Actor
Idris Elba is engaged to his girlfriend
Sabrina Dhowre.
The 45-year-old actor got on one knee and asked for Sabrina's hand in marriage during a packed screening of his new film
'Yardie' in Dalston, East London.
The theatre, where the film was being shown, took to Twitter to make the announcement.
"Another @riocinema first! Still five days to Valentine's Day but @idriselba went down on one knee and proposed to his girlfriend live on stage this morning before a preview of his film #Yardie...
She said yes and there was much clapping and cheering. (sic)" the tweet read.
The news comes after the
'Luther' star had said that he had no plans of getting married.
Elba has been divorced twice first from
Kim Norgaard and
Sonya Nicole Hamlin.
He shares daughter
Isan (16) with Norgaard and another son
Winston (three) with former girlfriend
Naiyana Garth.