Jared Padalecki is a 32-year-old actor, known to most for his role as Sam Winchester, whom he played in the popular TV series Supernatural. This series in many ways radically changed the actor’s life, because it was on its set that he met his future wife, actress Genevieve Cortese. Currently, Jared Padalecki and his wife Genevieve have been married for more than four years.

Start and career development

The actor's first fame came during the filming of the series "Gilmore Girls" (Russian: "Gilmore Girls"), in which he played the role of Dean Forester. Filming of this series lasted for five years (from 2000 to 2005). In addition, Jared managed to star in several horror films that caused quite a stir, including Friday the 13th and Wax House. But it was the role of Sam in Supernatural that brought real fame to the actor from Texas.

Genevieve Cortese played the role of a demon named Ruby in Supernatural, during the filming of which she began a passionate romance with Padalecki. A year later (in February 2010), the young people got married, which greatly delighted the ardent fans of the series. The wedding celebration took place in Sunny Valley, although the couple was afraid that their fans might come there and the holiday would be disrupted.

For many years, Sunny Valley (until Genevieve decided to become an actress, going to study at one of the New York colleges) was home for Genevieve. The first step in her acting career was a series called “Wildfire” (Russian: “Wild Fire”), in which she played the role of Chris Furillo. As for Jared, this gorgeous guy (almost two meters tall) since graduating from high school has been the one who can turn the head of any young lady. This is why the series "Gilmore Girls" was such a resounding success among women.

According to Genevieve's mother, her daughter dreamed of becoming an actress from a very early age, constantly organizing home performances and showing great interest in cinema and Hollywood. At the age of seven, little Zhen already clearly understood what exactly she wanted from life.

After finishing her studies at a boarding school (the girl regretted her decision to study there many times), Jen, who in life prefers to be called that way, is enrolled in the faculty of the Tisch School of Arts, one of the most prestigious New York Colleges. Studying at this university became the first stone in the solid foundation of her future career, which brought the actress not only fame with a lot of fans, but also a loved one.

During her career, Genevieve starred in many films and TV series, including:

• "Hostages of the Desert";
• "Wild fire";
• "American Kids"
• "Supernatural";
• "Life is short";
• "Hated" and others.

Padalecki family wedding and preparations for it

When choosing a location for their wedding, Jared Padalecki and his wife surprisingly agreed on the beautiful Sun Valley, where Jen grew up. Despite the general fashion to hold wedding ceremonies in the summer, the newlyweds decided to choose a more classic and romantic winter option for their celebration.

All the work associated with planning and preparing the wedding celebration was taken on by a good friend of their family, Taylor Sturges. After consulting with the bride, he decided to decorate the wedding party venue in carrot, light blue and silver colors. The couple invited about 150 guests to their wedding, who arrived for this holiday from different parts of the world. The bride, like her bridesmaids (they were in elegant sea-colored dresses), wore a beautiful white lace dress, which was made for her by a talented designer - Monique Lhuillier.

Padalecki showed his conservative nature when he stated that he did not want them to be photographed or filmed until after their official wedding. According to Cortese, he took well-known wedding signs very seriously, such as “not seeing the bride’s dress before the wedding.”

Jared has made a great impression on Genevieve's family ever since he came to the bride's two brothers and father to ask them for her hand in marriage. The Cortese family was very touched by this gesture. Padalecki proposed to Genevieve while stopping near their favorite painting (“Joan of Arc” by Jules Bastien-Lepage) during the couple’s next trip to the New York Museum of Art.

Actually, Jared Padalecki and his wife held their wedding the way they dreamed - in the romantic setting of snow quietly falling outside the window.

Family life and happy additions to it

After two years of a happy marriage, the couple had their first child, whom they named Thomas Colton Padalecki. Once, in an interview with Tonic magazine, Jared stated that even before the birth of the child, he and his wife spent many evenings trying to find a suitable name for him. But these attempts were in vain. Then the family decided to name their son after his birth. Jared Padalecki and his family, photos of which can be found on the Internet, look very happy.

Some time later, namely in July of this year, Jared made another equally important statement on his Twitter, in which he confirmed the information that another addition was expected to their family.

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Jared Padalecki(full name) Jared Tristan Padalecki was born on June 19, 1982 in San Antonio, Texas. The Padalecki family has Polish roots; Jared's grandfather was Polish and his last name was Padalecki. ( It was later in America that the surname Padalecki in English transcription became Padalecki).

Jared also has an older brother and a younger sister. Even as a child, the boy felt a craving for the acting profession; already at the age of 12, Padalecki began taking acting lessons. At the age of 17, Jared won the “Claim To Fame” competition and received the opportunity to take part in the Teen Choice Award ceremony. At this ceremony he met his agent, with whom he still works.

At the age of 18, Jared moved to California to seek his fortune in acting.

Jared was lucky: already in 2000, he starred in the successful television series “Gilmore Girls” in the role of Dean Forester. Then there were roles in the films “Silent Witness” (2000), “Closer to Home” (2001), “Ring of Endless Light” (2002), “Young MacGyver” (2003), “New York Minute”, “Flight of the Phoenix” . In 2005, Jared Padalecki starred in the horror films Lone Wolf and House of Wax.

Also in 2005, Jared was included in the cast of the series "Supernatural"(the role of Sam Winchester), and after the success of the series received recognition from the general public. (Read about Jared's co-stars and ).

Jared Padalecki and his wife Genevieve Padalecki

With my wife Genevieve Padalecki (Cortese) Jared met on the set of season 4 of the fateful series Supernatural, where Genevieve played the demon Ruby.
Their wedding took place on February 27, 2010. And on March 19, 2012, Jard and Zherenyev had their first child - the boy was named Thomas Colton Padalecki. On December 22, 2013, the couple welcomed their second son, Austin Shepard “Shep” Padalecki.

Photos from Jared and Genevieve's wedding

Childhood and youth of Genevieve Cortese

Genevieve grew up in a large, large family. She has two brothers and a sister. Her parents moved from city to city very often, so the girl grew up on the move, often changing schools. The actress considers the state of Idaho to be her home – her family lived there the longest.

Genevieve is the actress's real name, but no one called her that as a child. At home and at school everyone called her Jennifer or Jenny. She liked this name better.

Jensen and Danielle Ackles, Jered and Genevieve Padalecki

As a child, Genevieve had two serious and polarly different hobbies - theater and football. During the day, the girl ran around the field with a ball, and in the evening she changed clothes and went to the performance. Genevieve was introduced to the theater by her grandmother. She always took her granddaughter to performances. Sitting in the audience, the girl always thought that it was much more interesting to be on stage herself.

After school, Genevieve entered New York University at the Faculty of Fine Arts. She received two diplomas at once - with specializations in English and American literature and theater.

My childhood dream of becoming an actress came true after graduating from college. Genevieve was taken to the theater. She played in many plays, including One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Crimes of the Heart, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Filmography of Genevieve Cortese

The actress first appeared in films in 2004 in the film “Hostages of the Desert.” Afterwards she played in an episode of the popular science fiction series “The Dead Zone”. In 2005, Genevieve Cortese was cast for a role in the youth drama American Kids. This is the story of how school students try to resist discrimination from management. The film raises themes of freedom of speech, gay and lesbian rights, protest and liberalism.

In 2005, Genevieve got the main role in the series “Wild Fire”. Her character Chris Furillo is a difficult teenager. The girl is released from a correctional facility and ends up on a farm, where she gets the opportunity to start her life again. In order to play the role of Chris, the actress had to learn horse riding. Genevieve's mother helped with this. The series aired from 2005 to 2008.

After that, the actress played in several full-length and short films. In 2008, she began acting in the popular television series Supernatural. In 2009, she was invited to play a role in the serial film “Remember What Will Happen.”

Jared Padalecki and Genevieve Cortese

After the birth of her son, the actress took a short break from her career. For about a year she did not act in films or appear on the theater stage.

Genevieve Cortese in the TV series Supernatural

Genevieve Cortese gained hundreds of thousands of fans around the world thanks to the series Supernatural. It was a landmark role for the actress. “Supernatural” is a popular American series in the mystical thriller genre. Since 2005, 8 seasons of the series have been released, and the 9th is currently being filmed. The plot centers on the story of two brothers (actors Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles) who investigate paranormal phenomena.

The heroine Genevieve Cortese appeared in the series in season 3. Ruby - sold her soul to a demon. After death, she went to Hell and turned into a demon herself. In the series, she appears as the savior of the main character. She helps one of the brothers in a fight with demons. The truth about Ruby is revealed later.

The role of Ruby did not immediately go to Genevieve Cortese. At first, Katie Cassidy played the demon, but after season 3, the actress left for another project. And the director invited Cortese to play this role. The girl did not follow her predecessor, but decided to make Ruby completely different. Thanks to the acting of Genevieve Cortese, fans discovered new features of the heroine. Viewers and critics noted that Ruby has become multifaceted and deeper than before.

Genevieve Cortese currently

At the end of season 4, Ruby uses one of the brothers to resurrect Lucifer, but the main characters discover the deception and kill her. This character does not appear in the series again. In an interview, Genevieve Cortese said that she was very sorry to leave the series, but she understood that Ruby had outlived her usefulness. There was nowhere for the character to develop further.

The Supernatural series has won many awards. For several years in a row it was recognized as the best television serial film. In addition, the series' sound design has won several awards.

Personal life of Genevieve Cortese

The series “Supernatural” became significant not only for the actress’s career, but also for her personal life. She met her future husband on the set. Genevieve fell in love with the lead actor in the series, Jared Padalecki.

Jared and Genevieve PCA Red Carpet Interview

They dated for a year and then got married. The ceremony took place at the actress's home in Idaho. After the wedding, Genevieve Cortese took her husband's last name. However, among fans, the actress is better known by her maiden name; she can be considered a kind of creative pseudonym. Genevieve and Jared have two sons, Shepard and Thomas.

The actress is fond of sports. Loves snowboarding, surfing, and skiing. Genevieve practices yoga and can perform even the most complex asana.

Genevieve has several tattoos: on her back and on her wrists in the form of stars.

Jared Padalecki, known to most as Sam Winchester from the TV series Supernatural, was born on July 19, 1982 in Texas. He became famous after playing Dean Forester, Rosie's first boyfriend, in the TV series Gilmore Girls, in which he starred from 2000 to 2005. In addition, the actor starred in acclaimed horror films, including “Wax House” and “Friday the 13th”.

On February 27, 2010, Jared tied the knot with his colleague on the set, Genevieve Cortez. Fans of the couple applauded: “Genevieve is a beauty, and Jared Padalecki is just a god!” The actors got married in a beautiful place called Sun Valley, and both of them were worried that one of their most devoted fans would decide to attend this holiday, and the party would be disrupted.

Genevieve Cortez lived in Sun Valley before moving to New York to attend college and pursue her dreams of the big stage and film. She began her career with the series “Wildfire”. Jared Padalecki, although not a god, but at two meters tall, having graduated from high school in San Antonio, almost immediately became one of those charming young men who drive women crazy with one look, and therefore the series “Gilmore Girls” simply could not help but have success with the female half of your audience.

As for Cortez, according to her mother Camille Batt, who raised her four children in the Valley, the beginnings of a love for cinema and a desire to conquer screens appeared in her very early.

“One morning, when I had just put all the children in the car on the seats, Zhen, who was only seven years old at the time, said: “Mom, you know, we need to get going soon. We have to go to Hollywood because I’m an ACTRESS!” She always put on shows, her mother says.

In her senior year, Cortez decided to go to boarding school in California with her brother, although, after spending absolutely no time there, she very bitterly regretted her decision. Young Genevieve had no way back. “I paid, so you’re staying,” the mother answered firmly. After boarding school, Cortez entered New York University and was enrolled in one of the most prestigious and famous faculties - Tisch School of Arts. Thus, the foundation was laid for her future acting career, and, consequently, for meeting her future husband.

When the future married couple was planning a wedding, the wishes of the bride and groom coincided: a winter wedding in Sunny Valley. Most of the most stylish wedding celebrations take place in the summer - this time of year provides an opportunity to get creative, let the bride and groom walk down the aisle barefoot, or perform a ritual on the top of a mountain. However, a winter celebration taking place in a warm room while snow is silently falling outside the window and candles are burning around is certainly a classic.

A family friend was planning the wedding, and it turned out to be the right decision. Cortez, along with event planner Taylor Sturges, chose silver, light blue and sea colors for the wedding. 150 guests from all over the country were invited to the celebration. The wedding dress and bridesmaid dresses are the work of designer Monique Lhuillier. The bride's dress was decorated with lace and wonderfully combined with the winter theme of the wedding. The bridesmaids' dresses were a dark navy blue.

Padalecki turned out to be even more conservative than Cortez.

“He insisted that we should only be photographed after we were officially married. It was really important for him not to see me in my dress until the reception,” Genevieve recalls.

The family of his future wife liked Jared already when he asked his father and Genevieve’s two brothers for her hand in marriage. Jared proposed to Cortez in New York, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which they often visited together. There, standing in front of their favorite painting “Joan of Arc” by the French realist Jules Bastien-Lepage, he invited Genevieve to become his wife.

Thus, Cortez in his lace dress and Padalecki with his charming inimitable dimples met at the altar, to which the bride was led by her father Jeffrey Butt and her brother John Cortez. And outside, as expected, the snow was falling silently.

Two years later, a son, Thomas Colton Padalecki, was born into the Padalecki family.

“We went through countless names, probably all that we came across in books and a couple more that we came up with ourselves, but, in the end, we agreed that first we would get to know our baby in person, and only then we would come up with what to call it,” Jared Padalecki told Tonic magazine in October 2011.

And recently, at the end of July this year, Jared confirmed that his wife was pregnant with their second child.

“Oh god, I got on the plane and only then realized that I didn’t finish my tweet! I still can't get used to this 140 character limit. I confirm that Genevieve is pregnant!” - Jared posted on his Twitter.

“I am very happy that I have my family, my job and my friends, I would like to have them with me forever, I think my biggest fear is the fear of losing them,” Jared once said.

Photos of a happy family

At the end of 2013, the couple had a second son, who was named Austin Shepard Padalecki. The first of the two names is a tribute to the Texas city where the Padalecki family settled immediately after the wedding. The baby's parents simply call him Shep.

Genevieve and Jared dream of a large, traditional family, so the news of the actress’s third pregnancy was greeted by the couple’s fans with great joy. Thomas and Shep Padalecki met their little sister in March 2017. The baby was named Odette Elliott.

Jared divides his time between his home in Austin, Texas, and Vancouver, Canada, where Supernatural is filmed.

Social activity

Fans love Jared Padalecki not only for his acting talent, but also for his kind heart. In 2015, Jared began a joint campaign with a charity that helps people with mental illness, depression and addiction. As part of the collaboration, a T-shirt was released with a photograph of the actor and the call “Always keep fighting.” To date, more than 100 thousand of these T-shirts have been sold. Proceeds from sales are used to help people going through a difficult period in their lives.

In an interview dedicated to the launch of the campaign, Jared Padalecki said that he became interested in charitable activities thanks to his CW colleague Stephen Amell. The Supernatural star also shared his experiences with depression. During the filming of the third season of the show, he was diagnosed with clinical depression, in overcoming which Padalecki was helped by his best friend, as well as the actor who plays his brother, Jensen Ackles.

In the summer of 2017, a powerful hurricane hit the city of Houston, Texas. Genevieve and Jared took part in a charity campaign to raise funds for the victims.

Genevieve Padalecki is the wife of the star of the TV series “Supernatural”, an exemplary mother and just a happy woman. Having built an acting career, the American is now enjoying a vacation with her family and has no plans to return to the set, preferring a mobile phone and her own vlog to massive cameras.

Childhood and youth

The biography of Genevieve Padalecki (born Jennifer Nicole Cortese) begins on January 8, 1981 in San Francisco, California. She is the eldest child in the family and grew up surrounded by her sister Sarah and brothers John and Ben. She inherited Italian and Flemish roots from her father, and French from her mother.

Many facts about Genevieve’s early life are known thanks to the video “10 Facts About Me You Didn’t Know” on her personal channel nowandgen on YouTube. Thus, the actress said that at the age of 7, having seen the comedy “Kindergarten Policeman”, she was so amazed by the actor that she even wrote him a letter - the first and only one addressed to a celebrity. It remained unanswered.

The girl changed three schools. When she was 13 years old, the Cortese family moved to Whitefish, Montana, then to Sun Valley, Idaho. Jennifer received her high school diploma from a private school in California.

From early childhood, Jennifer's idol was Mia Hamm, a soccer player who broke every conceivable women's and men's record. Now, having mastered the career of an actress, Genevieve dreams of following in the footsteps of her favorite and becoming a professional American football player.

However, then, in the early 2000s, her grandmother forced Jennifer to make a choice in favor of creativity. The girl entered the Tisch School of the Arts in New York, received a bachelor's degree in English, then a bachelor of fine arts in drama. At the same time, she attended acting classes by Stella Adler.

Movies

Before filming films, Genevieve - at the age of 21 she gave her native name a more exotic connotation - tried herself on the theatrical stage. The young talent appeared in episodic roles in the productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream based on the comedy, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest based on the novel, Crimes of the Heart and in the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

The girl first appeared on screen in 2004 in the thriller “Hostages of the Desert.” The film tells the story of four bikers who, tired after a party, decide to spend the night in a sand quarry. In the middle of the night, they discover that the place to rest has been chosen poorly - thugs, who have just received a new batch of stolen weapons, are just looking for a living target in the desert. Genevieve's heroine, Amber, is the girlfriend of one of the bikers.

The actress’s next project is the series “The Dead Zone” based on the novel of the same name. Cortese appeared in the episode "Still Life". She played Chloe Grieg (real name Laura Tierney), the muse of a reclusive artist who, after a long break, publishes her portrait. The girl is like two peas in a pod and looks exactly like the dead daughter of the master of the pen. As the series progresses, many secrets are revealed - from the relationship between the artist and his muse to the true reason for the tragic death of his daughter.

Genevieve appeared in the film American Kids (2005), which tells the story of teenagers who spoke out against discrimination by school officials. The plot plays on such eternal themes as freedom of speech and infringement of the rights of sexual minorities. The actress played one of the protesting schoolgirls, a cheerleader.

In the same year, the ABC Family channel launched the series “Wild Fire,” which brought Genevieve Cortese the long-awaited popularity of a TV star. The actress played the main role. Her heroine, Christine Furillo-Davis, is a teenager who ends up in a correctional facility for stealing a car.

The girl is released with a strong desire to start life from scratch. She gets a job at a ranch as a jockey, where she meets new, unusual people. The series aired from 2005 to 2008, with a total of 4 seasons filmed. To cope with the role of a female jockey, Genevieve took horse riding lessons. “Wild Fire” did not open the door to Hollywood for Cortese.

In subsequent years, the girl appeared in a number of minor projects - “Brilliant Ideas” (2006) and “Salted Nuts” (2007). The ray of fame turned to the American in 2008, when she starred in the series “” in the role of the demon Ruby.

Genevieve Cortese first appeared as a demon in the episode "The Raising of Lazarus". After Dean's death, a romantic connection is established between Ruby and Sam; the evil spirits help the younger brother overcome the feeling of loss. Despite the love, Ruby continues to pursue her goal. In Lucifer Rising, the demon finally gets his way: the men unwittingly open the Devil's cage. The devoted brothers kill Ruby. Genevieve herself wished for the death of the heroine - she felt that the image had exhausted itself.

In season 6, Cortese briefly returned to the series, but in a cameo, as the wife of Jared Padalecki. In the episode "The French Mistake", Dean and Sam find themselves in a parallel universe where they are actors starring in the TV series Supernatural. It later turns out that one of their enemies, Ruby, is also Sam's wife.

In 2012, the actress played the main role in the film “Hateful,” about a punk band. Since then, Genevieve forgot about her film career, completely concentrating on her husband and raising children.

Personal life

Jared and Genevieve met in 2007 on the set of Supernatural. Sympathy arose between the actors, which gradually developed into a romance. At first, Cortese asked her future husband not to advertise their relationship, so that in the event of separation, no one on the set would turn the series into their personal drama.

Genevieve and Jared Padalecki

The relationship turned out to be happy. In October 2009, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, near the jointly beloved painting “Joan of Arc” by Jules Bastien-Lepage, Jared knelt before his beloved and proposed to her. The couple officially announced their intention to get married in January 2010.

The wedding took place on February 27, 2010 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Photos from the celebration are associated with the cartoon “Beauty and the Beast.” Due to his height (193 cm), Jared received the nickname Moose, and next to him Genevieve (height 163 cm and weight 47 kg) looked like a princess in a fluffy dress.

2012 added worries to the personal life of the Padalecki spouses: on March 19, their first child, Thomas Colton, was born. On December 22, 2013, Genevieve gave birth to her husband’s second child, Austin Shepard. On March 17, 2017, the “male company” was diluted by daughter Odetta Elliott.

Genevieve Padalecki now

Now the American is focused on her family: she is raising three kids, supporting her talented husband, and in her free time, she writes a vlog on YouTube. On June 29, 2018, the channel celebrated its first anniversary. In the video, Genevieve gives life hacks for busy women, teaches yoga and fitness courses, and recommends books.