Deborah-Lee Furnesswife of Hugh Jackman talks about their 16 year marriage.

The relationship between Hugh Jackman and his wife Deborah-Lee Furness has been under scrutiny since they met in 1991. The couple met on the set of the Aussie TV show Correlli where Furness played a prison psychologist and the hunk an inmate she counselled. Hugh Jackman and Deborah married five years later in 1996 in their native Australia.

Furness, who is 13 years older then her husband, opened up about their 16 year marriage for New York Post’s Page Six magazine.

“I was always saying I’d marry somebody sensible, like a stockbroker. So he dresses up for that fantasy for me occasionally.”-the actor’s wife said.

The actress admits it wasn’t love at first sight but there was “an instant rapport, a recognition”. She also reveals Hugh Jackman is just a regular guy at home, and she forgets his fame.

“It’s almost like another persona -”the Movie Star“.Mind you, I do think he’s the sexiest man alive, and I’d hope every woman would think her husband was.”-she told Page Six.

Deborah speaks further on saying that she even finds the constant presence of paparazzi like a part of their everyday life.

I know them like the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker.They’re actually very nice guys. I say to the kids. There’s the trees, there’s the paparazzi.’ It’s just part of their world.”-Hugh Jackman’s wife added.

Deborah knows how to keep the fire alive in their 16 year marriage: Hugh Jackman and 13 years his senior wife.