All About Jessica Chastain's Italian Husband Gian Luca Passi de Prepoluso
No, she isn't married to Oscar Isaac!
Jessica Chastain may be mega-famous thanks to her Oscar-nominated roles in movies like The Eyes of Tammy Faye, The Help and Zero Dark Thirty, but offscreen, she's mega-private. So fans may not know much about the 44-year-old's other half, husband Gian Luca Passi de Prepoluso; in fact, it may come as news to you that she's married at all!
Perhaps that's why, in September 2021, Chastain inadvertently broke the internet when she was caught in a super-intimate moment on the red carpet with someone who (to the shock of many) is not her significant other: co-star Oscar Isaac, who she shares top billing within HBO's new miniseries Scenes From a Marriage. (The title definitely isn't helping things when it comes to Chastain clarifying exactly who her real-life husband is.)
In the days after her moment with Isaac went viral, Chastain had to set the record straight, stating on TODAY that she and Isaac are married "to other people" (Isaac tied the knot with Danish filmmaker Elvira Lind in 2017) and insisting to Late Show host Stephen Colbert that partnering up with Isaac is "not gonna happen."
So if Isaac isn't The One for the Eyes of Tammy Faye star, who is? Keep reading to find out what we know about Jessica Chastain's husband, including how they met, when and where they wed, what he does and what their ultra low-key life together is really like.
Is Jessica Chastain married?
Yep! Chastain is happily taken, although she has admitted that marriage wasn't on her mind before she met Passi de Prepoluso. "He knew that marriage wasn't something I was interested in," Chastin told The Wall Street Journal in 2018. "And then as we got to know each other, the idea of marriage shifted for me. There are some things worth celebrating—and he's worth celebrating."
She added, "I actually love being married. I never thought I would, but this is a spectacular human being, and I am celebrating that I get to share my life with him." Aw!
There were signs before they tied the knot that Chastain's mindset on marriage may have been shifting. In 2015, she gushed to W Magazine of her then-boyfriend, “He’s a gentleman... That’s very important to me. He’s from an old-school Italian family. No one in his family has ever been divorced!”
And despite her initial ambivalence about marriage, after making it legal with her beau, she told PEOPLE in 2019 that being legally bound was even more blissful than she thought it would be. “I was told that the first year of marriage would be really difficult and people warned me, but actually it’s incredible,” she admitted. Aw!
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Who is Jessica Chastain's husband?
Passi de Prepoluso descends from Italian nobility and is a count (which makes Chastain a countess!). His family is so esteemed, in fact, that they have their own Wikipedia page, where it states that the Passi de Prepoluso name dates back to at least 973 A.D.
Passi de Prepoluso also works as a fashion publicist; he used to be the head of PR for Armani, then Moncler. He told Vanity Fair that Roberta Armani (niece of fashion icon Giorgio Armani) is one of his mentors.
When did Jessica Chastain get married?
Chastain and Passi de Prepoluso tied the knot on Saturday, June 10, 2017, in a private ceremony at Passi de Prepoluso's family estate in Treviso, Italy, located (as Chastain has described it) "about 20 minutes outside of Venice."
Chastain's co-star in The Help, Octavia Spencer, shared a photo from the big day that gave a glimpse of Chastain's gorgeous strapless gown.
Although Spencer wasn't able to attend the event, Chastain and Passi de Prepoluso's guest list did include her Interstellarco-star Anne Hathaway and her husband, Adam Shulman, as well as Chastain's Huntsman: Winter's Warco-star Emily Blunt and her Zero Dark Thirty co-star Edgar Ramirez.
After news of her secret wedding got out, Chastain copped to getting hitched on social media. "Did you hear? I'm off the market," she tweeted on June 13, 2017, along with a winking emoji. "Gianluca and I got married! We wanted privacy and aren't selling photos but I'll post something in the future."
In a text image, she went on to describe how upset she was by paparazzi pics from her nuptials. "Thank you for all the sweet comments about my wedding. I love you and it was a beautiful day. I am going to ask you to please stop sharing the photos," she told her followers. "Helicopters disregarded a no-fly zone and took those pics during the ceremony. Every time I see them I'm reminded of the insensitivity of that moment. I promise that I will share pics with you in the future, but I would prefer to share photos that celebrate love, not intrusion."
How did Jessica Chastain meet her husband Gian Luca Passi de Prepoluso?
Chastain told Kelly Ripa that she met Passi de Prepoluso in Paris—and it happened to be on the same day she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in The Help, when she got roped into attending a fashion show at the very last minute. Chastain gushed, "It's probably the best day I ever had... It was the beginning of my career and then I met my future husband."
Is Jessica Chastain still married?
Yes, Chastain is still married—and quite happily. The cute couple enjoyed a date night at the premiere of her film The Eyes of Tammy Faye in September 2021.
How old is Gian Luca Passi de Prepoluso?
Passi de Prepoluso was born on Nov. 13, 1982, making him 40 years old as of the time of this writing.
Did Jessica Chastain have a baby?
According to E! News, Chastain and Passi de Prepoluso welcomed daughter Giulietta Chastain Passi in April 2018 via surrogate. Chastain confirmed in December 2018 that she had become a mom. She hasn't shared any photos of her daughter's face, but she did post his adorable snap of the tot pawing at some serious bling.
In 2020, it was reported that Chastain and Passi de Prepoluso welcomed a second child in secret, though details are scarce.
How many children does Jessica Chastain have?
Chastain and Passi de Prepoluso have two children.
Is Jessica Chastain pregnant?
No, Chastain is not pregnant.
Is Jessica Chastain dating Oscar Isaac?
Nope! Believe it or not, Chastain and Oscar Isaac are just longtime friends—and fantastic actors, especially on the Venice Film Festival red carpet. Look at this heat!
That chemistry doesn't mean a romantic involvement, however.
The two met at Juilliard and have been close pals ever since, and their viral red carpet moment of Isaac smooching her arm was, as she tells it, mostly just trolling (and fantastic promo for Scenes From A Marriage). She told Entertainment Tonight, "We've been friends for over 20 years. He's like a jokester, and I adore him. I think because he's a man and I'm a woman it became this huge thing. But I want to put it out there, I have to put it out there, I have amazing chemistry with Anne Hathaway as well."
Isaac has been married to director Elvira Lind since 2017, and the couple shares two children.
Did Jessica Chastain and Tom Hiddleston date?
No, Tom Hiddleston and Chastain were never an item. The duo co-starred in Crimson Peak in 2015, but were always just friends and colleagues.
And just in case other rumors surface in the future about Chastain becoming romantically entwined with a costar, here's what she emphatically declared was her No. 1 dating rule in 2013: "No actors."
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