‘A really special feeling’: Pop star Dua Lipa engaged to actor Callum Turner
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British-Albanian singer-songwriter Dua Lipa and British actor Callum Turner at the 2025 Met Gala on May 5.
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British-Albanian pop singer Dua Lipa and British actor Callum Turner are getting married.
In an interview for British Vogue magazine’s July issue, the month’s cover star says that being engaged is “very exciting”.
Lipa, 29, and Turner, 35, first met at The River Cafe in London, where she was having dinner with her father. Turner was there with his friends, and they were introduced by the restaurant’s co-founder Ruth Rogers.
A year later, the pair reconnected in Los Angeles, where Lipa’s chance encounter with Turner led them to the realisation that they were reading the same book – Trust (2002) by American writer Hernan Diaz. The couple began dating in January 2024.
She shares that she has been obsessed with the engagement ring Turner customised for her, which involved him consulting her best friends and her sister.
“It’s nice to know the person that you’re going to spend the rest of your life with knows you very well,” Lipa tells British Vogue.
Wedding plans have not been made, as she is on her Radical Optimism world tour to promote her 2024 album of the same name. The tour commenced in Singapore in November 2024 – where she performed two concerts at the Singapore Indoor Stadium – and is set to conclude in Mexico City in December 2025.
Turner is best known for playing Theseus Scamander in the Fantastic Beasts fantasy film series (2016 to 2022).
Lipa says: “This decision to grow old together, to see a life and... be best friends forever – it’s a really special feeling.”
