Following a trend in celebrity marriages, Matt Damon married Luciana Bozan Barroso in a surprise wedding. Here's more information about Matt and Luciana's wedding, their marriage relationship, and their children.
Born:
Matthew Paige Damon: October 8, 1970 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Luciana (Luci) Bozan Barroso: Argentina, c. 1976.
How Matt and Luciana Met and Engagement:
While Matt was in Miami Beach filming
Stuck on You in 2003, he and Luciana met at the Crobar where she was a bartender.
September 5, 2005 is the date that Matt reportedly gave Luciana a platinum ring from Steven Goldfarb of Bellevue, Washington. The ring is said to be classic and elegant.
Wedding Date:
Matt (35) and Luciana (29) were married on December 9, 2005 at 9 a.m. in New York City Hall. Their wedding ceremony was small and private.
Alexia, Luciana's 7-year-old daughter, attended the wedding. After the wedding, Matt showed reporters his silver wedding band.
Honeymoon:
Their honeymoon was postponed. The two left on December 11, 2005 for Europe where Matt worked on the movie The Good Shepherd.
Children:
Matt and Luciana have two daughters, Isabella, who was born in 2006 in Miami, Florida and Gia Zavala born in 2008.
Luciana has a daughter, Alexia, from her former marriage.
Occupations:
Matt: Actor, writer, producer, and one of the founders of Pearl Street Productions.
Luciana: Former bartender. She is now an interior designer.
Residences:
Luciana and Matt have homes in New York and in Miami. Their $10.3 million Miami mansion was purchased by Matt in the spring of 2005.
Previous Marriages:
This is the first marriage for Matt Damon, and the second marriage for Luciana Bozan Barroso.
Quotes about Marriage and Family:
Jamal Prince, a friend of Matt's, discussing Matt's relationship with Luciana: “He’s very serious about her. In the past he kept the other ones secretive. This one he’s not hiding.”
Source:
BostonHerald.com
Matt, on being a dad: "I'd love to be a dad. I hope I'd be great at it. That's every man's fear, yet his most important job."
Source: IMDB.com
Matt, on having a life outside his career, ll/5/2000: "Take the blinders off for a minute. Life can be fun, and that's my goal: to make it all fit into my life organically."
Source: USA Weekend Magazine
