Downton Abbey actress Joanne Froggatt and her husband have split after eight years together. The actress and former IT consultant James Cannon share a production company and hope to continue working together professionally.
Speaking of their break-up, Froggatt told The Telegraph: “Well, we’ve actually been separated for a little while but the company is doing really well, and we have some projects in development…”
The Liar actress stressed: “I’m looking to the future. I’m just going to embrace this year and see what happens.”
Froggatt is set to turn 40 this year and admitted that she had a different idea of how her life would be by this point.
“I imagined I’d be doing this, that and the other by the time I was 40 but everyone has those thoughts. I thought I’d win an Oscar, be married with three kids and living in Hollywood. But those are dreams that you have when you’re a teenager. And then you go through the reality of life and nothing works out the way you expect, good or bad.”
She stressed that sometimes work has to come first: “I think work sometimes has to be a priority in everyone’s lives, and sometimes a relationship has to be a priority. If you’ve got kids then 90 per cent of the time they’re the priority. So, like everyone else, I’m always trying to find that balance.”
“Last year, I did work incredibly hard: I went from job to job over 10 months. But the year before was quite relaxed, and I probably get more time at home than people with set hours in intensive jobs.”
Joanne Froggatt returns to the screen in season two of thriller Liar later this year.
