Richard Osman is married to actress Ingrid Oliver, who played Petronella Osgood in Doctor Who and has appeared on his show Richard Osman's House of Games. The couple got engaged in 2022 and married in December that year.
How they met
Osman and Oliver found love after meeting on his quiz show. He told The Times: “I was aware of Ingrid from social media and thought she was very funny, but beyond a single tweet we’d never communicated.” He then asked mutual friend Lou Sanders if Oliver was single, but at the time she wasn’t.
“Twelve months later, in 2021, Ingrid was a guest on my quiz show House of Games. This time Lou told me Ingrid was available, so I spent a long day in front of the cameras desperately trying not to flirt,” he said. The first thing he said to her was: “I’m looking for two rhyming answers. A musical instrument filled with rice played by shaking, and the capital of Venezuela.” Oliver buzzed in with “Maracas and Caracas,” and Osman said he was “instantly smitten.” He got her number that night “and we’ve been in each other’s pockets ever since.”
Their relationship
Speaking on Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, Osman said: “I'm happy with myself, I've got these beautiful kids, I've met the woman who I’m going to be with for the rest of my life. That thing of competition and ambition, you soon realise that rocket fuel disappears and it’s about happiness and my kids bring me happiness and Ingrid brings me happiness.”
Osman shares two children with an ex-wife. Oliver’s other TV credits include the 2026 Netflix hit Run Away, Silent Witness, Plebs and the Disney+ drama Rivals. Announcing their marriage on Twitter, Osman wrote: “The most magical, joyful day on Saturday with my beautiful wife @ingridoliver100. Surrounded by wonderful friends and family, a day full of love and laughter. We're so, so happy.”
