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Stephanie Colderick

BBC The Weakest link: Tamzin Outhwaite's devastating split from Welsh actor and how she's found love with man 20 years younger

Known for playing Mel Healy in EastEnders actress Tamzin Outhwaite will be appearing on The Weakest Link on Saturday, January 15.

The actress shot to fame in EastEnders where her character had a dramatic love life not too dissimilar from Tamzin's own private life.

You can read more Showbiz news here.

Tamzin met Welsh actor Tom Ellis, the star of Lucifer, after being introduced by mutual friend and fellow actor James McAvoy.

They married in 2006 in Somerset and have two daughters together, Marnie and Florence, and they divorced in 2014 when Marnie was just 13 months old.

The relationship broke down when Tom admitted he had a one-night stand with Emilie de Ravin, his Once Upon A Time co-star.

Since the divorce Tamzin has hinted it was more than a one-night stand that caused the end of their marriage, she told Essentials magazine: "I wouldn't not be with my husband over a one-night stand is all I'll say."

However, Tamzin seems to have found her happy ending since the divorce with another Tom, 20 years her junior.

The actress is currently dating actor and documentary maker Tom Child and they have been together since 2018. They met in 2017 at a yoga class and became good friends before they got together.

Tazmin and Tom Ellis have two children together (shared content unit)

Talking on Lorraine in 2020 Tazmin said she did not care what people thought about the age difference and the fact that her daughters like him is the most important factor.

And in one interview she said she was happier than ever right now.

"The main thing is that I'm living in the now, which I've never really done. I've always been like, 'Oh, when I have a kid'; 'Oh, when I get married'; 'Oh, when I buy that house'.

'Whereas now, for the first time in my life, I'm not going, 'Oh, when I ... ' anything.'"

Tamzin has famous connections as her cousin is Dan Baldwin, husband of This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby, who is a TV producer for shows like The Wheel and Breaking Dad. You can read more about Dan here.

After leaving school Tamzin joined London Studio Centre to study drama and dance from there starred in The Bill and Men Behaving Badly.

Her big break came when she joined EastEnders in 1998 and she left the soap in 2002, before coming back to Albert Square from 2017 to 2019 when her character was killed off.

After EastEnders Tamzin landed roles in ITV drama The Fixer, the BBC sci-fi crime series Paradox, and BBC comedy-drama New Trick.

In 2021 Tamzin went on The Masked Dancer as Scarecrow, making it to the final and finishing fourth. She also starred in Ridley Road last year and was a guest star in Death in Paradise in 2022.

The Weakest Link airs on BBC One at 6.10pm on Saturday, January, 15.

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