On the way into the 73rd annual Emmy Awards on the E! red carpet, Josh O’Connor stopped to chat with host Karamo Brown about the game he played to pass the time in award shows.
He and his friend competed to play rock paper scissors with the most famous people in the room. And he also revealed he has lost to a friend who managed to play rock paper scissors with Beyonce.
While he was asked, who the famous face he had ever played, he replied,
“I think I did it with Salma Hayek, which is pretty good.”
The Crown star was nominated for his first Emmy Award in the lead actor in a drama category, his co-star Emma Corrin in the Lead Actress in a Drama category, and several other nominations for The Crown.
He is against Billy, Rege-Jean Page, Jonathan Majors, Sterling K. Brown, and Matthew Rhys, who were also nominated for lead actor in a drama category in Emmy.
Who Is Josh O’Connor?
Josh O’Connor is an award-winning 31 years old English actor born on 20 May 1990 in Southampton, England, UK. Born full name is Joshua Mathias O’Connor. His height is 6 foot 1 inches or 185.5 cm, and he weighs 76 kg or 167.5 lbs, and his birth sign is Taurus.
As a kid, he had Dyslexia. In Cheltenham, he attended St Edward’s School. He graduated in 2011 from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where he learned acting. At just age 7, he has featured in the production of The Wizard of Oz.
Who Are Josh O’Connor’s Family?
Josh is the second son of his parents. His father, John O’Connor, was a teacher, and his mother, Emily Bunting, was a midwife. He has two siblings older brother Barnaby O’Connor, an artist, and younger brother Sebastine O’Connor, an Ecological Economist.
His other family members are maternal grandfather John Bunting, a sculptor, maternal grandmother Romola Jane Farquharson and maternal aunt Madeleine Bunting, a writer and commentator. He has mixed ethnicity of English, Scottish, Irish, and Ashkenazi/Sephardi Jewish Ancestry.
Josh is widely known for his work in God’s Own Country and TV series The Crown, The Durrells, and Les Miserables.
Does Josh O’Connor Have A Girlfriend?
Josh O’Connor has many romantic rumors as he is very private about his love life. He was previously dating his Bridgend co-star Hannah Murray. Hannah Murray is an award-winning British actress known for working in TV shows like Game of Thrones and Skins. There is no information from when and till when they were in a relationship.
Josh’s current girlfriend is Margot Hauer-King, a marketing director and daughter of London restaurateur Jeremy King. She is currently working in communications company WPP as a strategic partnership director.
Both Josh and Margot had kept their relationship private. In 2019 they moved to East London together. Expect this much information, and we don’t have any other details about their relationship.
On 9 May 2019, they were captured in a photo while attending an intimate dinner hosted by Christian Louboutin and Cob Gallery to celebrate artist Casper Sejersen’s first UK solo exhibition at The Cob Gallery in London, England. Despite their privacy, both have posted a few pictures with each other on social media.
According to Josh’s friends, sharing pictures on social media is a big deal as he is a very private guy, and he found the one. But he has not made a public declaration.
There are also rumors about Josh dating its fellow The Crown star Emma Corrin based on their undeniable chemistry. But the rumors were never confirmed nor denied.
How Much Does Josh Net Worth?
Josh O’Connor’s net worth is estimated to be $2 million, according to nickiswift.com. He has earned all this sum by working in the entertainment industry. As an actor, he has been credited for 30 movies, TV series, and short movies.
He has done many movies and TV series to date. From a very young age, he has seen stage as he featured in the production of The Wizard of Oz at just seven years old. But he started his career as an actor in 2012 Brutish TV shows Doctor Who, Law & Order UK, and Ripper Street.
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In 2017 he played a role in God’s Own Country, and he won his first Best Actor award at the British Independent Film Awards. Late in 2018, he won Best Actor for 2018 for Only You.
The highlight of his acting career was when he played the role of Prince Charles in the Netflix TV series The Crown 2016-2020, for which he won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in the 2021 ceremony. But Josh will not be seen in Season Five of The Crown as he is busy in his upcoming movie Aisha.
Besides this, he has worked in movies like Emma, Mothering Sunday, Hope Gap, The Program, Cinderella, and many more. He has also been busy in TV series and TV movies like Doctor Who, Inspector Lewis, Law & Order: the UK, The Wipers Times, Peaky Blinders, Ripper Street, The Durrells, and many more.
