How Mads Mikkelsen and Hanne Jacobsen Postponed Their Marriage for 13 Years, But Carried Their Love Through Time and Distance

Sometimes, it seems that the life of stars is a roller-coaster with crazy love stories, gorgeous weddings, and huge divorces. But the strong relationships of Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russel, Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively prove otherwise. Everything becomes “before” and “after” when we find true love. This is what happened to Mads Mikkelsen that usually plays charismatic villains, but is an exemplary family man in real life.

We at CHEERY want to tell you the love story of Mads Mikkelsen and his wife that got married only 13 years after the started of the relationship, and they are really happy.

Today, Mads Mikkelsen is a successful international actor, and star of a Bond film, who has been the first on the list of the hottest men in Denmark several times. After the results were public, he even said on Facebook, “I beat Brad Pitt.” But it hasn’t always been like this. He started the difficult path to the top after the age of 30, and his loving wife Hanne has always supported him.

How they met.

Mads and Hanne met in 1987 when they were working on the La Cage aux Folles play. Mads was supposed to dance the female part, and Hanne was his choreographer. It’s interesting that the future star of Casino Royale is a great ballet dancer and even finished an academy in this specialization.

The actor remembered this moment, joking at himself, “I met her when I was dressed up like a woman. There must be some Freudian stuff happening there. I was a Chinese girl, and I think I was quite good. I have women’s legs.”

The future Mrs. Mikkelsen also shared her thoughts about the start of their relationship when she decided, “That right there, that’s the man in my life.” Since then, they have been together, and 13 years after the start of the relationship, they got officially married.

Young parents and a fateful choice.

Hanne is a very versatile person. Aside from choreography and dancing, she is also an actress, she was in tv-series, and had a very popular role in Denmark in Harry Måneskin. This makes the choice she made for her family and husband even more significant.

After a short time, the couple had children: daughter Viola, and son Carl, 5 years later. But the parents were going to get married.

At first, they lived and raised kids in Copenhagen. But in 2012, Mads’ career went uphill: he got a role in Hannibal which was filmed in Toronto. Hanne decided to leave their home in Copenhagen, took the kids, and moved to Canada because she knew that acting was her husband’s calling.

The series was extremely popular and gave a boost to Mads’ career, but at what cost? In a 2014 interview, he was complaining that they would never live the same way as they did during the first years of their relationship. When the show was on, they could live in one house for only 3 months.

Love no matter what.

Many years later, the spouses learned to take fame with humor, and they are as close as ever now. Mads jokes at his wife and asks, ’’Honey, do you realize who you’re married to? The sexiest man 14 years ago." Hanna replies, ’Well, you’re married to the hottest girl in the world."

About her career as a dancer, Hanne said in an interview that she doesn’t feel like she sacrificed something, “I had my time as a dancer, and it was a great time.”

You can often see Hanne on red carpets next to her husband. She always supports him during movie premieres and festivals. For example, she shared his joy when he won Best Actor at the 2012 Cannes Awards for The Hunt.

Kids, just like mom, also influenced their father’s career and even try to make him choose certain roles. The son convinced him to take part in Rihanna’s video. And his daughter is a huge Harry Potter fan, and she convinced him to work on Fantastic Beasts.

Carl travels a lot today and serves in the Denmark Royal Guards. And Viola is helping those in need. After learning to be a nurse, she worked as a volunteer in Nepal, where she took care of children. Now, she is a pediatric nurse and takes care of young patients.

The feelings, tested by time.

Today, the family lives in 2 houses: in Copenhagen and in Mallorca. Hanne has an active lifestyle, she plays tennis and does a great job being the wife of a famous actor. Mads keeps giving us new roles on the big screen and shows his affection to his wife during public events.

For more than 30 years, they have been enjoying their simple family life. They managed to build their own world, based on love and the right choices.

Do you think it’s possible to balance a successful career and a strong family?