Call The Midwife’s Helen George splits from her partner Jack Ashton… seven years after first meeting on the show
Helen George divorced her partner Jack Ashton seven years after meeting on Call The Midwife.
The actress, 39, and her partner, 36, are said to have ‘drifted apart’ and decided to go their separate ways ‘a few months ago’.
The couple of seven years — who share daughters Wren, six, and Lark, two — are now focusing on co-parenting their two children.
Helen confirmed the split The mirror: ‘We broke up a few months ago. Our two beautiful girls will continue to take center stage and I respectfully request privacy for this next chapter.”
While a source added, “Helen and Jack’s decision to end their relationship has been amicable, with no one else involved, they just grew apart as a couple.”
Split: Helen George split from her partner Jack Ashton seven years after meeting her on Call The Midwife (both pictured in September 2021). They share two daughters Wren and Lark
“They are both incredibly committed to working together to be the best parents they can be to their two daughters,” they said.
MailOnline has reached out to Helen’s representatives for further comment.
Helen met Jack while they were both starring in the popular BBC drama series Call the Midwife.
Helen has played Trixie Franklin on the show since 2012, while Jack joined the series as Tom Hereward two years later.
The pair’s characters began an on-screen romance and Tom proposed to Trixie, before ending their relationship.
In real life, the couple is said to have fallen for each other after traveling to South Africa to film the 2016 Christmas special.
They welcomed their first child Wren a year later, before their second daughter Lark was born in November 2021.
In May 2021, Helen gave a rare insight into her relationship with Jack, sharing how they worked in the same industry and helped their romance.
It’s over: The actress, 39, and her partner, 36, are said to have ‘drifted apart’ and decided to go their separate ways ‘a few months ago’
She told the Daily Mail: ‘It’s not like you have time to have hobbies on the weekend. You’re on set for a long time every day and you don’t get to see many other people.
“We are like-minded people who understand the industry, the career and the long hours.”
Before her romance with Jack, Helen was married to actor Oliver Boot for three years before they split in 2015.
Helen met her former partner on the set of BBC drama Hotel Babylon, and the couple married in December 2012.
The married couple confirmed that they had separated in September 2015 Mirror: ‘I can confirm that Helen divorced her husband some time ago.’