Since Wednesday, he has been starring in Christopher Nolan’s latest film, “Oppenheimer”. After the undisputed success of “Peaky Blinders”, “Inception” or even “Dunkirk”, Cillian Murphy was chosen to play the role of the scientist and friend of Albert Einstein, alongside Matt Damon, Emily Blunt and Robert Downey Jr., among others. What confirms a little more the talent of this oh so discreet Irish actor. If he is in the spotlight thanks to his career in the seventh Art, Cillian Murphy is indeed betting on discretion when it comes to his private life. His love story with Yvonne McGuinness, who has shared his life for almost twenty years, it is far from prying eyes that he prefers to live it. But who is the one who shares his life?
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20 years of love
Of Irish origin, Yvonne McGuinness is no stranger to the world of cinema. She graduated from the Royal College of Art in London and now works in the visual arts. “His work encompasses film, performance, sculptural and textile elements, sound and writing,” reads his website. When she met Cillian Murphy, almost twenty years ago, the actor was only at the beginning of his career. He was playing at the time in an Irish play called “Disco Pigs”. “That time doing ‘Disco Pigs’ was kind of the most important time of my life. The people I met there remain my closest friends… They shaped me in terms of tastes, in terms of what I wanted to do with my life. And it was around the same time that I met my wife,” Cillian Murphy said in an interview for “The Guardian” in 2016.
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Marriage and births
The couple married in 2004 and welcomed two children over the years: Malachy in 2005 and Aran in 2007. Very discreet about their personal life, Cillian Murphy and Yvonne McGuinness continue their happiness in Dublin, after having lived for several years in London. Thanks to his wife, the star claims to have kept his feet on the ground. “Fame was never an objective,” says Cillian Murphy in “People” magazine. “It’s very important to have someone like that [Yvonne McGuinness]. My life hasn’t changed in any way, really. I still have the same friends and we go to the same places. »
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