Breaking Bad star Betsy Brandt and her spouse Grady Olsen are officially ending their 25-year marriage as the year winds down, as she has filed for divorce.
The 51-year-old Bay City, Michigan, native cited “irreconcilable differences” as the cause of the split, noting that the couple had split in August 2023, a month before their 25th wedding anniversary. TMZ reported Thursday after reviewing court documents.
Brandt and Olson, 51, were initially married in September 1998 and are the parents of two children.
Brandt in legal documents requested legal and physical custody of his minor son on August 16.
Brandt told the court that she and Olson would have to divide their assets after the divorce, the outlet reported.
Dailymail.com has contacted Brandt’s representatives for comment on the story.
Breaking Bad star Betsy Brandt, 51, and her spouse Grady Olsen, 51, are officially ending their 25-year marriage as the year winds down. Photographed in 2022 in Los Angeles
Brandt did not use the services of an attorney in her divorce filing, to an extent comparable to what Jennifer Lopez did in her divorce filing from Ben Affleck in August, according to the outlet.
Brandt played the role of Marie Schrader on the hit AMC series Breaking Bad from 2008 to 2013.
She was the wife of Hank Schrader (Dean Norris) and sister-in-law of Walter White (Bryan Cranston) on the acclaimed series, which also starred Anna Gunn, RJ Mitte, Bob Odenkirk and Aaron Paul.
Among the character’s nuances are an unlikely affinity for stealing things, an obsession with the color purple, and a passionate hatred for Cranston’s main character after his dramatic actions come to light.
talking to Michigan live In 2011, about her character, she said: “We’ve seen things from Marie that the public wouldn’t expect.”
“I felt quite comfortable with creator Vince Gilligan, that I could make some bold decisions with my character and he wouldn’t let her be just one note. There are things about her that are not pleasant, but not entirely unpleasant.
He returned to the Breaking Bad universe with a cameo in the spin-off finale, Better Call Saul, in 2022.
“I was hoping to come back at some point,” he said. Variety in August 2022. ‘As the seasons went on, I didn’t know it, but it’s an honor that they had me back for the finale.
The Bay City, Michigan native photographed at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles on December 12.
The former couple, who married in 1998, were photographed in 2014 in Los Angeles.
Brandt subsequently appeared on the CBS sitcom Life in Pieces from 2015 to 2019 in 79 episodes.
He also had a prominent role on The Michael J. Fox Show, which ran for one season in 2013-2014, alongside Fox, Wendell Pierce, Katie Finneran, Juliette Goglia, Brooke Shields and the late Anne Heche.
Brandt has also appeared on television shows such as Saint X, Masters of Sex and Parenthood.
In addition to her television roles, she has been seen in several films. They include the 2021 holiday comedy The Housewives of the North Pole, opposite RHOBH lead Kyle Richards; the 2020 Prime thriller Run Sweetheart Run and the 2012 hit Magic Mike.