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Sonya Nicole Hamlin Idris Elba Wife Girlfriend | Wiki, Age, Bio, GF

Name Sonya Nicole Hamlin

Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB As of 2019, she is around 45-46 years old.

Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Dating / Partner / Boyfriend Divorced. Check the full bio for relationship details.

Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

  • Few would have heard of Sonya Nicole Hamlin, if she had not been married to a Hollywood celebrity & actor Idris Elba.
  • They had kept their legal union under wraps & so it attracted little attention. Their breakup, however, did come into the limelight, since both agreed to ‘talk’ to the media, ten years later!

Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :

  • Now well into her mid to late forties, Sonya lives in Maryland, on the Eastern Seaboard.
  • Most of her public interviews have focus on her failed marriage.
  • Little other information about her background or family.
  • It was ‘love at first sight’ when a mutual friend introduced the couple to one another, in 2006!
  • Soon after, they went in for a live-in relationship, followed by a ‘secret’ marriage in Las Vegas. Four months later, the couple split up.

Elba’s Relationships and Marriage with Sonya :

  • Idris Elba’s parents were immigrants to Canning Town in England, from Ghana and Sierra Leone.
  • The dream of becoming an actor prompted Idris to move to New York with his first wife, a makeup artist named Hanne Norgaard.
  • Idris left his wife and newborn son in 2001.
  • He met Sonya soon after he had secured his first major role in the television show, The Wire. At that time, he was also on a break from a relationship with Desiree Newberry, a pole dancer.
  • Idris proposed marriage on April 8, 2006, while the couple was at Las Vegas, Nevada, in order to watch the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Zab Judah boxing match.
  • They got married at the Little White Wedding Chapel there, with a sole witness present at the ‘secret’ ceremony.
  • This witness was Daniel Krastev, a Las Vegas estate agent and a complete stranger!
  • Everything was hunky-dory for some time, until Idris became a big hit & began to receive several movie offers and desired to move to California.
  • Sonya could not abandon her practice and relocate. Therefore, the couple decided to separate.

Education, Salary & Profession

  • Sonya studied law at both, London and Washington, specializing in property law.
  • She was a resident of Notting Hill in London.
  • When she met Idris, Sonya’s law practice was flourishing. Her office had ten employees.
  • It also helped that there was a real estate boom at that time.

Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :

  • Sonya confesses that she is a die-hard fan of boxing, and loves watching the weigh-ins.
  • She also likes to ‘doll up’ whenever she can.
  • Chocolate, especially English chocolate is a passion for her! She has literally lived on it, while studying in London!
  • In her free time, she loves to spend time by the seaside, listen to music or just lounge about the house.
It has not been easy for Sonya to get over her heartbreak, despite the time gap. It has not been easy to rebuild a business that threatened to go bust during the economic recession. However, she has managed to pick up the threads of her life once again, with great determination and grit.

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