Meet Willem Dafoe’s Italian wife of 19 years, Giada Colagrande

The actress joined her husband on the Beetlejuice 2 red carpet at the Venice Film Festival, and had a viral interaction with Pedro Pascal
Willem Dafoe and his wife of 19 years, Giada Colagrande, looked as happy as ever as they posed on the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice red carpet during the Venice Film Festival on August 28.


Although they’ve been together for two decades, Dafoe and Colagrande have managed to keep a low profile over the years. They are reportedly based between Rome and New York, according to People.

Here’s what to know about Willem Dafoe’s low-key wife:
Giada Colagrande’s background

Born in Pescara, Italy, Colagrande was raised by a family of women. “I have grown up with a family that was all women. I have a very close relationship to my mother and grandmother,” she told The Age. “I didn’t grow up with my father, so men have always been very fascinating, but also an object you look for [that] you fall in love with outside of yourself.”