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Who is Charlie Hunnam’s nepo baby ex-wife, Katharine Towne? She married the Sons of Anarchy star in Vegas and her father is the Oscar-winning screenwriter behind Chinatown and Mission: Impossible

Hollywood star Charlie Hunnam may be over his ex-wife Katharine Towne these days, but what do we know about the American actress he was briefly married to? Photo: Getty Images
Hollywood star Charlie Hunnam may be over his ex-wife Katharine Towne these days, but what do we know about the American actress he was briefly married to? Photo: Getty Images

Hunnam met the American actress when they both auditioned for teen drama Dawson’s Creek, but described their short-lived relationship as ‘terrible, painful [and] expensive’

Charlie Hunnam is known for starring in Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur and The Gentlemen, and most recently, Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon.

Charlie Hunnam at the premiere of Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire in Los Angeles last December. Photo: AP
Charlie Hunnam at the premiere of Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire in Los Angeles last December. Photo: AP

The British actor made a name for himself in Hollywood after portraying “Jax” Teller in FX series Sons of Anarchy from 2008 to 2014. He was even slated to play Christian Grey in Fifty Shades of Grey but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts, according to Vanity Fair.

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These days the handsome star is not short of admirers, and has been off the market for some time – but did you know he was briefly married to an American actress far before he became famous?

How did Charlie Hunnam meet Katharine Towne?

Katharine Towne, her father Robert and then-husband Charlie Hunnam. Photo: Getty Images
Katharine Towne, her father Robert and then-husband Charlie Hunnam. Photo: Getty Images

Young Hunnam met Katherine Towne when they both auditioned for 90s teen drama Dawson’s Creek. They got married in 1999 in Las Vegas when he was only 18 and she was 20.

“First time I was ever in Vegas I got married, which didn’t turn out that well. I had known the girl for three weeks. We had fallen madly in love and it was the first time I had ever been in love,” he explained in a video interview with AP.

Did Charlie Hunnam and Katharine Towne have kids?

Charlie Hunnam, star of Sons of Anarchy, married Katharine Towne after he’d known her for only three weeks. Photo: AP
Charlie Hunnam, star of Sons of Anarchy, married Katharine Towne after he’d known her for only three weeks. Photo: AP

While the couple was married for three years until their divorce was finalised in 2002, they never had any children together. According to the Associated Press, Hunnam called it “Three terrible, painful, expensive years,” before adding, “I got the cats at the end of it, so that was good. There was a small victory.”