Who is Sutton Foster, rumoured new girlfriend of Hugh Jackman?
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X-Men star Hugh Jackman appears to have confirmed his relationship with fellow actor Sutton Foster. The pair were spotted laughing and holding hands on a dinner date in LA last night. Jackman, 56, and Foster, 49, first met in 2008 when Foster was starring in a Broadway production of Shrek. Jackman went to see the play and posed backstage with the cast afterwards, including Foster.
The pair became Broadway co-stars in a year-long revival of The Music Man in 2022. They grew close during the year-long run of the production, with Foster telling Vogue in 2022: “He disarms everyone, and he doesn’t make anything about him. He’s now become one of my best friends, which was a surprise”. Foster said that the pair spent Memorial Day together with each other's families that year. Jackman also described Foster at the time as “just a dream” in an interview with the New York Theatre Guide.
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In September 2023, Jackman separated from Australian actor Deborra-Lee Furness, his wife of 27 years with whom he shares two children. The pair said in a statement they were "separating to pursue our individual growth". Rumours began swirling that Jackman and Foster were linked in January 2024, after Jackman was spotted in the audience of Once Upon a Mattress, a play Foster starred in.
In October 2024, Foster filed for divorce from her husband of a decade, the screenwriter Ted Griffin. At this point speculation reached fever pitch, with “insiders” claiming it was an open secret on Broadway, but the pair did not confirm anything.
