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

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Giada Colagrande is an Italian actress married to Hollywood star Willem Defoe. Photos: Getty Images, @giadacolagrande/Instagram
Giada Colagrande is an Italian actress married to Hollywood star Willem Defoe. Photos: Getty Images, @giadacolagrande/Instagram
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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.

Giada Colagrande and Willem Dafoe on the red carpet at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, in August. Photo: Getty Images
Giada Colagrande and Willem Dafoe on the red carpet at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, in August. Photo: Getty Images
The 69-year-old actor plays new character Wolf Jackson in the much anticipated Tim Burton sequel, which also stars Winona Ryder and Jenna Ortega. His 48-year-old Italian partner came out to support her husband in an elegant, body-hugging magenta dress with a bedazzled neckline and belt.
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Giada Colagrande splits her time between New York and Rome. Photo: @giadacolagrande/Instagram
Giada Colagrande splits her time between New York and Rome. Photo: @giadacolagrande/Instagram

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.

Giada Colagrande is an Italian actress and director. Photo: @giadacolagrande/Instagram
Giada Colagrande is an Italian actress and director. Photo: @giadacolagrande/Instagram

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

Giada Colagrande’s background

Giada Colagrande was raised by women. Photo: @giadacolagrande/Instagram
Giada Colagrande was raised by women. Photo: @giadacolagrande/Instagram

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.”

She is a film director, screenwriter and actress

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