Meet Matt Damon’s wife of 19 years, Luciana Barroso: the Argentinian shares 3 children with the Oppenheimer actor, and holidays with the Hemsworths – but did you know they met at a bar?
If you’re wondering which lucky lady stole the Bourne Identity star’s heart, you’re not alone.
Matt Damon’s wife of almost two decades, Luciana Barroso, has been by his side since they tied the knot in December 2005. This rock-solid celeb couple tend to keep their personal lives private and often shield their daughters from the limelight.
So what do we know about Luciana Barroso, the 47-year-old Argentinian who’s been by Damon’s side all these years?
How did Matt Damon meet his wife, Luciana Barroso?
In an interview with Vogue Australia in 2018, Barroso shared that Damon had approached her at the bar, but “he had started getting recognised and asked for pictures and autographs, and then it got kind of aggressive because people are drinking and stuff, and so he came and hid behind my bar”.
“So I put him to work with me! I said: ‘you know, if you’re going to be back here, you can’t just be standing there!’” She continued, “He had trained as a bartender for a film years before, so he started making drinks. And he made me a tonne of money in tips that night, because of course everyone wanted to go and see him.”
How many kids do Matt Damon and Luciana Barroso have?
Per People magazine, the couple share three daughters together: Isabella, 17, Gia, 15, and Stella, 13. Barroso also has a daughter, Alexia, 25, from her marriage to first husband Arbello Barroso, who’s also from her native Argentina.
Do Matt Damon and Luciana Barroso have matching tattoos?
The Ledger-designed tattoo is reportedly on Damon’s arm and Barroso’s foot, according to People magazine.
Is Luciana Barroso friends with Chris Hemsworth’s wife?
She also said that “The [Damons] came here for Christmas, and we were all together, and it was a really inspirational time. A few friends, we got together, and we felt like we had to have something to remind us of those great moments we stayed together, and we decided to get a little tattoo [of three dots on their pinkies] altogether, and we say ‘We’ll have to do one every year.’”
What are Matt Damon and Luciana Barroso’s secrets to a long-lasting marriage?
The Martian star told Entertainment Tonight, “I’m lucky I found my wife. I guess maybe, if there’s any secret … it’s to feel lucky.”
“I think marriage is insane,” Damon added. “It’s a crazy idea, but I love being married to my wife. So I wouldn’t tell anybody else anything about their relationship.”
Meanwhile, Barroso told Vogue Australia, “When you meet somebody that you have a connection with, that’s just the person that you have a connection with. All the other stuff – the movie-star part – wasn’t really a factor.” She added, “To me, he’s just Matt.”
- In 2003, Barroso and Damon met at the Miami bar she was working in, and she put him to work making cocktails – 21 years later, they’re still one of Hollywood’s most solid couples
- The pair share 3 children together, Isabella, Gia and Stella – and the same tattoo designed by late actor Heath Ledger – they’re also good friends with Chris Hemsworth and his wife Elsa Pataky