Willem Dafoe Gives Sweet Shout Out to His Wife of Nearly 18 Years as He Receives Hollywood Walk of Fame Star

Mar. 15, 2025

Willem Dafoeis thanking his wifeGiadaColagrande for her support over the years.

On Monday, theHollywood Walk of Famekicked off its first star ceremony of the year as itawarded Dafoe, 68, with a staron Los Angeles' Hollywood Boulevard.

As theSpider-Manactor spoke to a crowd gathered at the intersection of Hollywood and Vine St. in Los Angeles, he shouted out Colagrande, a filmmaker and musician whom he has been married to since 2005.

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“Finally, thank you to my wife Giada Colagrande, who teaches me gratitude and reminds me not to spit on my luck,” he shared at the end of his speech.

Giada Colagrante and Willem Dafoe on Jan. 8, 2024.Amy Sussman/Getty

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Dafoe and Colagrande met “on the street in Rome in 2004,” as DafoetoldThe Guardianin 2009. “I knew of her because I’d seen her films and we had some mutual friends," he said at the time.

The pair married on March 25, 2005, per ItalianVogue. Dafoe described their wedding ceremony toThe Guardianas “very impulsive and romantic.”

“We were having lunch and I said: ‘Do you want to get married tomorrow?’ " the four-timeAcademy Awardnominee said at the time. “I called up City Hall and they said: ‘If you get here in the next couple of hours, you can register and then you can get married tomorrow.’ “

Camila Morrone, Willem Dafoe and Patricia Arquette on Jan. 8, 2024.Amy Sussman/Getty

“So we ran down there,” he continued. “We married the next day with just two witnesses, our best friends: my manager and her editor.”

The pair do not have any children; Dafoe shares his adult son Jack with his former partner Elizabeth LeCompte.

Dafoe and Colagrande most recently worked together on the 2016 filmPadre, which she directed, wrote and starred in alongside Dafoe. Dafoe himself most recently appeared alongsideEmma StoneinPoor Things, which won the 2024Golden Globebest picture in a musical or comedy on Sunday.

He is the 2,768th entertainment industry figure to receive a star on the Walk of Fame, per a press release.

source: people.com