
Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski End Nine-Year Marriage
Susan Blake
Updated Oct 4, 2026
Caption: Amanda Seyfried at the 76th Berlin International Film Festival in 2026. Credit: via Wikimedia Commons.
Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski have ended their marriage after nine years, confirming that they had already been separated for some time. The actors said the decision has been the right one for their family and emphasized that they remain connected as co-parents.
The split stands out less for courtroom conflict than for how directly the couple framed it. Their statement acknowledged the separation while avoiding a public fight over blame, creating a clear personal change without the kind of legal allegations that often dominate celebrity breakups.
The couple says the separation was not sudden
The Los Angeles Times reported that Seyfried and Sadoski said they had been separated for a while before making the news public. They married in 2017 and share two children.
Their statement described the separation as the right move for the family unit and stressed that they remain part of one another’s lives. No public filing cited in the report turned the split into a financial or custody fight, and there is no basis to infer one.
Their relationship was often deliberately private
Seyfried and Sadoski met through acting work before marrying quietly. Over the years, both spoke publicly at times about family life, but they did not build their public identities around the marriage.
That makes the announcement itself the major change. For readers who knew them primarily as a long-running Hollywood couple, the news resets a relationship that had largely stayed outside the tabloid cycle.
What remains after the announcement
The couple’s own statement suggests a separation being handled with a focus on family continuity, but the public record still leaves many private details where they belong: private. There is no need to fill those gaps with speculation.
For now, the confirmed development is straightforward. A marriage that began in 2017 has ended, and both actors are presenting the change as one they had already been living with before announcing it publicly.
References: Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski are divorcing after 9 years of marriage
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