Left: Stephen Gyllenhaal and Kathleen Gyllenhaal in 2016; Right: Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jake Gyllenhaal in 2021.Photo:Vivien Killilea/Getty; Steve Granitz/FilmMagic
Vivien Killilea/Getty; Steve Granitz/FilmMagic
Stephen Gyllenhaalhas filed for divorce from wife Kathleen after being separated since spring 2022.
Stephen listed March 26, 2022, as the date of separation from fellow filmmaker Kathleen (née Man), 49, whom he married on May 7, 2011. He listed “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for divorce.
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Stephen Gyllenhaal and Kathleen Man Gyllenhaal on Sept. 29, 2016.Vivien Killilea/Getty
Vivien Killilea/Getty
Stephen’s marriage to Kathleen, whom he worked with on multiple projects including 2012’sGrassrootsstarringJason BiggsandLauren Ambrose, was his second after he was previously married toNaomi Fonerfrom 1977 to 2009.
Naomi, a screenwriter and director, is the mother of Maggie, 46, and Jake, 43. Stephen and Naomi, 77, are also grandparents to Maggie’s two daughters:Gloria, 11, and Ramona, 17, whom she shares with husbandPeter Sarsgaard.
Back in July 2015, Jake told PEOPLEthat his parents' divorcecaused him to hit pause on the direction in which his career was going.
“It allowed me to be more honest with myself,” theDonnie Darkostar said at the time.
And he respected his mother and father’s courage in making their decision. “There was a sense of two people who said ‘What is our truth?’ It was painful for a lot of people in our family, but that honesty was inspiring," Jake added.
From L: Stephen Gyllenhaal, Jake Gyllenhaal, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Naomi Foner in Beverly Hills, California, on Sept. 24, 2002.Vince Bucci/Getty
Vince Bucci/Getty
During an interview with theLos Angeles Timesin 2005, Naomi said she found it hard to be a working mother because of the “pull between the selflessness required for real parenting and the selfishness you need to have in this work.”
“I made a lot of mistakes,” she said. “Believe me, I was not a perfect mother, as they will tell you. But I do think that a gift I can give them is the idea that it’s never too late to do the work. Because life doesn’t only go in one direction.”
Naomi and Stephenraised their children in Los Angeles, but after the divorce, she relocated to New York, where Jake and Maggie also live.
“As you get older, you get to a place where you see yourself as you saw your parents when you were a child. And that’s a really beautiful perspective,” Jake toldEsquirein February 2022. “I’ve been on this earth with my parents for 41 years, and it’s a really deep, really complex relationship.”
source: people.com
