In 1967, McNeil and the actor's father, Chris Jackman, moved from England to Australia with his sisters Zoe and Sonya and brothers, Ian and Ralph. 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.
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.
Does Hugh Jackman have a relationship with his mother?
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, 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.
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).
His parents divorced when he was eight, and Jackman remained in Australia with his father and two brothers, while his mother moved back to England with Jackman's two sisters.
An unlikely Canaries fan if ever there was one, Australian-born Hollywood star Hugh Jackman actually has strong links to Norwich. His parents are from the UK and his mother returned to live in Norwich when they divorced. Former Bamzooki and BT Sport presenter Jake Humphrey is another vocal supporter of the Canaries.
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.
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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.
At Chelsea's magnificent 100 Eleventh Avenue building, a development designed by esteemed French architect Jean Nouvel, Jackman has purchased the penthouse. And his new home has sweeping sunrise views even the finest flat white couldn't improve…
In 2021, Jackman and Deborra-lee fulfilled a lifelong ambition to design their own home. Their waterfront dream house is located in a quiet area of East Hampton in New York.
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.
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.
“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.
Hugh Jackman, in full Hugh Michael Jackman, (born October 12, 1968, Sydney, Australia), Australian performer who was considered a “triple threat”—a successful actor, dancer, and singer.
