Sherlock’s Amanda Abbington landed the role due to ‘nepotism’ due to ex Martin Freeman

Amanda Abbington has admitted that she got her role in Sherlock through “nepotism” due to her relationship with ex Martin Freeman.

The 48-year-old actress joined her then-partner as his on-screen wife, Mary Watson, in the hit detective series.

speaking in the Full Disclosure Podcast She said: ‘Because I was with Martin at the time [of getting the part of Mary]there was a lot of nepotism going around.’

That’s right, that was it. Both Mark and Steven [writers Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat] he said that they were trying to figure out who would be the best person to play Watson’s wife Mary, and they thought she would be the person who would date him.

‘Makes sense. And we had worked on a lot of things together’ before adding: ‘It just seemed like a natural, and I was over the moon because I loved that show.’

Cast: The actress, 48, joined her then-partner as his on-screen wife, Mary Watson, on the hit detective series (the couple pictured on the show with Benedict Cumberbatch, center)

The two actors were together for 16 years and share a son, Joe, 17, and a daughter, Grace, 14, before splitting in 2016.

She then opened up about her ex-partner’s Hollywood career, saying: “People always ask if she was jealous or resentful.” [of Freeman]. No, because we would never go up for the same pieces!

I loved supporting him in his career. I was very proud of him, I remember him showing me [BBC sitcom] The office.’

“I just remember looking at it and thinking ‘this is amazing’ and loving it.”

“He is a phenomenal actor, and I always fully supported him in everything he did.

‘I was like, ‘Is there something in The Office for me?’ I showed up for the second season of The Office to play Rachel, his girlfriend, and I didn’t get it.

‘But when I saw who got it [actress, Stacey Roca] I was like ‘that makes sense’.

Amanda, who is now in a relationship with Jonathan Goodwin, has spoken in the past about how they kept their secret split six months before the news broke.

Candid: ‘That’s right, it was that. Both Mark and Steven [writers Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat] they said they were trying to figure out who would be the best person to play Watson’s wife Mary, and they thought she would be the person who would date him (pictured on show)

Throwback: The two actors were together for 16 years and share a son Joe, 17, and daughter Grace, 14, before splitting in 2016 (pictured in 2013)

She said The Sunday Times Magazine: ‘When we broke up, no one knew, we didn’t tell anyone, except some key people because they had to know, because of hotel logistics and stuff.

“It took six months for it to come out and a lot of that was while we were working on Sherlock… We were professionals and we were going to get along and put on a show and be civil with each other.

“We still get along very well, we still admire each other a lot as actors…he’s a great guy, but we couldn’t live together anymore.”

Stepping into the spotlight: It comes as the couple’s son, Joe, is set to follow in the footsteps of his famous parents as he prepares to hit the stage in a Tunbridge Wells production of Everyone’s Talking About Jamie.

It comes as the couple’s son, Joe, is keen to follow in the footsteps of his famous parents as he prepares to hit the stage in a production of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at Tunbridge Wells.

The youngster is currently a cast member of a version of the genre-fluid musical specially adapted for a teen cast in the Kentish town, and is apparently set to follow in his footsteps professionally.

Inspired by the 2011 British television documentary Jamie: Drag Queen at 16, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie follows the real-life story of a 16-year-old British student named Jamie Campbell living on a council estate in Sheffield.

Jamie is seen overcoming prejudice and bullying to follow her dream of becoming a drag queen.