Abbie Cornish's Husband: The Actress Got Engaged to MMA Fighter after Her Romance with Ryan Phillippe

Adel Altamimi was set to become Abbie Cornish's husband, but the cute couple last appeared on each other's social media a few years ago. It is unclear if Abbie Cornish's relationship with the MMA fighter is still ongoing.

Abbie Cornish began acting in her teens after winning a modeling competition. She starred as Dr. Cathy Mueller in the first season of "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan" and returned to the hit show in its final season.

She was introduced by the tabloids to the American public as the other woman due to the timing of her relationship with Ryan Phillippe. However, she later got engaged to someone else though their relationship status is unclear.

Abbie Cornish's Relationship with Ryan Phillippe Raised Her Profile in Hollywood

"I guess I was lucky because it was love that brought me here, not work," Cornish said in 2009, two years after she relocated to Los Angeles from her native Australia.

That "love" was Phillippe, who the actress met while filming "Stop-Loss." The pair began dating at the same time when he and his ex-wife Reese Witherspoon announced their divorce.

The tabloids subsequently cast the up-and-coming actress as the home wrecker in the divorce narrative. Phillippe and Witherspoon have two children.

The "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan" actress reflected on the difficult time at the start of her international career in a W magazine interview:

"It was just this world of tabloid magazines that I'd never been exposed to. In a normal successful career, someone usually learns these things bit by bit. For me, it was like night and day."

When asked about their plans for engagement after they had been together for three years, Cornish admitted that she did not know if they were planning to take that step. However, she did confirm that she had met his children.

Ryan Phillippe and Abbie Cornish Reportedly Drifted Apart

On Sunday, February 21, 2010, Cornish was seen moving her things out of the home she had shared with the "Cruel Intentions" actor. Her representative confirmed to a tabloid that they had broken up after four years.

The trainer has a dark backstory.

A source close to the situation claimed that the long-time couple had drifted apart and that she flew into Los Angeles to move out on Ryan Phillippe's request.

Abbie Cornish Was Ready to Get Married to an MMA Fighter

Cornish quoted John Keats on Valentine's Day 2019 when she got engaged to MMA fighter Adel Altamimi, born and raised in Baghdad, Iraq. She shared a few posts and stories with her fiancé, saying she could not wait to begin a family with him.

According to a 2022 report, the pair no longer follow each other on Instagram. The actress has scrubbed images with him from her grid, and there is no word on whether they are still an item or have broken up.

The trainer has a dark backstory. While contracted to drive convoys for the US Marines during the Iraq War, Altamimi was captured by al-Qaeda. He witnessed the killing of a cousin and a friend but was saved by the Marines before his execution.

On his return to the United States, he trained as an MMA fighter and became the personal trainer to NFL players and stars like Chris Pratt, Demi Lovato, and Noah Centineo.