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Olivia Colman shares marriage secrets after revealing 'gay man' and non-binary identity
Olivia Colman reveals 25-year marriage to Ed Sinclair as she describes herself as a 'gay man' and 'feels non-binary'.
In brief
Olivia Colman reveals 25-year marriage to Ed Sinclair as she describes herself as a 'gay man' and 'feels non-binary'. Olivia Colman describes herself as a 'gay man' and 'feels non-binary' in her 25-year marriage to Ed Sinclair. Originally reported by Dailymail.
Olivia Colman's marriage secret
Olivia Colman shares the secret to her 25-year marriage to 'lucky' Ed Sinclair.
Describes herself as 'gay man'
Olivia has always described herself as the 'gay man' in her marriage and 'feels non-binary'.
Marriage advice
Be kind to each other and try not to let things get to a point where you need to talk about it.
No conflict people
Olivia and Ed don't argue because they are 'not conflict people'.
Marriage advice
Find a nice gentle time to say, 'Can we talk about that thing' and often it is, 'What thing?'
Marriage advice
For some people it works in the heat of the moment, but it doesn't work for me.
Met in 1990s
Olivia and Ed met in the 1990s while attending university in Cambridge.
Cambridge Footlights
They fell in love while rehearsing for a Cambridge Footlights production of Alan Ayckbourn's Table Manners.
Stalked him
Olivia spent six weeks memorising the words to a song he liked and also learnt his timetable.
Stalked him
She told Bustle she 'sort of stalked him' but it worked in their case.
Reminds him
Olivia reminds Ed every day that he is a very lucky man.
Studied at Homerton
Olivia was studying to teach at Homerton College, Cambridge.
Ed's education
Ed initially studied law at Cambridge University but shifted to arts and attended Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Ed's career
Ed wrote the 2021 Sky drama series Landscapers starring Olivia and David Thewlis.
Ed's career
Ed recently produced The Roses starring Olivia and Benedict Cumberbatch as a husband and wife at war.
Three children
They have three children: two sons, Hall, 18, and Finn, 20, and a ten-year-old daughter.
First child
Their firstborn, Finn, was born in 2005 while Hall joined the family in 2007.
Daughter in 2015
Their daughter came along in 2015 while Olivia was filming The Night Manager.
Scared of sex scenes
Olivia admitted she's scared of sex scenes because it feels like she's cheating on her husband.
No sex scenes
Olivia says she doesn't want to do anything where she has to show skin or pretend to have sex.
Here's the gist
Olivia Colman describes herself as a 'gay man' and 'feels non-binary' in her 25-year marriage to Ed Sinclair.
