British filmmaker and social campaigner Jemima Goldsmith has married Irish-Australian financier Cameron O’Reilly, closing a chapter defined by a year of quiet courtship even as her first husband, former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan, remains gravely unwell inside a Rawalpindi prison cell. The wedding, held over the weekend, brings together two prominent families from opposite corners of the business and media world, while placing fresh attention on Khan’s deteriorating health behind bars in Adiala Jail.
Jemima Goldsmith Weds Financier Cameron O’Reilly After a Year of Dating
Goldsmith, 52, an award-winning screenwriter and documentary producer, tied the knot with O’Reilly, 62, following roughly twelve months together. The pair reportedly met through their shared work in film and documentary production, where O’Reilly served as an executive producer, and grew close as friends before the relationship turned romantic. Those close to the couple describe O’Reilly as intensely private, with Goldsmith reportedly determined to shield him from the kind of media scrutiny that has followed her own public life for decades.
The newlyweds have been splitting their time between O’Reilly’s residence in Zug, Switzerland, and Goldsmith’s home in West London, a pattern expected to continue after the ceremony. Goldsmith is the daughter of the late billionaire financier Sir James Goldsmith and the late socialite Lady Annabel Goldsmith, who passed away last year, meaning the wedding also arrives during a period of considerable personal transition for the bride.
Who Is Cameron O’Reilly, the Businessman Jemima Married
O’Reilly is the son of the late media magnate Sir Anthony O’Reilly and built his own fortune independent of his father’s empire. An Oxford graduate, he began his career at Goldman Sachs before moving into his family’s Australian newspaper interests through APN News & Media, where he eventually rose to chief executive. He later founded the private equity vehicle Bayard Capital and took control of the Swiss energy-metering firm Landis+Gyr, which he sold to Toshiba in 2011 in a deal valued at roughly $2.3 billion.
O’Reilly was previously married to Ilse O’Reilly, with the couple separating after two decades together; they share four children. Since stepping back from corporate life, he has increasingly worked as an executive producer on films and documentaries, the field through which he is understood to have connected with Goldsmith.
Goldsmith’s First Marriage to Cricket Legend Imran Khan, Now Ailing in Adiala Jail
Goldsmith’s wedding to O’Reilly marks her second marriage. Her first was to cricket legend Imran Khan, whom she married in 1995; the couple divorced in 2004 after nine years together and share two sons, Kasim and Sulaiman. Khan went on to become Pakistan’s prime minister before his ouster in 2022, and he has been imprisoned since August 2023, serving a lengthy sentence following corruption-related convictions he denies.
The marriage lands against a grim backdrop for Goldsmith’s sons. They have said they went months without hearing from their father by phone and were later told by a relative who briefly saw him that his condition had worsened, citing elevated blood pressure, heart palpitations and anxiety. Pakistan’s Supreme Court had ordered Khan’s transfer to a hospital for closer medical supervision after his family and legal team raised persistent concerns, but he was returned to prison within hours of a brief examination, a move his party condemned as a breach of the court’s directive. Khan has alleged mistreatment in custody, claims prison and government officials have repeatedly rejected, insisting he continues to receive adequate medical care. Goldsmith has remained an outspoken advocate for her ex-husband’s release even as she begins this new chapter of her own life.