Cumming was married to actress Hilary Lyon from 1986 to 1994. He publicly came out as bisexual in 1998. He married Shaffer in a 2007 London civil ceremony after two years of dating.

Alan Cumming claims that his ex-wife Hilary Lyon initially expressed disbelief when he revealed he was a victim of childhood abuse. ... Cumming and the actress were married from 1985 to 1993.

Actress Hilary Lyon laughs, describing the painful process of putting pen to paper for her latest offering as a writer, the fourth series of Baggage, the hugely popular BBC Radio 4 comedy set in ...