Why did Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith split? Actress files for divorce ending their 3-year marriage

Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith tied the knot in 2019
PUBLISHED OCT 2, 2023
Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith have ended their three-year marriage (@vancityjax/Instagram)
Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith have ended their three-year marriage (@vancityjax/Instagram)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: After more than three years of marriage, Jodie Turner-Smith has filed for divorce from Joshua Jackson.

The 37-year-old actress who married the 'Inescapable' actor in 2019 filed for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court l, citing "irreconcilable differences" as the reason, reports TMZ.


 
 
 
 
 
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How many children do Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson have?

The 'Queen & Slim' actress and the 45-year-old actor share a three-year-old daughter Juno whom they welcomed in April 2020.

According to People, a source claimed that Turner-Smith has requested 50/50 shared custody of their daughter in her divorce filing.


 
 
 
 
 
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The now estranged couple was recently spotted walking the red carpet together at New York Fashion Week for a J Crew event and they celebrated her 37th birthday in New York City on September 9.

However, she went solo to the Albie Awards last week, an event hosted by George Clooney.

How did Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith meet?


 
 
 
 
 
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Turner-Smith once revealed that she was an avid fan of Jackson from his 'Dawson Creek' days. The duo met for the first time in 2019 at Usher's 40th birthday celebration.

In 2021, the actress candidly talked on 'Late Night with Seth Meyers' about meeting Jackson. "When I first met my husband, we had a one-night stand. We're in a two, three-year one-night stand now," she said. 

Rumors of their impending nuptials arose in August 2019 when the duo appeared to obtain a marriage license in Beverly Hills.  

Jodie Turner-Smith previously said she and Joshua Jackson were 'like mirrors for each other'


 
 
 
 
 
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The 'Anne Boleyn' actress talked to the outlet in April 2021 about their relationship. "I think it's really beautiful to be with someone who is so supportive and so loving," said Turner-Smith.

"We're so similar in so many ways. We're like mirrors for each other. And I just really love that human being," she added.

Talking to Andy Cohen during 'Watch What Happens Live' in May, Jackson said that he knew his wife was "the one" when she "walked into the room looking like that." 


 
 
 
 
 
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In 2022, Turner-Smith told Forbes that she wanted to marry Jackson because of "how loved and supported I felt by him" in their early years.

"I had never been with anyone who I thought was wanting to lift me up the way that I felt that he was lifting me up. That is one of my favorite things about him," she said at the time.

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