Billy Bob Thornton secretly marries Connie Angland


February 22, 2015

Billy Bob Thornton secretly tied the knot with his long-term girlfriend Connie Angland in October 2014. Representatives for the actor, who was previously married to Angelina Jolie, have confirmed that he and Connie are now husband and wife.A spokesperson for Fargo star said that 59-year-old Billy Bob and 49-year-old make-up artist Connie married on 22 October "at their home in Los Angeles during a private ceremony before family."

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Billy Bob and Connie have been together for 12 years

The couple, who have been together for 12 years since meeting on the set of Bad Santa, have a ten-year-old daughter called Bella together, who was born on 24 September 2004."My daughter [Bella] wants to be an entomologist, so everything is about insects like butterflies and caterpillars," Billy Bob revealed in June 2014. "Last Halloween she went as a monarch butterfly and I went as a ladybug. That doesn't really look like me, but I did it. I strapped on the wings and everything.

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The couple have a daughter named Bella together

Father-of-four Billy Bob has been married five times before.From 1978 to 1980 the Fargo actor was married to Melissa Lee Gatlin and the couple had a daughter called Amanda. In 1986 Billy Bob married actress Toni Lawrence although they separated the following year and divorced in 1988.In 1990 Arkansas-born Billy Bob married Cynda Williams, who starred in his 1992 writing debut One False Move. The pair went their separate ways later that year.From 1993 to 1997 Billy Bob was married to Playboy model Pietra Dawn Cherniak, with whom he has sons Harry James and William.

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Billy Bob and Connie in 2004

In the same year as his divorce from Pietra, the actor got engaged to Jurassic Park star Laura Dern although their relationship ended in 1999.The year 2000 saw Billy Bob tie the knot with Angelina Jolie, who was almost 20 years his junior. During their time together Angelina adopted her son Maddox from Cambodia, although it was later revealed that she had done so as a single parent and when the couple separated in June 2002, young Maddox remained with the Girl, Interrupted star.

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