Crime pays for Gold star Jack Lowden as he and Soairse Ronan lavish £2.5 million on a new London love nest
He’s currently mesmerising viewers as the villain in BBC One’s hit drama The Gold, based on the £26 million Brink’s-Mat heist of 1983.
But Jack Lowden and his even more starry partner Saoirse Ronan have a fortune of their own, and have just splashed out £2.5 million on a new home in the upmarket North London enclave of Islington.
They bought the three-bedroom Victorian end-of-terrace property after the actress fell in love with the area while playing Lady Macbeth at the nearby Almeida Theatre.
Lowden, 32, has received plaudits for his portrayal of the criminal Kenneth Noye in The Gold, and also stars alongside Gary Oldman in the popular Apple TV+ spy drama Slow Horses.
Ms Ronan, 28, is widely acclaimed as one of the world’s leading screen actresses, boasting four Oscar nominations for her roles in films including Atonement and Little Women.
Settling down: Jack and Saoirse enjoy a walk with their dog out in London
New house: The couple’s £2.5 million property in the upmarket North London enclave of Islington
The couple, who first met in 2018 on the set of the Mary Queen Of Scots film, in which Ms Ronan played the title role and Lowden was her husband, Lord Darnley, had previously rented a property in Notting Hill, West London.
A friend of the pair said: ‘Jack and Saoirse had been looking to buy a place for some time, but both had been so busy with work it was hard to get round to it. It was while she was appearing in Islington as Lady Macbeth, that Saoirse realised how much she liked the surrounding streets.
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‘I don’t think it took too much persuading to get Jack to agree to buying a place there.’
Ms Ronan has fully immersed herself into local life and has been seen at neighbourhood restaurants, as well as walking her beloved terrier Fran around the area.
The couple have also gone into business together, launching an independent film and production company, Arcade Pictures.
Ms Ronan will soon begin filming the star-studded Hollywood blockbuster, Barbie. In the movie, due out next year, she is reported to be playing an ‘alternative’ Barbie to the one played by star Margot Robbie. Her boyfriend, Ken, will be played by Ryan Gosling.
Speaking of his relationship with Ms Ronan, Lowden said recently: ‘We are not competitive, not in the slightest, because I’d lose. There is just zero competition, because there is no competition.’
And he also likened his partner of five years to a luxury car, as he described working with her on a film by saying: ‘When you’re given a Ferrari like her, it’s all about how you make everything good for the Ferrari to show off.’
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