Actor Joel Kinnaman has split from his wife of two years, tattoo artist Cleo Wattenstrom!

Updated On March 18, 2024 | Published By: shahid | In Career , Dating , Divorce

In the year 2015, the actor Joel Kinnaman married Cleo Wattenstrom.
But after three years of their marital life, they decided to go their separate ways in 2018.
They have called it quits on their married life.

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Joel Kinnaman and Cleo Wattentrom split

Sources told US Weekly that actor Joel Kinnaman, 39 and his wife, Cleo Wattenstrom, 27 had already split last year. However, they continue to remain friends but did not succeed to be spouses.

The couple had recently attended a UFC fight in December 2018 with their mutual friends. There is no bad blood there or foul mouth after the split and both are on talking terms to each other.

There has been no official confirmation or denial on this split from either Joel or Cleo. The reason for this split is also not known. After his split from Cleo, Joel has been sighted with Swedish-Australian model Kelly Gale.

Kelly already has a boyfriend named Johannes Jarl and has uploaded some selfies with him at the Australian Open.

Joel Kinnaman and Cleo Wattenstrom-their relationship dateline

In the middle of the year 2014, Joel began to date the Swedish tattoo artist Cleo Wattenstrom. They kept their affair low-key and they stepped out together during the premiere of his film Run All Night.

In 2016, Joel had revealed that he and Cleo is married. There was no more information disclosed about the date, nature, and venue of their wedding. Some websites have quoted the date of the wedding as 25 April 2016. But it was a secret wedding and Joel has said that his tattoo artist wife Cleo had laughed at his Suicide Squad tattoo.

He said:

“She was laughing at it. A lot of tattoo artists are not so precious about their tattoos.”

Cleo has tattoos on her face, neck, and hands. Joel had said in 2016,

“My wife, she’s got this, I call it ‘Mr. Baby.’ It’s like a baby with a mustache on it. [Tattoo artists are] all friends, they get drunk and do tattoos on each other. They’re actually the ones that are the least precious about it. She was like, ‘His line work needs some work!’”

Kinnaman and his ex-girlfriends

Joel Kinnaman was dating American actress cum model Olivia Munn from February 2012 to March 2014. He was in a relationship with actress Jane Timglas from 2009 to 2011. Now after his split from wife Cleo Wattenstrom, he has been spotted with model Kelly Gale. There are no more details about Cleo’s past romantic life.

Kinnaman-career and films

Joel started his career in films as a child actor in 1990. He debuted in the soap opera called Storstad. After a break, this Swedish-American star restarted his career in 2002.

He learned acting and procured several roles in Swedish films. He earned some awards and nominations and gained international fame.

Joel hired an agent to kickstart his career in the US and went on to bag several wonderful roles in Hollywood. He is now an established actor in the US and has dual citizenship-Swedish and American.

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Short bio on Joel Kinnaman

Kinnaman is a Swedish and American actor. He is famous for his role as Detective Stephen Holder in AMC’s ‘The Killing’, as Governor Will Conway in the U.S. version of ‘House of Cards’. He is also well-recognized for his performance as Takeshi Kovacs in the first season of ‘Altered Carbon’. More Bio…

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