As The Vicar of Dibley, she often asked for God’s help when it came to relationship woes or troubles in her parish. But actress and comedian Dawn French reckons her prayers were answered when she met her husband, Mark Bignell.
The star, who plays vicar Geraldine Granger in the hit BBC comedy, is convinced divine intervention played a part after her late father Denys sent her a sign to say Mark was The One.
And now the loved-up pair, who have been married for seven years, could not be happier. Dawn, 63, met Mark in 2010 through her mum Roma, who ran a family rehab centre that he ended up taking over.
At the time, Dawn had just split from comedian Lenny Henry after 25 years of marriage and was researching the character of a drug addict for
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