The actor, 54, has previously discussed how his mother “abandoned” her family in Australia and returned to the UK when he was just eight years old, leaving her husband, Christopher Jackman, to raise the actor and his siblings alone.
She left Australia and returned to her native England in the late '70s, leaving her husband, Christopher Jackman, to raise their children alone. After the couple divorced, Hugh's sisters, Zoe and Sonya, went to live with Grace in the UK; Hugh and his brothers, Ian and Ralph, stayed in Sydney with their father.
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For those unfamiliar with Hugh's tragic backstory, his mum - Grace McNeil - abandoned her son to start a new life in the United Kingdom, and never came back. And whilst the mother and son pair have since rekindled their relationship, Hugh says it has taken ''a village'' to help him recover from the trauma of his past.
Jackman was born in Sydney, New South Wales, to Grace McNeil (née Greenwood) and Christopher John Jackman, a Cambridge-educated accountant. His parents were English and had come to Australia in 1967 as part of the "Ten Pound Poms" immigration scheme.
Jackman, 54, started with a savoury waffle topped with pan-fried Norfolk field mushrooms and cheddar cheese sauce. He followed it up with a sweet waffle topped with bananas, toffee and chocolate and a mixed berry milkshake. The Wolverine star's mother lives in Norwich and he is a huge fan of the Canaries.
A year later, the Tony Award winner was born. When Jackman was 8 years old, his mother left and moved back to England, later taking his sisters with her.
The couple met in 1995 on the set of an Australian television show where both were actors. Deborra-lee Furness at the time was the more established of the two. They married in 1996 and had two children: Oscar, now 23, and Ava, now 18. Jackman also ascended to major stardom in Hollywood and on Broadway.
Jackman now understands that his mother was suffering from undiagnosed postnatal depression at the time of her departure. "The thing I never felt – and I know this might sound strange – I never felt that my mum didn't love me," he explained to the Australian Women's Weekly.
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Hugh and Deborra-Lee Jackman are the parents of two children, whom they adopted as young children: Oscar, 23 and Ava, 18. “To be clear, Deb and I always wanted to adopt. So that was always in our plan,” Hugh Jackman told Katie Couric in 2012.
"I remember thinking, 'I like this girl. ' " Despite his initial interest, it took Jackman a few weeks before he was ready to tell Furness how he felt about her. "Deb and I were already best friends, and I realized I've got a crush on my leading lady," he explained.
“After the past few years, the love they had for each other turned more into a friendship which got broken during Covid, as the lockdown didn't help their marriage at all and really put a strain on their relationship,” the source said. “They worked on it and couldn't get it back.
The couple met on the set of the Australian TV series Correlli in 1995. Jackman has said that he immediately knew his soon-to-be ex-wife was the one, despite the 13-year age gap between them.
Jackman and Furness met on the set of the Australian TV series " Correlli" in 1995. " Correlli" was Jackman's first acting gig out of drama school and Furness was already a big star. In an interview with People in 2017, Jackman recalled meeting Furness for the first time.
He was perhaps best known for his action movies and stage musicals. Jackman grew up in Sydney, and he made his acting debut as King Arthur in a production of Camelot when he was just five years old.
Deborra-Lee Furness is an actress, producer, director and adoption advocate. She has been working in the entertainment industry in Australia since the 1980s. She was already a famous actress in her own right when she met Jackman in 1995.
The actor was 8 when his parents, Christopher Jackman and Grace McNeil, divorced. Jackman remained in Australia with his father and two brothers, Ian and and Ralph, while his mother moved to England with Jackman's sisters, Zoe and Sonya.
