Meet Adam Driver's wife Joanne Tucker: she met the Star Wars actor at Juilliard, danced in The Nutcracker as a teen, and once appeared with her husband on Lena Dunham's HBO series Girls
Star Wars actor Adam Driver is known for keeping his family life private.
The House of Gucci star met his wife, Joanne Tucker, at university and the pair wed in 2013, before welcoming two children into their family.
Bermuda-born Tucker makes the occasional
red carpet appearance to support her husband, but even then, the couple hardly discuss their relationship or family in public.
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So what do we know about the Marriage Story actor's elusive wife of over a decade?
Joanne Tucker was a ballet dancer
Adam Driver and Joanne Tucker at the 2020 Baftas.
Tucker
was a ballerina as a child and young teen. Sadly, her dancing career was cut short when she was rushed to hospital after falling ill while on tour for The Nutcracker, per People.
She met Adam Driver at Juilliard
Adam Driver and Joanne Tucker at the House of Gucci New York premiere in 2021.
Driver and Tucker met while studying drama at Julliard. They graduated in 2009.
The couple's 2013 wedding was officiated by Richard Feldman, a teacher at the institute, per The New Yorker.
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