As The Blame hits TV screens, meet Douglas Booth’s equally famous wife

Douglas Booth is taking centre stage in ITV’s new crime thriller, The Blame. The 34-year-old actor stars opposite Michelle Keegan in the six-part series, which follows a police duo as they investigate the murder of a 16-year-old in the quiet town of Wakestead.

Douglas, who hails from Greenwich in London, has been a regular fixture on our screens since his breakout role in the Boy George biographical drama, Worried About the Boy, in 2010. Since then, he’s starred in a string of major TV shows and films, including the 2013 drama Romeo & Juliet, 2014’s The Riot Club and Netflix‘s The Sandman.

But did you know that Douglas’ other half is also a famous face? Keep reading to find out more about his life off-screen. 

Douglas Booth’s famous wife

Douglas is married to fellow actor Bel Powley.

Bel, 34, began her acting career as a teenager in the CBBC action series M.I. High. The London-born actress starred on the show between 2007 and 2008, before going on to land roles in Little Dorrit, Murderland, Informer and Benidorm.

She’s perhaps best known for playing Claire Conway in Apple TV‘s The Morning Show and Birdy in the 2022 BBC drama, Everything I Know About Love.

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She also starred in the war drama A Small Light, Apple TV’s Masters of the Air, and most recently, Sky’s supernatural thriller, Possession. 

Her big-screen credits include 2015’s A Royal Night Out (2015), for which she was nominated for the British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer, the coming-of-age film The Diary of a Teenage Girl, and Pete Davidson’s black comedy The King of Staten Island.

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Earlier this year, she starred in the period film Savage House alongside Claire Foy and Richard E. Grant. 

Douglas Booth and Bel Powley’s star-studded London wedding

Douglas and Bel, who first met at a chemistry read, tied the knot in London at Petersham Nurseries in Richmond in October 2023. 

The star-studded guest list included Gemma Chan and boyfriend Dominic Cooper, as well as Freddie Fox, Joe Cole and Jack Whitehall.

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The actors said ‘I do’ beneath the chuppah cloth canopy, a Jewish tradition, made by Douglas’ artist sister, Abigail. “I’m Jewish, and although I’m not religious, I wanted to honour my heritage,” Bel previously told Vogue.

For the reception, the couple celebrated with a ’90s dance party featuring strobes and lasers, and a Guinness-flavoured three-tier wedding cake.

How did Douglas and Bel meet? 

The pair first met at a chemistry read, three years before co-starring in the 2017 biopic Mary Shelley.  

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“I was so excited. Doug was really famous, and I remember telling my girlfriends,” Bel told Hollywood Authentic in 2025. “In the scene, they kissed, and I was like, ‘Should we just do it for real?’ And we kissed in the audition. Doug didn’t get the part, and I got the part.”

Douglas and Bel are based in East London in a house they purchased together and moved into during lockdown.