, Dua went out for dinner on her own, blah blah, I do this all the time.' And I think that's amazing if you do it all the time. You must be so confident. But it was a big step for me. I was nervous – like, what am I gonna do? I don't want to be on my phone.' In an interview shortly before she got together with Callum, she reflected on the difficulties of meeting someone new. 'Dating, overall, is just a little confusing,' she said. 'It's either through friends of friends or people you trust where you can meet new people, because [dating] is not really so straightforward when you are a public person.' She found it especially tricky as her parents' strong marriage had always shaped her own perceptions of love. 'You have such high expectations,' she said in 2018. 'My mum married the first man she fell in love with – first boyfriend, first everything. It does kind of paint this ideal love story in your head.' Not surprisingly, Dua found herself enduring plenty of bad dates while navigating singledom, which played out through the candid lyrics of songs like Houdini and Training Season. But as John points out, those days are now long gone. 'I don't think she'll write another album that focuses on failed relationships when she doesn't have them in her life any more,' he says. 'Perhaps her next album will instead consist of 10 songs about how great love is. I'm sure Dua can make a happy album, but we'll have to wait and see.'
Daily Mirror
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Dua Lipa and famous fiancé keen to avoid one thing at their wedding
With a dream wedding said to be on the cards, it seems Dua Lipa has finally found Mr Right in actor Callum Turney - but there's one thing they don't planning having when they say their "I Do's" So many of Dua Lipa's songs are about failed and messy relationships that you might imagine her facing life as a perpetual singleton. However, nothing could be further from the truth, as she has been blissfully loved-up with British actor Callum Turner for nearly 18 months. The pair were said to have got engaged at Christmas, almost a year after first being seen together at the premiere of Callum's Apple TV+ series, Masters Of The Air, in January 2024. They were then spotted enjoying dinner dates in LA and looking cosy at afterparties for the BAFTAs, the BRITs and the Grammys. In an Instagram snap last October, they appeared smitten following the recording of Dua's televised Royal Albert Hall concert in London, with Callum kissing her on the cheek. 'Post-show fun and so much love!!!' Dua wrote. And during Paris Fashion Week this January, a viral clip showed them smooching, dancing and taking selfies under the Eiffel Tower. Callum was previously in a long-term relationship with The Crown actress Vanessa Kirby, but while being quizzed about upcoming movie Eternity earlier this year, he appeared to confirm his and Dua's rock-solid status. Asked who he wanted to spend all eternity with, his short but sweet reply was, 'My girlfriend.' Dua and Callum first sparked engagement rumours on Christmas Eve when she shared an Instagram snap that showed a ring on her wedding finger. Another photo of her sipping a martini on New Year 's Eve also showed the beautiful gold band with a diamond at its centre. However, the lovebirds have not publicly confirmed any marriage plans, preferring to keep their relationship as low-key as possible. 'Dua seems to have found 'the one', but she's not someone who talks about her love life openly,' says music journalist John Earls. 'I think she'll want to avoid any sense of it becoming 'The Dua and Callum Show', so we probably won't know much if and when they marry.' Music writer and broadcaster Matt Charlton believes Dua has found the perfect balance between her public and private persona. 'Some celebrities broadcast every minute of their lives on social media, but Dua's not like that, and she keeps enough of herself back,' he says. 'She retains an old-school aloofness while still being aware of her image and brand, which I think is a good place for her to be.' Prior to falling for Callum, who played Theseus Scamander in Fantastic Beasts, Dua dated French film director Romain Gavras, 43. She was seen with him at a BAFTA afterparty in February 2023, and they made their red carpet debut together at the Cannes Film Festival that May. But in December 2023, they reportedly called it quits, with a source saying Dua wanted to end it 'before things turned sour'. The song French Exit from her Radical Optimism album was thought to reference the split, with lines such as, 'It's not a broken heart if I don't break it, Goodbye doesn't hurt if I don't say it, And I really hope you'll understand it, Only way to go is a French exit.' Dua also briefly dated Paul Klein, frontman of the US band LANY, and she had an on-off romance with British chef and model Isaac Carew, making her Met Gala debut with him in May 2019. Scheduling conflicts are thought to have caused their break-up a few weeks later, and Dua was then linked with Gigi and Bella Hadid 's model and musician brother, Anwar, 25. After meeting him at a barbecue, the pair confirmed they were an item with a public kiss at the American Music Awards in November 2019, and Dua once said, 'I'm very comfortable in the relationship, more so than any others.' They spent part of 2020 isolating on Anwar's family farm in Pennsylvania, and describing life in lockdown, Dua said, 'It's been really great – easy and fun and chill. We've been making the most of this because we got all this extra time, that we weren't expecting, to just hang out.' She and Anwar even adopted a puppy together, Dexter, whom she called 'our tiny best friend', but after more than two years, they went their separate ways in late 2021. In a May 2022 interview, Dua revealed that the 'next chapter' of her life was about 'truly being good with being alone'. Speaking about single life on her At Your Service podcast, she added, 'This is the first year I've not been in a relationship for a very long time. It's been really great to just be alone and only think about myself and kind of be quite selfish.' She even took herself on a solo date in New York, saying, 'Some people on the internet were like, 'Oh, Dua went out for dinner on her own, blah blah, I do this all the time.' And I think that's amazing if you do it all the time. You must be so confident. But it was a big step for me. I was nervous – like, what am I gonna do? I don't want to be on my phone.' In an interview shortly before she got together with Callum, she reflected on the difficulties of meeting someone new. 'Dating, overall, is just a little confusing,' she said. 'It's either through friends of friends or people you trust where you can meet new people, because [dating] is not really so straightforward when you are a public person.' She found it especially tricky as her parents' strong marriage had always shaped her own perceptions of love. 'You have such high expectations,' she said in 2018. 'My mum married the first man she fell in love with – first boyfriend, first everything. It does kind of paint this ideal love story in your head.' Not surprisingly, Dua found herself enduring plenty of bad dates while navigating singledom, which played out through the candid lyrics of songs like Houdini and Training Season. But as John points out, those days are now long gone. 'I don't think she'll write another album that focuses on failed relationships when she doesn't have them in her life any more,' he says. 'Perhaps her next album will instead consist of 10 songs about how great love is. I'm sure Dua can make a happy album, but we'll have to wait and see.' Dua Lipa, OK! Collector's Edition Since first emerging on to the music scene a decade ago, Dua Lipa's sultry vocals and fearless stage presence have sealed her status as a true pop powerhouse As her sell-out Radical Optimism Tour arrives in the UK, this special edition of OK! delves into her incredible journey, from music-loving schoolgirl to Grammy Award-winning artist With the help of music industry experts, we take a look at Dua's career so far, revisit her greatest live shows and collaborations, and reveal the causes that matter most to her Click here to purchase your copy for £9.99.
Wales Online
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Wales Online
Pop star Dua Lipa confirms engagement to British actor Callum Turner
Pop star Dua Lipa confirms engagement to British actor Callum Turner The Grammy award-winning artist, known for her hit songs New Rules, One Kiss and Houdini, has reportedly been dating the actor since January 2024 Actor Callum Turner and singer Dua Lipa are engaged (Image: Michael Loccisano/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images ) Pop star Dua Lipa has confirmed she is engaged to Masters Of The Air actor Callum Turner. The Grammy award-winning artist, known for her hit songs New Rules, One Kiss and Houdini, has reportedly been dating the actor since January 2024. The 29-year old singer is currently performing around the world for her Radical Optimism tour, with upcoming performances at London's Wembley Stadium and Madison Square Garden in New York. Fronting the July issue of British Vogue, she told the magazine: "Yeah we're engaged. It's very exciting. "(I) never really understood the weight of it. This decision to grow old together, to see a life and just, I don't know, be best friends forever - it's a really special feeling." Turner, 35, is best known for starring in the hit series Masters Of The Air alongside US actor Austin Butler, as well as playing Frank Churchill in 2020's Emma and Joe Rantz, the american rower, in The Boys In The Boat. Article continues below The singer added that she is "obsessed" with the custom ring Turner had made for her and that the couple do not have plans for the wedding yet. She said: "I want to finish my tour, Callum's shooting, so we're just enjoying this period. I've never been someone who's really thought about a wedding, or dreamed about what kind of bride I would be. All of a sudden, I'm like: 'Oh, what would I wear?'" "I'd love to have kids one day. But it's like the constant question of when would there ever be a good time - how it would fit in with my job and how it would work if I went on tour, and how much time out I'd have to take. "I think it's just one of those things that's going to happen when it happens. I love kids, but I think there's so much more to raising a child than just loving children." Months away from being 30, the singer added that she is the most confident she has ever felt. She said: "I turn 30 in August and I've been thinking about it a lot, because your 20s are just so tumultuous in the way you think about yourself and your body. And I don't know, now I feel like I've come to a place - I've become better at taking care of myself and working out and dancing. "I feel the most confident I've ever felt. I feel very empowered and strong in my body. I feel good when I'm sharing my energy with people on stage. "There's just so much of that that makes me really proud of my body and the way it holds me." The English-Albanian singer rose to fame with her 2016 hit Be The One followed by her 2017 break-up anthem, New Rules. Since then she has won several Brit Awards and three Grammys and headlined Glastonbury Festival last year shortly after the release of her third studio album Radical Optimism which hit number one on the UK albums chart. Her 2020 Future Nostalgia album also reached number one while her debut self-titled album, Dua Lipa, reached number three. She is the youngest person to feature on this year's Sunday Times 40 Under 40 Rich List, making her one of the wealthiest musicians in the UK. Article continues below The singer was recently named the most played artist across radio, TV and public places in the UK for a second time by music licensing company Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL). See the full feature in the July issue of British Vogue, available via digital download and on newsstands from June 17.
Irish Examiner
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
Pop star Dua Lipa confirms engagement to British actor Callum Turner
Pop star Dua Lipa has confirmed she is engaged to Masters Of The Air actor Callum Turner. The Grammy award-winning artist, known for her hit songs New Rules, One Kiss and Houdini, has reportedly been dating the actor since January 2024. The 29-year old singer is currently performing around the world for her Radical Optimism tour, with upcoming performances at London's Wembley Stadium and Madison Square Garden in New York. Fronting the July issue of British Vogue, she told the magazine: 'Yeah we're engaged. It's very exciting. '(I) never really understood the weight of it. This decision to grow old together, to see a life and just, I don't know, be best friends forever — it's a really special feeling.' Turner, 35, is best known for starring in the hit series Masters Of The Air alongside US actor Austin Butler, as well as playing Frank Churchill in 2020's Emma and Joe Rantz, the American rower, in The Boys In The Boat. The singer added that she is 'obsessed' with the custom ring Turner had made for her and that the couple do not have plans for the wedding yet. She said: 'I want to finish my tour, Callum's shooting, so we're just enjoying this period. I've never been someone who's really thought about a wedding, or dreamed about what kind of bride I would be. All of a sudden, I'm like: 'Oh, what would I wear?'' 'I'd love to have kids one day. But it's like the constant question of when would there ever be a good time — how it would fit in with my job and how it would work if I went on tour, and how much time out I'd have to take. 'I think it's just one of those things that's going to happen when it happens. I love kids, but I think there's so much more to raising a child than just loving children.' Months away from being 30, the singer added that she is the most confident she has ever felt. She said: 'I turn 30 in August and I've been thinking about it a lot, because your 20s are just so tumultuous in the way you think about yourself and your body. And I don't know, now I feel like I've come to a place — I've become better at taking care of myself and working out and dancing. 'I feel the most confident I've ever felt. I feel very empowered and strong in my body. I feel good when I'm sharing my energy with people on stage. 'There's just so much of that that makes me really proud of my body and the way it holds me.' The English-Albanian singer rose to fame with her 2016 hit Be The One followed by her 2017 break-up anthem, New Rules. Dua Lipa performing at Glastonbury in 2024 (Yui Mok/PA) Since then she has won several Brit Awards and three Grammys and headlined Glastonbury Festival last year shortly after the release of her third studio album Radical Optimism which hit number one on the UK albums chart. Her 2020 Future Nostalgia album also reached number one while her debut self-titled album, Dua Lipa, reached number three. She is the youngest person to feature on this year's Sunday Times 40 Under 40 Rich List, making her one of the wealthiest musicians in the UK. The singer was recently named the most played artist across radio, TV and public places in the UK for a second time by music licensing company Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL). See the full feature in the July issue of British Vogue, available via digital download and on newsstands from June 17.
