They are one of Hollywood's most secretive couples.
Matt Damon and Luciana Barroso, married for seventeen years, made a remarkable appearance this Sunday, December 4 at the evening of the Kennedy Center, the most prestigious cultural award in Washington.
In a navy blue suit, the 52-year-old actor matched the dark outfit of his wife, who had bet on one of the latest red carpet trends: the transparent dress.
On the beauty side, Luciana Barroso had favored light makeup and a sophisticated “combed-disheveled”, tying her wavy hair in a slightly neglected ponytail.
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Matt Damon traveled to Washington with his wife to attend the Kennedy Center Honors, an annual event that has paid tribute since 1978 to artists who have contributed to American culture.
This year, his friend George Clooney was honored for his entire film career.
During this gala evening in the presence of Joe and Jill Biden, a host of other stars were honored.
This is notably the case of the Irish rock group U2, the great soul singer Gladys Knight, the conductor and composer of Cuban origin Tania León and the evangelical gospel singer Amy Grant.
Meeting in a bar in Miami
Virtually absent from social networks and the tabloid press, Matt Damon is very discreet when it comes to his private life.
Unlike one of his Hollywood "BFFs", Ben Affleck, who recently made headlines by marrying his childhood sweetheart Jennifer Lopez, twenty years after their resounding breakup.
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Matt Damon, meanwhile, got married in 2005 to Luciana Bozán Barroso, an Argentine he met in a bar in Miami two years earlier.
"I worked as a bartender in South Beach, he was shooting a movie there and the team ended up at the bar on a Saturday night," the main interested party told
Vogue Australia
in 2018, before specifying that her husband's version is something little more romantic.
“Matt's story is that he saw me from across the room and there was like a light on me.
But me, I say to myself: "Well yeah it was a nightclub, so there were lights everywhere!"
He got me a ton of tips that night
Luciana Barroso
Faced with incessant requests for autographs, Matt Damon had ended up taking refuge behind the bar.
"He said to me, 'Oh I saw you and I really wanted to talk to you.'
So I made him work with me!
I said, "You know, if you have to come back here, you can't just stand there."
He had trained as a bartender for a movie years before, so he started making drinks.
And he allowed me to make a ton of tips that night, because of course everyone wanted to see him, ”recalls Luciana Barroso.
“It turned into a really fun night and then fifteen years later, here we are!”
Already the mother of a daughter Alexia, born from a first union, the former bartender succumbed to the charm of Matt Damon.
She then gave birth to Isabella on June 11, 2006, Gia Zavala on August 20, 2008 and Stella Zavala on October 20, 2010. But like her famous husband, she cultivates discretion.
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