Ioan Gruffudd
Actor wants to get married again after divorce drama
Ioan Gruffudd is known from “Fantastic Four” and the series “Liar”. He also experienced a film-worthy drama in his private life.
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Despite going through a complicated divorce, actor Ioan Gruffudd wants to tie the knot again.
Ioan Gruffudd (50) and his girlfriend Bianca Wallace (31) are engaged. The actor previously went through a turbulent divorce from colleague Alice Evans (55), to whom he had been married since 2007.
“The most valuable thing has happened…” wrote Bianca Wallace on Saturday on her Instagram page. The actress added a photo of the couple laughing and kissing. At the same time, she holds her hand into the camera, where the engagement ring flashes.
The couple has had difficult years as their love was overshadowed by the dramatic separation from his first wife. Gruffudd has two daughters with Alice Evans, born in 2009 and 2013. In January 2021, Gruffudd separated and filed for divorce on March 1, 2021. Seven months later, the “Fantastic Four” actor went public about his relationship with Bianca Wallace. Alice Evans then accused him of having had an affair with Wallace for years. She accused her former friend of a “lack of empathy”.
Serious mutual accusations
In February 2022, Gruffudd filed a restraining order against his ex, claiming the actress had threatened to make “false public allegations” against him and “destroy his career” if he left her. “Alice threatened to tell people that I had abused her and our daughters,” the petition said. Documents filed by Gruffudd also claimed that Evans “threatened to call the police if I didn’t comply with her demands.” She also threatened to “tell people I was a drug addict and put me in jail.”
The separation resulted in a real family drama. In June 2023, Gruffudd’s eldest daughter filed a restraining order against her father, claiming he abused her. She also accused him of slamming a door in her head during a heated argument. However, the order was rejected. The marriage was finally legally divorced in July 2023, but the former couple is said to have still not reached a final agreement on custody of the children.
Now there seems to be some calm for everyone involved. Alice Evans has also apparently put the drama behind her, because in August 2023 she spoke of a new love: “I am SO in love at the moment and can’t believe that I only felt this level of intense love at 55.”