Cillian Murphy kisses his wife after receiving the Oscar for Best Actor

Cillian Murphy finally won his Oscar. The 47-year-old Irish actor, who is best known for his role in the trilogy Dark Knight and its main role Peaky BlindersThis Sunday, March 10, he won the Oscar for Best Actor for his performance Oppenheimer By Christopher Nolan, whose favorite actor he is. When his win was announced, his wife, Yvonne McGuinness, leapt from her seat to cup his face in her hands and give him a quick kiss, before proudly watching him perform.

On stage, Cillian Murphy thanked his “incredible team”, and in particular his wife for being “a partner in life and art”, and his two sons, Malachi and Aran, “sitting there”. “I love you so much. I’m a very proud Irishman standing here tonight,” he said.

28 years together

Despite his rise in Hollywood over the past few years, Cillian Murphy has still managed to maintain a low-key family life. And that’s partly thanks to the unwavering support of his wife, Yvonne. As reported Daily Mail: star of Desert Island Discs on the BBC last monthOppenheimer said his wife was “decisive” in helping him adjust to an acting career in the US. “Having a really secure, solid foundation is important,” she told host Lauren Laverne.

Together for over twenty-eight years and parents to two sons, Cillian Murphy and Yvonne McGuinness first met in the 1990s. At that time, he played in a play called: Disco Pigs:, which tells about the youth of two Irishmen. Applying Keeper In 2016, the actor remembered this time. “This period, when I was filming Disco Pigs: was in some ways the most important period of my life. The people I met there remain some of my closest friends. They shaped me in terms of taste and what I wanted to do with my life. And it was around the same time that I met my wife. He came on tour with us. It was so exciting, 20 years ago or something. we were all kids trying to find our way, but it was such a special time.”

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