Hugh Jackman fans were left reeling on 15 September, when he and Deborra-lee Furness, announced they were ending their 27-year marriage. The parents-of-two revealed that, although they had been "blessed" with almost three decades together in a "wonderful, loving" marriage, their journey together had come to an end and they'd decided to separate "to pursue individual growth". While the entertainment world reacted with shock and surprise, it seems some of the signs were there a year ago when they started making BIG changes to their shared real estate portfolio. Click or scroll to read more...

The announcement has shocked everyone who held them up as an example of a healthy and flourishing celebrity marriage. In an exclusive joint statement to People, they said: "We have been blessed to share almost 3 decades together as husband and wife in a wonderful, loving marriage. Our journey now is shifting and we have decided to separate to pursue our individual growth. Our family has been and always will be our highest priority. We undertake this next chapter with gratitude, love, and kindness. We greatly appreciate your understanding in respecting our privacy as our family navigates this transition in all of our lives." Signing off as "Deb and Hugh Jackman", they were last seen publicly together in July 2023 when they attended the men's final tennis match at Wimbledon between Carlos Alcaraz vs Novak Djokovic​.

Hugh Jackman was spotted walking and cycling through New York City on Saturday 16 September "outside his Tribeca home", according to Page Six, which also published a claim from a source that the split had been "a long time coming". Jackman returned to New York in February 2023 for the extended Broadway run of Music Man in which he has been starring and Deborra-lee was also spotted in New York, but it is unclear which - if any - of their properties they are living in. Interior design fan Deborra-lee and Jackman, who is worth reportedly worth $180 million, had a number of stunning properties together, in New York, Sydney and The Hamptons. 

As the former couple move into their next chapter, it's thought the Wolverine star may spend more time at his $7.7 million (£6.2m) Bondi Beach penthouse, having been "spotted in and around Bondi during time off", according to Realestate.com.au. Hugh and Deborra-lee bought the oceanfront apartment in Sydney's Bondi Beach in 2016 for a reported $5.9 million (£4.8m) – although it's thought to be worth around double that today – and tried to spend several months a year at the beachside retreat before they split; indeed, they sheltered here for a great deal of the pandemic. 

The newly built three-bedroom apartment, which is one of just six units in the entire complex, oozes style and has generous balcony space to allow seamless indoor and outdoor dining. It has stunning views across the bay and Bondi Beach, where Jackman likes to run to keep fit. According to Realestate.com.au, Jackman uses the gorgeous apartment as his Aussie base and is often spotted at the property during breaks in his busy filming schedule. He even saved his son Oscar, then 15, and other swimmers from a dangerous Bondi riptide back in 2016.

The spacious apartment, which is set on the top floor of the boutique block, also features a state-of-the-art kitchen and European oak floors. It has a master ensuite, and with two Queen-sized bedrooms with custom built-in wardrobes, there's also plenty of room for guests. 

Just a year before their split, the estranged pair were still adding to their property portfolio – this time with a new pad in a stunning Jean Nouvel-designed building in New York. In early August 2022, Realtor reported that Jackman had laid down an eye-watering $21.1 million (£17m) for the luxury condo, located in Chelsea's famed gallery district and in close proximity to the Meatpacking District and the Whitney Museum. 

The apartment's 4,675 square feet of accommodation are spread out across two floors, where the actor can stretch out and flex his performative muscles. The music room is no doubt one of the actor's favourite spaces, with a grand piano already set up next to incredible floor-to-ceiling windows.

The three-bedroom abode boasts expansive vistas of the Big Apple's skyline, stretching across the Hudson River to the Empire State Building. As well as stunning outlooks from the numerous floor-to-ceiling windows in the living and dining areas, the Greatest Showman star can also admire the city from multiple outdoor spaces.

Located atop the eye-catching 57-unit building, the home has a clean, modernist feel, decorated with the monochrome palette long-favoured by the former couple, along with sleek terrazzo floors. Elsewhere in the block, there's access to a fitness centre and a private cinema.

Even more idyllic at sunset, Jackman's West Chelsea designer pad boasts an enviable stainless steel eat-in chef's kitchen, complete with a glass breakfast bar and a spacious dining area. Offering three bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms, the listing says that the property also includes a library or fourth bedroom.

Outside, more than 3,700 square feet of space awaits, including a large loggia and a separate terrace. Upstairs, the roof terrace is divided into multiple dining and lounging areas and has its own outdoor kitchen. Now that’s entertaining with a view! We wonder which of the pair will get to keep this perfect penthouse.

Read on to see where Hugh Jackman grew up, how he and Deborra met, and then take a tour through the other amazing properties he's amassed since finding fame...

Known for his blockbuster movies, including The Greatest Showman, Les Misérables and X-Men, Hugh Jackman is one of Hollywood’s biggest stars—and he has a celebrity property portfolio to match. From a humble $155,000 (£125k) starter apartment in Melbourne to a Manhattan triplex worth $40 million (£32.3m), we take a closer look at the stunning dwellings the actor and his estranged wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, have called home. Click or scroll on for more...

Jackman shared an image of the leafy exterior of his childhood home in Wahroonga, a suburb on Sydney’s Upper North Shore, on his Instagram in 2014, commenting: “My family home growing up. BUNYANA Ave ... yes, that is the real name!” He was born in 1968 to parents Grace McNeil and Christopher John Jackman, who had emigrated from the UK to Australia in 1967 as part of the "Ten Pound Poms" immigration scheme.

Jackman endured a troubled childhood following his parents’ split, which occurred when he was eight. His mother, suffering from undiagnosed post-natal depression, returned to Britain with his two elder sisters, leaving Hugh and his two brothers to be brought up by his father in the family home in Wahroonga. He had little contact with his mother until they reconciled in his adult years. “I never felt that my mum didn’t love me,” he told The Australian Women's Weekly. 

Battling feelings of anger and sadness throughout his teens, Jackman threw himself into sport and landed a job as a live-in assistant housemaster at the prestigious private boarding school Uppingham in the East Midlands in 1987. On his return to Australia, he studied at the University of Technology in Sydney and the Actors' Centre in Sydney. He turned down a role in the popular soap Neighbours to attend the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts of Edith Cowan University in Perth. 

In 1994, Jackman moved to Melbourne when he landed his first job on the popular Australian series Correlli, where he met his future wife Deborra-Lee Furness, who was already a big star. According to The Daily Mail, Deborra had just turned 40 and had vowed to steer clear of actors under 30. Hugh was 27. Jackman later revealed she tried to break up with him several times in the early days—but he managed to convince her to stick around.

The then-couple married in Toorak, Victoria in 1996. “Being married to you Deb is as natural as breathing. From nearly the moment we met... I knew our destiny was to be together,” the actor said on his Instagram in 2021, as the couple celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. “Our love has only grown deeper. I’m forever grateful to share our love, our life—and our family together. We’ve only just begun. Deb, I love you with all my heart!" In hindsight, the words are bittersweet. 

Australia's former golden couple bought their first marital home together in Melbourne in 1997. The modest but light and airy two-bedroom apartment in the historic 1920s Cavendish House cost just AU$240,000 (US$155k/£125k) but sold nearly 20 years later in 2015 for AU$740,000 (US$476k/£385k), earning the couple a tidy profit.

It was during their time in Melbourne that Hugh Jackman established himself as a big name in Australian theatre, starring in Beauty and the Beast and Sunset Boulevard, directed by Sir Trevor Nunn. Nunn then cast the actor in the starring role of his London production of Oklahoma, which earned Jackman an Olivier award. The simple lifestyle represented in these images is a far cry from the cutting-edge modern interiors they favour today.

This 2009 photograph depicts Hugh and Deborra with their two children, Oscar and Ava, at Grauman’s Theatre, Hollywood. When the couple discovered they couldn't conceive their own children, they decided to adopt, welcoming Oscar to their family shortly after his birth in 2000, with Ava arriving in 2005. “I don’t think of them as adopted—they’re our children,” he told the Herald Sun in 2011.

Hugh launched his Hollywood career as Wolverine in the movie X-Men, a role he has gone on to play a further nine times to date in various Marvel films. As his stardom grew, he began to accumulate property too. Jackman and his soon-to-be-ex wife splashed out on this three-storey apartment in New York's Meier Towers building in 2008. It had been listed for $40 million (£32.3m), but the couple managed to snap it up for the bargain price of $21 million (£17m). 

In a move that may have indicated all was not perfect in the Jackman marriage, Hugh and Deborra-lee listed the family home for around $39 million (£32m) early in 2022, before chopping the price to $29.9 million (£23.4m). The Manhattan abode, which was designed by architect Richard Meier and is located in the opulent West Village district, boasts five bedrooms, five bathrooms, a professional-grade kitchen, a gym, library, three outdoor terraces and a fabulous dining space for entertaining alfresco. Naturally, a piano takes pride of place for the award-winning song and dance man.

The property spans the eighth, ninth and tenth floors of the building, while a stunning spiral staircase connects the individual spaces of the 11,000-square-foot condo. A massive indigo print and an orange sculpture with a matching rug break up the minimal white wall aesthetic in the expansive games room, which offers wraparound views.

The entire top floor is dedicated to the master suite, which features two dressing areas, a sauna and a home gym. The floor-to-ceiling windows offer unparalleled views of the Hudson River—and would not be out of place in a James Bond film. The actor famously turned down the coveted role in 2003 due to filming schedules before it was offered to Daniel Craig. 

What's unique about the property is that Richard Meier, the Pritzker Prize-winning architect who designed the building itself, also created its eye-catching interiors, including this zen bathroom with a sculpted bath. A soak with a view anyone? Other famous inhabitants have included Nicole Kidman, who co-starred with Jackman in his 2008 movie Australia. 

The actor, who moved into the property when he was starring in A Star is Born on Broadway, has shared many glimpses of the stunning apartment over the years. On the evening of the Emmys in September 2021, he took this snap, capturing the breathtaking city skyline behind him. The actor has more than thirty million followers on his Instagram account, @thehughjackman. 

Hugh will have fond memories of his 14 years there, including cooking with his mother Grace, with whom he reconciled after becoming a father himself. The actor discovered she had suffered post-natal depression following his birth, which led her to leave the family. “I know she was struggling,” he told The Australian Women’s Weekly. “As parents, we make mistakes.”

Jackman returned to the UK for a short spell in 2012 when he was filming the blockbuster movie Les Misérables. The actor, who played Jean Valjean in the movie, filmed at the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Ewelme in Oxfordshire, and clearly developed a fondness for the village, donating $12,000 (£9.7k) to pay for the church’s new heating system. He reportedly stayed in a six-bedroom converted barn in the area, which was on sale for around $4 million (£3.2m) in 2013.

In 2021, Jackman and Deborra-lee fulfilled a lifelong ambition to design their own home. Their waterfront dream house is located in a quiet area of East Hampton in New York. The actor has often posted pictures of himself at the coastal getaway, sharing this one in 2020 while it was still under construction. After the house was completed, it was featured in the December 2021 issue of Architectural Digest.

In January of 2023, the then-couple announced that they would be making their New York estate available to rent in what is now being touted as the first sign of their impending split. The waterfront home boasts five bedrooms, five-and-a-half bathrooms and 5,000 square feet of living space.

The sleek, ultra-contemporary home was a true labour of love for the pair, who first bought the plot back in 2015 for $3.5 million (£2.8m). They then began a six-year renovation process, completely transforming the building into a spectacular modern masterpiece. As reported by the New York Post, the luxurious pad was put on the rental market in January 2023 for $166,666 (£135k) per month. No longer available, it may be that one lucky person snapped it up for a long-term let or perhaps there is a plan to sell the house now they have split.

The former couple was aided in their reinvention of the home by architect Viola Rouhani and interior designer Eleanor Donnelly from Stelle Lomont Rouhani Architects, who collaborated with Jackman and Furness to create “the utmost zen tranquillity” overlooking Gardiner’s Bay. The main home boasts three ensuite bedrooms, a gourmet kitchen with Gaggenau appliances, an informal dining room with a hand-carved walnut dining table and floor-to-ceiling glazing throughout.

Deborra was closely involved in the property's design and was inspired by the pared-back aesthetic of fashion designer Calvin Klein’s home. “He is the master of minimalism. And I just said, 'I'll have what he's having'”, she told Architectural Digest. “I love Zen. I love that simplistic, modern minimalism," – and that's certainly what they achieved. 

The 2.5-acre property also includes a renovated guest house that features two bedrooms and an open living space with its own kitchen. Elsewhere on the acreage, there's an oversized pool and spa, both of which offer 180-degree views of the bay below. The listing describes the entire compound as "the ultimate retreat with all the amenities of a 5-star resort".

Over their 27-year marriage, Hugh and Deborra-lee certainly built up an envy-inducing global real estate empire. And while their joint ventures look likely to cease following their separation, we can't wait to see what homes they each snap up as they embark on their separate futures. We're sure it won't be long before we see big changes to their property portfolio...

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