Hugh Jackman's Secret Heartbreak

The Aussie Actor and His Beloved Wife Quietly — and Bravely — Struggled for Years to Conceive a Child of Their Own.

HUGH Jackman’s career has been nothing short of spectacular. His new movie, Logan (his ninth turn as X-Men superhero Wolverine), earned an astounding $88 million in its opening weekend. As an actor and song-and-dance man, he’s been lauded for his performances in films and on Broadway. And for 21 years, Hugh’s been blissfully married to actress Deborra-Lee Furness, with whom he has two beautiful adopted children.

But while his star was rising, behind the scenes, the Aussie hunk nursed a hidden heartache: Deborra-Lee’s struggle to conceive and her tragic multiple miscarriages. “They’ve been through so much together,” says an insider, “but nothing has caused Hugh and Deborra-Lee more grief than their long, hard battle to become parents. When they realized it would never happen naturally, they were devastated.”

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