WEST END actor Samuel Thomas stars in 101 Dalmatians The Musical UK Tour and is the boyfriend to the former Corrie star, Kym Marsh.
Despite receiving criticism online for the 19 year age-gap, the couple say they found love after the two met on set.
Samuel Thomas is a British actor, singer and vocal coach and is known for his work in theatre.
The 29-year-old graduate of the Mountview Academy Of Theatre Arts plays the character of Tom in 101 Dalmatians The Musical 2024 UK Tour.
Samuel won Best Actor Award in 2017 for his performance in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Allegro at Southwark Playhouse.
Samuel has also starred in The Normal Heart at The National Theatre, Assassins at Chichester Festival Theatre and The Comedy of a Bank Robbery at the Criterion Theatre.
Kym March, 48, whose son David was born the same year as Samuel, plays the star role of Cruella De Vil in 101 Dalmatians The musical.
The couple have a 19 year age-gap.
Kym Marsh reportedly received cruel comments online and was shamed by trolls for dating a man 19 years her senior.
The two met while rehearsing on set of 101 Dalmatians: The Musical, which launched a tour of the UK on June 22.
Kym plays the part of Cruella De Vil who is famously an eccentric, fashion-obsessed heiress who plots to use the skins of Dalmatian puppies to create a fur coat.
Samuel plays the character of Tom who offers the Dalmatians refuge.
The soap star Kym shared her affections for her co-star Samuel when she revealed their relationship on Instagram.
The actress – who found fame in 2001 with pop band Hear’Say, described her new 29-year-old boyfriend as her “soulmate.”
Sharing a picture of her kissing actor Samuel, Kym said: “Met the most amazing man ever! Sometimes the most unexpected things happen at the most unexpected times. @samuelthomasuk I love you #beautiful #soulmate #loveyou.”
Samuel also posted: “I didn’t expect you, but here you are. I love you.”
Kym replied: “Ditto. The best things happen unexpectedly. Love you too.”
After a jam-packed schedule on Strictly Come Dancing Kym split from her third husband, Scott Ratcliff, 35, last year.
Her first husband was former EastEnders actor Jack Ryder. They wed in 2002 but divorced seven years later.
In 2012 she married Hollyoaks actor Jamie Lomas but they divorced after two years.
Kym is a mum to son David, 29, Emilie, 27, and 13-year-old Polly.
She also became a grandmother in May 2019 when Emilie gave birth to a baby boy.
KYM has been married three times - to EastEnders star Jack Ryder from 2002-2009, and to Hollyoaks' Jamie Lomas from 2012-2014.
The 48-year-old split from her third husband Army Major Scott Ratcliff last year, who she wed in 2021.
The actress met 29-year-old actor Samuel Thomas while rehearsing for a new theatre show, 101 Dalmations: The Musical.
Kym has two children, David and Emilie, from an earlier relationship, and a daughter, Polly, with Lomas. She and Lomas also had a son, Archie, in 2010, who died moments after he was born.
