--- description: Ever wondered what happened to Karen and Harry? title: 'Love Actually' Editor Reveals What Happened to These 2 Characters image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0dcdf4ab95fad599/6988758be20a8736d5a8eaba/gettyimages-481547925.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Love Actually_ Script Editor Reveals What Happened to These 2 Characters’ Marriage by [Dylan Kickham / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Dylan Kickham / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 16, 2015 3:28 AM CUT  British actress Emma Thompson poses for pictures as she arrives for the 2014 Empire Awards in central London on March 30, 2014. British actress Emma Thompson poses for pictures as she arrives for the 2014 Empire Awards in central London on March 30, 2014.Carl Court—AFP/Getty Images by [Dylan Kickham / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Dylan Kickham / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 16, 2015 3:28 AM CUT _Love Actually_ is considered by many to be an uplifting Christmas classic, but one storyline does stick out as being notably depressing. Now, thanks to some live-tweeting by the the wife of the film’s director late Saturday night, we know for sure what happened with Karen (Emma Thompson) and Harry (Alan Rickman). Not only is Emma Freud the wife of _Love Actually_ writer and director Richard Curtis, but she was also a script editor for the film. Needless to say, she has a wealth of insider information about the beloved British dramedy, so fans were elated when she live-tweeted a midnight screening of the film Saturday. From her responses, we finally know for sure what went on with Harry and Karen. Here’s a quick reminder: Harry is flirting it up with his secretary Mia (Heike Makatsch), and his wife, Karen, breaks down in tears when she finds out. At the end of the film, Karen and Harry seem to be back together, but it’s pretty unclear. So fans wanted to know: did Harry really have an affair with Mia, and are Karen and Harry actually together at the end of the movie? > [](https://twitter.com/emmafreud/status/676056685732102145) > [](https://twitter.com/emmafreud/status/675950684479619072) [_This article originally appeared on ew.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/15/love-actually-karen-harry-emma-thompson-alan-rickman-outcome "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4150931/love-actually-karen-harry-relationship-movie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4150931/love-actually-karen-harry-relationship-movie/"},"headline":"Love Actually Script Editor Reveals What Happened to These 2 Characters’ Marriage","datePublished":"2015-12-16T03:28:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:24:53.018Z","description":"Ever wondered what happened to Karen and Harry?","url":"https://time.com/4150931/love-actually-karen-harry-relationship-movie/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0dcdf4ab95fad599/6988758be20a8736d5a8eaba/gettyimages-481547925.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dylan Kickham / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0dcdf4ab95fad599/6988758be20a8736d5a8eaba/gettyimages-481547925.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"BRITAIN-ENTERTAINMENT-CINEMA-AWARD","caption":"BRITAIN-ENTERTAINMENT-CINEMA-AWARD","creditText":"Carl Court—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4150931/love-actually-karen-harry-relationship-movie/","name":"Love Actually Script Editor Reveals What Happened to These 2 Characters’ Marriage"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Richard Corliss on the Best Holiday Movies and TV","description":"TIME's Richard Corliss comes down the chimney with the top 10 best holiday movies and TV shows","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/v7XJGFE7/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2008-12-21T00:02:47.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/v7XJGFE7.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4150931/love-actually-karen-harry-relationship-movie/","duration":"PT8M8S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4150931/love-actually-karen-harry-relationship-movie/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```