Who is Matthew McConaughey’s wife, Camila Alves?
The True Detective actor said meeting his wife was "love at first sight"
FOLLOWING his split from Penélope Cruz, Matthew McConaughey moved on with Camila Alves.
After six years of dating, the Oscar winner and the fashion model tied the knot in a private wedding ceremony.
Who is Matthew McConaughey’s wife, Camila Alves?
Born January 28, 1982, Camila Alves is a Brazilian model, fashion designer, and lifestyle entrepreneur from Itambacuri, Minas Gerais.
When Camila was 15, she relocated from Brazil to New York City to pursue her modeling career.
She has walked runways for Carolina Herrera, Valentino, and The Heart’s Truth.
In January 2016, she launched the lifestyle website Women of Today.
In December 2020, Camila and her business partner, Agatha Achindu, launched Yummy Spoonfuls and the brand is carried by Target.
While remembering her emigration from her home country, she told the : “When I left Brazil, my family, my friends, my culture, I left everything I knew.
“I was so young, but once I got on the plane, I knew I wasn’t going back.
“I came here when I was 15 to live with my aunt in LA. Growing up, I was always the ugly duck of the group.
“I never really looked at myself as beautiful. My mom said that I would look at pictures and magazines.
“I saw a Chanel ad and told her that was what I was going to do.
When I was 14, I was tall for my age, and someone stopped me and asked if I had ever thought of being a model.
“That is when the seed was planted and things started to happen.”
On June 13, 2012, Camila tied the knot with Matthew McConaughey.
Their private wedding was a three-day celebration that took place at their home in Austin, Texas.
How did Matthew meet Camila?
In 2006, Matthew and Camila first crossed paths at Hyde Nightclub in West Hollywood, California.
“I was very happily single and healthily single,” the former recalled to .
The Magic Mike star shared: “I was not looking. I was sleeping well, I was spiritually sound, and I was good hanging with me.
“Out of the corner of my eye, this sort of aqua-green figure went floating across the frame about 20 feet in front of me.
“My eye went up and I remember what came out of my mouth.
“I didn’t say ‘Who is that?’ I went, ‘What is that?’
“As l was trying to get that’s attention across the room, I went in my head, ‘This is not the kind of woman you call over across the room.’
“‘McConaughey. Get your a** out of your chair and go get her,’ which I did.”
By December 25, 2011, Matthew and Camila were engaged.
How many kids do Matthew and Camila have?
Matthew and Camila have three children together.
They are parents to a daughter named Vita and two sons, Levi and Livingston.