Dawn French shares details of date night in Cornwall with her rarely seen husband Mark

Dawn French is enjoying an idyllic country life in Cornwall with her loving husband Mark Bignell and on Friday night the pair headed out for a glamorous date night.

To document the evening, Dawn shared a series of photos of the delicious three-course meal they enjoyed at Edie’s in Saint Austell. The comedian rarely shares glimpses of her life with her husband as he lives his life away from the limelight.

Captioning one of the photos, Dawn wrote: “The man chose fish and said it was the best he had eaten in years,” adding: “It’s the best food in Cornwall.”

The evening for the couple may have been a belated birthday dinner for the Vicar of Dibley actress, coming just two weeks after her 67th birthday.

Instagram

On the occasion of her birthday, Dawn took to her Instagram Stories to share some heartwarming tributes from her loved ones. Dawn shared a handmade card she received that had rude words colorfully scrawled on the front.

The comedy star wrote: “Sometimes it’s the cards that make the day,” followed by a birthday cake emoji.

Dawn’s quiet life in Cornwall

Dawn first moved to Cornwall in 2006 and always raved about her “quieter” and “more unpretentious” life in the village.

In 2022, she moved to the port town of Fowey, just 12 minutes away from her daughter Billie, whom she shares with ex-husband Lenny Henry. The former couple were married for 26 years before splitting in 2010.

Dawn opened up about her relationship with her daughter, telling HELLO!: “[Our bond] is unbreakable. We have the same level of mother-daughter friction as any mother and daughter; it is nothing more and nothing less. But I learned a lot about them. And she learned a lot about me.” She added that her daughter was “my greatest test and my greatest joy.”

The Delicious actress married her now husband Mark in 2013 after a year of dating and the two have been happily married ever since.

Instagram

The couple’s home is nothing short of a country dream and is fabulously chic in its furnishings.

A standout room is Dawn’s perfectly pink writing room, which has incredible views of the Cornish countryside.