Sherlock dominatrix Lara Pulver finds love with her fellow Spook

By Caroline Graham and Amanda Perthen
PUBLISHED: 00:47, 8 April 2012 | UPDATED: 00:47, 8 April 2012


They were close friends, both starred in the hit BBC show Spooks and both have recently seen their marriages crumble.
So perhaps it is little surprise that handsome actor Raza Jaffrey has now found love with Lara Pulver – the stunning actress who recently caused a sensation when she appeared as a naked dominatrix in the BBC series Sherlock.
On Thursday, the couple appeared besotted with each other as they celebrated the actress’s performance in Chekhov’s play Uncle Vanya in Chichester, West Sussex.
Raza, who is currently based in New York for filming reasons, watched the 31-year-old actress portray Yelena, the glacial wife of an old professor, in the play.
But off stage the icy demeanour melted as Lara rushed to give Raza – who is visiting the UK this week to promote his new Sky TV series Smash – a passionate kiss at the after-show party.
When The Mail on Sunday spoke to the couple, Lara smiled and said: ‘Yes, we are going out and I’m a very happy girl. We’ve known each other for three-and-a-half years, but got together just over three months ago. Raza’s very busy promoting his show in London, so we’re just making the most of being in the same city at the same time.’
After Lara’s performance as a dominatrix in Sherlock in January, which saw her appear naked before the 9pm watershed, more than 100 people complained to the BBC. In one scene, she perched naked on a chair before striking Holmes, played by Benedict Cumberbatch, with a riding crop.

In December, it was revealed that the actress, who played MI5 chief Erin Watts in Spooks, had separated from American actor Joshua Dallas, whom she married in 2007. Meanwhile, 36-year-old Raza, who played agent Zafar Younis, split from fellow Spooks star Miranda Raison in 2009 after two years of marriage

A close friend said: ‘Lara and Raza are so happy together. They’ve known each other for years, but they were both with partners so obviously nothing happened. When they were going through marriage break-ups, it was a case of being a shoulder for the other to cry on.
‘But Raza always had a bit of a crush on Lara. He lives in New York where his new show is made and Lara’s in London, so there’s been lots of to-ing and fro-ing across the Atlantic. It’s been tough to keep the long-distance romance going, but they are determined this love story will have a happy ending.’
The romance is just the latest to blossom among stars on the spy drama Spooks, with jokes on-set about a ‘Spooks dating agency’. Matthew Macfadyen and Keeley Hawes married after meeting on the show.



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