Who is Pierce Brosnan’s wife Keely Shaye and do they have children together?
Pierce Brosnan has been married to his wife Keely Shaye for over twenty years.
The couple first met in 1994, three years after the death of Pierce's first wife Cassandra Harris.
They married in 2001 and welcomed two sons, Dylan, 26, and Paris, 22.
Here's everything you need to know about the actor's beloved wife and their twenty-year marriage…
How did they meet?
Pierce Brosnan has been married to his wife Keely Shaye for over twenty years
The couple first met in 1994, three years after the death of Pierce's first wife Cassandra Harris (Keely and Pierce pictured in his 2002 Bond premiere Die Another Day)
Pierce and Keely have been married for 22 years after tying the knot at Ballintubber Abbey in Ireland in 2001.
The couple first met in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, in 1994, three years after Pierce's first wife, Cassandra Harris, died in 1991.
He has previously said of Keely: “I have found a wonderful woman in Keely Shaye. If I searched a million times, I wouldn't find one this good.”
They live in Kauai, Hawaii.
Do they have children?
Pierce and Keely have two sons, Dylan, 26, and Paris, 22, the youngest of the actor's five children
Pierce, 70, and Keely, 60, have two sons, Dylan, 26, and Paris, 22, the youngest of the actor's five children.
Their father Pierce revealed in a September 2022 interview with GQ that he discouraged his sons from acting, telling them, “It's bloody hard work. It is a cross to bear. You build and destroy yourself.”
To their credit, neither Dylan nor Paris followed in his footsteps: Paris worked as a model, walked on catwalks for Moschino and Dolce & Gabbana, and Dylan worked as a musician.
While attending the GQ Man of the Year party, the sons also opened up about the recent “fake babies” controversy in Hollywood.
“I think we just have to be grateful for our blessings,” Paris said in a red carpet interview, with his brother Dylan acknowledging that they are “very lucky.”
Who are Pierce's other children?
Pierce's first wife Cassandra Harris from ovarian cancer at age 43 (pictured together in 1985)
The Mamma Mia! The star also has son Sean, 38, and adopted son Chris, 49, as well as his late adopted daughter, Charlotte with Cassandra.
Pierce adopted Cassandra's children, Chris and Charlotte, after their father, Dermot Harris, died in 1986.
Pierce's first wife Cassandra Harris died of ovarian cancer at the age of 43.
She had the disease for four years until her death on December 28, 1991. Charlotte also died on June 28, 2013, at the age of 41, from ovarian cancer.
Keely's 60th birthday
Pierce picked 60 roses in September to celebrate his wife Keely's 60th birthday
Pierce picked 60 roses in September to celebrate his wife Keely's 60th birthday.
Pierce wrote, “Sixty roses for my brown eyed girl on her 60th birthday.
“Forever happy and blessed was I to sit there as you walked around the corner early one morning in Cabo San Lucas.
What is her career?
Keely appeared in the 1986 Huey Lewis MTV music video Stuck With You. It was number one for three weeks.
She also had a brief role on General Hospital in 1990 as Valerie Freeman and served as an environmental correspondent for ABC's The Home Show for six years, which earned her two Genesis Awards and Special Achievement Award at the 1991 Environmental Film Festival.
From 1995 to 1997, she worked as a correspondent for NBC's show Unsolved Mysteries.
Keely was also a gardening expert and correspondent for ABC's Good Morning America and Mike and Maty and entertainment correspondent for NBC's Today Show, CBS's Entertainment Tonight and HBO's World Entertainment Report.
Smith made her directorial debut and produced the 2017 documentary film Poisoning Paradise, featuring communities in Hawaii surrounded by experimental testing sites for genetically engineered seed corn and pesticides.