Editing Daniel Day-Lewis (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Daniel Day-Lewis and Rebecca Miller - 2008 Academy Awards (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Day-Lewis with wife [[Rebecca Miller]] at the [[80th Academy Awards|2008 Academy Awards]]]]
Protective of his privacy, Day-Lewis has described his life as a "lifelong study in evasion".<ref name="Privacy"/> He had a relationship with French actress [[Isabelle Adjani]] that lasted six years, eventually ending after a split and reconciliation.<ref name=Tele2013>{{cite news|last=Gritten|first=David|title=Daniel Day-Lewis: the greatest screen actor ever?|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/oscars/9886193/Daniel-Day-Lewis-the-greatest-screen-actor-ever.html|access-date=25 February 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=22 February 2013|archive-date=29 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129150136/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/oscars/9886193/Daniel-Day-Lewis-the-greatest-screen-actor-ever.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Their son was born in 1995 in [[New York City]] a few months after the relationship ended.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Shane |last=Watson |title=The dumping game |date=15 August 2004 |url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/style/article466434.ece |work=The Times |location=UK |access-date=18 August 2022 |archive-date=15 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615152036/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/style/article466434.ece |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1996, while working on the [[The Crucible (1996 film)|film version]] of the stage play ''[[The Crucible]]'', he visited the home of playwright [[Arthur Miller]], where he was introduced to the writer's daughter, [[Rebecca Miller]].<ref name=Tele2013/> They married later that year, on 13 November 1996.<ref>{{cite book |last=Achath |first=Sati |date=13 May 2011 |title=Hollywood Celebrities: Basic Things You've Always Wanted to Know |publisher=[[AuthorHouse]] |location=[[Bloomington, Indiana]] |page=18 |isbn=978-1-4634-1157-2}}</ref> The couple have two sons. They divide their time between their homes in [[Manhattan]] and [[Annamoe]], Ireland.<ref name="WashingtonPost"/><ref name="FreedomOfWicklow">{{cite news |last1=O'Brien |first1=Jason |title=Daniel Day Lewis given Freedom of Wicklow |url=https://www.independent.ie/woman/celeb-news/daniel-day-lewis-given-freedom-of-wicklow-26532071.html |access-date=28 January 2018 |work=Irish Independent |date=28 April 2009 |archive-date=7 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107131415/https://www.independent.ie/woman/celeb-news/daniel-day-lewis-given-freedom-of-wicklow-26532071.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Day-Lewis has held dual [[British nationality law|British]] and [[Irish nationality law|Irish]] citizenship since 1993.<ref>{{cite web |title=Daniel Day-Lewis |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/daniel_daylewis/ |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=12 October 2008 |archive-date=21 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021224613/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/daniel_daylewis/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He has maintained his Annamoe home since 1997.<ref name="FreedomOfWicklow" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Devlin |first1=Martina |title=Daniel, old chap, sure you're one of our own |url=https://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/martina-devlin/daniel-old-chap-sure-youre-one-of-our-own-26346828.html |access-date=28 January 2018 |work=Irish Independent |date=24 January 2008 |archive-date=29 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129140435/https://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/martina-devlin/daniel-old-chap-sure-youre-one-of-our-own-26346828.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Day-Lewis heads UK Oscars charge |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7202870.stm |access-date=28 January 2018 |agency=BBC News |date=22 January 2008 |archive-date=3 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103084350/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7202870.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> He stated: "I do have dual citizenship, but I think of England as my country. I miss [[London]] very much, but I couldn't live there because there came a time when I needed to be private and was forced to be public by the press. I couldn't deal with it."<ref name="Privacy">{{cite news |last1=Stanford |first1=Peter |title=The enigma of Day-Lewis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/jan/13/awardsandprizes.danieldaylewis |access-date=28 January 2018 |work=The Guardian |date=13 January 2008 |archive-date=29 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829204805/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/jan/13/awardsandprizes.danieldaylewis |url-status=live }}</ref> He is a supporter of [[SE postcode area|south-east London]] football club [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]].<ref>{{Cite news |last =Sullivan |first =Chris |title =How Daniel Day-Lewis' notoriously rigorous role preparation has yielded another Oscar contender |work =The Independent |date =1 February 2008 |url =https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/how-daniel-daylewis-notoriously-rigorous-role-preparation-has-yielded-another-oscar-contender-776563.html |access-date =4 July 2010 |location =London |archive-date =24 April 2011 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110424095457/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/how-daniel-daylewis-notoriously-rigorous-role-preparation-has-yielded-another-oscar-contender-776563.html |url-status =live }}</ref> Day-Lewis is also an Ambassador for [[The Lir Academy]], a new drama school at [[Trinity College Dublin]], founded in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thelir.ie/about/people |title=People |website=The Lir Academy |access-date=6 October 2019 |archive-date=6 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006221238/https://thelir.ie/about/people |url-status=live }}</ref> 

In 2005, he visited the [[Gaza Strip]] with [[Médecins Sans Frontières]], and criticised the [[Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip|occupation]] as "a state of [[Israeli apartheid|apartheid]]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Day-Lewis |first=Daniel |date=24 March 2005|title=Inside scarred minds |url=https://www.miftah.org/display.cfm?DocId=6978&CategoryId=20 |access-date=19 May 2025|website=MIFTAH}}</ref> In 2010, Day-Lewis received an honorary doctorate in letters from the [[University of Bristol]], in part because of his attendance of the [[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]] in his youth.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2010/7135.html |title=Bristol University &#124; News from the University &#124; Honorary degrees |website=Bristol.ac.uk |date=15 July 2010 |access-date=9 December 2011 |archive-date=12 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112130906/http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2010/7135.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Day-Lewis has stated that he had "no real religious education", and that he "suppose[s]" he is "a die-hard agnostic".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/daniel_day_lewis.shtml |title=Daniel Day-Lewis, 2002 |website=[[Index Magazine]] |access-date=9 December 2011 |archive-date=11 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211223823/http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/daniel_day_lewis.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2012, he donated to the [[University of Oxford]] papers belonging to his father, the poet Cecil Day-Lewis, including early drafts of the poet's work and letters from actor [[John Gielgud]] and literary figures such as [[W. H. Auden]], [[Robert Graves]], and [[Philip Larkin]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Daniel Day-Lewis: Gives poet dad's work to Oxford|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/30/daniel-day-lewis-gives-poet-dads-work-oxford/|access-date=28 January 2018|work=[[The Washington Times]]|date=30 October 2012|archive-date=4 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104073004/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/30/daniel-day-lewis-gives-poet-dads-work-oxford/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, he became the honorary president of the [[Poetry Archive]]. A registered UK charity, the Poetry Archive is a free website containing a growing collection of recordings of English-language poets reading their work.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.poetryarchive.org/news|title=Sir Daniel Day-Lewis is to be the new Honorary President of the Poetry Archive |work= The Poetry Archive | access-date =21 October 2015 }}</ref> In 2017, Day-Lewis became a patron of the [[Wilfred Owen]] Association.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stewart|first1=Stephen|title=Legendary 'ghost' war poet returns from World War One killing fields to meet today's veterans|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now/legendary-ghost-war-poet-returns-10695439|access-date=28 January 2018|work=Daily Record|date=27 June 2017|archive-date=22 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122001220/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now/legendary-ghost-war-poet-returns-10695439|url-status=live}}</ref> Day-Lewis's association with Wilfred Owen began with his father, Cecil Day-Lewis, who edited Owen's poetry in the 1960s and his mother, [[Jill Balcon]], who was a vice-president of the Wilfred Owen Association until her death in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Daniel Day-Lewis reads Wilfred Owen works in War Poets Collection|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-37834436|access-date=28 January 2018|agency=BBC News|date=1 November 2016|archive-date=7 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207145813/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-37834436|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Stars bring war poetry to life|url=https://www.napier.ac.uk/about-us/news/war-poets-collection-relaunch|website=napier.ac.uk|publisher=Edinburgh Napier University|access-date=28 January 2018|date=2 November 2016|archive-date=22 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122125249/https://www.napier.ac.uk/about-us/news/war-poets-collection-relaunch|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2008, when he received the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] from [[Helen Mirren]], who was on presenting duty having won the previous year's Best Actress Oscar for portraying [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] in ''[[The Queen (2006 film)|The Queen]]'', Day-Lewis knelt before her, and she tapped him on each shoulder with the Oscar statuette, to which he quipped, "That's the closest I'll come to ever getting a knighthood."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Travers |first1=Peter |title=Oscars 2008: The Live Blog |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/oscars-2008-the-live-blog-92201/ |access-date=4 April 2019 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=25 February 2008 |archive-date=4 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404005913/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/oscars-2008-the-live-blog-92201/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Day-Lewis was appointed a [[Knight Bachelor]] in the [[2014 Birthday Honours]] for services to drama.<ref name="knighthood"/><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=60895 |date=14 June 2014 |page=b2 |supp=y}}</ref> On 14 November 2014, he was knighted by [[Prince William, Duke of Cambridge]], in an investiture ceremony at [[Buckingham Palace]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61320 |date=11 August 2015 |page=14934}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/honours-list/11230828/Daniel-Day-Lewis-knighted-by-the-Duke-of-Cambridge.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114160854/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/honours-list/11230828/Daniel-Day-Lewis-knighted-by-the-Duke-of-Cambridge.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 November 2014 |title=Daniel Day-Lewis knighted by the Duke of Cambridge |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=14 November 2014|access-date=15 November 2014}}</ref>