Phoebe Tonkin is engaged! | ALE

Australian actress Phoebe Tonkin announced that she is engaged! The 35-year-old shared the happy news on Instagram, posting a hidden carousel of photos from her “summer of love” with fiancé Bernard Lagrange.

“Back from the summer of love,” Tonkin captioned a series of images, the first of which was a subtle nod to her engagement. The black and white image shows Tonkin kissing her lover while showing off her large oval wedding ring. In another photo, she strokes Lagrange’s hair while flashing a gorgeous solitaire diamond.

Lagrange apparently popped the question while the two were vacationing in the south of France, with Tonkin sharing photos of lavender fields, village monuments and the lush, manicured gardens of a striking French castle. Phoebe wore more than one white one summer dressin combination with the season preferred sandals: pair thong.

The couple’s celebrity friends, including Alicia Debnam-Carey, Lara WorthingtonRosie Huntington-Whiteley and Teresa Palmer took to the comments section to offer their congratulations.

Sydney-born Tonkin began her career at the age of 16 when she was cast as a mermaid in an after-school series. H20: Just add water. She later appeared on Home and Away And Tomorrow when the war beganbefore she moved to Los Angeles and began a career in Hollywood. Her big break came when she was cast as Hayley Marshall in The Vampire Diaries. Tonkin has since returned to more local productions, most recently leading the award-winning cast The boy swallows the Universe.

Who is Phoebe Tonkin’s fiancé, Brendan LaGrange?

Lagrange is an art dealer and assistant at Sotheby’s auction house. Tonkin is very private about her personal life, so it is unclear how long she has been dating her new fiancé.

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Rebecca Mitchell

Rebecca Mitchell is a senior writer at ELLE Australia. She graduated from Charles Sturt University in 2011, already having extensive experience in the media. She began her career in news while co-hosting the radio program Never Talk Politics on 2MCE and working as a reporter for WIN News. Returning to her hometown of Sydney, she worked as a journalist for lifestyle media outlets including Mamamia, SheSaid and Foxtel’s Lifestyle group. She is a former freelance journalist and her writing can be found on Refinery29, Urban List, Broadsheet and more.