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13 Sweet (and Sexy) Photos of Idris Elba and His Wife Sabrina Over the Years
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 26: (L-R) Sabrina Dhowre Elba and Idris Elba attend the 2022 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater on June 26, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo: Rodin Eckenroth/FilmMagic)
Sabrina Elba did what some would have thought possible. The beauty and entrepreneur one way or the other managed to make husband Idris Elba even sexier.
While many of the actor’s most ardent fans would say he’s advantageous now, Sabrina’s presence in his life has made him much more appealing. There’s something beautiful about seeing a black man openly in love and committed to his partner (a phenomenal black woman), and Idris is not any different along with his fiancée. The two not only appear together on the red carpet (and look amazing doing it), but additionally they work and play video games together.
“We can be in the same house on two different gaming consoles and play,” Idris told ESSENCE in 2022 during a joint interview. “We don’t have a lot of time for that because Sabrina can play for five to six hours straight. I can play for less time too.”
“If I have a new game, I have to finish it,” Sabrina added at the time. “I like to take a week and then I’m done with it. I don’t have a whole week, but I’ll take some space and move some time to finish it.”
They met in 2017 and have been head over heels in love ever since. “It was love at first sight,” he said in 2019. “I went out on my only day off; true story, it was a Sunday night, I went to a party and she was there. The rest is history.”
The actor and DJ had been married before (to Hanne “Kim” Nørgaard from 1999 to 2003 and briefly to Sonya Nicole Hamlin) and didn’t think it was the right relationship for him, but Sabrina modified his mind.
“I was already married and, as you know, I said I wouldn’t get married again. But I met someone who opened me up,” he said in the same interview. “I’m actually the happiest I’ve been in a long time.”
The Elbas are one of our favourite couples, not simply because of their chemistry, but additionally because they give the impression of being rattling good together. Check out the photo proof below.
Sabrina Dhowre and Idris Elba attend the premiere of Twentieth Century Fox’s “The Mountain Between Us” during the Toronto International Film Festival, Canada – September 10, 2017. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for Twentieth Century Fox)
LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 9: Idris Elba (L) and Sabrina Dhowre attend Idris Elba’s Christmas Party at Kadie’s Cocktail Bar & Club on December 9, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 11: Idris Elba (L) and Sabrina Dhowre pose in the Winners’ Room during The Virgin Holidays Attitude Awards at The Roundhouse on October 11, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Dave J Hogan/Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 18: Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre attend the sixty fourth Evening Standard Theatre Awards at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on November 18, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – JANUARY 6: (L-R) Sabrina Dhowr and Idris Elba attend the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 6, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Daniele Venturelli/WireImage)
LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 2: Sabrina Dhowre Elba and Idris Elba attend the launch party for Lucky Cat by Gordon Ramsay on September 2, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Ricky Vigil M/GC Images)
TOPSHOT – British actor Idris Elba (left) arrives along with his wife Sabrina Dhowre Elba for the screening of the film “Three Thousand Years of Longing” during the seventy fifth edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, May 20, 2022. (Photo: LOIC VENANCE / AFP) (Photo: LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 15: Sabrina Elba and Idris Elba attend the Christian Louboutin And Sabrina & Idris Elba “Walk A Mile In My Shoes” Launch Event at The Twenty Two on June 15, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Christian Louboutin)
CANNES, FRANCE – MAY 20: Sabrina Elba and Idris Elba attend the Porte Noire, Chanel and Bentley “Three Thousand Years Of Longing” after party with Filmnation Entertainment, Metropolitan Filmexport, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and United Artists Releasing, on La Mome beach on May 20, 2022 in Cannes, France. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Brilliant Consulting, INC)
LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 3: Sabrina Elba and Idris Elba rejoice the launch of their brand S’ABLE Labs at Space NK during an event at Space NK Westfield on June 3, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Dave Benett/Getty Images for Space NK)
MILAN, ITALY – JANUARY 12: Sabrina Elba and Idris Elba attend the Gucci Ancora fashion show during Milan Fashion Week Menswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 on January 12, 2024 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images for Gucci)
LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 18: Sabrina Elba and Idris Elba pose backstage during the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2024 at The Royal Festival Hall on February 18, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Dave Benett/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 16: (L-R) Sabrina Dhowre Elba and Idris Elba attend the fifty fifth NAACP Image Awards at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on March 16, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kayla Oaddams/FilmMagic)