- Rooney Mara, in the upcoming film Women Talking lead actress.
- She has been in a long-term relationship with actor Joaquin Phoenix.
- Phoenix has maintained a low-key relationship with Mara
Rooney Mara, in the upcoming film Women Talking lead actress, has been in a long-term relationship with actor Joaquin Phoenix. Mara and Phoenix met in mid-2012 while shooting Spike Jonze’s film Her. Phoenix has maintained a low-key relationship with Mara, who is 11 years his junior.
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Phoenix recalled meeting Mara in Vanity Fair,
stating, “I’ve only ever looked her up on the internet.”
“We were just email friends,” he claimed. I’d never done anything like that before.
I’ve never looked up a girl on the internet.”
During the making of the film Her, the actor assumed Mara loathed him,
although she was only shy and liked him.
The duo was also seen in the film Mary Magdalene.
According to W magazine, Mara and Phoenix were only friends before shooting
the biblical drama, and they began dating shortly after the production concluded.
At the Cannes Film Festival in May 2017, Phoenix and Mara exposed their romance to the public.
They not only share a seat, but they also hold hands.
Similarly, when Phoenix won Best Actor for You Were Never Really Here, they loudly rejoiced.
Phoenix also revealed to The New York Times that he and Mara are living together.
In 2018, the couple was spotted together at an Amazon Studios screening
of You Were Never Really Here, when she was seen supporting Phoenix.
Is Rooney Mara married to Joaquin Phoenix?
Mara and Phoenix are not married, although they were secretly engaged in 2019.
The actress was wearing a big diamond ring on her left hand,
which fueled suspicion that they were engaged.
Phoenix had previously lied about their engagement to attract attention on talk shows.
Phoenix and Mara are dedicated activists who marched in support of National Animal Rights Day in 2019.
During the protest, the couple marched in West Hollywood while brandishing dead animals.
At the end of 2019, Phoenix was selected PETA’s Person of the Year for his animal rights efforts.
As previously stated, Mara and Phoenix are not married, but in a recent interview,
Phoenix referred to Mara as his wife but did not indicate when or where their wedding took place.
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Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara have a son.
River, the couple’s first child together, was born in September 2020.
People reports that the name was chosen to honor Joaquin’s late brother,
River Phoenix, who died of a heroin overdose in 1993.
Furthermore, Russian filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky disclosed
the child’s name during the 2020 Zurich Film Festival.
Phoenix claimed in an interview with The Sunday Times, “I am a vegan,
but I am not going to put my ideals on my child.”
Allowing his child to make his own meat choice, the actor continues,
means it is his obligation as a parent not to sugarcoat things and
to present River with all the hard truths about where his food comes from.
In a message for Farm Sanctuary’s Mother’s Day campaign,
Mara opened up about her parenthood experience.
“Raising River, our baby, has awakened my heart to a whole new life of hope
and resolve to make the world a better and more sustainable place,”
