While McGregor rarely discuss their relationship publicly, he gave Winstead and their son a mention in his Emmy Awards acceptance speech in September 2021. “Mary, I love you so much. I’m gonna take this home and show it to our new little boy, Laurie,” hesaid, before shouting out the four children he shares with ex-wife Eve Mavrakis. “And to my beautiful girls, who I know are watching, Clara, Esther, Jamyan and Anouk, hello to you too. Thank you very much, everybody!” With the two reportedly saying “I do,” let’s take a look back at everything we know about Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, from their days as Fargo co-stars to their previous marriages.
Who is Ewan McGregor’s wife?
In April 2022, McGregor and girlfriend Winstead reportedly became Mr. and Mrs. At the time of their nuptials, their son Laurie McGregor was just about 10 months old. (McGregor was 51 and Winstead was 37.) Winstead is an actress known for roles in films including Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, 10 Cloverfield Lane and The Spectacular Now. She also starred alongside McGregor in the series Fargo as Nikki Swango, a character she told Glamourhelped her “embrace [her] sexual side.” She added, “I think I had always wanted to go down a certain road, but I had insecurities. It’s taken me a lot of time to get to that place now.”
How did Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead meet?
Winstead and McGregor started off as co-stars in 2016, when they played a couple in Fargo. McGregor was married to Eve Mavrakis at the time, while Winstead was married to writer Riley Stearns. In May 2017, Winstead announced in a since-deleted Instagram post that she was splitting from Stearns. “Sitting here with my best friend who I love with all my heart. We have spent our lives together and it has been full of joy and warmth every day,” she reportedly captioned a photo of her and Stearns. “We’ve decided to move on from our marriage, but we will stay best friends and collaborators for all our days. We are still ride or die, just in a different way now. I love you always, Riley.” She opened up about the split again in a 2020 interview withGlamour U.K., calling it a “big turning point” in her life. “I got divorced a couple of years ago, which was a scary, crazy thing for me because I had been with the same person since I was 18 years old, and that was what I knew,” she said at the time.
How long have Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead been together?
In October 2017, The Sun published photos of Winstead and McGregor kissing at a café in London. Later that month, PEOPLE reported that McGregor and Mavrakis were splitting after 22 years of marriage. During his Golden Globes acceptance speech in 2018, McGregor thanked both Mavrakis and Winstead. “I want to take a moment to just say thank you to Eve who always stood by me for 22 years and our four children Clara, Esther, Jamyan and Anouk,” he said, according to The Daily Mail. “And there wouldn’t have been any Ray [his Fargo character] without Mary Elizabeth Winstead.”
When did Ewan McGregor and Eve Mavrakis get divorced?
Following McGregor’s kissing photos with Winstead, TMZreported in January 2018 that he had filed for divorce from Mavrakis and that their date of separation was listed as May 28, 2017. While the divorce was eventually finalized in August 2020, the Star Wars actor filed to be declared legally single in January 2018, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE. One of the former couple’s daughters, Clara McGregor,spoke out about the split in 2018 via an Instagram comment on a Winstead fan account. “Most beautiful and talented woman on earth???” she wrote with laugh-cry emojis, according to Us Weekly. “Oh man y’all are delusional. The girl is a piece of trash.” She later reflected on the online exchange in an interview with The Times, per FOX News, saying she “kept being tagged in this photograph” and was “seeing negative things about” her mother. “There had been a lot building up to it and a lot to deal with, not to make excuses or anything, but, yeah, it wasn’t my finest moment,” she said, adding, “But I’m not afraid to speak out if I feel strongly about something.”
How many times has Ewan McGregor been married?
Tying the knot with Winstead was McGregor’s second time saying “I do,” as Mavrakis is his only previous marriage.
Who is Ewan McGregor’s ex-wife, Eve Mavrakis?
Mavrakis is a production designer who has worked on such movies as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Empire of the Sun and Dangerous Liaisons. She reportedly met McGregor while working on crime drama Kavanagh QC, and the pair wed in 1995. Following their high-profile split more than 20 years later, she addressed the breakup in a 2018 interview with The Mail, calling the divorce “disappointing and upsetting,” and adding, “My main concern is our four children are OK.”
How many kids does Ewan McGregor have?
McGregor has five children, four of whom he shares with his ex-wife Mavrakis: Esther McGregor, Jamyan McGregor,Anouk McGregor and Clara, his eldest. An actress, producer and model, she appeared alongside her father in The Birthday Cake in 2021. She signed with Wilhelmina Models in 2018, and has since appeared in campaigns for brands including lingerie label Bluebella. But while she’s on her way to becoming a fixture of the fashion industry, her father didn’t always encourage her to step into the spotlight. “My dad sheltered us very much from the public eye; this was his world, his career and we didn’t have anything to do with that, and rightfully so,” she told theEvening Standardin 2021, adding that her upbringing wasn’t “all Hollywood and red carpets.” Clara isn’t the only model in the family; she starred alongside her sister Esther, who is also a tattoo artist and musician, in a 2018 Fendi campaign. Jamyan, who McGregor and Mavrakis adopted in 2006, is reportedly attending school at Mitchell College. The former couple also adopted their youngest child together—Anouk, now 11 years old—in 2011. McGregor became a father again at age 50, when he welcomed son Laurie McGregor with Winstead. Clara broke the news online in June 2021, sharing an Instagram slideshow of the little one. “Welcome to the world little brother,” she wrote, per Us Weekly. “Congratulations to my Dad and Mary—this is the greatest gift.” Next, 20 of Our Favorite Hollywood Power Couples Through the Years lu
