Samantha Bond is again on our TV screens within the new season of the hit thriller drama, The Marlow Murder Club, through which she performs a crossword-writer and retired archaeologist, Judith Potts, who solves crimes within the idyllic, titular riverside city.
The London-born actress is a family title due to her flip as Miss Moneypenny in 4 James Bond movies throughout Pierce Brosnan‘s run as 007. The 64-year-old, who’s the daughter of TV producer Pat Sandys and actor Philip Bond, can be recognized for her roles in Outnumbered, Downton Abbey and the BBC’s 1983 adaptation of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park.
But do you know that Samantha is not the one famous face in her household? The Home Fires actor’s two children are additionally TV stars. Find out extra about her household under…
Meet Samantha Bond’s famous children
Samantha shares two children with actor Alexander Hanson (The Diplomat, The Bill).
Acting expertise clearly runs within the household as Samantha’s two children, who’re each of their 30s, are additionally actors.
Her daughter Molly Hanson has appeared in a string of exhibits, together with EastEnders, Doctors and Father Brown. She additionally appeared in The Marlow Murder Club season one as a youthful model of her mum’s character, Judith.
© Dave Benett/Getty Images for The Ivy CollectionOn working alongside her daughter, Samantha told HELLO! final 12 months: “Well you don’t actually get to work with her because she’s the young Judith and I’m the old Judith, so they can’t be in the same scene but it was lovely having her around.”
© Big Talk/Four EyesSamantha’s son, Tom Hanson, is probably greatest recognized for taking part in Cardi in Sky’s hit comedy Brassic and Spencer within the BBC comedy, The Outlaws. He additionally starred in sequence three of The Tunnell.
Tom is about to star in Channel 4’s upcoming comedy sequence, Stepping Up, a couple of hapless stepdad who brings properly intentioned chaos to his new household unit. Tom stars alongside Josh Pugh (Sneakerhead), Denise Welch (Waterloo Road, Benidorm), Sophia Di Martino (Loki, Flowers), Lucia Keskin (Things You Should Have Done, Big Boys) and Jeff Mirza (Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy) within the new sequence.
© Sky UK Ltd / Colin HuttonSamantha’s dwelling life
When she’s not on a movie set, Samantha could be discovered at dwelling in St Margarets, London.
In an interview with The Guardian in 2024, the actress revealed that she likes to spend her Sundays “slobbing-out-Sundays-with-husband” or internet hosting friends for lunch.
© ed Cullen/Dave Benett/Getty ImagesThe couple additionally get pleasure from eating at their favorite restaurant, Adesso Sicilia, in Richmond. “My husband and I are very middle-aged – we like to go places where they know who we are,” she mentioned. “We get kisses and the menu’s not too big, so you don’t have to make too many decisions.”
The Marlow Murder Club returns on Wednesday 18 March at 8pm on U&Drama.
