Chris Hemsworth Thanks Wife Elsa Pataky for Letting Him 'Eat the Vast Majority of the Cake' on Her 49th Birthday
Chris Hemsworth joked on Instagram that his wife, Elsa Pataky, typically allows him to "eat the vast majority of the cake" on her birthday every year
Pataky, who has been married to the Furiosa star since 2010, celebrates her 49th birthday on Friday, July 18
"Thank you for being an incredible human," Hemsworth wrote elsewhere in his tribute to his wifeChris Hemsworth is on cake duty each year when his wife, Elsa Pataky, celebrates her birthday.
Hemsworth, 41, shared a photo of himself posing with Pataky, who turned 49 on Friday, July 18, and one of the couple's twin sons on Instagram as they showed off Pataky's birthday cake. (The couple shares three kids: daughter India Rose, 13, and twin sons Sasha and Tristan, 11.)
"Happy birthday @elsapataky! Thank you for being an incredible human and each year continuing to allow me to eat the vast majority of the cake 🎂 🎉🎉," the Furiosa star wrote in the caption to his post, which also featured a short video of the Spanish actress blowing out the candles on her dessert.
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Hemsworth and Pataky first met in 2010. They married before the end of that year and later gave birth to India in 2012. The family then welcomed Tristan and Sasha in 2014.
In recent years, they have managed to blend family time and their acting work when Pataky appeared in Hemsworth's 2022 movie, Thor: Love and Thunder, as well as the 2024 film Furiosa; A Mad Max Saga,
India and Sasha also made cameos in the former, which last saw Hemsworth portray his Marvel superhero character Thor. As for Furiosa, Pataky is credited as the characters Vuvalini General and Mr. Norton; Hemsworth himself played the warlord Dementus opposite Anya Taylor-Joy's Furiosa.
Most recently, Saha and Tristan stepped out alongside their parents, Hemsworth's parents, Craig and Leonie Hemsworth, as well as his brother, Liam Hemsworth, and his girlfriend, Gabriella Brooks, at Limitless: Live Better Now, Chris' travel, adventure and health series, which returns to Disney+ on Aug. 15.
"It's just like date night for us," Hemsworth told PEOPLE of working with Pataky back at the May 2024 premiere of Furiosa. "You know, we got three kids and we have to go to work to get away from them and then they follow us."
"I love it. I love spending time with her...especially in a creative space," he added at that time.
On Pataky's birthday last year, Hemsworth shared two photos of him and Pataky dressed in full costume and makeup for Furiosa and Thor, respectively, as well as a photo of the whole family out to dinner and an additional photo of Pataky laying down among a bed of rocks. "Happy birthday to this gorgeous lady ❤️❤️ @elsapataky," he wrote at the time.
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