Shane Spall is the wife of Timothy Spall OBE. The couple has been together since 1981 and is the parents of three children, including the actor Rafe Spall.
The couple has been through many experiences, with Timothy’s battle with cancer and their boat adventures together after his remission. Here is a small biography of the couple and a look at their married life.
Shane Spall First Met Timothy Spall In His Play In London
Timothy Spall married Shane Spall (nee Baker) in 1981. In more than four decades of marriage, the couple has been through all kinds of experiences – from life-threatening cancer to adventures of a lifetime.
Baker first met Spall when she went with a mutual friend to see his play in London. The couple got introduced and immediately fell in love with each other. The two got married within three months of the first meeting.
At that time, Shane was a single mother of a four-year-old daughter Pascale, born in 1976, whom Timothy adopted. The couple went on to have two children of their own, Rafe, born in 1983, and Mercedes, born in 1985.
While Timothy acted in numerous movies, Shane was a full-time mother who raised the kids and studied at London’s Goldsmith’s College.
Timothy Spall’s Wife, Shane Spall, Is An Author Of Two Books
Shane Spall is an author who has written two semi-autobiographical novels, The Princess Matilda Comes Home and The Princess Matilda Voyages, in which she discusses her partner’s life-threatening sickness.
In 1996, Timothy was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia and was given just days to live. He underwent chemotherapy in a London hospital and was dared to beat cancer by his wife, Shane.
The willpower to survive proved too much as the actor overcame the “terminal” cancer and acted in many memorable roles later in his career.
During the diagnosis, the couple fantasized about buying a boat and sailing around British waters. After the cancer was in remission, they bought a narrowboat. They initially traveled in the canals and waterways in England using just an atlas.
Later in 2004, the couple bought a new boat, The Princess Matilda. They explore Britain’s coastline and treacherous and challenging seas in the new ship.
The Couple’s Son Rafe Is An Actor
Rafe Spall was born on 10 March 1983 in King’s College Hospital in Camberwell, London. He is an actor who played the title role of Pete Griffiths in the Channel 4 sitcom Pete versus Life.
Spall was named after the protagonist in the Francis Beaumont play The Knight of the Burning Pestle. The role was played by his father, Timothy, in the Royal Shakespeare Company. Later, Rafe himself also played the part of the protagonist.
As a teenager, Rafe was overweight and would be perennially cast in “fat” roles. However, he studied at Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College and joined the National Youth Theatre at 15. With the determination to lose weight, Rafe lost 35kg at age 19, thus bringing more acting opportunities.
Rafe became a successful actor and could be seen in movies such as Kidulthood (2006), A Good Year (2006), One Day (2011), Anonymous (2011), Prometheus (2012), Life of Pi (2012), The Big Short (2015), The BFG (2016), The Ritual (2017), and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018).
Spall married actress Elize du Toit on 14 August 2010 and live in West Kensington, London. They have three children: a daughter Lena, born in 2011, a son Rex, born in November 2012, and another son born in 2015.
Timothy Spall Net Worth In 2022
Though the exact net worth of the actor Timothy Spall is not revealed, he is surely worth more than $20 million.
Spall is a successful actor who has worked in numerous movies and television series. He must have earned a lot of money from his roles in the movies. Likewise, Shane’s books have also been bestsellers with numerous copies sold worldwide.
The couple owns the boat, The Princess Matilda. They travel across the Great Britain in it. They live in Foster Hill, South East London.
Timothy plays a vital role in the upcoming horror thriller movie, The Pale Blue Eyes, set to release later in 2022 by Netflix.