Jackman was raised Christian, attending multiple revivals during his childhood. In a 2015 interview, he identified as Christian but says his version of faith differs from his father's. "He takes his religion very seriously and would prefer I go to church," "We've had discussions about our separate beliefs.
Jackman has been married for 26 years to Deborra-Lee Furness, with whom he has two kids, Oscar, 22, and Ava, 17. He said taking the role, and the death of his own father during filming, changed him. “I think I'm a different parent now because of it,” he said Jan.
Jackman has long enjoyed a reputation as one of Hollywood's nicest A-listers, to the extent that he has to deny it. “I'm not always nice,” he says. “I've had my moments on set, for sure, when I haven't been nice.
Jackman and Furness became parents in 2000 when they adopted their son, Oscar, who was born in May 2000. Though Jackman said they "were always going to adopt," adoption became their clear path to parenthood after experiencing miscarriages and IVF (in vitro fertilization).
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Where does Hugh Jackman currently live?
Jackman and his family live in New York. In September 2023, the couple announced that they had separated. Jackman was raised Christian, attending multiple revivals during his childhood.
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.
Following the departure of his mother, Hugh was raised in Sydney by his father Christopher alongside siblings Ian and Ralph. His sisters Zoe and Sonia accompanied their mother overseas following her divorce from Christopher.
Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds are spending some quality time with each other. The actors and close friends were spotted on a walk together in New York City on Monday. The pair's outing comes a few days after the X-Men star and wife Deborra-lee Jackman announced their amicable split following 27 years of marriage.
Your laughter, your spirit, generosity, humor, cheekiness, courage and loyalty is an incredible gift to me. I love you with all my heart." 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.
“And, most importantly, (it's) helping me to be more relational with the people I love in my life, and really understanding and living in their shoes and being clear to be able to see them.” Jackman now understands that his mother was suffering from undiagnosed postnatal depression at the time of her departure.
“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.
"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.
