Meet Tom Ellis' wife famous for Tell Me Lies — and his four kids


The CIA star is married to Tell Me Lies creator Meaghan Oppenheimer, and is a dad to four children


Meaghan Oppenheimerand Tom Ellis attend the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations Presents Showrunner Panel at The Meryl Streep Center for Performing Artists on October 09, 2024 in Los Angeles, California© Getty Images
Beatriz Colon
Beatriz ColonNew York Writer - New York
February 23, 2026
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It's a big year for Tom Ellis and his family already.

On Monday, February 23, the Lucifer alum is celebrating the highly-anticipated premiere of CIA, the FBI spin-off that has been marred with production delays and shake-ups, including show runner and cast exits.

The premiere comes just one week after he celebrated the end of another show, Tell Me Lies, which his wife Meaghan Oppenheimer was creator, showrunner, executive producer, and lead writer of, based on the novel by Carola Lovering.

Learn all about the Ellis-Oppenheimer family below.

Tom Ellis and Meaghan Oppenheimer attend the "Tell Me Lies" Season 3 Screening at The Corner Store on January 12, 2026 in New York City© Getty Images
Meaghan and Tom at the Tell Me Lies season three screening in January 2026

Meaghan and Tom's love story

Though it's unclear how Meaghan and Tom met, they did so around 2014, shortly after Tom's divorce from his first wife Tamzin Outhwaite. By 2015, they were dating, and they got engaged in 2017.

To announce their engagement, Meaghan shared a photo with her left hand wrapped around Tom's mouth, covering it, and joked in her caption: "does this ring make me look fat??"

The couple tied the knot two years later, in June 2019, with some of Tom's Lucifer co-stars as witnesses, including Lauren German, Aimee García, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Rachael Harris, Kevin Alejandro, and D.B. Woodside, among others.

Tom Ellis (L), Florence Ellis (2L), Nora Ellis (2R) and guests attend the UK Premiere of "The Thursday Murder Club" in Leicester Square on August 21, 2025 in London, England© Getty Images
Tom with his kids and a guest in August 2025

Meaghan and Tom's kids

Tom is a dad to four kids, his youngest shared with Meaghan. He shares Nora, born in 2005, with a former partner, and later welcomed Flo, born in 2008, and Marnie, born in 2012, with Tamzin, who he was married to from 2006 to 2014.

Photo shared by Meaghan Oppenheimer of her daughter Dolly, shared with Tom Ellis, on the set of Tell Me Lies, 2025© Instagram
Meaghan shared a photo of her daughter Dolly on the set of Tell Me Lies

In 2023, Meaghan and Tom welcomed their first child together via surrogacy, daughter Dolly. Dolly was born the same day the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike came to a close, and announcing her birth, Meaghann wrote: "Our daughter Dolly Ellis-Oppenheimer was born on November 8th and within five hours of being alive, she single-handedly ended the SAG strike. We love her. Huge thank you to our amazing surrogate."

Tom Ellis, Tamzin Outhwaite, 21/10/2012: 56th BFI London Film Festival: Closing Night Gala 'Great Expectations' held at Odeon Leicester Square, London© Getty Images
Tamzin and Tom were married from 2006 to 2013

Tom's first marriage

Tom and his first wife Tamzin, an English actress best known for her role Mel Owen in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, were introduced by James McAvoy, and married from 2006 until their separation in 2013.

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