Joel Kinnaman's Wife: Inside the Actor's Relationship with Fiancée Kelly Gale and past Marriage

Joel Kinnaman's romantic journey has taken him from his first wife, Cleo Wattenström, to his current fiancée, lingerie model Kelly Gale. Despite being divorced, he and his ex-wife remain amicable. Now engaged and enjoying the role of a dog parent, the actor has found love and happiness again.

Joel Kinnaman helped popularize Scandinavia crime procedurals in the three seasons of "The Killing." He had a prolific career in his native Sweden and made a name stateside in blockbusters like "Safe House" and "The Suicide Squad."

His next project, a sci-fi by Neill Blomkamp, "They Found Us," is filming in Australia in 2023, a subtle nod to his Swedish-Australian fiancée. The couple have been together since 2019.

Joel Kinnaman and Olivia Munn Remained Good Friends after Their Romance Did Not Work Out

According to E! News sources, Olivia Munn was good friends with Kinnaman before they began dating over Christmas in 2011. They made their red carpet debut at the second season premiere of "The Killing," where he stars opposite Mireille Enos.

The couple's last public outing was at a Knicks game in New York City in February 2014, where they were photographed kissing in their courtside seats.

With beauty magazine interviews being done months in advance, an Allure article of Munn gushing over Kinnaman in his "Robocop" suit was published in April 2014, not long before Us Weekly reported on their break up.

Insiders told the tabloid they had ended their liaison months earlier but remained friends. Munn met her future partner and father of her child a few months before the low-key breakup, but some time passed before they got together.

Munn said in a 2015 interview that she had connected with stand-up comedian John Mulaney at a wedding in 2013. She enjoyed his conversation so much she wanted to take him and his then-fiancée Anna Marie Tendler to dinner.

After a stint in rehab and divorce from Tendler, the stand-up comedian reportedly began dating the actress in mid-2021. The couple had their first child, Malcolm Hiệp Mulaney, on November 24, 2021.

Joel Kinnaman Was Briefly Married to Tattoo Artist Cleo Wattenström

Host Aisha Tyler inadvertently got Kinnaman to reveal his relationship status on "The Talk" when she asked him what his tattoo artist girlfriend, Wattenström, thought about his "Suicide Squad" tattoo.

He rectified her label by saying Wattenström was his wife. He referred to her as his wife a few more times, telling an anecdote about how she laughed at his ink and, like many artists, she is "not so precious" about body art. The couple reportedly got together in 2014 and attended many industry events, like the 69th Annual Emmy Primetime Awards.

In August 2016, the actor corrected "The Late Late Show" host James Corden who asked him about his recent marriage, telling him it was around a year and a half ago, and detailed the joyous occasion.

The nuptials occurred on San Vicente Boulevard in Los Angeles in "Same Day Marriage," where a "little Russian lady" charged them 435 dollars.

The dead-pan Swede described their officiant as a "Dracula-looking creature" without eyebrows but having two "upside-down V's painted over her eyes."

The "chapel" looked more like a torture contraption to the actor, but they said their "I dos" regardless. In her social media bio, Wattenström, born in Belgium on June 20, 1992, identifies as Swedish-Ethiopian.

Wattenström trades as 'Cleo Kinnaman' professionally as a painter and tattoo artist.

She dropped out of school in Stockholm, Sweden, at 14 to become a tattoo artist and now runs her tattoo parlor in Venice, California. Us Weekly broke the news in January 2019 that the couple had separated the previous year—as quietly as they had gotten married.

Sources close to the exes said that they were still friends. She posted a photo of them with friends at a UFC fight in December and had once wished him a happy birthday.

As of June 2023, Wattenström trades as 'Cleo Kinnaman' professionally as a painter and tattoo artist. She is the creative director of Mist and is WaterAid Sweden's ambassador.

Joel Kinnaman Wants to Give Marriage Another Chance with Model and Actress Kelly Gale.

The delayed news reports of Kinnaman's relationships, specifically when they begin and end, can make it look like there is some overlap. He was spotted with model and actress Kelly Gale on Sunday, January 20, 2019, in Los Angeles, three days before Us Weekly announced his split from Wattenström.

The model was dating her high school sweetheart Johannes Jarl when she met Kinnaman. She was photographed with Jarl in Australia that same month at a tennis match but reportedly broke up shortly after.

After the Victoria's Secret model and "The Suicide Squad" actor started dating, they publicized their relationship at the Coachella Valley Music Festival in April 2019.

Born on May 14, 1995, in Gothenburg, Sweden, Gale is of Indian and Australian heritage. She starred in Enrique Iglesias' music video "Duele el Corazón," featuring Wisin in 2016, and made her feature debut in Gerard Butler's "Plane" in 2023.

Gale revealed in an Instagram Q&A that they took a spontaneous trip to Bali after only three dates. She knew he was the guy for her when he was willing to get up at 1 a.m. to do a night walk with her.

During the pandemic, they adopted a dog named Zoe from an animal shelter, and she encouraged her social media followers to rescue a pet rather than go to a breeder.

Kinnaman proposed on January 18, 2021, with the ocean in the background. "Yours forever❤," the model captioned her Instagram post on the day.

The actor has since deactivated his Instagram account, but there was enough time for Olivia Munn and Wattenstrom to leave encouraging emojis in his comments.