Dame Emma Thompson looks effortlessly chic in a gray coat as she explores Venice with husband Greg Wise
Dame Emma Thompson and husband Greg Wise took a stroll through Venice, Italy during their Easter break.
The actress, 63, who has been in a relationship with actor Wise, 56, since they met on the set of Sense And Sensibility in 1995, appeared to be enjoying some well-deserved time off.
The couple visited churches, antique shops and ate ice cream among the tourist crowds on Saturday.
Emma looked effortlessly chic in a gray coat and brown cap as she looked around the historic city.
She completed the look with blue dungarees and trainers, while accessorizing with a scarf around the neck.
Vacation: Dame Emma Thompson and husband Greg Wise took a stroll through Venice, Italy during their Easter vacation
Elegant: Emma looked effortlessly chic in a gray coat and brown cap as she looked around the historic city
Meanwhile, Greg looked casual in an electric blue raincoat, jeans and a pair of Nike sneakers.
Emma has been happily married to her second husband Greg for 20 years.
Despite their marital bliss, she has described romantic love as a “myth” that can be quite “dangerous.”
The Love Actually star said people need to think “sensibly” about love and how to nurture it.
“It is philosophically useful and uplifting to remember that romantic love is a myth and quite dangerous,” she told the Radio Times.
“We really have to take it with a grain of salt. Thinking wisely about love and how it can grow is essential.
“Long-term relationships are extremely difficult and complicated. If anyone thinks there’s a happily ever after place in our lives, forget it.”
Emma stars in new rom-com What’s Love Got to Do With It? , starring Lily James and Shazad Latif, which explores arranged marriages.
The Oscar-winning actress has had her fair share of heartbreak in the past following her very public split from her first husband, Sir Kenneth Branagh.
The couple married in 1989 and were the golden couple of the British acting scene until Sir Kenneth had an affair with Helena Bonham Carter while directing her in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
Dame Emma and Sir Kenneth, 62, divorced in 1995 and he continued to date Miss Bonham Carter until 1999.
Fun in the sun: The couple visited churches, antique shops and ate ice cream among the crowds of tourists on Saturday
Romance: Emma (pictured right) has had her fair share of heartbreak in the past following her very public split from her first husband, Sir Kenneth Branagh (left)
Dame Emma said she drew on her real heartbreak while playing her Love Actually character, who is betrayed by her husband, played by Alan Rickman.
“That scene where my character is crying by the bed is so well known because it’s something everyone has experienced,” she said in a 2018 interview.
Dame Emma has also admitted that she still struggles with the ‘pressure’ of awards shows. “Both times I had to do the Oscars, I became seriously ill. I found the pressure and the glare of it too much,” she said.
“It’s amazing – and then you want to lie down in a dark room afterwards. You think: ‘Please don’t ask me questions and don’t make me talk about myself.’