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Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness Celebrate 20th Anniversary: See Their Sweetest Moments

Two decades of devotion! Hugh Jackman and his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary today, Monday, April 11, which is a pretty remarkable feat.

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When it comes to what makes their marriage so successful, Jackman, 47, has explained that meeting Furness, 60, pre-fame gave the couple a great opportunity to get to know one another without the distractions of showbiz.

Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness attend the 66th Annual Tony Awards.
Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness attend the 66th Annual Tony Awards.

“I’m kind of really grateful that I met her before anything kind of happened,” the actor said during a February 2016 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “Everything that’s happened in my career and on screen, offscreen, we’ve always done it together.”

Indeed, Jackman and Furness make quite a team. Together they have conquered Hollywood, traveled the world and adopted two children: son Oscar, 15, and daughter Ava, 10.

Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness attend the 2007 Red Ball fundraising event for the Bone Marrow Donor Institute at Peninsula on August 14, 2007.
Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness attend the 2007 Red Ball fundraising event for the Bone Marrow Donor Institute at Peninsula on August 14, 2007.

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The adorable duo first met on the set of the Australian TV drama Corelli, which happened to be Jackman’s “first job.”

“She was the star and I had this major crush on her,” he told Ellen DeGeneres. “Everyone did. The whole crew had a crush on her and I was so embarrassed by that, I didn’t talk to her for about a week.”

Eventually, the Wolverine star mustered up the courage to ask Furness, who is 13 years his senior, out on a date. From the beginning of their relationship, Jackman knew that he wanted to marry the striking blonde beauty he met at just 26 years old.

Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness attend the Qantas Spirit of Australia party at the Refinery Hotel on January 26, 2014 in New York City.
Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness attend the Qantas Spirit of Australia party at the Refinery Hotel on January 26, 2014 in New York City.

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“I decided, I won’t ask her to marry me for six months,” the Sydney native revealed in the October 2013 issue of Town & Country. “Then after four months I thought, ‘That’s the most ridiculous rule!'”

Jackman popped the question not long after and the rest is history. Watch Us Weekly’s video above to see the totally-in-love twosome’s sweetest moments. 

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