Editing Toby Stephens (section)

== Personal life ==
Stephens and New Zealand-born actress [[Anna-Louise Plowman]] were married in 2001. Their first child, a son, was born in 2007.<ref>{{Citation | first = Mark | last = Lawson | title = Prodigal Son | newspaper = The Guardian | date = 31 May 2007 | edition = online | url = http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/story/0,,2091828,00.html}}.</ref> The British playwright [[Simon Gray]] (who wrote ''Japes'', a stage play, and ''Missing Dates'', a radio drama, both of which starred Stephens) was reported to be Eli's godfather.<ref>Janice Turner, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080706145847/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3801820.ece "Simon Gray Has Lung Cancer But Won't Stop Smoking"], ''The Times'', 24 April 2008, Online edition.</ref> Their daughters were born in 2009<ref>Tim Walker, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/5355982/Toby-Stephens-Being-born-into-the-theatre-was-a-mixed-blessing.html "Toby Stephens: Being born into the theatre was a mixed blessing]," ''The Daily Telegraph'', 21 May 2009, Online edition.</ref> and 2010, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=Maggie Smith's Grandchildren: Everything To Know About Her 5 Grandkids Maggie Smith has five grandchildren all under the age of 18 between her two sons. |url=https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/maggie-smith-grandchildren-4730973/ |website=hollywoodlife.com|date=10 May 2022 }}</ref>

Plowman and Stephens performed together as Sibyl and Elyot in [[Jonathan Kent (director)|Jonathan Kent]]'s revival of ''[[Private Lives]]'' – the [[Noël Coward]] play in which his mother starred in 1975 on Broadway – for the 2012 [[Chichester Festival]],<ref>{{cite news | title = Private Lives – Minerva, Chichester | author = Michael Billington | author-link = Michael Billington (critic) | newspaper = [[The Guardian]] | date = 30 September 2012 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/sep/30/private-lives-review }}</ref> reprised at the [[Gielgud Theatre]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite news | title= It's odd kissing Toby Stephens with his wife in the cast, says Private Lives actress Anna Chancellor  | url = https://www.standard.co.uk/news/its-odd-kissing-toby-stephens-with-his-wife-in-the-cast-says-private-lives-actress-anna-chancellor-8687539.html |author1=Louise Jury |author2=Josh Pettitt | date = 4 July 2013 | newspaper = [[Evening Standard]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Theatre review: Private Lives | newspaper = [[The Independent]] | author = Paul Taylor | date = 4 July 2013 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/theatre-review-private-lives--jonathan-kents-rendition-of-cowards-masterpiece-is-the-best-in-a-decade-8687498.html}}</ref>