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Who is Michael Cera’s rarely glimpsed wife, Nadine? The couple met in Paris while the actor was promoting Arrested Development, and they now have a toddler son, as revealed by Amy Schumer

Meet Michael Cera’s wife, Nadine Cera, who rarely ventures into the spotlight. Photo: Getty Images
Meet Michael Cera’s wife, Nadine Cera, who rarely ventures into the spotlight. Photo: Getty Images

The Barbie actor and his partner were spotted wearing rings in 2018, prompting marriage rumours – while he didn’t comment then, he later told actor Justin Long the story of how the pair met

Michael Cera has made a name for himself playing quirky comedic characters, such as the unlikely romantic male leads in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Juno – and who can forget Allan in Barbie? Last year, he even starred in an ad campaign for skincare brand CeraVe, playing on the similarity between their names.

The notoriously private actor, 36, had his breakout role in television as George Michael Bluth in acclaimed early 2000s comedy series Arrested Development. And it may have been indirectly thanks to the show that he met his wife, Nadine. But what else do we know about her?

They kept their relationship secret for years

Michael Cera has kept his private life under wraps. Photo: @michaelcerasource/Instagram
Michael Cera has kept his private life under wraps. Photo: @michaelcerasource/Instagram
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Cera is guarded around matters related to his private life, to the extent of even keeping his relationship – and marriage – to Nadine secret for years. According to a 2018 People article, the couple, adorned with rings, were spotted together in New York, sparking curiosity about the nature of their relationship.

When asked whether the star was married, Cera’s representatives declined to comment. At the time, Us Weekly reported that his companion’s name was Nadine and that she was his long-time girlfriend. The publication also claimed that the This Is the End star had been wearing a ring since at least 2017.

The pair met in France

Nadine Cera and Michael Cera backstage at a Broadway show in 2018. Photo: Getty Images
Nadine Cera and Michael Cera backstage at a Broadway show in 2018. Photo: Getty Images
As reported by Elle, it seems it wasn’t until a 2022 interview on the Justin Long podcast Life is Short that the Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist actor discussed and confirmed his relationship in public. While in Paris promoting Arrested Development, probably in 2013, Cera said that he and a friend “went down the street one night to this little bar in Paris and she was there with all her flatmates, and we were smiling at each other in this very unabashed way”.

He added: “There was no shyness, we just kept seeing each other and smiling. It was so comfortable. It was a really unfamiliar way to experience a stranger, and I felt like I saw the whole thing.”

Nadine, from Germany, later met Cera for coffee. After he went to Cannes, he wanted to extend the trip to hang out with her, but discovered she was unofficially dating her roommate. Yet a few months later she contacted Cera and they’ve been together since.

He wrote a song about her