Zawe Ashton

'Loki' is going to be a dad! Tom Hiddleston's fiancée, Zawe Ashton, debuted her baby bump at the premiere of her new movie, so here's what you need to know ...

While Zawe grew up in London, her grandfather Paulo Muwanga was a political figure in Uganda. Paulo, who died in 1991 at age 67, was her mother Victoria’s father, via The Guardian. His term as president was incredibly brief, lasting only ten days, from May 10, 1980, to May 22. Zawe revealed that her writing career began when she was 17 and entered poetry slams in a 2009 interview with Afridiziak. Other than poetry, she’s written numerous plays, including For All Those Women Who Thought They Were Mad, which was performed at the Royal Court Playwriting Festival in 2009. “I love what I do, and I dedicate myself with absolute commitment to making great art and great entertainment, and in my mind, I don’t conflict the two,” Tom told The Telegraph in 2017 when discussing his professional and personal affairs. She was Violet “Vod” Nordstrom in the English show Fresh Meat from 2011 to 2013. The Fresh Meat star (and villain in the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, The Marvels) debuted her baby bump at the June 29 premiere of her new film, Mr. Malcolm’s List. Two weeks after Tom Hiddleston confirmed that he proposed to Zawe Ashton in March 2022 (“I’m very happy,” he told the Los Angeles Times), the Only Lovers Left Alive star dropped another bombshell.

Hiddleston was not at the screening. Ashton was joined by costars Freida Pinto, Sope Dirisu, Theo James and Sianad Gregory. The film's director Emma Holly Jones ...

Ashton had sparked engagement rumors back in March at the 2022 BAFTA Awards, where she was spotted with a ring on her wedding finger. Ashton plays Julia Thistlewaite in the period drama. The "Mr. Malcolm's List" actress was in New York City on Wednesday to promote the film when she showed off her baby bump.

Zawe Ashton, who is engaged to Tom Hiddleston, draped her growing baby bump in a sparkly beige gown at the premiere of 'Mr. Malcolm's List.'

He also stars as a 19th century vicar caught up in a mystery in “The Essex Serpent.” The actor loves plumbing new depths within Loki as the Marvel character undergoes different iterations. Hiddleston did not accompany his new fiancée to the event.

Then Mr. Malcolm and Selina Dalton (Freida Pinto), the woman Julia taps for her plan, end up developing genuine feelings for each other. In real life, ...

"It's a no-brainer," Ashton said, of this new era of color-conscious casting. In Captain Henry Ossory (a mustachioed Theo James), Ashton said Julia finds someone who "loves her for her flaws rather than despite them." "It's something I don't think she was ever expecting," Ashton said. "Mr. Malcolm's List," which was first a 2019 short film featuring most of the original cast, is all about the unpredictable nature of connections, the very thing Ashton bets on when she makes her matches. "My imaginative scenes was always wide enough to cast myself in the stories as I read them. Jane Austen gets a diverse remix via the upcoming "Persuasion" adaptation. "I'm a very list-free person. Mr. Malcolm's courtship strategy is guided by the list of 10 qualities he needs in a woman. "(The list) becomes this metaphor for him. The couple also is expecting a child. Then Mr. Malcolm and Selina Dalton (Freida Pinto), the woman Julia taps for her plan, end up developing genuine feelings for each other. "I have an eye for finding people who complement each other very well.

Zawe Ashton opens up about filming Mr. Malcolm's List, her love for Regency romance, and laughing it up with Theo James.

The British actress debuted her bump on the red carpet at the New York City premiere of Mr. Malcolm's List, wearing a gorgeous sparkling, jeweled nude gown from ...

The couple first sparked engagement rumors when Ashton sported a sparkler on her all-important finger at the BAFTAs in March 2022. Congratulations are in order for Zawe Ashton and Tom Hiddleston, who are expecting their first baby together. Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton Expecting First Child: See Her Baby Bump!

Ashton tells us about walking the line between hero and villain, and tapping into the iconography of the Regency period in 'Mr. Malcolm's List.'

Putting on the little ballet slippers that they wore at that time, it's extremely ... again, it's just very, very gentle and very ... it has a softness to it that really does transport you from this world to that one. I love it mostly because there wasn't a huge amount of budget to make a lot of costumes. I embraced the lightness and the kindness of the movie. So it was just like "tick, tick, tick, tick, tick" in the space of 24 hours. I love that you touched on kindness, because I feel like Julia sort of walks the scorned woman archetype throughout the film and she does make questionable choices, but she's never demonized. I think they were the characters that I always warmed to as a child, when I was watching animated films or when you were at a puppet show, or just those first formative steps into understanding different creative worlds. I think lots of actors really desperately would like to be liked, but I don't know. And that's something I think women can really understand, when society starts to kind of close in on you with that messaging of where you're supposed to be at in your life versus where you might be. I wasn't drawn to Julia's extremes necessarily, but I'm always drawn to walking that line, I think. I'm a rom-com fan, I'm a fan of the new Regency-core journey that we're on as an industry, so that was an intersection that was a tick. And I just really embraced the arc of that. Her subversive arc appealed tremendously to Ashton, who'd never had the chance to star in a period romance before "Malcolm's List." The process was undeniably euphoric for the actor, especially when it came to the film's gorgeous costumes, but not without a few corset-related challenges.

While doing a Regency film might seem like a given for a British actor, Ashton says it's not been the case for actors of color until recently — and she's been ...

And I just had an intentionality, I think from the end of 2019 where I just thought, ‘I just want to be of service as much as possible in my work. And one of the ways I can do that is to amplify fledgling female filmmaking talent.’” I was always aware that there was a real chasm between where my imagination could go and where the scope of the filmic interpretations were,” she says. And to play, you get to leave your ego at the door. You get to just really play the truth of someone’s experience, and people are messy. And that feels like a real tick off the bucket list. I did not expect it to happen,” Ashton says of joining the Marvel world. “But I think it was already starting to change,” she continues. And the meeting of rom-com and Regency romance, two genres that I love, the intersection of the two of them is even more delicious. “I got a phone call saying, ‘there’s the script from ‘Mr. Malcolm’s List,’ it’s part of this exciting new wave of Regency work and they need an answer by tomorrow morning,’” Ashton recalls. “This film is a low-budget film; it was a labor of love for so many people. Zawe Ashton is back in her favorite city, New York, sitting in a room at the Plaza Hotel having just finished a long day of interviews.

Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton are going to be parents! After the actress debuted her baby bump at the premiere for her latest movie, Mr. Malcolm's List, a ...

Behind the scenes, they would just privately be affectionate and hugging and sitting next to each other and holding hands." A source close to the production told People that the two had "lovely" chemistry together. Zawe and Tom showed great affection for each other, and you could also see that coming off slightly in their onstage performance," the insider said.

Ashton debuted her growing belly at a special screening of Mr. Malcolm's List in New York City on Wednesday night, walking the red carpet solo. Vogue confirmed ...

Behind the scenes, they would just privately be affectionate and hugging and sitting next to each other and holding hands.” Last year, it was also reported that the pair had moved in together and were living in Atlanta, Georgia, per the Daily Mail. Ashton debuted her growing belly at a special screening of Mr. Malcolm's List in New York City on Wednesday night, walking the red carpet solo.

Ashton told Insider that she had met Page early in his career on the UK show "Fresh Meat" and offered to help with his career.

"I realized that this really dramatic shift in this production was probably the universe doing me a favor and pushing me to do something different," Jones said. I just thought, 'I hope that guy does what he wants to do.' And then I turn on 'Bridgerton' and I'm like, 'This is so phenomenal.' Full-circle moment." Ashton continued: "And I actually had helped him write this series of letters for when you're applying for a US visa. "We just started talking and he was clearly extremely hard working and really inspiring," Ashton said. Ashton previously told Variety that she sought out a role in a period drama after watching "Bridgerton," which led to her starring in "Mr. Malcolm's List." "Mr. Malcolm's List" star Zawe Ashton told Insider that watching "Bridgerton" was a "full-circle moment" because she once helped lead actor Regé-Jean Page to get his US visa.

Lucy Kirkwood's play Maryland is being adapted for the BBC and Zawe Ashton (Fresh Meat), Hayley Squires (I, Daniel Blake) and Daniel Mays (Des, Line of Duty) ...

“This is an unashamedly candid and revealing series that should really help a lot of people,” said Channel 4 Senior Commissioning Editor Clemency Green. “Know Your Sh!t aims to make those awkward conversations that bit easier and encourage people to engage in this vital part of their wellbeing.” Universal International Studios-owned producer Monkey is attached to make the six-part series. Ashton and Squires play women both called Mary who meet at a police station in the aftermath of their respective sexual assaults. Lucy Kirkwood’s play Maryland is being adapted for the BBC and Zawe Ashton (Fresh Meat), Hayley Squires (I, Daniel Blake) and Daniel Mays (Des, Line of Duty) have landed the lead roles.