Bobby Cannavale

They might not be officially married, but having spent a decade together building their home, family and careers, they refer to themselves as “husband and wife” ...

“And “partner” feels so sterile.” “I love weddings, and I know people [for whom] it’s an important thing, and I respect that totally. The plot of the ancient Greek tragedy centers on sorceress and former princess Medea and her reaction when her husband Jason (Cannavale) leaves her for another princess. “It was kind of like that for us.” I guess for us it’s just been, we didn’t do it, we’ll do it, then — no! Over the next two decades, Bobby would pick up bigger and juicier parts in a variety of films, television show and theatrical productions. “I know you’re just doing your job.” Ah, the theater… The film also stars The movies beckoned next and in 1999, she co-starred opposite another Down Under up-and-comer, Heath Ledger, in the hip Australian crime thriller Two Hands. New Jersey-born Cannavale never pursued formal training, getting his start in the mid-1990s by auditioning for small parts in movies like Night Falls on Manhattan, I’m Not Rappaport and Gloria, while working odd jobs to pay the bills. She nabbed her first gig at 16: a featured role on the popular Australian soap opera Echo Point, where she stuck with for the show’s entire five-year run.