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Isabella Calthorpe
Born
Isabella Amaryllis Charlotte Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe

(1980-03-03) 3 March 1980 (age 44)
Winchester, Hampshire, England
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
OccupationFilm/television/stage actress
Years active2004–present
Spouse
Sam Branson
​
(m. 2013)​
Children1
Parent(s)John Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe
Lady Mary-Gaye Georgiana Lorna Curzon
RelativesGabriella Calthorpe
(half-sister)
Cressida Bonas
(half-sister)

Isabella Calthorpe (born 3 March 1980) is an English actress and model.

Early life

Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe was born on 3 March 1980 in Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester, Hampshire.[1] She is the daughter of John Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, (who was the son of Sir Richard Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 2nd Baronet), and Lady Mary-Gaye Georgiana Lorna Curzon, daughter of the sixth Earl Howe. She has two full siblings (elder sister Georgiana, an artist, and younger brother Jacobi), and four half-siblings: two from her father's second marriage, including actress Gabriella Calthorpe; one from her mother's first marriage; and one from her mother's third marriage, the actress Cressida Bonas.

Isabella was educated at Heathfield School, Ascot[2] and Bradfield College, before going on to study classics and art history at the University of Edinburgh, and then attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art from 2003 to 2005.[3]

Career

Primarily a stage actress, she has also appeared in the films Stage Beauty and How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, and the television series Harley Street and Trinity.

Personal life

Calthorpe is a friend of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and was a guest at his wedding.[4] Whilst single, she appeared regularly in the society pages of Tatler, Harper's Bazaar and Hello Magazine.[5]

On 6 March 2013 she married Sam Branson, a former model and filmmaker, the son of business tycoon Sir Richard Branson.[6] The couple married at his father's private safari lodge near Kruger National Park,[6] with guests including Princess Beatrice of York and Princess Eugenie of York.[6] On 9 September 2014 it was announced on the Virgin website that the couple were expecting their first child. Daughter Eva-Deia Branson was born on 19 February 2015.[7]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Stage Beauty Lady Jane Bellamy
2006 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Emily Proctor Episode: Chinese Walls
2008 Harley Street Miranda Cost episodes 1 and 2
2008 How to Lose Friends & Alienate People Anna
2009 Trinity Rosalind Gaudain 8 episodes
2009 The Prisoner 765 - Wonkers 2 episodes, "Episode 1: Arrival" and "Episode 2: Harmony"
2010 13Hrs Sarah Tyler (released as "Night Wolf" in the USA)
2011 Blooded Liv Scott feature directed by Ed Boase
2013 Fedz Detective Carter

Ancestry

She is a 9th great-granddaughter of Charles II of England and Scotland on both her mother's and father's side. Her parents are third cousins, sharing Francis Horatio Fitzroy as a great-great-grandfather.

King Charles II (1630-1685)
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1663-1690)
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton (1683-1757)
Lord Augustus FitzRoy (1716-1741)
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735-1811)
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1768-1770)
Admiral Lord William FitzRoy (1782-1857) [8]
Francis Horatio FitzRoy (1823-1900) [9]
Esmé FitzRoy (1859-1939)Gertrude Louisa Georgiana FitzRoy (1850-1927)
Mary Curzon (1887-1962)Fitzroy Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (1872-1957)
Edward Curzon, 6th Earl Howe (1908-1984)Richard Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (1908-1985)
Mary-Gaye Georgiana Lorna Shaw (1947-)John Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (1947-)
Isabella Calthorpe
Family of Isabella Calthorpe
16. Robert Hamilton Lloyd-Anstruther (1841-1914)
8. Fitzroy Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (1872-1957)
17. Gertrude Louisa Georgiana Fitzroy (1850-1927),
granddaughter of Lord William FitzRoy and
Georgiana Raikes
4. Sir Richard Hamilton Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 2nd Bt. (1908-1985)
18. Augustus Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Baron Calthorpe (1829-1910)
9. Hon. Rachel Gough-Calthorpe (1871-1951)
19. Maud Augusta Louisa Duncombe (1850-1925),
daughter of Octavius Duncombe and
Lady Emily Caroline Campbell (1819–1911)
2. John Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (1947-)
10. Vernen Austen Malcolmson (1872-1947)
5. Nancy Moireach Malcolmson (1912-1976)
22. Henry Strutt, 2nd Baron Belper (1840-1914)
11. Hon Lillian Strutt (1877-1956)
23. Lady Margaret Coke (1852-1922),
daughter of Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester and Juliana Whitbread (1825-1870)
1. Isabella Calthorpe
24. Richard Curzon, 4th Earl Howe (1861-1929)
12. Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe (1884-1964)
25. Lady Georgiana Elizabeth Spencer-Churchill (1860-1906),
daughter of John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough and Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane
6. Edward Curzon, 6th Earl Howe (1908-1984)
26. Hon. Montagu Curzon (1846-1907)
13. Mary Curzon (1887-1962)
27. Esmé Fitzroy (1859-1939),
granddaughter of Lord William FitzRoy and
Georgiana Raikes
3. Lady Mary-Gaye Georgiana Lorna Curzon (1947-)
14. Stephan Frederick Wakeling (1877-1954)
7. Grace Lilian Wakeling (1908-1985)
30. Cornelius John Tarr (1845-1900)
15. Mary Anna Tarr (1876-?)
31. Grace Hannah Davies (1855-1934)

References

  1. ^ The Times 1980 March 5, p. 30
  2. ^ "The Tatler List". Tatler.
  3. ^ I.M.D.B. - Isabella Calthorpe - Biography
  4. ^ Tamara Abraham. "Royal Wedding: Prince William's ex-girlfriends Jecca Craig and Isabella Calthorpe came so close | Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Heiress Isabella in the spotlight following Wills break-up". Hellomagazine.com. 27 April 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  6. ^ a b c 'Branson heir marries model who turned down Prince William', The Times, 7 March 2013, No. 70826, p. 5
  7. ^ http://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/sam-and-bellies-baby-girl
  8. ^ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/fitzroy-william-1782-1857
  9. ^ http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/gravedetails.php?available=yes&fullname=Francis%20Horatio%20Fitzroy&grave=206245&personid=436100
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