Meet Benedict Cumberbatch's Fiancée Sophie Hunter

  • Hunter poses in a photo shoot for Savoy Magazine on July 1, 2004.
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  • Hunter (left) had a small role as Maria Osborne in the 2004 film Vanity Fair
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  • She played the character Tiffany Glass in the pilot for the TV series Mumbai Calling in 2007
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  • Hunter and Cumberbatch met on the set of the 2009 film Burlesque Fairytales
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  • Sophie Hunter was the associate director on Broadway's Enron. Here she attends the Enron press night in London on Jan. 26, 2010.
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  • Hunter (top left), played a witch alongside Sir Patrick Stewart's Macbeth in PBS' Great Performances: Macbeth in 2010.
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  • 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.
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  • The very private couple was recently spotted together at the French Open on June 8, 2014 in Paris, France.
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By Eliana Dockterman and TIME Photo

Benedict Cumberbatch announced that he was engaged to a woman named Sophie Hunter in the Times of London this morning. The Sherlock actor had never even confirmed he was seeing anyone, so who is this mystery woman?

Hunter is a graduate from Oxford and best known in the theater world for directing plays and operas. She’s also had a few small film roles, including 2009’s Burlesque Fairytales, where she met Cumberbatch himself. Take a look at the woman who tied down England’s most popular bachelor.

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Write to Eliana Dockterman at eliana.dockterman@time.com.

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