Sunny Ozell
Sunny Ozell(née Sunny Michelson), is an American jazz singer and wife of Sir Patrick Stewart.
Biography
According to her official website, she grew up in Reno, Nevada, where her favorite pastime was ski racing. Later in life, she became the lead singer of Chupacabra, a "pan-Latin party band" in Colorado. Eventually she moved to Brooklyn, where she and her husband currently reside. She performs at venues such as the Rockwood Music Hall, and she has worked with other musicians such as Jim Campilongo, Adam Levy, and Krystal Warren.
Personal life
Ozell met Stewart in early 2008 when he appeared in a production of Macbeth at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. In May of that year, they were photographed together at the Actors Fund's annual gala. A year later—"Months after [Stewart's] parting with the British actress Lisa Dillon", wrote the London Daily Mail—Ozell and Stewart accompanied each other at an after-party for a production of Waiting for Godot (in which Stewart had played the role of Vladimir).
In March 2013, Sir Ian McKellen revealed on The Jonathan Ross Show that Ozell and Stewart were engaged to be married and that he would be their officiant. On September 8 the same year, Stewart announced their marriage on Twitter, which took place the day before.
External links
- Sunny Ozell's official home page
- Sir Ian McKellen officiates as best friend Patrick Stewart says 'I do' to Sunny Ozell Daily Mail, September 18, 2013, with photo of the September 7, 2013 wedding.