Celebrity Celebrity Relationships Celebrity Friendships 'Sherlock' 's Martin Freeman and Amanda Abbington Split After 15 Years The former Office and Hobbit star revealed in an interview that he'd parted ways with Abbington after sharing 15 years and two children together By Lanford Beard Lanford Beard Lanford Beard is the former Senior TV Editor at PEOPLE. She worked at the brand from 2015 through 2024. People Editorial Guidelines Updated on December 22, 2016 05:16PM EST Photo: David M. Benett/Getty Martin Freeman and Amanda Abbington have split. The Sherlock star revealed in an interview with the Financial Times on Thursday that he’d parted ways with Abbington, whom he also married on the show last season (in season 4, they are parents to newborn daughter Rosamund Mary Watson). “I’m not with Amanda anymore,” he told the FT. “It’s very, very amicable — I’ll always love Amanda.” Robert Viglasky While a rep for Freeman had no comment on the matter, Abbington posted a cryptic “Thank you” to her Twitter followers on Thursday after the news broke. Freeman, 45, and Abbington, 42, met on the set of the British series Men Only in 2000 and shared 15 years together, including Freeman’s rise to fame in the U.K. Office, Love Actually and The Hobbit series. They also shared the screen in the television movie The Debt in 2003, in the TV show The Robinsons and the movies Swinging with the Finkels and The All Together. The couple have two children: Joe, 10, and Grace, 8. Sherlock begins its fourth seasonJan. 1 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS.