Meet Dᴇᴀᴛʜ in Paradise star Ralf Little’s famous fiancée amid split rumours

Ralf Little is a familiar face to many thanks to his starring role as DI Neville Parker in the BBC drama Dᴇᴀᴛʜ in Paradise, which he stepped down from in series 13 after four years.

While the actor has been on our screens for over two decades, appearing in programs such as The Royle Family and Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, how much do you know about his personal life? And did you know that his fiancée has also made her name for herself in the world of entertainment?

Who is Ralf’s famous fiancée?

Ralf is engaged to American playwright and screenwriter Lindsey Ferrentino. Lindsey, who hails from Florida, is the daughter of comedian and magician, John Ferrentino. The Yale-educated creative has written several plays over the course of her career and has received rave reviews from critics.

Her 2015 play, Ugly Lies the Bone, which ran in the Roundabout Theatre in New York as well as The National Theatre in London, was lauded by Deadline Hollywood as “timely, compelling and as current as you could want“. Meanwhile, The Observer described it as, “raw and inescapably moving”. Her more recent works include her 2018 plays This Flat Earth, The Year to Come and Amy and the Orphans, which starred American Horror Story actress Jamie Brewer.

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Lindsey’s first film, Not Fade Away, was released in 2019 and was produced by David O. Russell and John Krasinski, while John’s wife Emily Blunt starred. In 2021, it was announced that Lindsey would be writing and directing a film adaptation of her stage play Amy and the Orphans for Netflix.

How did Ralf meet Lindsey?

Ralf met Lindsey when he starred in the London run of her play, Ugly Lies the Bone, alongside his DIP predecessor Kris Marshall.

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Before Ralf left Dᴇᴀᴛʜ in Paradise, they spent half their time at their home in Guadalupe in the Caribbean, and the other half in King’s Cross, London. The pair became engaged in 2018 and have put their wedding plans on hold for the past few years. Chatting to The Mirror back in 2020 about how he popped the question, Ralf said: “We were in a country house, it was a big surprise. I planned it in advance. I had a total result with the ring, though. She said to me if she ever got engaged there’s only one ring for her — her grandma’s, it’s absolutely beautiful.”

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While Ralf tends not to discuss Lindsey publicly, he spoke about missing her while filming the show in an Instagram Q&A last year. When asked if he misses home while filming, he explained: “I miss my dogs but the dogs are in America, so I miss the dogs and I miss my other half. But people come to visit for a start and secondly, I’m so busy and I’ve built a life here… I’m the kind of person that’s very present wherever I am. So, I’m here, this is what I’m doing and I’m lucky enough to really enjoy what I do. So, yes and no.”

Have Ralf and Lindsey split?

In recent weeks, speculation surrounding Ralf and Lindsey’s split has been circulating online. While neither party has addressed the rumours, clues on social media suggest that it’s possible.

Not only has Lindsey been pictured without her engagement ring in recent social media posts but she and Ralf do not follow each other on Instagram.

While Lindsey appeared to visit Ralf on the set of Dᴇᴀᴛʜ in Paradise in July last year when she shared a series of snaps from a trip to Guadeloupe, there’s been no mention of the actor on her social media page since.

What’s more, Lindsey posted a round-up of photos marking her most recent trip to London in January, including snaps from theatre trips and of friends, but failed to mention Ralf. “So much London. stranger things, press night of the play the mirror, tate modern, the devonshire, making a show, oysters, friends,” she penned in the caption.