{"id":215581,"date":"2025-12-29T01:48:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T01:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/215581\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T01:48:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T01:48:22","slug":"home-and-away-stars-sophie-dillman-and-patrick-oconnor-announce-their-engagement-in-heartwarming-post-as-she-showcases-her-eye-popping-diamond-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/215581\/","title":{"rendered":"Home and Away stars Sophie Dillman and Patrick O’Connor announce their engagement in heartwarming post – as she showcases her eye-popping diamond ring"},"content":{"rendered":"

By JIMMY BRIGGS, SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 19:18 EST, 27 December 2025 | Updated: 05:27 EST, 28 December 2025 <\/p>\n

Home and Away stars Sophie Dillman and Patrick O’Connor have announced their engagement.<\/p>\n

Sophie, 32, confirmed the exciting news on social media on Saturday night by sharing a heartwarming gallery of photos capturing the sweet proposal.<\/p>\n

One precious photo showed the tender moment Patrick, 33, got down on one knee and proposed to Sophie at a scenic Sydney<\/a> beach.<\/p>\n

Another sweet picture captured the newly engaged couple passionately kissing at the scenic location, as the sun set in the background.<\/p>\n

She also shared a photo of her eye-popping diamond engagement ring, featuring a massive sparkler enclosed in a stunning pure gold band.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The pair looked like they were on Cloud Nine in the adorable gallery, with the proposal coming after several years of dating.<\/p>\n

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Home and Away stars Sophie Dillman and Patrick O’Connor have announced their engagement. Sophie, 32, confirmed the exciting news on social media on Saturday night by sharing a heartwarming gallery of photos capturing the\u00a0sweet proposal<\/p>\n

Sophie captioned the gallery with some precious words: ‘Home has always been with you’, adding both a diamond ring and love heart emoji.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Many of their celebrity friends took to the comments section to offer their well wishes.<\/p>\n

‘Oh sweethearts, huge love to both of you. Could NOT be happier for you,’ gushed their Summer Bay co-star Georgie Parker.<\/p>\n

‘Awww loads of love to you both! How wonderful,’ series veteran Lynne McGranger added.<\/p>\n

‘Omg so excited for u both!!!!!! Love you both xx,’ Sarah Roberts chimed in.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2021, Sophie admitted\u00a0to feeling ‘lucky’ about acting alongside her long-term partner Patrick on\u00a0Home and Away<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The pair started dating after their characters,<\/a> Ziggy Astoni and Dean Thompson, got together on the soap opera.<\/p>\n

She said their relationship worked because they ‘were really good friends first’ – and now it meant she gets to ‘hang out with [her] best mate all the time, which is such a blessing’.<\/p>\n

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She also shared a photo of her eye-popping diamond engagement ring, featuring a massive sparkler enclosed in a stunning pure gold band\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The pair looked like they were on Cloud Nine in the adorable gallery, with the proposal coming after several years of dating<\/p>\n

‘Our characters got together \u2013 and then we did. We spend every waking minute together, but it’s really lucky because we were really good friends first,’ Sophie said in an interview with The Daily Telegraph<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She then detailed how the couple never take their ‘arguments home or to work’, especially now that the characters have split up on-screen.<\/p>\n

‘When we’re at home, we’re Paddy and Sophie. At work, we’re Ziggy and Dean,’ Sophie said.<\/p>\n

‘I find when you sit in the make-up chair for an hour and you have your hair and make-up done \u2013 which is something I don’t do at home \u2013 and then you put the costume on, it’s a whole transformation. And then after you finish a day, you take your make-up off and clothes off and it is like taking the character off.’<\/p>\n

Sophie’s comments to The BINGE Guide\u00a0come after she spoke candidly about her relationship with her co-star \u2013 and how the pair have managed to strike a pleasant balance between their personal and professional lives.<\/p>\n

They\u00a0have known each other for over a decade and even went to the same acting school in Queensland.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sophie has been a cast member for slightly longer than Patrick, having portrayed Ziggy since June 2017.<\/p>\n

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