Emilia Fox - Personal Life

Personal Life

Fox was born in London, England. She comes from a thespian family — her mother is actress Joanna David (née Joanne Elizabeth Hacking) and her father is actor Edward Fox. Her uncle is James Fox and her cousins Laurence and Lydia also have successful acting careers. She has a brother Freddie and a half sister Lucy. She was educated at the independent Bryanston School where she played the cello, and the University of Oxford where she read English at Jesus College, Oxford. Her great-great grandfather was Samson Fox, and her great-grandmother was the actress Hilda Hanbury, sister of Lily Hanbury. Through Hanbury she is related to the 19th Century actress Ellen Terry.

In 2000 Fox was nearly married to the comedian Vic Reeves but their engagement was called off. Shortly after this she began dating the artist and fashion designer Toby Mott but the couple ended the relationship soon afterward. In July 2005, she married British actor Jared Harris, the son of the Irish actor Richard Harris. The couple announced their split in 2008 and Harris filed for divorce in January 2009. They divorced following the breakdown of their long-distance relationship and her miscarriage in 2007. Fox also had entered into a relationship with actor Jeremy Gilley. In May 2010 it was reported that Fox was pregnant with their child. The Harris-Fox divorce was finalized in June 2010. In November 2010, Fox gave birth to a baby girl named Rose. She and Gilley broke up in 2011.

Fox is a patron for environment and human rights charity the Environmental Justice Foundation. She speaks German and French. She gave up drinking in 2001 and in 2002 she gave up smoking. She plays the cello and the piano and the trumpet. Fox is an agnostic.