So it was for Ruth Kearney and Theo James, who began dating in 2009 after meeting at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, a theater school in Bristol, England that has prominent alumni such as Olivia Colman, Sophie Thompson, Ray Stevenson, Fay Marsay, Stephen Dillane, and many more. They got married on January 24, 2015. Theo played football in the English Football League before starting his career at Disney's Hollywood Studios as a stunt performer in 2011. He then landed a role in the television series "Fringe" in 2012 and became well-known among American audiences for this role. In 2014, he was cast as Neo in The Matrix Revolutions film and its sequel. Ruth is also an actress and appeared in several films including Black Hawk Down (2001), Cold Mountain (2003), and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011). She was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her work in Cold Mountain. In 2013, she joined The Walking Dead television series as a main character named Laurie. They have two children together: a son named Tatum Joseph James Jr. and a daughter named Pearl Ruth James. Tatum was born in April 2016 and died only five months later in September 2016 due to a heart defect. After his death, Ruth decided to leave acting to focus on raising their children.