Personal life
The charming, handsome man with piercing blue eyes never had problems with women - he always quickly and easily started relationships. The first serious romance in Bradley Cooper’s personal life, which ended in marriage, happened at the beginning of his creative biography, and his colleague Jennifer Esposito became the actor’s wife, but their family lasted only four months, Bradley Cooper’s children did not appear in this marriage, and nothing connected the spouses .
In the photo: Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Esposito
Jennifer filed for divorce, but Bradley did not object.
“We just didn’t need to get married. It’s good that we both realized that,” Cooper says.
Eight years later, Esposito released a book of memoirs, “Jennifer’s Way,” in which she spoke unflatteringly about her ex-husband, calling him a manipulator.
A Star is Born (2018)
Director: Bradley Cooper.
Famous country singer Jackson Maine has already become a habit of warming himself up before a performance with booze and drugs. After the concert, the star wanted to continue the banquet, and she went to local bars.
In one of them, a man was amazed by the girl’s performance. She perfectly performed Edith Piaf's composition. The young people started talking. Ellie admitted that she composes songs herself, but does not dare to perform with them, since she did not come out with her face.
Jackson, touched by the stranger's revelation, tells the story of his life, and the girl instantly turns it into a song. Maine is truly fascinated by Ellie. The singer persistently invites the talented performer to his concert.
He intends to reveal a new star to the public.
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Irina Shayk and Bradley Cooper reconciled, despite the actor’s affair with another (02/12/2020)
Esposito also said that soon after the wedding she felt that she was not needed by her husband, who stopped paying attention to her.
After the divorce, the actor’s personal life did not stand still - among his passions were Renee Zellweger, whom he met on the set of the film “Case No. 39,” Olivia Wilde, Jennifer Aniston, Zoe Saldana, whose affair lasted almost a year.
In the photo: Bradley Cooper and Renee Zellweger
The actor had an even longer relationship with model Suki Waterhouse. The aspiring actress was seventeen years younger than Cooper, but this did not prevent the rapid development of their romance. The actor’s beloved came to him for filming, accompanied him when he received the Oscar, and even met his mother, but Bradley broke up with her too.
Cooper and Suki Waterhouse
The reason for the breakup, according to rumors, was the actor’s constant communication with his ex-lover Renee Zellweger, who apparently left an indelible mark on Bradley’s soul.
In the photo: Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk
In the spring of 1915, a new romance broke out in Bradley Cooper’s personal life - with the Russian model Irina Shayk, who had recently said goodbye to her boyfriend Cristiano Ronaldo. The couple did not comment on their relationship for a long time, despite the fact that a beautiful ring decorated with a large stone soon appeared on Irina’s ring finger.
There was no doubt that everything was serious between Cooper and Shayk after Irina appeared at the next fashion show in an outfit that did not hide her noticeably rounded tummy. And soon it became known that the couple had a child - daughter Leah de Seine Shake Cooper.
The actor moved to western Manhattan, where Irina lived, and began raising his daughter.
“Bradley and I completely share the responsibilities of caring for our daughter. It is very important that the father participates in raising the child,” said Shayk.
Cooper, who became a father for the first time at the age of forty-two, enjoyed spending time with his daughter, telling her fairy tales and reading children's poems, many of which he learned in Russian.
However, family happiness turned out to be short-lived - according to the latest news, the actor was suspected of having an affair with Lady Gaga, and Bradley Cooper's wife did not like this.
This summer, information appeared in the tabloids that one of the most beautiful couples in Hollywood had broken up, and Shayk had left Cooper's mansion in an elite area of Los Angeles.
However, after the divorce, the former spouses were able to maintain an adequate relationship, and Bradley, who had not previously had children, shared care of his daughter Leah with his ex-wife.
The actor can often be seen walking with her on the streets of New York.
“Fatherhood has made me different in every way. It makes me feel like I'm back in my childhood. See what I mean? I can play all day long and not think that I look weird,” the actor shares.
From Pennsylvania to Hollywood
Bradley Cooper was born in Philadelphia, into a house filled with everything from Billy Joel and Led Zeppelin to Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky. Although his parents were not musicians, they instilled in him amazing taste, and, while still a teenager, Bradley covered his entire room with posters of his idols.
Cooper loved performing - he mastered the bass guitar early, and at 12 he decided to connect his life with the stage. He entered a private acting school, where he met the main mentor in his life, Elizabeth Kemp, to whom, by the way, the film “A Star is Born” is dedicated.
In 2000, he landed a role in JJ Abrams' Alias and impressed the director with his thoughtful approach to work. He tried to understand every aspect of the show's production, sitting for hours with the editors in the studio after filming had finished.
Once you find the fire within you that pushes the story, everything becomes personal. Whenever you create a character, you look for everything in yourself that suits him so that it becomes true. And yes, you remake yourself all the time.
He jumped at the opportunity to work with all the talented directors: Todd Phillips, Clint Eastwood, David O. Russell - and within a few years he began receiving his first Oscar nominations for acting. But after filming “The Hangover,” he decided to suspend his acting career, and not at all because he fell out of love with this activity.
I feel like I'm not using my capabilities.
Biography
The star actor was born on January 5, 1975 in Philadelphia. His mother Gloria worked at NBC, and his father Charlie was a broker at an investment bank. Bradley has an older sister, Holly. The Cooper family raised their children in the Catholic faith.
When the boy was 5 years old, he was diagnosed with cholesteatoma of the middle ear. In the future he could lose his hearing. Surgical treatment and a number of complex operations carried out before Cooper reached adulthood helped defeat the terrible disease.
At the age of 12, Bradley watched David Lynch's film The Elephant Man. The drama made a strong impression on him. The teenager began to study the history of cinema and biographies of artists, and then enrolled in a theater club. In the future, he saw himself as a serious dramatic actor.
After graduation, Cooper, at the insistence of his father, entered the Catholic University of Villanova, and a year later transferred to the Jesuit Georgetown University. Here he participated in theatrical productions, studied French and became interested in rowing. After studying at Georgetown University, Bradley took out a loan of 70 thousand dollars and entered the Actors' Drama School (New York).
A lot of money was well spent. All the teachers noted that the guy was talented and had a great acting future ahead of him. And they were right.
