The couple have been together for over two years. Chris Evans is enjoying life as a newlywed, and he's ready to let the world know. On Saturday, the former Avengers star confirmed to a crowd at New York City Comic Con that he recently married his girlfriend of two years, Alba Baptista, in two secret wedding ceremonies.
"I got married," Evans told Marvel fans, who responded with mass applause. "It was really, really great." The actor revealed he and Baptista, 26, had two ceremonies, with one taking place in Portugal and another on the East Coast. "They were wonderful and beautiful," he said.
But when it's Chris Evans marrying a woman who is 16 years his junior, the age gap doesn't matter. Make it make sense, come on!” While some people have expressed negative opinions about Chris Evans and Alba Baptista's age gap, others have defended the couple and expressed their happiness for them.
The rumors are true: Chris Evans and Alba Baptista are married — twice over, actually. During a panel at New York Comic-Con, the “Captain America” actor, 42, revealed that he and Baptista, 26, had two ceremonies, one in America and one in Baptista's native Portugal.
November 10, 2022: People reports that Chris Evans and Alba Baptista have been dating for “over a year.” That same day they're seen holding hands during a walk in Central Park. “It's serious,” a source says. “They are in love and Chris has never been happier. His family and friends all adore her.”
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What language does Alba Baptista speak?
Her Portuguese mother met her father, a Brazilian engineer from Rio de Janeiro, when she worked as a translator in Brazil. In addition to her native Portuguese, Baptista speaks English, Spanish, French, and German.
Following their nuptials in September 2023, a source talked with PEOPLE about the couple's initial connection, saying "it was kind of love at first sight" for Evans. "They got serious very quickly," the source said, noting that Evans first met Baptista in Europe. "He kept saying he knew she was the one."
Did Alba Baptista do her own stunts in Warrior Nun?
She portrays Ava Silva on Netflix's Warrior Nun. For the second season of Warrior Nun, Baptista performed almost all of her own stunts, undergoing intense training.
Evans married Carol McGiffin in 1991. Their 1993 break up was not amicable and the two divorced in 1998. McGiffin was scathing about Evans in newspaper articles as late as 2003.
The Avengers actor married his girlfriend Alba Baptista on Sept. 9, 2023, at a private estate in Cape Cod, Mass. While Evans has previously shared snaps of the two on his Instagram, PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive and his wife have mainly kept their relationship private.
Evans is a follower of Buddhism. He is a fan of the New England Patriots, and narrated the documentary series America's Game: The Story of the 2014 New England Patriots and America's Game: 2016 Patriots.
On Saturday, the former Avengers star confirmed to a crowd at New York City Comic Con that he recently married his girlfriend of two years, Alba Baptista, in two secret wedding ceremonies. "I got married," Evans announced during his panel.
Though they called it quits in 2006, the 7th Heaven alum had high hopes for their future together. "We always talk about [marriage]. We both want to be married, and we both want to have children," Biel told Cosmopolitan one year before her and Evans' split. She eventually tied the knot with Justin Timberlake in 2012.
Popularly known for his superhero role of Captain America, Evans is not new to being in fans' demand. Throughout his journey in the MCU, he has constantly been linked with his co-star Scarlett Johansson, and they have also admitted to being best of friends.
Chris's father is of half German and half Welsh/English/Scottish ancestry, while Chris's mother is of half Italian and half Irish descent. He has an older sister, Carly Evans, and two younger siblings, a brother named Scott Evans, who is also an actor, and a sister named Shana Evans.
While it is unclear how Alba Baptista and Chris Evans met, or when their relationship actually began, rumors that the pair were dating began in 2021. Cosmopolitan reported that around this time, fans noticed that Baptista was following Evans and some of his family members on Instagram.
Their actual names are Boo and Walt, Evans says. The 52-year-old former Top Gear presenter has already returned to the Breakfast show, telling listeners: “Right now, we're talking about babies. Boo and Walt.”
