See Ben Stiller & Christine Taylor’s RARE Family Outing!
The family that works together, ultimately stays together—just ask Ben Stillerand Christine Taylor.
The couple have co-starred in several movies over the years—including Zoolander, Dodgeball and Tropic Thunder, and now, their 21-year-old daughter Ella is in the famly business. After she took a small role in his 2018 miniseries Escape to Dannemora, Ben revealed to Live From E! at the 2022 Emmys that Ella could “definitely” appear in a future season of Severance, the critically acclaimed Apple TV+ series he produces and directs.
Ella, who attended the awards ceremony with her dad, called Severance her “favorite show,” saying she was “obsessed.” She added that she was “so proud” of her nominated father.
And Ella once again served as her dad’s date to a special event June 11, accompanying Ben to the Tribeca Film Festival, which they attended to support Christine at the debut of her short film Let Liv.
Married since 2000, Ben and Christine announced in 2017 that they were separating after 17 years of marriage, though they never filed for divorce and ultimately went on to reconcile.
Ben shared in February 2022 that he and Christine reconnected after they decided that it would be best for him to move back into the family home with Ella and their son Quinlin, 17, during the early months of lockdown in 2020.
“Then, over the course of time, it evolved,” Ben explained to Esquire. “We were separated and got back together and we’re happy about that. It’s been really wonderful for all of us. Unexpected, and one of the things that came out of the pandemic.”
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Christine reflected on their reconciliation when she appeared on The Drew Barrymore Show in March.
“I think Ben and I both started to grow in different directions,” she explained. “And when we made the decision to separate, it was not something we wanted to talk publicly about or took lightly.”
During their separation, “we got to know who we are,” The Brady Bunch Movie alum shared. “I feel like we needed some time to figure that out. And we always stayed a family unit and always continued to do things together.”
And when COVID forced the world to slow down, the couple ended up under the same roof once again.
“When the pandemic hit and we all had to figure out where we were going to hunker down, we all ended up in our house together,” Christine explained. “We found this way back. We had so much time to talk. There were no other distractions.”
And now, they’re stronger than ever.
From Taylor Swift sing-alongs to adopting a plant-based lifestyle together, look back on all of Ben and Christine’s sweetest moments with Ella and Quinlin:
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