David Thewlis and actress Anna Friel have split up after nine years together. They have one child, 5-year-old daughter Gracie.

Thewlis, 47, is best known for his role in the ‘Harry Potter’ series as Remus Lupin; Friel, 34, played Charlotte ‘Chuck’ Charles on TV series ‘Pushing Daisies.’

The Daily Mail reports the couple have been apart for the last six months due to acting commitments. A source told the newspaper, “Things have not been great for a long time and they have tried to keep this quiet to protect everyone … there are other issues at hand that have made them realize the relationship was over.”

One of the “other issues” may possibly actor Joseph Cross, 23, who Friel was spotted kissing last December. At the time Friel denied any romance an said that Cross was just a friend. Cross was Friel’s co-star in the West End play ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s.’

Even when Cross moved into the couple’s Hollywood home in April, Thewlis was quoted as saying, “Joseph is a good friend of mine. I have no problem with him staying at my house.”

A source close to Thewlis and Frield added: “They do care about each other very much, and the most important thing now is that they both continue to be the best parents they can be for Gracie.”

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Actress Anna Friel has an unwelcome signal whenever her Los Angeles neighbour Lindsay Lohan has left her home – because it’s the only time paparazzi stalk the Brit for pictures.

The Land of The Lost star lives just three doors down from Lohan’s home in the Hollywood Hills, and only has to look outside if she wants the latest on the 22 year old’s travel plans.
And Friel insists she’s only victim to lurking snappers when the Mean Girls star isn’t around

She says, “I always know when she’s going out with her girlfriends, because, if she is, the paparazzi are outside. If they get bored with Lindsay or she’s not there and I’m right down the hill they’ll go, ‘Oh Lindsay’s not here. Let’s take Anna.’”

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Anna Friel is to star in the stage version of ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’.

The ‘Pushing Daisies’ actress has met with producers to discuss taking on the role of Holly Golightly, the part made famous by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 movie.

Her representative said: “It’s being talked about.”

However, the planned London stage production – which will be directed by Sean Mathias – will be based more on the original novella by Truman Capote than the film version.

In the screenplay, several characters were snubbed and it was never fully revealed how Holly and her friends earned their livings in New York’s Manhattan.

In the stage show, playwright Samuel Adamson has made it clear Holly isn’t as innocent as she seems and is in fact a prostitute, like many of her friends.

Adamson has also taken it back to its original 1940s setting, unlike the film, which was set in the 1960s.

The show will be based around the story of a one-year friendship between Holly and an unmanned narrator.

The production is in the early stages, and the venue and other cast members have yet to be decided.

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