{"id":983,"date":"2025-03-16T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/?p=983"},"modified":"2025-03-18T06:45:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T06:45:48","slug":"inside-itv-star-siobhan-finnerans-private-life-and-romance-with-fellow-tv-detective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/16\/inside-itv-star-siobhan-finnerans-private-life-and-romance-with-fellow-tv-detective\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside ITV star Siobhan Finneran\u2019s private life and romance with fellow TV detective"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Siobhan Finneran has a low-key life away from the cameras (Picture: REX\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Siobhan Finneran, lead of ITV’s new thriller Protection, appears to have struck up a sweet romance with another popular TV detective.<\/p>\n

The British actor, 59, has been involved in several staple shows, from BBC’s hit crime drama Happy Valley opposite Sarah Lancashire to Downton Abbey’s grouchy Miss O’Brien. <\/p>\n

If you are an avid TV watcher, you will have come across something the Bafta-winning actor has featured in, whether it’s Alma’s Not Normal, Time, The Recokning or Benidorm.<\/p>\n

Her latest role is as a witness protection officer whose life is torn apart when a family she is protecting falls under attack – bringing the ghosts of her past, present and future home to roost. <\/p>\n

All this to say that the six-part heart-pounding crime drama is familiar territory for the Lancashire-born actress. <\/p>\n

Here’s what we know about the acclaimed actress’s life away from the limelight. <\/p>\n

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She stars in the new ITV thriller, Protection (Picture: Matt Squire\/ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Who is Siobhan Finneran’s partner?<\/h2>\n

Siobhan was married to star of police procedural Heartbeat, Mark Jordon, for 17 years before they got divorced in 2014. <\/p>\n

In 2001, a few years after the pair married, Mark (also known for his roles in Casualty, Hollyoaks and Doctors) spoke about his then-wife in an interview with The Mirror. <\/p>\n

‘She’s just so lovely. We met when I was 20 and she was a bezzie, bezzie mate for years. We didn’t realise that half of our fun was flirtatious,’ he said at the time. <\/p>\n

The pair had even acted in Heartbeat together a few years previously. Recalling his proposal story, Mark once said he ‘took her down to London for a romantic weekend’ that involved a limo and her favourite music. <\/p>\n

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The Downton Abbey actor was married to Mark Jordon for 17 years (Picture: Ken McKay\/ITV\/REX\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After the couple parted ways in 2014, Siobhan was romantically linked with Don Gilet – the new lead star of Death in Paradise. <\/p>\n

The pair worked together on the 2017 ITV drama The Loch which centres around a murder in a small Scottish town. Since then, they have appeared on the red carpet together and were seen holding hands at the 2024 TV Choice Awards.<\/p>\n

And although they have kept their rumoured romance low-key, Siobhan seemed to confirm the relationship in a recent chat with The Guardian.<\/p>\n

As she recommended her favourite artist, Rudi Hurzlmeier, she reminisced on a sweet anecdote involving the TV detective.<\/p>\n

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Siobhan Finneran recently confirmed her relationship with Don in The Guardian (Picture: WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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They starred together in the ITV drama, The Loch (Picture: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘I found a card I\u2019d been sent years ago, clearing out a drawer, and laughed as soon as I saw it again. <\/p>\n

‘It\u2019s a picture of a nun looking in a shoe shop, and a bloke next to her has got his hand on her bum. I showed it to Don [Gilet], my fella, and now one of my Christmas presents is a book of Hurzlmeier\u2019s work,’ she said.<\/a><\/p>\n

Does Siobhan Finneran have children?<\/h2>\n

Yes, Siobhan shares two children with her ex-husband Mark. A daughter Poppy and son, Joseph who are both in their late 20s. <\/p>\n

In a recent interview with The Guardian<\/a>, she spoke a bit about taking a step back from acting to raise her children. <\/p>\n

She said: ‘You sometimes look back and think, yeah, I made a decision not to work when the children were small.<\/p>\n

‘But I don\u2019t think I\u2019d made a decision. I think there probably wasn\u2019t a lot of work coming in, and that just fitted in quite brilliantly with the fact that I had two kids under the age of two.’<\/p>\n

As for Mark, his role as a father is front and centre on his social media, with his Instagram handle reading markjordondad where he occasionally shares photos with his children.<\/p>\n

Why did Siobhan Finneran leave Downton Abbey?<\/h2>\n
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Her exit from Downton Abbey sparked a lot of discourse at the time (Picture: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Perhaps one of the biggest questions that came from Siobhan’s three season stint on the ITV period drama Downton Abbey was the reason behind her sudden departure. <\/p>\n

The villainous lady’s maid, Miss O’Brien, was a firm fixture of the show, filled with snarky quips, a firm alliance with the scheming Thomas Barrow and plenty of disdain for poor and rich alike. <\/p>\n

But, at the start of season four, viewers were informed that Miss O’Brien had abruptly left her post to follow Lady Flintshire to India. <\/p>\n

Siobhan later shed some light on the reason behind her exit,<\/a> and made clear it was entirely her decision to not renew her contract. <\/p>\n

‘I signed up to do three series and that was all I wanted to do,”\u00a0she explained. <\/p>\n

‘I had great fun doing it but I just didn\u2019t want to do it any more. I decided this before we even did the last series. When I stop loving something, I stop doing it.’<\/p>\n

Protection airs at 9pm on Sunday, March 16 on ITV1 and will be available to stream on ITVX.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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