Hugh Jackman & Deborra Lee-Furness | Oscar & Ava

Hugh Jackman and Deborra Lee-Furness adopted their son and daughter after the latter underwent multiple losses and struggles with IVF. Oscar was absorbed by the couple in 2000 while Ava entered the household sometime in 2005. Jackman shared to People that due to his wife’s age back then, they immediately went with their family plan. They tied the knot in 1996; she was 40 and he was 26.

To adopt from a community was their chief goal. However, the biggest factor that led the couple to get mixed-race children was because they saw it as the biggest need. Lee-Furness and Jackman decided the matter as quick as electricity. “A lot of people go into [adoption thinking] it’s really important for the kid to look like them, and honestly, for Deb and I, that just never even was an issue,” the actor stressed.