Lucy Punch puts on such a convincing performance as Amanda Hughes in BBC’s Amandaland that it’s hard to believe she doesn’t really live in South Harlesden.
The British actress, 48, who also played the social-climbing alpha mum in Motherland, actually resides in sunny Los Angeles and not in the area of north-west London that her character has abbreviated to SoHa.
The star, who was born and raised in Hammersmith, lives in a £2 million three-bedroom country farmhouse in Laurel Canyon with her British artist partner, Dinos Chapman, and two sons aged 10 and six, whose names she has kept out of the public eye.
The actress, who has also starred in A Series of Unfortunate Events and Bad Teacher, moved to LA almost 20 years ago and met her partner in 2014 following his split from ex-wife, knitwear specialist Tiphaine de Lussy, with whom he shares two daughters.
Lucy’s privacy vow
Specific details about Lucy’s home have been kept under wraps as she chooses to keep her private life largely on the down low. Of the decision to keep her children out of the public eye, she told You Magazine: “It’s privacy, isn’t it? They don’t have a choice. It’s different when they’re older, but for now, it’s not my place to make that decision for them. It’s my place to protect them.”
© BBC/MermanThough she has been in the States for a significant amount of time, Lucy wouldn’t say she’s settled.
Finding a place to land
The Ella Enchanted star told The Times: “I’ve always got one foot out the door, wherever I am. I never got around to getting a green card.
“I’m on these rolling visas, which is ridiculous. I have a home [in America], and I have two American children. But I can’t commit to anywhere. I get itchy feet. I like being a little bit here and a little bit there.
Of where she lives, Lucy added: “The nature is what I love. We’re down a wonky country road, and it’s all ramshackle and surrounded by trees.”
An ordeal at home
In 2025, Lucy and Dinos’ home was narrowly missed by the wildfires that fell large areas of Los Angeles. The family of four was forced to leave their home and take refuge in the Joshua Tree desert.
© Getty Images“It was shocking and devastating for a lot of friends. It’s like imagining east London flattened – schools, neighborhoods just gone. How do you get that back? It’s going to be years and years,” she told the newspaper.
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