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'Be kind to each other': Olivia Colman says calm chats, not heated rows, keep her 25-year marriage strong

Olivia Colman, who met her husband Ed Sinclair at Cambridge University's Footlights society in the 1990s, has been married to the producer for 25 years.
Olivia Colman, who met her husband Ed Sinclair at Cambridge University's Footlights society in the 1990s, has been married to the producer for 25 years.

Olivia Colman, 52, has revealed that she and producer husband Ed Sinclair never argue, crediting their 25-year marriage to calm, well-timed conversations rather than conflict. The Crown and Fleabag star was speaking to promote her new film Wicker. She described both herself and Sinclair as 'not conflict people' who have learned to raise grievances gently.

The couple met in the 1990s at Cambridge's Footlights, married in August 2001, and have three children together.

Colman previously said she has 'always described myself to my husband as a gay man' and feels non-binary.

Her marriage tip, passed on from a 50-year veteran: 'Sometimes it's the things you don't say.'

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