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Mark Ruffaloand Sunrise Coigney’s love goes way back.
TheShe-Hulkactor and Coigney first met in 1998 in Los Angeles. For Ruffalo, it was love at first sight, tellingMen’s Journal, “I saw her and was like, I’m going to marry that girl.”
Before making it big in Hollywood, Ruffalo says Coigney supported him during his early career. “I was living in a converted garage, and she was there for that, she was game,” he added. “She believed in me.”
The couple tied the knot in June 2000 and went on to welcome three children together.
In June 2023, Ruffalo and Coigney celebrated 23 years of marriage.
“Happy 23 years, my friend, my partner, my lover,” the13 Going on 30star wrote onInstagramalongside a throwback photo from the couple’s wedding. “Everything beautiful in our lives comes from you. You also happen to keep this whole shambling enterprise on the rails. I admire you and love you.”
From her motherhood duties to her previous acting career, here’s everything to know about Coigney.
She’s a New Orleans native
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Coigney was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and has lived in a variety of different states ever since. She traveled the world throughout her youth and later spent time with Ruffalo in Los Angeles, but fell in love with upstate New York.
She was an actress
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She shares three children with Ruffalo
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“I had a woman once tell me, ‘You know, Sunrise, you’ll always get a second chance at your career, but you’ll never get a second chance with your children,'” Coigney toldWWDabout putting her acting career on hold to raise her children.
She always places her kids first
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Coigney put her personal passions aside to take care of her kids. Ruffalo constantly recognizes his wife for being a “strong” and “fierce” mom to their kids and always posts tributes to her on Instagram detailing all that she does.
“The mornings, the breakfasts the lunches, the play dates and school stuff, and just all the ups and downs of raising kids, the wins and losses, the joys and tears. It’s everything,“theactor pennedin a post. “Thank you for always being there, especially when you have to do it alone. It’s not easy being a Mom.”
Ruffalo previouslyopened up to PEOPLEabout the intensity of the job and superpower abilities it takes to be a mom. “The times when my wife is gone and I’ve had to take care of everything … the laundry alone is enough to destroy you,” he joked.
She’s a retail store owner in New York
Now that her children have gotten older, Coigney has been able to return to her passions and pursue the creative career path that she’s always wanted. The mom of three is the owner ofSunny’s Pop, a retail shop filled with hand-picked treasures located in Narrowsburg, New York.
“The collection shares a glimpse of sunny’s style that stems from growing up in New Orleans, hitting the streets of New York City, owning a shop named Kaviar and Kind in Los Angeles, and traveling the world finding tasteful treasures of varying cultural backgrounds,” the website’s bio reads.
She’s supportive of Ruffalo’s career
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Between penning heartfelt notes to each other and attending major Hollywood events together, Coigney and Ruffalo are constantly showing support for one another.
In December 2023, Coigney and the couple’s eldest daughter, Bella, joined Ruffalo at the London premiere of his filmPoor Things.
She attended Ruffalo’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony
Mark Ruffalo and Sunrise Coigney with their kids Keen and Bella as Mark Ruffalo is honored with a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 08, 2024.Frazer Harrison/Getty
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“A career as an actor is never done alone. With this star, it’s not just mine,” Ruffalo said during his acceptance speech. “It’s for my wife, Sunrise, who has been with me through all of it, who believed in me more than anybody.”
source: people.com
