Sutton Foster Is Married, So What's the Deal Between Her and Hugh Jackman?

The Gist:

• Sutton Foster has been married twice.
• She was married to her first husband, Christian Borle from 2006 to 2009, and tied the knot a second time in 2014 with Ted Griffin.
• Sutton's love life was thrust into the spotlight in December 2023 after a source told In Touch Weekly actor Hugh Jackman is romancing the Younger star.

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. For Sutton Foster, who is a married, working mother who starred in Younger, she is able to make it work, but she's realistic about what that all entails.

Speaking of marriage, who is Sutton Foster's 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, is romantically involved with the TV star, claiming their romance is "an open secret on Broadway." Let's first learn about Sutton's husband, to whom she is still married, and then address the rumors about her and Hugh hooking up.

Sutton is an American actress, 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 knew 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, who is now six years old.

As for how married life is going for her, it sounds like she and her husband are enjoying the chaos that comes with being parents. Even if that means they don't get to see each other as much as they'd like.

Although Sutton and her husband seem to be very much a committed couple, rumors suggesting Sutton and Hugh Jackman are secretly dating began to spread like wildfire in December 2023. 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 has yet to 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. Therefore, we're interpreting the happy family pic as a jab at the "snitch" and an attempt to put the rumors to rest.