Sutton Foster Has Filed for Divorce, So What's the Deal Between Her and Hugh Jackman?

Balancing life as a working parent is not easy. Add in an unpredictable job like acting and a partner who is equally busy, and it becomes even more of a challenge. Sutton Foster was a married, working mother who starred in Younger and seemed to be making things work. However, in October 2024, she filed for divorce, calling all kinds of things into question.

Who is Sutton Foster's ex-husband? While her role on Younger sparked curiosity, the question resurfaced in December 2023. A source informed In Touch Weekly that Hugh Jackman, who separated from his wife in September 2023, was romantically involved with the TV star, claiming their romance is "an open secret on Broadway." Let's first learn about Sutton's ex-husband, whom she is now divorcing, and then address the rumors about her and Hugh hooking up.

Sutton is an American actor, dancer, and singer who is most known for her time on Broadway. She received two Tony Awards for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in 2002 and 2011 for her roles in Thoroughly Modern Millie and Anything Goes. She's been on the stage for many other performances and has gained many accolades for her incredible talents.

In 2015, she landed a role on TV land's comedy-drama Younger, working alongside Hilary Duff and putting her talent in front of a very different audience than what's usually seen for Broadway shows. She's making her dreams come true while juggling the life of a mother and wife.

Sutton has been married twice, the first time being to Christian Borle, a two-time Tony Award winner. The two wed in 2006, and divorced in 2009. Then, in 2014, Sutton opted for a man who prefers to remain behind the scenes — a screenplay writer named Ted Griffin. Some of Ted's most notable works include Ocean's Eleven and Matchstick Men.

For her, motherhood wasn't something that was really on her mind when she was doing the Broadway grind. But when she met and got married to her second husband in 2014, she thought that between the two of them, they'd be able to keep their dreams alive and add parenthood into the mix.

"I'd always been on the fence about having kids. And when I met my husband, Ted [Griffin] . . . all of a sudden, I had this new sort of idea about what family was about," she said in an interview with POPSUGAR in 2019. "Somehow, when we got married, it brought our families together. And I thought, 'Oh. If I was to have a kid, that just makes sense.' So we started trying right away to get pregnant."

Unfortunately, getting pregnant wasn't as easy as TV shows made it out to be. "You spend your entire life trying not to get pregnant. And then the minute you start to try to get pregnant, you're like, 'Oh. It's impossible,'" she recalled.  

"I was like, 'Wait a minute. Why is this happening?' And I was so frustrated because I feel like I'm such a doer," explained Sutton. "When I set my mind to something, [I do it]. I was like, 'I'm going to make it happen.' And it just wasn't happening. I was also very frustrated that I felt like all of the pressures to have a baby fell on the woman." 

For over a year, she and her husband attempted IVF and when that didn't work after multiple pills and shots and going through all the necessary steps, they started to look into adoption – specifically an open adoption.

In March 2017, Sutton and her husband became parents to a little girl named Emily Dale.

In December of 2023, rumors suggesting Sutton and Hugh Jackman were secretly dating began to spread like wildfire. A "snitch" revealed to In Touch Weekly that Sutton and Hugh became rather close while working on the musical The Music Man. The show debuted in December 2021 and closed in January 2023.

Another source told the outlet that The Wolverine star “has been besotted with Sutton from the moment he met her. He followed her around like a puppy!” The "informant" also shared that Sutton is “absolutely giddy around” Hugh.

Although Sutton did not publicly comment on the rumors, she posted a sweet photo of her, Ted, and their daughter enjoying their time together in N.Y. around the time the rumors started. Now that she's getting divorced, people are understandably wondering whether something between her and Hugh has indeed been sparked. Only time will tell!