Celebrity Wives Where Are They Now
Love cannot be measured, but it can definitely be seen in the people who are truly experiencing it. Here are some of the most famous celebrity wives who are truly in love, and others who have had their heart’s share of heart-break and more. Some of them have seen their glory days and might never see them again. But there are others, despite all the years that have passed, who still get a ton of attention.
Being beautiful is not necessarily a prerequisite when it comes to Hollywood, but that doesn’t mean it hurts your chances of getting into the movie business. Some of the women on this list are straight up beautiful and not a single person can deny that. What’s amazing is that even after the years have passed and the cameras have flocked elsewhere, these women are still as attractive as ever. Not all of the ladies who make up this list are celebrities themselves; there are some who only came into the public’s eye once they started dating their celebrity lovers. But that’s not to say that they haven’t garnered a ton of attention themselves. A fine example of a woman like this is Luciana Barroso. Barroso is Bourne Identity star, Matt Damon’s wife. Since he and the gorgeous Argentine started dating, the paparazzi were all over them – all over her! And we can definitely see why!
On this list you will see the likes of Maria Shriver (yes, a Kennedy), Goldie Hawn, Helen Hunt, Tracy Pollan and a whole lot more. Where is Susan Sarandon and what does she look like now? How about Tea Leoni? She could be a goddess the way she doesn’t age a day… she even starts to look better than she ever did. There are a few extra surprises thrown into this piece, and you will be glad you got to see them.
They are the wives of celebrities, but perhaps some of the men they are married to should be bragging that they are married to these women. These women have made their presence known and in the best way possible. We salute and appreciate every single one of them – each of them in their own unique way. Now let’s get started on our list of impressive celebrity wives.
Katharine Ross
Everyone adores Sam Elliott and Katharine Ross, who are famous for their roles in Western films. However, these stars have been able to shine in all sorts of movies. However, many say their biggest win on set was meeting each other! Back in 1984, the two tied the knot and are still happily together today. We’ll get back to their love story in a bit and show you some recent pictures of the lovebirds.
Katharine Ross
Lola Van Wagenen
Back in 1957, Lola Van Wagenen and Robert Redford first met and secretly wed just a year later in Las Vegas. Months after, the two had a public ceremony in Utah. Together, they had four kids. Tragically, their son, Scott Anthony, died at just 2 and a half months from sudden infant syndrome. Redford and Van Wagenen ended their marriage in 1985, but remain good friends.
Lola Van Wagenen
Kelly Preston
A newly divorced Kelly Preston met John Travolta on The Experts set and the rest was history. The two married in 1991! Together, John and Kelly welcomed three beautiful children. Tragically, their son Jett passed away while they were on vacation in 2009. The couple are practicing Scientologists and have credited the church for helping them cope with their son’s death.
Kelly Preston
Sandra Knight
We can all agree that Jack Nicholson must have been no easy bull to coerce into a serious relationship. However Sandra Knight managed to do it in 1962 when the pair got married. However it wasn’t until six years later that they broke up. To this day they remain friends and share parenting roles with one-another.
Sandra Knight
Shakira Baksh
After actor Michael Caine’s first marriage ended in divorce, he found the love of his life, Shakira Baksh. Caine first saw actress/model Baksh in a commercial. Finally, he got in touch with her through a friend and the two were married by 1973. Together, they have a daughter named Natasha Haleema. Now, they’ve been together 44 years! Caine credits their successful marriage to having two bathrooms. What a character!
Shakira Baksh
Diahnne Abbott
Abbott met actor Robert De Niro when she was an actress and singer in the 1970’s. They acted together in the old school film, Taxi Driver. They got married in 1976 and they seemed happy for 12 years following their marriage, until they decided to separate.
Diahnne Abbott
Betsy Arakawa
In 1991, Gene Hackman married Betsy Arakawa – his second wife, after Fay Maltese. After getting married the couple decided to make a new life for themselves in New Mexico and we’re sure that it served them right. Gene, who is now 86 years old, has been married to Betty for 26 years already!
Betsy Arakawa
Madonna
For those of you who don’t remember, Madonna was a celebrity wife too. Her marriage to Hollywood actor Sean Penn in 1985 lasted just 4 years, but it garnered a fortune of attention. Madonna did share with the media that their marriage was unstable, but in recent times the two have been seen together,suggesting that they’re friends once again.
Madonna
Calista Flockhart
Calista Flockhart found her true love, Harrison Ford at the 2002 Golden Globe Awards. The two of them clicked and eventually married 8 years later in 2010. In 2011 they adopted a son together, solidifying their family, but not without continuing in their acting careers. While Flockhart took a role in the TV series Supergirl, her husband took the reins of his role as Han Solo in the new Star Wars, The Force Awakens.
Calista Flockhart
Lori Anne Allison
Johnny Depp was just 20 years old when he married Lori Anne Allison and that was in 1983. Their marriage lasted all of 2 years, and it seems that Lori melted into the background once again as she wasn’t a celebrity, but rather she was a make-up artist.
Lori Anne Allison
Jennifer Leyton
Legendary actor Anthony Hopkins has had what some call a tumultuous love life. First, he married Petronella Barker back in 1996, but the two divorced in 1972. Just a year later he married Jennifer Leyton. Unfortunately, Leyton and Hopkins got divorced after 29 years together in 2002. While Leyton stayed in the U.K., Hopkins moved back to California to continue acting.
Jennifer Leyton
Tracy Pollan
These two lovebirds met on the set of Family Ties back in the 80’s. It’s funny that Tracy started on the show by playing Michael’s girlfriend, only to realize that they would be a lot more than that. Today Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan are happily married with four kids and 30 years of marriage under their belts.
Tracy Pollan
Demi Moore
Demi Moore – did someone just say talent galore? But not just talking about her successful career, look at which successful actors she paired up with. First she married Die Hard star, Bruce Willis in 1987 and their marriage lasted until 2000. The two met during the premiere of Stakeout. They had three daughters together. Let’s not forget when she took an age plunge and married Ashton Kutcher in 2005 and stayed married to him until 2013.
Demi Moore
Meg Ryan
Back when Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid met on the set of D.O.A., the two were just starting to make names for themselves. The world was elated when they tied the knot in 1991. Unfortunately, they needed the marriage ten years later in 2001. Luckily, they continued to flourish in their careers after the failed marriage. Quaid has had hits like The Day After Tomorrow, The Rookie and Vantage Point. Meanwhile, Meg Ryan has been celebrated for her roles in Kate & Leopold, Ithaca and In the Land of Women.
Meg Ryan
Cindy Silva
Can Hollywood change someone? Most people probably believe that it can, and that makes sense. Kevin Costner met Cindy Silva before he had made it onto the acting scene. They tied the knot in 1978 but only stayed married for 16 years. In 1994 they divorced and Cindy disappeared from the spotlight.
Cindy Silva
Marilou York
Can you really look at Mark Hamill without thinking of him as Luke Skywalker from Star Wars? While he was playing that iconic role, he met a dental hygienist named Marilou York. The two tied the knot in 1978 and had three children: Nathan, Griffin and Elizabeth. Now, Mark Hamill and Marilou York have been together for more than 38 years. Oh and how amazing was it to see Mark Hamill reprise the role of Luke for Star Wars: The Force Awakens? Meanwhile, Marilou prefers to stay out of the limelight.
Marilou York
Brigitte Nielsen
Brigitte Nelson went from being the cold-hearted Russian missus of Ivan Drago in Rocky IV, to becoming the warm-hearted love and real wife of the movie’s star. When she and Sylvester Stallone married one another, neither knew that two years later they would be calling it quits. Brigitte Nelsen has been married a total of five times!
Brigitte Nielsen
Patricia McCallum
By the time professional photographer Patricia McCallum was assigned to photograph Michael York, he was a well-established actor. The two fell in love and began dating. Back in 1968, they married on Michael York’s 26th birthday. Although the two did not have kids, McCallum has a son from a previous marriage. Now, this lovely couple has been together for almost 50 years!
Patricia McCallum
Beth Ostrosky
Hey now! Did you know Howard Stern proposed to Beth Ostrosky live on-air back on Valentine’s Day in 2007? The two tied the knot in October 2008. This is Stern’s second marriage, but this time he chose not to have kids. However, the two adopted six cats. While Stern keeps busy with his radio show, Beth Ostrosky writes children’s books, in addition to devoting much of her time to charity work.
Beth Ostrosky
Keely Shaye Smith
Pierce Brosnan’s relationship with Keely Shaye Smith came at a time of tragedy for the Bond star. He had lost his wife to cancer and then Keely Shaye Smith came along. The two of them made an instant connection as Brosnan recalls, “I felt she was missing wherever I would go in the world,” so he flew her in to be with him. On April 8th, 1994 they married and later they had two children together. What a sterling couple these two make!
Keely Shaye Smith
Juanita Vanoy
NBA star, Michael Jordan married American model, Juanita Vanoy in September of 1989. Their marriage brought about two sons and a daughter, but it also heralded ups and downs. The couple almost got divorced in 2002 but managed to reconcile before they headed to their eventual break-up in 2006 when they went through with their divorce.
Juanita Vanoy
Catherine Zeta Jones
Michael Douglas, as many people believe, shot above par when he married Chicago star, Catherine Zeta Jones. She was only 30 years old when they tied the knot in 2000 while he was in his 50’s. This lovely couple now have a son and a daughter and quite recently Catherine has taken up acting fully again.
Catherine Zeta Jones
Jenna Dewan Tatum
Sometimes the love on-screen carries off-screen and then even further. Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan-Tatum met on the set of Step Up in 2006 while Jenna was only a back-up dancer. But she made Channing turn his head around so much so that the two hit it off so well. They exchanged vows in 2009 and they are one of the happiest Hollywood couples you will ever see. Who can’t love them?
Jenna Dewan Tatum
Yvette Prieto Jordan
Here’s a beautiful example of when Cuba and America put their differences aside. The gorgeous model, Yvette Prieto met her husband-to-be in 2008 and things have never stopped looking up… or maybe she hasn’t. In 2013 they married each-other and today they have two beautiful children too.
Yvette Prieto Jordan
Trudie Styler
Sometimes you can’t deny the heart what it wants, even if the circumstances aren’t in your favor. Trudie Styler actually met Sting with thanks to his wife (at the time) because she introduced the two. It didn’t take long for Sting and Frances Tomelty to get divorced, paving the way for Trudie and Sting to tie the knot and remain madly in love until today.
Trudie Styler
Annette Bening
Being a part of Hollywood often shows the public that marriages don’t last very long. Thankfully for Annette Bening and Warren Beatty, they have many years and four kids to prove what real love in Hollywood could look like. 1992 was the year that they exchanged rings and can you believe that it has almost been 30 years since then?
Annette Bening
Susan Geston
Susan Geston exchanged vows with Jeff Bridges in 1977. The two actually met in 1974 when Bridges was filming Rancho Delux and Susan was just a waitress at the time. Do you remember that touching moment when Bridges mentioned his wife and kids when he accepted his Academy Award for Crazy Heart in 2010?
Susan Geston
Brooke Shields
Can you mix movies and tennis? Well, at the beginning we all thought that you could, as tennis star Andre Agassi and Hollywood star Brooke Shields married in 1997. Unfortunately two years later the couple split up. But even with the divorce, the two are on fine terms with one another.
Brooke Shields
Heidi Montag
Take it from these two, marriage is still ‘in’. Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt starred on MTV’s The Hills together from 2006 to 2010. In the middle of the show, the two decided to elope in Mexico in 2008, but not without returning to have a proper wedding ceremony the following year in Los Angeles. In 2017 they had their first child, Gunner Pratt.
Heidi Montag
Sinead Cusack
How’s this for a sterling example of what true love and a meaningful marriage should be? Jeremy Irons and Sinead Cusack married in 1978. It has been 39 years since they married and after having two sons, Sinead having an impressive acting career like her husband, the two are still together in holy matrimony.
Sinead Cusack
Denise Richards
Denise Richards did not by any means have an easy marriage with Charlie Sheen. They met in 1991 but only actually started going out at the beginning of the millennium. They married in 2002 and while Richards was pregnant with their second baby, she filed for divorce because of Sheen’s drug relapse. Despite their rocky past, they are on friendly terms now.
Denise Richards
Joanne Woodward
The legend Paul Newman married the talented Joanne Woodward on the set of The Long Hot Summer in 1953. It didn’t take them long to know that they were meant for one another, and a year later they made it official. They were married for 50 years! Paul passed away in 2008 which effectively ended their marriage, but not their love.
Joanne Woodward
Jennifer Garner
2001’s Pearl Harbor was all sorts of emotions for the viewers at home, but some real emotions were also developing on set. Jennifer Garner met Ben Affleck and later began dating him in 2004. A year later they got married and following that they had 3 children together. Sadly in 2015 their marriage began to fall apart and in 2017 they divorced.
Jennifer Garner
Jeramie Rain
Jeramie Rain and Richard Dreyfuss tied the knot in the early 1980’s but by 1995 they would divorce. Richard Dreyfuss was already an Academy Award winner by the time they had their three children together. Since they went their separate ways, Dreyfuss remarried and divorced, whereas Rain founded a charity for children suffering with systemic lupus – the same condition she had as a youth.
Jeramie Rain
Diandra Luker
Getting married in order to get divorced is not how the whole wedding thing is supposed to work – just in case you didn’t know. We aren’t saying that was the case for Michael Douglas and Diandra, because they stayed married for 23 years, but when they did cut things off, she walked away with a massive $45 million settlement!
Diandra Luker
Isabella Rossellini
Do you remember when Ross from Friends took her off his list of because she was “too international”? Well, Isabella Rossellini truly is too international and it’s no surprise seeing as she is such a star! She married the brilliant Martin Scorsese and they were married from 1979 until 1982. Following their divorce she dated Gary Oldman from 1994 to 1996, but that didn’t last either.
Isabella Rossellini
Tea Leoni
Tea Leoni met David Duchovny, the star of X-Files and then they married in 1997. They had a couple of splits over the years but their marriage truly ended in 2014. This wasn’t the first time that Leoni married and divorced though. She used to be married to Neil Joseph Tardio Jr. before Duchovny even came along.
Tea Leoni
Helena Bonham Carter
Have you noticed that Helena Bonham Carter has appeared in so many movies of Tim Burton? Well the two were actually married for more than ten years, so maybe that’s no surprise. When Helena Bonham Carter started her relationship with Kenneth Branagh, trouble surrounded the relationship, seeing as Branagh was married to Emma Thompson at the time. Thompson and Branagh ended their marriage and then H.B. Carter became married to him.
Helena Bonham Carter
Emma Thompson
And speaking of Emma Thompson, here she is! Besides for being such a talented actress, she also has something else in common with Helena Bonham Carter and that is that she was married to Kenneth Branagh too! Their marriage lasted from 1989 to 1995, but she has found love again, and she has been sharing that love with actor Greg Wise since 2003.
Emma Thompson
Lily Tomlin
Sometimes it takes a little bit longer to tie the knot, especially with same-sex laws taking their time to be passed. Lily Tomlin married her talented wife Jane Wagner in 2013. But Tomlin had been with her writer, director, producer wife since 1971, wow! Here’s a couple to look up to.
Lily Tomlin
Angie Harmon
She’s an actress and she’s a model, she was Abbie Carmichael on Law and Order and she was married to former NFL star Jason Sehorn. Her former husband (seeing as the divorced in 2013) made a memorable proposal on the Jay Leno show in 2000, and then they married the next year.
Angie Harmon
Susan Sarandon
Who could look past the Hollywood power couple of Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins? They didn’t actually get married to one-another but they did have two boys together during the time they were a couple. Today Sarandon is talking about being open to a relationship on either side of the gender spectrum, and Robbins’ love life is quiet.
Susan Sarandon
Elisabeth Shue
Elisabeth Shue is one of the faces we put with The Karate Kid and Back To The Future. We also put her smiling face alongside her husband’s, director Davis Guggenheim. They married in 1994 and have had 3 children together. With a combination of both of their brilliance, who knows what kind of greatness their kids will achieve.
Elisabeth Shue
Mary Stuart Masterson
We doubt it was an easy decision for Mary Stuart Masterson to say farewell to the movies and say hello to television. But then again, this is the woman who said goodbye to two husbands before marrying Jeremy Davidson in 2006. Today they have four wonderful children together and she has take a place behind the cameras to work on directing.
Mary Stuart Masterson
Lisa Rinna
She’s Billie Reed from Days of our Lives, and she’s a whole lot more in between from the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills to Taylor McBride from Melrose Place. But to Harry Hamlin she is his wife and the mother of their two daughters. These co-stars got married in 1997 and then recently celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary.
Lisa Rinna
Mary Louise Parker
Who can look past the incredible character of Nancy Botwin that Mary Louise Parker played in the hit series, Weeds? Parker married Billy Crudup in 1996 but he left her when she was seven months into her pregnancy for Claire Danes. She then married her dead husband from Weeds, Jeffrey Dean Morgan in 2006, but it only lasted until 2008.
Mary Louise Parker
Halle Berry
She might be the best and worst person to get marriage advice from. On the one hand she has been married enough times to tell you what you need to know. Yet on the other hand, she has been divorced just as many times. The lovely Halle Berry was first married to baseball player, David Justice. Then she was married to singer and songwriter, Eric Benet. Then she had a long-term relationship with model Gabriel Aubry, who is also her daughter’s father. Her last marriage to date was with Olivier Martinez which lasted only three years.
Halle Berry
Anjelica Huston
Love is a mutual thing, it should never just be one-sided (of course). Jack Nicholson’s magnetic personality drew Anjelica Huston in and she fell madly in love wit him. Unfortunately for her, he did not feel the same way about her. Although they dated with breaks through the years of 1979 to 1983, Huston eventually broke it off completely.
Anjelica Huston
Livia Giuggioli
Livia married the Firth in 1997 after his relationship fell apart with Meg Tilly. She has been by his side ever since and she has supported him throughout his career. A glorious moment that they shared together was when Colin Firth won an Oscar for his breathtaking performance in The King’s Speech in 2010. They have two sons.
Livia Giuggioli
Elizabeth Shatner
Usually it’s the third time that is lucky, but for William Shatner, it was the fourth that brought the charm. He married Elizabeth back in 1991 and they could not be happier.
Elizabeth Shatner
Melanie Griffith
Can you think of many celebrity wives who are as famous as Melanie Griffith? She romantically teamed up with actor Antonio Banderas in 1996 and together they would become one of the most famous celebrity couples of the 90’s. In 2105 though, they divorced unexpectedly and simultaneously broke the hearts of many fans.
Melanie Griffith
Micheline Roquebrune
Since 1975, Micheline has been married to James Bond. or as he’s known now, Sean Connery. As a successful painter, she met Connery in Morocco in the 1970’s and then they had a secret wedding in 1975. This was Connery’s second marriage and they’re still married today. This is a perfect example of how getting a second chance can change your life for the better.
Micheline Roquebrune
Salma Hayek
This legendary Mexican actress is the celebrity in this relationship. After starting her acting career in Mexico as a telenovela star when she was just 23 years old, she got married. Her husband is French billionaire, Francois-Henri Pinault and she has recently opened up about the challenges she has faced in their relationship.
Salma Hayek
Camille Grammer
Both Kelsey Grammer and Camille Grammer had their own share of popularity and success in the 1990’s. For the former it was the TV show Frasier, and for the latter it was being a Playboy model. Even though they had two children together, they eventually divorced in 2011. Camille found new fame when she became a cast member of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
Camille Grammer
Maria Shriver
She married the Terminator, but she was far more famous for a variety of other achievements in journalism. It’s too bad that the first lady of California had to end her marriage to Arnold Schwarzenegger when news of a little tomfoolery with the household staff surfaced.
Maria Shriver
Elsa Pataky
Chris Hemsworth, the Australian acting star, took the world by storm with his good looks and brilliant acting skills. He married Elsa Pataky, who on her own was famous and well-known as a Spanish model and as a star of the Fast and the Furious series. today the two are married with three children and with their 8th wedding anniversary coming up.
Elsa Pataky
Luciana Barroso
Who would someone like Matt Damon end up marrying is what every girl probably thought to herself while secretly wishing the answer would be her. Matt Damon married the “girl-next-door” bartender by the name of Luciana Barroso. They have been married since 2005 and have three children together.
Luciana Barroso
Lauren Parsekian
Film director, Lauren Parsekian married actor Aaron Paul in 2013 after they met at Coachella. Their engagement took place in Paris and they wed in Malibu, with John Mayer and Foster The People playing the music for their memorable day.
Lauren Parsekian
Hannah Bagshawe
Oscar winner, Eddie Redmayne married financial publicist, Hannag Bagshawe in 2014. Since their wedding they have a daughter by the name of Iris May. Recently they confirmed rumors that the couple is expecting another baby.
Hannah Bagshawe
Julianne Phillips
Not every marriage is destined for happiness and success, and that was probably true for Julianne Phillips and Bruce Springsteen. They got married in 1985 when Springsteen was peaking in his career and Phillips was modeling and acting. Some people believe that if you listen closely you could hear in his music hints of the unhappiness they suffered in their relationship.
Julianne Phillips
Alison Hewson
You’ve heard of high school sweethearts, but these two take it even further than that. Alison Hewson at 12 years old, met a boy by the name of Paul Hewson and the two automatically had a connection. Later the two would get married before Paul Hewson AKA Bono from U2 would even become famous. Since 1982 these two have been happily married.
Alison Hewson
Goldie Hawn
Even though she isn’t married to Kurt Russell, the two of them have been together for 34 years already! Perhaps being married twice before she made it with Kurt had put Hawn off of the idea of tying the knot again. Despite staying out of the camera’s view for quite a while, she made it back onto the screen last year with Amy Schumer in Snatched.
Goldie Hawn
Loni Anderson
Loni Anderson was already the cat’s pajamas when she met over-confident Burt Reynolds. They acted together in Stroker Ace and married in 1988. Together they adopted a son, Quinton, but then put him through one of the nastiest Hollywood divorces which ended their marriage in 1994. Their divorce still didn’t completely end their marriage disputes.
Loni Anderson
Anne Buydens
Anne Buydens really got a taste of many cultures when she lived in Germany, Belgium, France and the United States. Once she eventually came to America she met the man she would marry and spend the rest of her life with, Kirk Douglass. They married in 1954 and they have made a lasting and happy marriage for 63 years now!
Anne Buydens
Robin Stapler
You might remember him as “Carlton” from the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, but Robin Stapler remembers him as her ex-husband. They exchanged vows in 2002 but divorced in 2006. They had a little girl, Sienna and share custody over her until today.
Robin Stapler
Pauletta Pearson
Being a celebrity wife doesn’t come without its own set of issues. Pauletta Pearson met the talented Denzel Washington on the set of Wilma and they quickly married in 1983. When Denzel was shooting for Out of Time in 2003 he was allegedly spotted kissing a woman who was not his wife. The rumors were said to be false and the couple seem as happy as can be.
Pauletta Pearson
Katharine Ross
Of course, you remember that this adorable couple appeared in the famous Western, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. However, Sam Elliott only had a small role in the film. So, even though they both had roles, they didn’t actually meet until co-starring in The Legacy (1978) together. It didn’t take long for them to start dating. Ross and Elliott married in 1984.
Katharine Ross
Helen Hunt
Some marriages last forever, and some last for just a year. Helen Hunt and Hank Azaria married in 1999 with a traditional Jewish ceremony at their home in California. The new millennium must have brought them second thoughts because they divorced and both remarried (other people) not too long afterwards.
Helen Hunt
Robyn Moore
Mel Gibson was on fire for three decades and so was his marriage to Robyn Moore. They had seven children together after they got married in 1980. They divorced after being together for 31 years when Mel Gibson supposedly ‘lost the plot’.
Robyn Moore
Felicity Huffman
How long does a couple date before they decide to tie the knot? Well this couple dated for 15 years before they decided to make it official. Since they married in 1997, they have had two children and very busy Hollywood careers. They are happily married to this day.
Felicity Huffman