Netflix star Josh Hartnett's life off-screen with 'amazing' wife - who is just as famous as him

Josh Hartnett is all over our screen right now. The 48-year-old actor is captivating cinema goers in the new Colleen Hoover adaptation, Verity, alongside Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson, while keeping Netflix viewers hooked with the supernatural thriller, Below.

The Minnesota-born star is an instantly recognizable face in Hollywood thanks to his illustrious acting career, with roles in major blockbuster films like Pearl Harbor, and Black Hawk Down, and TV hits such as the horror drama Penny Dreadful, and Charlie Brooker's dystopian Netflix show, Black Mirror. 

But did you know that his wife is equally as famous? Keep reading to find out all about his marriage to actress Tamsin Egerton.

Meet Josh Hartnett's wife, Tamsin Egerton

Josh began dating British actress Tamsin Egerton, 37, in 2012. 

Tamsin, who hails from Surrey in south east England, is perhaps best known for playing Chelsea Parker in the 2007 film St Trinian's. She also starred opposite Rowan Atkinson and Maggie Smith in the 2005 crime comedy film Keeping Mum, and shared the screen with Joseph Fiennes and Eva Green in the 2011 fantasy drama, Camelot. 

Other notable film roles include Chalet Girl, Grimsby, and Love, Rosie. 

Tamsin is set to star opposite Trevor Eve in the upcoming comedy drama The Golden Valley, which is currently in development. 

Josh and Tamsin's relationship timeline

Josh and Tamsin met on set of the 2013 time travel movie, The Lovers, which was filmed across 2011 and 2012, and they have been together ever since.

The couple tied the knot in a private ceremony in November 2021, though news of their nuptials didn't break until early 2022. Josh and Tamsin wed in London at The Old Marylebone Town Hall in the Soho room. According to Vanity Fair, the intimate venue only seats 12 people, so it's likely that only immediate family and close friends attended the low-key ceremony.

In December last year, Tamsin and Josh appeared together on Gogglebox for Stand Up to Cancer special, in which famous faces look back on the past week's best TV moments. 

Speaking about his love of the show, Josh told Magic FM that he began watching the series during lockdown. "We'd just moved to the countryside and were feeling very secluded and cut off from everyone that we knew," explained the actor. "Nobody really having an idea of where to turn. At that time, I remember watching Gogglebox and being like, 'We're all going through the same thing' and how wonderful is that, that we can have this shared experience. 

"This weird show that watches people watch television so that we can actually see everybody else deal with it," he added. 

Navigating the work-life balance

During a recent appearance on the Scene Stealers podcast, Josh opened up about balancing his work commitments with family life and praised his wife for her support. 

"When you're away, you have to spend so much time focusing on the work that you're making," he said. "You can't be doing both at the same time.

"Luckily, I have an amazing wife who kind of picks up the slack when I go away, but it's a weird thing."

Josh and Tamsin's children

The happy couple are also proud parents of four children. They welcomed their first born, a daughter, in 2015, and their second in 2017. Their third was born in late 2019 and, in February 2024, Josh revealed that the pair had quietly welcomed a fourth child. 

In a January 2021 interview with Mr. Porter, Josh shared his appreciation for his family. "The thing I am most proud of is that I'm a father of three and I have a good relationship with my partner and a great family life and I'm still able to do good work and, as I've got older, the characters have become more interesting," he said. 

Josh, who lives in the Hampshire countryside, likes to keep his children out of the spotlight. 

"We'll try and keep them away from it as much as possible because we want them to have normal upbringings," he previously told PEOPLE. 

Josh's love life

Prior to his relationship and marriage to Tamsin, Josh was in a relationship with fellow Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson.

They met on the set of the 2005 film The Black Dahlia and dated for nearly two years before going their separate ways. Josh told The Mirror in 2007: "It was difficult spending so much time apart with all our different commitments and both of us flying all over the world. At the end of the day, we're just ordinary people and it didn't work."

The actor has also been reportedly linked to other big stars including Mischa Barton, Amanda Seyfried and Sienna Miller.