--- title: Benedict Cumberbatch Announces Engagement description: The Sherlock Holmes actor has announced his engagement to fellow actor Sophie Hunter in a classified advert in The Times. The announcement reads: "Mr... canonical: https://time.com/3558121/benedict-cumberbatch-announces-engagement/ author: Conal Urquhart article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-05T10:08:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:07:10.094Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Benedict Cumberbatch Announces Engagement og:description: The Sherlock Holmes actor has announced his engagement to fellow actor Sophie Hunter in a classified advert in The Times. 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The announcement reads: "Mr... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5244ad249e900759/698690f835ba6f52a3c02261/488767671.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Benedict Cumberbatch Announces Engagement ## Video: Benedict Cumberbatch Is Engaged To Theater Director [Watch (HLS stream): Benedict Cumberbatch Is Engaged To Theater Director](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/EVLXFJT3.m3u8) (1:15)  _Published 2014-11-05. On Wednesday The Times ran the marriage announcement of actor Benedict Cumberbatch to his girlfriend Sophie Hunter. But who is she?_ by [Conal Urquhart](https://time.com/author/conal-urquhart/) ## Conal Urquhart Nov 5, 2014 10:08 AM UTC  Benedict Cumberbatch attends the "Charles James: Beyond Fashion" Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2014 in New York City. Benedict Cumberbatch attends the "Charles James: Beyond Fashion" Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2014 in New York City.Neilson Barnard—Getty Images by [Conal Urquhart](https://time.com/author/conal-urquhart/) ## Conal Urquhart Nov 5, 2014 10:08 AM UTC The Sherlock Holmes actor has announced his engagement to fellow actor Sophie Hunter in a classified advert in [_The Times_](http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/)_._  The announcement reads: “Mr BT. Cumberbatch and Miss S.I. Hunter: The engagement is announced between Benedict, son of Wanda and Timothy Cumberbatch of London, and Sophie, daughter of Katharine Hunter of Edinburgh and Charles Hunter of London.” The 38-year old actor who is also the voice of Smaug the dragon in the Hobbit trilogy has kept his relationship with Hunter, 36, out of the media until he made this traditional announcement in the Birth, Deaths and Marriages section of _The Times._ \[[_The Times_](http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/)\] _Read next:_ [_Benedict Cumberbatch Knows Exactly How Sherlock Would Be in Bed_](http://time.com/3550103/benedict-cumberbatch-sherlock-sex/?xid=time%5Freadnext) ### Meet Benedict Cumberbatch's Fiancée Sophie Hunter  Hunter poses in a photo shoot for Savoy Magazine on July 1, 2004. James Bareham—Corbis  Hunter (left) had a small role as Maria Osborne in the 2004 film Vanity Fair Focus Films  She played the character Tiffany Glass in the pilot for the TV series Mumbai Calling in 2007 ITV/REX USA  Hunter and Cumberbatch met on the set of the 2009 film Burlesque Fairytales Double Barrel Productions  Sophie Hunter was the associate director on Broadway's Enron. Here she attends the Enron press night in London on Jan. 26, 2010. Dan Wooller—Rex USA  Hunter (top left), played a witch alongside Sir Patrick Stewart's Macbeth in PBS' Great Performances: Macbeth in 2010. Thirteen Productions LLC  Hunter and Cumberbatch started seeing each other sometime after Cumberbatch's split from designer Anna Jones in 2012\. Here Hunter attends The Collective Dinner in London on May 15, 2014. Rex USA  The very private couple was recently spotted together at the French Open on June 8, 2014 in Paris, France. 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