Real life romance of thrilling new BBC drama’s lovers

Real life romance of thrilling new BBC drama’s lovers: Ex-EastEnders actors pictured kissing on night out, confirming rumours they’re dating


They play a couple in the BBC’s new psychological thriller. And it looks like stars Jessica Plummer and Ben Hardy are close off-screen, too.

The former EastEnders actors were pictured kissing on a night out, confirming rumours of their relationship. 

They are believed to have grown close while filming The Girl Before, a four-part adaptation of the JP Delaney novel in which two women live in an ultra-minimalist house with restrictive rules laid down by an enigmatic architect. 

They play a couple in the BBC’s new psychological thriller. And it looks like stars Jessica Plummer and Ben Hardy are close off-screen, too

The former EastEnders actors were pictured kissing on a night out, confirming rumours of their relationship

The former EastEnders actors were pictured kissing on a night out, confirming rumours of their relationship

The Girl Before starts on Sunday at 9pm on BBC1

The Girl Before starts on Sunday at 9pm on BBC1

It also stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, 38, and David Oyelowo, 45.

Miss Plummer, 29, played Chantelle Atkins in EastEnders while 30-year-old Hardy played Ian Beale’s son Peter. 

They were spotted kissing next to a taxi in London’s Soho this week.

The Girl Before starts on Sunday at 9pm on BBC1.