The hot actor with a boyish smile, Ian Harding is best known for his role in the ABC Family television drama series, Pretty Little Liars. He played Ezra Fitz who is a teacher and boyfriend of Aria, portrayed by fellow actress Lucy Hale.
Harding's enigmatic romance with his on-screen girlfriend Hale led their fans to speculate they are dating off-screen as well, but are they the real couple? Or is Ian Harding any other girlfriend in his real life? We have all the details here.
Pretty Little Liars Star Ian Harding's Relationship Status-His Girlfriend
Well, not always what the fans think comes as a truth. Ian Harding and Lucy Hale are not continuing their on-screen romance off-screen. But they are good friends. Harding is not dating Hale but he confirmed to People in 2015 that, he was in a relationship with his girlfriend.
He then revealed his girlfriend's name is Sophie Hart, but it is mysterious whether he is dating the same girl until 2019 or not. Hart is a photographer, artist, and collaborator. She has mentioned herself as a "fashion explorer inspired by fine art."
Ian Harding and Sophie Hart at BVLGARI And Save The Children Pre-Oscar Event at Spago | Feb 17 pic.twitter.com/RZDYY9tRbx
— Ian Harding Italy (@IanHardingITA) February 22, 2015
Sources report that the loving couple also bought the house together in 2014, in Domaine, Los Angeles. Harding and Hart later started living together in their Los Angeles house with their two pets Labradoodles Mochi and Biley. Then, Harding told about his girlfriend, "she surprises me every day."
The couple has been sharing a romantic relationship for a long time now. They also frequently share beautiful pictures on their social media. They look more supportive and dedicated to each other.
Before, the actor was in a relationship with Candy Crowns, but their relationship didn't last anymore as he was already in a relationship with Hart by 2011.
Ian Harding's Biography And Career
Born on September 16, 1986, in Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, to an American military family, Ian Harding is the youngest in the family with an elder sister; Sarah Harding. Ian Harding is also known for being the son of the New York Times bestselling author Stephen Harding.
He moved to Virginia with his parents as a child. Ian joined a drama club at Georgetown Preparatory School, North Bethesda, Maryland. As a child, Ian was keen on acting and music. Later, Ian decided to pursue a career in Acting. He studied acting/music, theater programs at Carnegie Mellon University. He once said if he had to choose an alternative career “he’d do something in Psychology”.
Ian started his acting career in 2003 from the TV Show, Punk’d. In 2009, Ian was seen on the TV Show, Hello! Hollywood. The same year, Ian appeared in another TV Series, NCIS: Los Angeles as the character Curtis Lacross. Ian was seen in Deadtime Stories as the character Ryan, and a wealthy pester in the movie Adventureland. All the former roles were small but he was doing great and moved on to be seen in 2010 in the web series Hollywood is like High School with Money, where he played a dorky but adorable mailroom employee.
Ian is also acknowledged for his role in movies like Adventureland and Love and Other Drugs. For his exceptional work in Pretty Little Liars, Ian Harding has received Teen Choice Award four times, consecutively from 2010 to 2013.
It was the Pretty Little Liars’ cast so Ian was introduced to them and soon after was offered a role as Ezra Fitz in the ABC Family drama series, Pretty Little Liars. His character Ezra Fitz plays a major role in the series, he is a character Aria’s (Lucy Hale) teacher as well as a boyfriend but the latter part is well hidden from everyone except a few characters in the series.
Ian’s character was given much importance when he was shown as the dreaded-“A”, where he showed his devilish side. Ian admits in an interview that he knew what the cast had planned for him long before the episodes came out and that he was rather excited to discard Ezra’s good man persona.
In 2010, he was seen in the movie Love and Other Drugs where he was given a small role. In 2012, Ian was seen in Christmas Without You as character Nathan Stewart and then in 2013, on Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel as Tim, Business Cards on the Rocks as Ben, and Immediately Afterlife as Elder Paul Fields.
Ian is close friends with Julian Morris, Tyler Blackburn, and Lucy Hale. In 2014, Ian Harding was seen in the cast of crime and thriller Dynamite: A Cautionary Tale as character Max Bornstein.
Ian received four Teen Choice Awards for his work in Pretty Little Liars. In 2010, and 2011, Ian won the “Choice summer TV Star-Male”, and in 2012 and 2013 he won the “Choice TV Actor: Drama”. At present Ian is 27 years old. Ian is tall with a height of 180 cm; he had to give racy pictures of him being shirtless for various magazine cover shots. Ian has sexy blue eyes and brown hair.
