Marriage – and professional – happiness! Jordana Brewster is living her best life after turning 40 – and she always knew it would be.
“I am an old soul. I felt like when I was 40 I was going to totally fly,” said the x fast 43-year-old actress, exclusively reveals in the new issue of We Weekly. “It makes sense that I met the love of my life at 40. It’s just a really fun time and I’m enjoying it.”
THE lethal weapon alum got married to Mason Morfit in September 2022 after getting engaged a year prior. The former soap opera star and the CEO of ValueAct Capital, 44, met in 2020 after being introduced by a mutual friend.
Brewster tells We that she knew Morfit was The One when she brought him to her book club. “He had read a book I had referred to called Virginia Woolf’s Orlando“, she recalls. “I was like, ‘Wow! If you’re going to put that time in there, you’re a keeper.
Jordana Brewster at the 2023 Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project Block Party
Broadimage/ShutterstockTHE F9 The star says married life has been a “game changer” for the couple. “We complement each other in that we’re both nerds, very emotional and yet we love the organization,” she explains. “We gravitate toward the same things. We learned a lot from each other. »
Prior to her romance with Morfit, Brewster was married to Form of Andrewho she married in 2007. The former couple – who share sons Julian, 9, and Rowan, 6 – separated in 2020. Morfit, for her part, has four children from a previous relationship.
“You never know what the day will bring, and you have to deal with it,” said the American crime history alum says of parenthood. “With my second child, I felt so much more relaxed. Now I don’t want to try to find the best path, I just want to enjoy it.
Brewster’s personal life isn’t the only thing that brings him joy these days – the dallas the alum’s career is also in high gear. She reprized her role as Mia Toretto in May’s x fast and is set to appear in an upcoming Netflix comedy series titled Neon.
The Panama native has been acting since she was a teenager, but she feels like the best is yet to come. “The actresses I admire the most are in their 40s and 50s,” she tells Us. “The roles are more complex. For a while I was sidelined from girlfriend or good girl roles. I have more fun now than when I was 20.
For more on Brewster’s new chapter, watch the video above and grab the new issue of We Weeklyon the stands now.