Since its release in 2003,Love Actuallyhas become an undeniable Christmas classic (viaWired).
The film is filled with iconic moments.
One of the best things aboutLove Actuallywas its seriously impressive cast.
But where are all of these amazing actors now?
Here is more about the totally unrecognizable cast ofLove Actually.
Since then, Grant has grown out of his traditional casting and taken on some surprising roles.
InPaddington 2, Grant portrayed acampy, over-the-top villain.
In addition to branching out into more varied roles, Grant has also settled down and started a family.
As he toldVanity Fair, becoming a father has helped him to mature as an actor.
Apparently, experiencing “pure, unconditional love” turns out to be pretty useful!
After Sam’s mother passes away, he becomes enamoured with Joanna, an American girl from his school.
With Daniel’s help, Sam builds up the confidence to pursue the girl of his dreams.
It’s anadorable plot linethat never fails to tug at our heartstrings, thanks to the adorable wide-eyed Brodie-Sangster.
Chances are, you’ve come across the young actor since his role inLove Actually.
Even though Brodie-Sangster is all grown up these days, he still remembersLove Actuallyfondly.
Knightley went on to take on some seriously challenging roles.
InPride and Prejudice, she playedElizabeth Bennet, the spiky, witty, free-thinking Jane Austen heroine.
As Firth explained toGood Housekeeping,this role led to him being typecast for years to come.
His role as Jamie inLove Actuallyfit squarely into the mold.
Eventually, Firth got bored of playing the same romantic lead.
“Looking good and strutting around is very boring,” he said.
“I wanted to do other things as an actor” (viaThe Times).
In 2011,he played an intelligence officer in the political thrillerTinker Tailor Soldier Spy(viaThe Guardian).
Then, in 2013, he portrayed a lieutenant with PTSD inThe Railway Man(viaThe Guardian).
These days, Daniel seems like a pretty subdued and emotional role for Neeson.
As Neeson toldEntertainment Weekly, “Takenwas an accident.”
However,Takenwas a huge hit, and Neeson hasn’t really looked back since.
SinceTaken, he’sstarred inCold Pursuit,The Commuter, Non-Stop,along with a series ofTakenfollow-up films.
It’s clear that he’s found a niche that has worked for him!
As an actress, Thompson has gone on to play a series of iconic roles.
Travers inSaving Mr. Banks.
In addition to her thriving acting career, Thompson has also proved herself to be an incredible screenwriter.
Her credits includeLast Christmas, Bridget Jones’s Baby, Effie Gray,andNanny McPhee(viaIMDb).
In 2019, Thompson, who had just turned 60, spoke toWebMDabout what she wanted to do next.
As she admitted, her career has pretty much been non-stop.
Suddenly, he was a household name!
As he explained toThe Guardian, Freeman has been careful to avoid being typecast as the nice guy.
In fact, it seems that he’s pretty tired of being seen as nice.
In the film, the couple meet while standing in for an adult movie.
It’s probably the weirdest, most awkward meet-cute in movie history.
Unsurprisingly, she went on to play Stacey in the hit British showGavin & Stacey another super sweet character.
As Page explained toThe Guardianshe is naturally “a bubbly sort of child-woman.”
It’s no wonder she made a career out of playing similar roles.
By the sounds of things, they’re still the roles she’s best suited to.
In 2019, she took part in theGavin & Staceyreunion and jumped back into the bubbly role with ease.
These days, Page’s career seems to be pretty much defined by the role.
But, she added, “I don’t mind being pigeonholed, that’s absolutely fine.”
When he played Peter inLove Actually, his career was just starting out.
It’s clear Ejiofor knows exactly what he is doing and takes his craft seriously.
And he doesn’t plan on slowing down any time soon.
When asked where he’d be in 20 years, he said, “Certainly acting.
I enjoy writing and directing.
So a combination of all those things over the next 20 years would be quite interesting to me.”
We can’t wait to see what’s next!
Ejiofor also joked, “I did set the zombies after him, so he got his comeuppance.”
He was referring, of course, to Lincoln’s career-defining role.
In 2010, Lincoln was cast as Rick Grimes, the star ofThe Walking Dead.
The show ended up being huge he played the role from 2010 to2018.
However, it turns out, his role inLove Actuallywas what won him the role in the first place.
SinceLove Actually,her careerhas been a little more subdued than some of her co-stars.
The illness coincided with mental health problems, too.
As she told theIndependent,“I lost seven years of my life to depression.”
More recently, McCutcheon’s mental and physical condition seems to have improved.
She even pursued amusic career.
It’s wonderful to see McCutcheon more like her old self again.
Aurelia didn’t have much to say in the film after all, her character only spoke Portuguese!
Nevertheless, we got plenty of expressive looks and hand gestures from Moniz.
While her role inLove Actuallywas pretty basic, Moniz has since starred in some hard-hitting Portuguese and English films.
Moniz plays the mother of a young girl who sees a vision of the Virgin Mary.
In 2020, she spoke toHeyUGuysabout how the role epitomized skepticism and cynicism a far cry from Aurelia!
Nevertheless, she did reminisce aboutLove Actually.
She said, “Colin Firth was just my savior really.
He was great,” she recalled.
It becomes clear that a real relationship will never work.
Santoro as Karl was more eye candy than three-dimensional character.
Since the film, Santoro has taken on a few major roles.
Santoro still looks back onLove Actuallyfondly after all these years.
It’s so cool to see how far he’s come!
Marshall was already famously playing man-child Nick inMy Family.
These days, Marshall looks nothing like the young Colin.
In fact, he’s settled down and become a dedicated family man.
“I couldn’t have my son going, ‘Who’s that person?'”
Since the film, she has certainly shown her range.
In fact, Laura Linney has definitely become a household name these days.
Herimpressive list of creditsincludesThe Truman Show, John Adams, Nocturnal Animals,andOzark, among many other titles.
She has also proven herself on stage in impressiveBroadwayplays beginning in the ’90s.
By the looks of things, theLove Actuallyteam was lucky to have her!
Despite her lengthy and seriously impressive career, Linney still has a soft spot for the Christmas movie.
As she explained onThe Graham Norton Show, people tend to feel sorry for her character.
WhenLove Actuallywas filmed, Nighy already had a vibrant career (viaIMDb).
And by the looks of things, not much has changed!
It’s crazy to think that this legend is so anxious!
It turns out that Olson is still singing!
By the looks of things, Olson is keeping busy in spite of theX Factorset back.
She voiced Vanessa onPhineas and Ferb(herLove Actuallyco-star Brodie-Sangster voiced lead character Ferb!).
We can only hope that we get to see her up on stage again soon!
She was pretty much the only “villain” inLove Actually she evendonned devil hornsat the art gallery opening!
Mia was played by the German actress Heike Makatsch.
You may recognize her from her English-speaking roles as Lisa inResident Evilor Liesl’s Mother inThe Book Thief.
While Makatsch has worked in English cinema a few times, her real success lies in Germany.
It turns out, Makatsch also had a pretty interesting personal life.
According toDaily Record, she dated 007 himself, Daniel Craig, for seven years!
These days, however, she’s reportedly settled down withHildeco-star Tystan Putter (viaDaily Feed).
