Matt Damon's Wife Luciana Barroso: Meet the Actor's Longtime Spouse

Finding true love seems impossible in Hollywood, but not for Matt Damon and Luciana Barroso. The longtime lovebirds have been married since 2005 and together, they created one beautiful family.

The Good Will Hunting actor is very private when it comes to his life with Luciana, but he once revealed the story of how they met. While stopping by The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2011, Matt said he happened to cross paths with Lucy at a bar in Miami at the time he was filming Stuck on You in 2003.

“We were supposed to shoot in Hawaii, and then the movie got moved to Miami … I had never really hung out in Miami,” he explained, noting their chance encounter was especially unbelievable considering he didn’t even want to go out that night. Luckily, a crew member dragged him to the bar.

“I literally saw her across a crowded room,” he continued, noting Lucy was working as a bartender at the time. “Eight years and four kids later, that’s my life. I don’t know how else our paths would’ve crossed if that didn’t happen.”

Prior to meeting the Jason Bourne alum, Lucy lived in Argentina. The brunette beauty was raised primarily by her Italian grandparents after her mom and dad divorced, according to The Net Line. While there’s little known about Lucy’s life before meeting Matt or when she moved to Miami, we do know she was previously married to ex-husband Arbello Barroso.

Star reported Lucy’s divorce from Arbello was finalized in December 2004. Before going their separate ways, however, the TV personality welcomed their daughter, Alexia, in 1999.

Following her split from Arbello, Luciana and Matt tied the knot in 2005. After Matt adopted Alexia, the couple expanded their brood when daughter Isabella arrived in 2006, followed by Gia in 2008, and Stella in 2010.

Matt may have become one of Hollywood’s most iconic stars throughout the last few decades, but he and Luciana have never allowed the glitz and glamour to get between their family. In fact, the Academy Award winner believes it’s a blessing that he “fell in love with a civilian.”

“I got lucky. Not an actress and not a famous actress at that. Because then the attention doesn’t double — it grows exponentially,” he told Esquire in July 2013. “But I don’t really give them anything … they can try to stake me out, but they’re always going to get the same story — middle-aged married guy with four kids.”

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Luciana and Matt Renewed Their Vows in 2013

The couple renewed their vows during an over-the-top ceremony at a luxury hotel in Saint Lucia in 2013. Luciana and Matt were joined by famous friends like Emily Blunt, Ben Affleck and Jimmy Kimmel, among many more.

“This isn’t a ‘Hollywood’ wedding. Matt wanted it to be fun, happy and private,” a source told Us Weekly of the vow renewals. “He felt like Luciana deserves this, first and foremost. They’ve wanted to do it for a long time. They had a tiny ceremony the first time [in 2005], and wanted to celebrate with family and friends.”

Luciana Feels Lucky to Have Matt as Her Kids’ Father

Considering Matt treats Luciana’s eldest daughter Alexia “like she is his own flesh and blood,” the doting mom feels lucky to have Matt in her life. “I couldn’t possibly have asked for a better stepfather for my daughter than Matt,” she once gushed to Star magazine. “Matt has been an absolute blessing for my daughter.”

Luciana and Matt Have Matching Tattoos

In addition to the touching tattoo he has in honor of his children, the actor revealed he and his spouse also have matching ink. Speaking with GQ for the magazine’s October 2021 cover story, Matt recalled what led to the decision for the pair to get the tattoo, which was inspired by late star Heath Ledger.

“She just announced it … we were in our apartment in Manhattan, and she was, like, ‘We’re getting tattoos.’ I was, ‘OK,'” he shared, explaining why they specifically went to celebrity tattoo artist Scott Campbell. “There is a friend of ours who did all of Heath Ledger’s tattoos … and I told him if I ever got a tattoo, he was my first phone call.”

The Departed alum said they were inspired to ink their bodies with the special design after seeing a sketch Heath once created on the artist’s computer. “I just wanted to get something that Heath had,” he remembered. “Scott showed me his laptop and I said, ‘Scott, what’s that one?’ And he goes ‘I have no idea — I think that’s just some s—t that Heath squiggled.’ And I went, ‘That’s the one I want.'”

While Matt got tattooed on his arm, he said Lucy got inked on her foot. “So we both have that,” he gushed. “It’s like a little creative little blessing. It’s like an angel that looks over all these names that are on the arm.”