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.
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.
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 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.
Furness had two miscarriages, following which she and Jackman adopted two children. 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 pair decided to adopt Oscar as a newborn after Furness suffered multiple miscarriages. “It was not easy. It was difficult, obviously particularly on Deb,” the “Wolverine” star told People in 2017.
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.
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.
The penthouse that Mr. Jackman and Ms. Furness bought for $21.1 million, at 100 11th Avenue, on the corner of West 19th Street, has less square footage than their Perry Street triplex — 4,675, versus 11,000. But it has much more outdoor space (almost 4,000 square feet of it).
What's the age difference between Hugh Jackman and his wife?
Though Deborra-lee Jackman is 13 years older than her husband, she apparently acts a lot younger. “I'm literally the adult in the relationship," Hugh Jackman told People in 2017. "She's just like a little kid.
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.
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).
“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.
Atop Manhattan's 100 Eleventh Avenue, the Australian actor's new penthouse is a bright, light, minimalist delight. Step inside… Hugh Jackman likes coffee.
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. After graduating in 1991 from the University of Technology, Sydney, with a degree in communications, Jackman began working temporary jobs to pay for classes at the Actors Centre Australia.
