Kate Bosworth and Michael Polish File for Divorce After 9 Years of Marriage

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It’s over. Kate Bosworth and Michael Polish have filed for divorce almost one year after the Blue Crush star announced their separation in August 2021, Us Weekly confirms.Bosworth, 39, filed to make her split from the screenwriter, 51, official on Friday, July 15, in the Los Angeles County Courts.The former couple began dating in 2011 and tied the knot in August 2013.

Eight years later, the actress shared via Instagram that they had gone their separate ways.“Our hearts are full, as we have never been so enamored and deeply grateful for one another as we do in this decision to separate,” Bosworth wrote. “Together, over the last ten years, Michael and I have chosen love, every time.

We hold hands as tightly today as we entangled fingers on our wedding day.”The two did not share any children. Polish, however, shares daughter Jasper, 23, with makeup artist Jo Strettell.

Bosworth told Flaunt in March 2020 that being a stepmother was “hands-down the greatest unexpected gift of her life.” Jasper, who was 13 when she met Bosworth, calls her stepmother “Madre.”Several months after revealing the news via social media, Us Weekly confirmed in January 2022 that the Superman Returns star was in a relationship with Justin Long — and had been for some time.“They’ve been dating for a few months now,” a source told Us at the time. “They secretly have been on a few getaways together.