Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski have revealed they separated quietly some time ago, ending a nine-year marriage that began with a private elopement and played out largely away from the Hollywood spotlight.
The couple, who share two young children, released a joint statement to People magazine on Tuesday confirming the split. Seyfried, 40, and Sadoski, 50, offered no specific reason for the breakup but framed it as a mutual decision that had already been in effect for an undisclosed period.
The Sun reported that the pair had lived on a farm in upstate New York during their marriage, keeping a deliberately low profile compared to most celebrity couples. Neither actor addressed whether a formal divorce filing has been made.
Their joint statement struck a tone more amicable than most Hollywood breakup announcements:
"We have been separated for a while, and it's proven to be the right move for us and our family unit. We've got each other forever, and it's GOOD."
That emphasis, "GOOD," capitalized in the original, was the closest either came to explaining what went wrong or what comes next. No custody details, no financial disclosures, and no timeline for when the separation actually began.
Seyfried and Sadoski first met in 2015 while starring together in the off-Broadway production of The Way We Get By. They reunited months later as love interests in the film The Last Word, and by March 2016 they were dating. An engagement followed later that year.
In March 2017, the couple eloped. Sadoski described the ceremony at the time in terms that now read with a certain bittersweet weight:
"We eloped. We just took off into the country with an officiant and just the two of us, and we did our thing."
He added that it was "beautiful" and "everything that it should be." Days after the elopement, their daughter Nina was born. Their son, Thomas Jr., arrived in September 2020.
The speed of the relationship, from first meeting to marriage in roughly two years, matched a pattern of intensity that both actors spoke about publicly. In 2017, Sadoski called Seyfried "the person that I love, admire, respect most in the world." As recently as 2023, Seyfried described their dynamic as "yin and yang."
High-profile divorces have become a recurring chapter in Hollywood life. Jennifer Garner has spoken candidly about the financial anxiety that followed her own split, and she is far from alone in navigating the personal and financial fallout that comes when a marriage ends under public scrutiny.
Sadoski, a Connecticut native, built a career largely on stage and television. He began as Mark Ruffalo's understudy in the off-Broadway play This Is Our Youth before making his film debut in 2000, starring as Chris in Loser. His best-known role came on HBO's The Newsroom, where he played journalist Don Keefer.
Seyfried, meanwhile, has remained one of the more bankable names in Hollywood. She recently starred in The Housemaid alongside Sydney Sweeney and appeared in The Testament of Ann Lee. Her next project, The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd, is scheduled for release next month.
The couple's decision to live on a farm in upstate New York, far from Los Angeles, was part of a deliberate effort to raise their children outside the entertainment industry's glare. That choice also meant their separation unfolded without the paparazzi-driven spectacle that has accompanied other celebrity splits. Celebrity divorces have increasingly driven luxury real-estate activity, though no property transactions tied to Seyfried and Sadoski have been reported.
The joint statement left nearly every practical question unanswered. It did not say when the couple actually separated, whether attorneys are involved, or how they plan to divide parenting responsibilities for Nina and Thomas Jr. The phrase "separated for a while" could mean months or years, neither specified.
That ambiguity is itself a choice. In an era when celebrity breakups routinely generate weeks of competing leaks and tabloid narratives, Seyfried and Sadoski appear to have managed theirs with unusual discipline. Whether that restraint holds as the story draws more attention remains to be seen.
Other stars who have gone through public divorces have handled the aftermath in strikingly different ways. Brad Pitt has spoken about the deep personal toll his split from Angelina Jolie took on his mental health, a reminder that even amicable-sounding statements can mask real pain.
Seyfried's professional calendar is full. Sadoski's next moves are less clear publicly. Both will have to navigate co-parenting two children under the age of eight while maintaining careers that put them in front of cameras and audiences.
For now, the couple wants the public to believe the split is genuinely friendly. Other celebrity exes have made similar claims before the real complications surfaced.
A capitalized "GOOD" in a press statement is easy to write. Living up to it, with two kids and two public careers, is the harder part.
