Idris Elba and Wife, Sabrina, Share Heartfelt Anniversary Messages

Actor Idris Elba may be one of the internet's several husbands, but he is very much off the market. The star of Netflix's "Luther: The Fallen Sun" [1] is married to model, activist, and beauty mogul Sabrina Dhowre Elba, having tied the knot in 2019, and the couple celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary with heartfelt social media posts dedicated to each other.

On 26 April, Elba shared a romantic photo of the couple enjoying a private dinner on the beach. The table was covered with rose petals, and lanterns led the way to their table. He is photographed kissing his wife on the cheek, captioning the post: "Happy Anniversary… You You". His wife wasn't about to let the special day pass either. She added a video of the couple walking at dusk on the beach, and running away from the waves. "Happy 4th anniversary baby, thank you for always helping me try to conquer my fears," she added.

Elba has actually been married twice before and has three children [2]. He has an older son who prefers to remain out of the spotlight, and later became a father to daughter Isan, born in 2002, who he shares with ex-wife Hanne "Kim" Nørgaard before the pair split in 2003. Elba then married American lawyer Sonya Nicole Hamlin in 2006, but the pair separated four months later. He became a father to son, Winston, in 2014, with his former girlfriend, Naiyana Garth, before meeting Dhowre Elba in a jazz bar in 2017. Elba told Vogue [3] in 2019 that it was love at first sight for both of them. "We've been literally inseparable since we met. Inseparable," Elba told the publication.

If you're melting over the beauty of the pair's romance, read on to learn more about the Idris Elba's wife, Sabrina Dhowre Elba.

— Additional reporting by Alicia Geigel

Who Is Idris Elba’s Wife, Sabrina Dhowre Elba?

Dhowre Elba was born on 16 July, 1989. The Somali Canadian model, actor, and philanthropist grew up in Vancouver competing in beauty pageants and was crowned Miss Vancouver in 2014 [4].

How Did Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre Elba Meet?

The two met in a jazz bar in 2017 while Elba was working on "The Mountain Between Us" in Vancouver and it seemed to be a case of art imitating life. The film, which is about a man and woman who fall for each other while stranded from a plane crash, paralleled his personal life as Elba told People [5] in 2017, "Falling in love while making a movie about falling in love is pretty special."

Dhowre Elba was in the bar celebrating a friend's birthday and even admitted on the Just the Sip [6] podcast that she actually started chatting as a wingwoman for her friend, but they ended up having "the best conversation. We talked all night, all the next day." Since that moment, the couple have been more loved-up than ever.

When Did Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre Elba Get Married?

Elba's proposal was the stuff of legends. It was spontaneous proposal [7] at the Rio Cinema in London during a private screening for his film, "Yardie", just a few days before Valentine's Day. Speaking on the Ellen DeGeneres [8] show, Elba said: "It was like two days before Valentine's and I had this ring in my pocket, it was burning a hole. And then Valentine's came and she had to fly somewhere, so there was a likelihood I wasn't going to see her on Valentine's Day. So I made this movie, and Sab was on the set every day. She knew the whole crew. So at the screening, it was a private screening for the cast and crew, and I just dropped to one knee. It was very nerve-wracking."

In April 2019, the couple got married in Morocco with a three-day celebration. Dhowre Elba wore a bespoke Vera Wang gown with tulle train, and the wedding ended with an all-white party for the guests.

What Does Sabrina Dhowre Elba Do?

Dhowre Elba is an IMG model [9] who's appeared on the pages of British Vogue, Elle, InStyle, and more. She's also an actor who appeared in "3000 Years of Longing" alongside Elba and Tilda Swinton, according to her IMDb profile [10].

Dhowre Elba is also a media personality, most recently hosting an Audible podcast with Elba called "Coupledom [11]", where the pair sit down with the world's most interesting couples and partners to discuss "the complexities of living a shared life."

Outside of her modelling work, Dhowre Elba and Elba are cofounders of S'ABLE Labs [12], a skin-care company that offers a handful of natural, clean products like cleansers, toners, and moisturisers.

Sabrina Dhowre Elba's Quotes About Idris Elba

When it comes to her relationship with her husband, Dhowre Elba has no problem being open about what makes their special bond work. On working together on their various projects, she told People [13] in a May 2022 interview, "It's not 100% easy to work with someone you're in a relationship with. But I feel like we've definitely sort of found our way. Now we get to sort of build dreams together and see what that looks like."