Jessica Alba has split from her husband of 16 years, film producer Cash Warren.
The Fantastic Four actress shared the news in an Instagram post, telling her 20.6 million followers she had been on a “journey of self-realisation”.
She said their three children remained a priority as they “embark on a new chapter of growth and evolution as individuals”.
Alba married the film producer in 2008 after getting together on the set of the superhero movie Fantastic Four.
The US actress wrote: “I’ve been on a journey of self-realisation and transformation for years – both as an individual and in partnership with Cash.
“I’m proud of how we’ve grown as a couple in our marriage over the last 20 years and it’s now time for us to embark on a new chapter of growth and evolution as individuals.
“We are moving forward with love and kindness and respect for each other and will forever be family.”
Alba concluded her statement saying that their three children – Honor, 16, Haven, 13, and Hayes, seven – “remain our highest priority”.
‘I really, really like you’
Alba first met Warren in 2004, when she was starring as invisible superhero Susan Storm in Fantastic Four and he held the position as assistant to director Tim Story.
She previously said Warren slipped her a note on the set, signed with a dollar sign – to match his name – that said: “I really, really like you.”
The couple eloped while she was nine months pregnant with their first child, Honor Marie, Alba told Glamour magazine in 2022.
They later welcomed a second daughter named Haven Garner in 2011 and son Hayes in 2017.
‘New endeavours’
Alba had early starring roles in Nickelodeon’s series The Secret World Of Alex Mack, as well as the revival of the 1960s television series Flipper.
Aged 19, she received a Golden Globe nod for her break-out role as Max Guevara in James Cameron’s TV series Dark Angel.
She went on to star in hit film Honey playing an aspiring dancer-choreographer, and action crime thriller Sin City, opposite Bruce Willis and Mickey Rourke.
Alba has also made a name for herself as an entrepreneur, having co-founded ethical consumer goods brand The Honest Company in 2012.
Last year, she stepped down as the company’s chief creative. She kept a seat on the board, saying she would be focusing on “new endeavours”.
