Hollywood star Simon Baker has rekindled his romance with his secret girlfriend from Sydney, who is younger than his own daughter.
Daily Mail Australia can reveal that Baker, 55, has reunited with his lover Bridgette Clark, 30, after the pair took a short break from their relationship.
The northern Bondi resident is several months younger than Baker’s daughter Stella, who turned 31 in August.
This light blonde is originally from Melbourne and is a popular fashion and lifestyle photographer.
She is also the co-founder and creative director of Terry, a resortwear brand inspired by “European summers and 1970s poolside attire.”
She has been dating the actor, who rose to fame with the American television show The Mentalist and most recently starred in the hit Netflix drama Boy Swallows Universe, on and off for the past two years.
The couple had a brief break over the winter but were spotted reunited earlier this month as they moved furniture into Baker’s Volvo van at her home in Tamarama, in Sydney’s east.
They were first spotted together at Tamarama Beach in November 2022 and were then seen with Baker’s sons Claude, 25, and Harry, 23, during an Easter trip to Byron Bay last year.
Over the weekend, the couple were spotted moving a table into the back of their Volvo van at their property in Tamarama, in Sydney’s east.
Simon Baker in New York City with his daughter Stella, 31
The smitten actor was seen chasing Clark before playfully jumping into the waves together.
Last October, the couple stepped out in matching all-white outfits at Tamarama and walked arm-in-arm to a local cafe for a bite to eat and coffee.
Baker’s relationship with Clark began the year after he announced his divorce from Australian actress Rebecca Rigg, star of A Country Practice, Blue Heelers and LA Doctors.
Baker was with Rigg for 29 years, including 22 years married, while they lived in Los Angeles from 1995 to 2015, before returning to Sydney and then announcing their divorce in January 2021.
“We remain close friends and our three children will always be the most important focus of our lives,” they said in a joint statement at the time.
The couple played love interests on the popular ’90s TV series E Street, although they actually met on a blind date in 1991.
In 1998, they made it official with two separate wedding ceremonies: one in Australia and the other in the coastal Carmel region of Monterey, California.
The Mentalist star and his much younger girlfriend Bridgette sport matching outfits after taking a romantic dip at Tamarama Beach
Brigette, who lives in North Bondi, is originally from Melbourne.
Bridgette (pictured right) is friends with Sydney models Jody Koay (left) and Yanyan Chan (centre)
Earlier this month, Baker appeared in Mullumbimby Local Court in northern New South Wales where he admitted drink-driving in an incident on July 20. He was released on good behaviour bail for nine months and no conviction was recorded.
Police saw Baker, who was driving a Tesla, driving erratically for about 8km along Booyong Road, near his second property, at around 2.11am, the court was told.
Magistrate Kathy Crittenden said there were “unusual” circumstances at the time of the incident, with a global Microsoft outage resulting in police systems being offline and a breathalyzer test unable to be carried out.
“Normally the police would have carried out a breathalyser but they had to use the old sobriety test,” Judge Crittenden said.
Baker was observed to be unsteady on his feet and smelled of alcohol, and told officers he had consumed four glasses of wine at a dinner party beginning at 6 p.m.
“(Baker) was very polite and cooperative… extremely remorseful for his actions,” Magistrate Crittenden said.
Bridgette, 30, is a popular fashion and lifestyle photographer and co-founder and creative director of Terry, a resort wear brand inspired by European summers and 1970s poolside attire.
Baker met his ex-wife, actress Rebecca Rigg, 56, in the early ’90s and the former couple share three children together: Stella, 31, Claude, 25, and Harry, 23.
He has since completed a certificate in a rehabilitation programme for traffic offenders, the court was told.
The magistrate said four character references had been submitted to the court about Baker’s contributions to the community, his significant remorse and his unusual conduct.
Clark and Baker did not respond to requests for comment.
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