Broadchurch star 'walks out on Emmerdale actress wife after falling for co-star'
ok.co.ukBroadchurch star Andrew Buchan has reportedly broken up with his Downton Abbey actress wife Amy Nuttall and has now fallen for a co-star.The actor, 44, is believed to now be living with his co-star Leila Farzad, 39, after the pair met while starring in new BBC thriller Better.The duo take on the lead roles in the new crime drama series, which sees Leila play Lou Slack, a corrupt police detective who allows the crimes of gangster Col McHugh, played by Andrew, slide in exchange for tip offs to advance her career.
Andrew and Amy, who has also starred in Emmerdale, have been married since 2012. A source said: “It was a huge shock. Amy is heartbroken.” A second source added to The Sun: “For Andrew to walk away from his family was a huge shock to us all – and Amy is heartbroken.
Everyone who knows them thought they were going to be together forever. But he’s packed his bags and left. Whatever has gone on, it seems to have been enough for him to re-evaluate his whole life and rip up their marriage.
OK! has approached representatives for Andrew Buchan, Amy Nutall and Leila Farzad for comment. Andrew is known for playing the father of murdered Danny Latimer in Broadchurch on ITV and has also made appearances in Netflix’s The Crown as Andrew Parker Bowles and Sky Atlantic’s This Is England as politician Matt Hancock.
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