Michael Sheen dating comedienne Aisling Bea following his split from Silver Silverman
ACTOR Michael Sheen is dating Irish comedienne Aisling Bea — who is the spitting image of his exes Sarah Silverman and Kate Beckinsale.
The Irish comedienne, 34, who appeared on Great British Bake Off’s Stand Up To Cancer special last week, joined the Welsh-born Hollywood star, 49, at the Olivier Awards, in London, on Sunday night.
A source said: “They met through mutual friends and Michael is pretty smitten, telling people he is off the market.”
Michael, who is famed for his portrayal of former Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2006’s The Queen, split from US comic Sarah, 47, at the end of last year.
She announced their break up on Twitter in February and said their relationship “got hard” with her living in Los Angeles so they “consciously uncoupled.”
The pair arrived at the prestigious theatre ceremony separately but met up at the afterparty at the Natural History Museum.
An onlooker said: “They stayed close all evening and Michael leaped to her defence when a reveller smashed a glass near her, making sure she was OK.”
Aisling and Michael were pictured together on stage last year at the UK Social Enterprise Awards, in London, which she hosted.
The pair met while filming Showtime’s Master Of Sex together in 2014.
Michael was in a relationship with actress Kate Beckinsale, 44, for eight years, before splitting in 2003. They have an 18-year-old daughter, Lily.
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