It’s the top of the highway for Betsy Brandt and Grady Olsen.
The couple goes their separate methods after greater than 20 years of marriage, with the “Breaking Bad” actress, 51, submitting for divorce on Thursday, per the submitting obtained by TMZ.
Brandt tied the knot with Olsen in September 1998. The star listed the date of separation as August 1, 2023 — a month shy of their twenty fifth marriage ceremony anniversary — however didn’t formally pull the plug on their union till this month.
She filed professional per — a okay a with out a lawyer — like Jennifer Lopez did when she filed for divorce from Ben Affleck in August.
Within the submitting, Brandt, greatest identified for her portrayal of Marie Schrader in “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul,” is in search of authorized and bodily custody of their 16-year-old son, August. Brandt additionally acknowledged the couple will nonetheless have to separate up any property. It’s unclear if the pair had a prenuptial settlement in place.
Brandt has continued to work steadily since “Breaking Bad” went off air in 2013. The star most not too long ago portrayed Jessica within the 2024 film “The Bad Orphan,” which is loosely tailored from the adoption story of Natalia Grace. The film follows “Jessica and Karl (Mark Taylor), loving parents to Rhiannon (Eve Edwards), who, after years of trying to add to their family, are elated to adopt Gabby (Chloe Coco Chapman), an 8-year-old orphan born with personal challenges,” per the movie’s official synopsis.
It debuted on June 22.
On the time, Brandt instructed Leisure Tonight, “There are some issues that occur that you simply don’t wanna undergo in your life, you don’t need anybody you care about to undergo.
“I remember when that story came out, and I was like, ‘Oh my God,’” she continued in regards to the Grace saga. “For me, the interesting thing about the true story was that here’s this couple, you think you’re in one situation and it turns out you’re in something way over there.”
Relating how the community approached the challenge, Brandt added, “Lifetime just took that [premise] and then just ran with it.”
“Yes, this is [about] a couple that adopted a girl that they thought was young — it turns out [with them asking,] ‘Is she? Is she not?’ — but then it’s a fictional story. It’s a different story.”
Brandt, who performs the kid’s adoptive mom within the flick, additionally served as a producer of the challenge.
“It kind of gave me more license to really have a say in how we do it. I think that’s part of your job as an actor,” she mentioned. “It is a team sport. It is all hands on deck. It’s the people that spend the most time there that really set that tone, and it really allowed for me to do that.”
As for what made the made for TV film nice? Nicely, Brandt believes Chloe Chapman, her younger co-star who performs Gabby, the adopted orphan, made magic.
“I don’t even wanna imagine doing this without her. I adore her,” Brandt gushed of the younger actress. “She’s also really good … She’s so smart. She’s really wonderful. She quickly became a peer.”
