Broadway and “Youthful” star Sutton Foster is ending her marriage to screenwriter Ted Griffin simply shy of their 10-year marriage ceremony anniversary.
The 49-year-old Broadway actress on Tuesday filed for an uncontested divorce, in keeping with New York County Superior Courtroom data reviewed by USA TODAY. She and Griffin, 53, had been married on Oct. 25, 2014, in keeping with experiences on the time. The 2 share a 7-year-old daughter Emily.
USA TODAY has reached out to representatives for Foster and Griffin for remark.
Foster, a two-time Tony winner, is ending her run as Princess Winnifred the Woebegone within the Broadway manufacturing of “As soon as Upon a Mattress.” Griffin’s credit embody “Ocean’s Eleven” and episodes of the ABC drama sequence “9-1-1.”
Talking with USA TODAY in 2014 about her starring position within the Broadway musical “Violet” — which earned Foster a best-actress Tony nomination — she opened up about how she associated to her character, who took a Greyhound bus from North Carolina to Oklahoma to erase a facial scar sustained in an accident. On the time, Foster was engaged to Griffin.
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“This will probably be my second marriage. I really feel like I am starting an entire new chapter of my maturity, and Violet’s journey speaks to me on so many ranges,” Foster mentioned. “She feels such disgrace and despair, after which she lastly meets somebody who sees past her flaws and type of loves her due to them.
“It is a highly effective message, as a result of nobody is ideal, and we search companions to share our lives with who can climate no matter lies forward,” she added. “I really feel like I’ve discovered that individual I need to get on the bus with. And that is actually thrilling.”