Breaking Bad star Betsy Brandt and husband Grady Olsen divorcing after 25-year marriage
Breaking Bad star Betsy Brandt and her wife Grady Olsen are officially ending their 25-year marriage as the year comes to a close as she files for divorce.
The 51-year-old Bay City, Michigan, resident cited “irreconcilable differences” as the cause of the split, noting that the couple split in August 2023, a month before their 25th wedding anniversary. TMZ reported Thursday after reviewing court documents.
Brandt and Olson, 51, initially married in September 1998 and are parents of two children.
Brandt requested legal and physical custody of their minor child in legal documents on August 16.
Brandt told the court that she and Olson would have to divide their assets in the aftermath of the divorce, the outlet reported.
Ny Breaking.com has reached out to Brandt’s representatives for comment on the story.
Breaking Bad star Betsy Brandt, 51, and her wife Grady Olsen, 51, are officially ending their 25-year marriage as the year comes to a close. Pictured in 2022 in LA
Brandt did not use the services of an attorney in her divorce filing, in a manner similar to what Jennifer Lopez did in her divorce filing from Ben Affleck in August, the outlet reported.
Brandt played the role of Marie Schrader on the AMC hit series Breaking Bad from 2008-2013.
She was the storyline wife of Hank Schrader (Dean Norris) and sister-in-law of Walter White (Bryan Cranston) on the celebrated series, which also starred Anna Gunn, RJ Mitte, Bob Odenkirk and Aaron Paul.
The character’s nuances included an unlikely affinity for stealing things, an obsession with the color purple, and a passionate hatred for the main character Cranston played after his dramatic actions were exposed.
Speak with Michigan is alive in 2011, she said of her character, “We’ve seen things from Marie that the audience wouldn’t expect.”
“I felt pretty comfortable with creator Vince Gilligan that I could make some bold choices with my character and that he wouldn’t let her be just one note. There are things about her that are not sympathetic, but not totally implausible either.”
She returned to the Breaking Bad universe with a cameo in the spinoff’s finale, Better Call Saul, in 2022.
“I hoped I would come back someday,” she said Variety in August 2022. “As the seasons went on, I didn’t know it, but I’m honored that they had me back for the finale.
The Bay City, Michigan native pictured at Chateau Marmont in LA on December 12
The former couple, who married in 1998, were photographed in LA in 2014
Brandt then appeared on the CBS sitcom Life in Pieces from 2015-2019 in 79 episodes.
She also had a starring role on The Michael J. Fox Show, which ran for one season in 2013-2014, opposite Fox, Wendell Pierce, Katie Finneran, Juliette Goglia, Brooke Shields and the late Anne Heche.
Brandt has also appeared on TV shows such as Saint X, Masters of Sex and Parenthood.
In addition to her TV roles, she has appeared in a number of films. They include the 2021 holiday comedy The Housewives of the North Pole, opposite RHOBH lead Kyle Richards; the 2020 Prime thriller Run Sweetheart Run and the 2012 hit Magic Mike.