Sunetra Sastry biography
Sunetra Sastry is a British make-up artist who is popularly known as the former wife of famous English comedian, actor and screenwriter Rowan Atkinson aka Mr. Bean. As a professional makeup artist, most of Sastry’s works were for BBC and several Rowan Atkinson Productions.
She was born on the 5th September 1957 in Newcastle, England to an English mother and an Indian father. Sunetra is famous for working on the popular comedy series known as ‘Black Adder’ as a makeup artist. Being a professional makeup artist, most of her works were for BBC as well as Rowan Atkinson Productions
Sunetra Sastry Age
Sunetra Sastry was born on 5th September 1957, She is 61 years as of 2018
Sunetra Sastry early life and education
The new family established in England where they raised Sunetra in the 1960, a period of intense racism. Consequently, she had her fair share of the societal cankerworm as a result of her father’s ethnic background.
This went on for a long time but Suntetra never allowed it to dull her shine and as soon as she was done with high school, she enrolled at a beauty college to the disapproval of her parents. Nevertheless, their skepticism dwindled when Sunetra’s decision and passion started taking a good form through her actions.
Sunetra Sastry Marriage,
After getting to know each other in 1986, Sastry and Rawan Atkinson started dating and were engaged by late 1989. Early in 1990, they got married in a ceremony at the famous Russian Tea Room in New York City where Fry was the best man.
Sunetra Sastry Children
The marriage produced two children – a son named Benjamin was their first child born in 1993 while their second child, a daughter, Lily, was born in 1995.
Sunetra Sastry Career
After much training and honing her skills, Sunetra Sastry took up a job as a makeup artist in London. She later landed a job at BBC, working as a crew member on the network’s pseudo-historical situational comedy – Blackadder showing on BBC1. It was during her time on the show that she met Rowan Atkinson.
When her job on the set of Black Adder II came to an end, Sunetra Sastry moved her craft to the television film Smack and Thistle after which she decided to suspend her career to focus on family.
Sunetra Sastry Divorce
Sunetra with her husband was in a blissful relationship and surpassed their 24 years of marriage. But, the happy relationship turned into a tragic ending after news about a new woman in the life of Rowan was reported in 2014.
Sunetra’s husband started dating actress Louise Ford. By the February of 2014, Sunetra split with her husband. Later, on 10 November 2015, the two separated legally after a court granted their divorce. As of now, she lives her life away from the limelight.
After Sunetra separation with husband, her daughter Lily decided to drop her father’s surname. As per dailymail, she is styling herself as Lily Sastry.
Sunetra Sastry Net worth
Sunetra Sastry owns an estimated net worth of around $13 million. She made her fortune from her divorce settlement with her husband.
She even possesses a big ultra-modern mansion in the Oxfordshire worth $13 million (£10 million). She received the property as a part of the divorce agreement.
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Rowan Atkinson and Louise Ford are reportedly expecting their first child
Martin Evans
12 NOVEMBER 2017 • 6:14PM
Rowan Atkinson, the Blackadder and Mr Bean actor, is to become a father again at the age of 62, it has been reported.
The star, who has two grown up children from his first marriage, is expecting his first child with actress Louise Ford, who is 29-years his junior.
The couple have been together for three years and are said to be delighted and excited about the news.
Miss Ford, 33, who is the daughter of a gas-fitter, grew up in south-east London where she attended a local grammar school.
After studying English at Southampton University she gained a place at RADA, studying alongside Tom Hiddlestone and Gemma Arterton.
She got her big break in the Channel 4 comedy, Crashing, about a group of 20 somethings living in a disused hospital to avoid expensive rents, but is best known for playing Kate Middleton in television hit, The Windsors.
She first met Atkinson when they appeared in a play together in 2013, called The Quartermaine’s Terms at the Wyndham’s Theatre in London.
Atkinson, who is worth an estimated £70 million, has become one for the country’s most successful and best loved comedy actors with a string of hits to his name.
After studying at Oxford University in the 1970s he appeared in Not The Nine O’Clock News before going on to star in Blackadder, Mr Bean and Johnny English.
He was married to former BBC make-up artist, Sunetra Sastry, 55, for 25-years, and the couple have a 23-year-old son, Ben and a 21-year-old daughter, Lily.
The couple split in 2013 and Miss Sastry later filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences.
Atkinson and Miss Ford moved into his £4.6 million North London cottage in 2014 and went public with their relationship.
She was recently spotted on a shopping trip in London looking heavily pregnant and a source said the baby is due before the end of the year.
A spokesman for Mr Atkinson declined to comment.