Meet the real-life partners of the Call the Midwife cast: from Helen George’s new beau to Jenny Agutter’s late husband

Helen George has found love with real estate expert, Dan Innes in real-life. The actress, who plays Trixie Franklin on the show, went Instagram official with her beau in February 2025 following her split from her former Call the Midwife co-star, Jack Aston, in 2023. 

Speaking to The Mail’s You magazine in December 2025, Helen said of her new romance. “It’s a very happy relationship.”  

“It’s lovely to be with someone outside the industry. I’m not defined by my job, and I’m really interested in meeting the people he works with.”

Dan has appeared in several selfies and group photos on Helen’s social media and even joined her on a recent family holiday to Lapland. 

Helen shares two daughters with her ex, Jack, with whom she was in a relationship for seven years. They welcomed their first daughter, Wren, in September 2017, and their second daughter, Lark, in November 2021.  

Jenny Agutter, who plays Sister Julienne on Call the Midwife, was married to her late husband Johan Tham for over three decades and welcomed a now-grown-up son, Jonathan, together. She met the Swedish hotelier when he was a director of Cliveden Hotel in Buckinghamshire.

Johan sadly passed away from cancer at the age of 81 in December 2025.

Speaking of their first meeting, Jenny told the Daily Mail in 2022: “One of the things about meeting people and forming relationships as an actor is that others have an idea of who you are before they meet you. That’s hard in any relationship, particularly with men. 

“When John and I met I did not feel he had any sense of who I was at all, but he wanted to find out, and that made a big difference. I’m still finding out about him 31 years on.”

Judy Parfitt has starred as Sister Monica Joan on the show since the very first episode in 2012. Off-screen, the actress had a very famous husband. 

Judy was married to the late actor Tony Steedman for nearly four decades. After working on a play together at Birmingham’s Alexandra Theatre in 1960, they tied the knot in 1963 and welcomed their son, David, in 1964.

The couple were together up until Tony passed away in February 2001 after being diagnosed with vascular dementia. While it’s not explicitly mentioned in the show, Judy’s Call the Midwife character is similarly suffering from dementia. 

“Having watched my husband, the actor Tony Steedman, succumb to this terrible disease over 10 years, depicting Sister Monica Joan’s condition is still an extremely important aspect of the role to me,” she penned in a piece for Mail Online in 2014.

Laura Main has been in the spotlight for years thanks to her role as Nurse Shelagh Turner on Call the Midwife. While the actress shares updates about her career on social media, much less is known about her personal life away from the camera. 

As of February 2026, she is believed to be single. She previously dated theatre actor Stephen McGlynn between 2012 and 2017. 

Fenella Woolgar starred as Sister Hilda on the show from 2018 up until 2022. Off-screen, she’s been married to NHS doctor Dr Robert Harland since 2006, and they share three sons.

Speaking to You Magazine, the actress opened up about their wedding: “Our best woman made a very funny speech. She told Rob to put his hand over mine, then said, ‘That’s the last time you’ll ever have the upper hand.'”

While Stephen McGann plays Dr Patrick Turner on Call the Midwife, his connection to the series seeps into his personal life. The actor is actually married to the show’s creator, Heidi Thomas, and has been since 1998. They share a son together. 

Jessica Raine starred as Jenny Lee in the early seasons of the show before making her exit in 2014. Off-screen, the actress has found love with another star in the acting world. 

The star has been married to Emmy-nominated actor Tom Goodman-Hill, known for the Netflix drama Baby Reindeer, Humans, Spy and more since 2015.

Tom has two children from a previous relationship.

Cliff Parisi has been married to his long-term wife, Tara Wyer, since 2010. He has five children, including one son with Tara. 

In a previous interview, Cliff said the BBC One producer “wasn’t impressed with the fact I was an actor at all”. 

“I had this new girlfriend and took her to watch some filming, and I said to Tara, ‘What do you think of my new girlfriend?’ It was obvious she disapproved,” he told Saga Magazine in 2024. 

“So, I said, ‘Well, you go out with me then.’ That was 15 years ago and after going out that night, we haven’t been apart since.”

Leonie Elliott, who plays Nurse Lucille Anderson, left the show in 2023 after its 12th season. The star tends to keep her private life on the down-low, and doesn’t appear to have a partner as of 2026. 

Chatting to HELLO! in 2023 after her exit announcement and ahead of the Christmas special, she said: “It is really strange! When you’ve been a part of such a special show for so long, this will be my first Christmas special watching it without Lucille being in it. 

“So it will feel strange but I’ll definitely be tuning in to see what the guys have been up to, what they’re doing in Poplar.”