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  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Jena Malone has got engaged

    The Hunger Games actress has got engaged to Jack Buckley and admitted it was a "dream come true" to be tying the knot with actor, who she described as her "soulmate".


    She wrote on Instagram: "It was always you

    "Even in those long, dark spaces of my youth

    "Where I learned to hold my own heart

    "You were always there

    "Breathing life into these tiny glimmers of a child's heart....Love.....

    "Soulmate......Marriage

    "You are a dream come true Jack (sic)"

    The 41-year-old star revealed Jack had received the blessing of her two moms, her sister, and her and Ethan DeLorenzo's nine-year-old son Ode before he popped the question.

    She added: "My soulmate asked me to marry him. First , he asked those who have protected and cared for my heart for so long. Both of my Moms , my Sister, my Son ... and with every lifetime, every moment I have in front of me I said yes. @jacktbuckley I love you forever!!! (sic)"

    Back in 2022, the Pride and Prejudice actress came out as pansexual on social media and later admitted it "felt so nice" to speak openly.

    She told The Hollywood Reporter at the time: "It felt so nice. I've been thinking about it for a while. The sexual journey is so beautiful. I mean, all of the identity journeys are so cool. I feel like I'm a little bit late to the game in being able to have less shame."

    The Saved star learnt to love her queer identity through having two moms and her queer sister and seeing "the whole spectrum".

    Jena said: "I have a really supportive family and they've been that way for whatever, however or whoever I am or what I bring to the table. "It's all exciting and wonderful and perfectly great."

    Jena continued: "But yeah, my sister is queer and I grew up with two moms who were lovers and then they split.

    "My mom sort of became hetero again, mostly through an understanding of Christianity. And then my god mom married her partner of 17 years now. So, I have three moms and my dad who has been a hetero man all his life. I have the whole spectrum. It's nice to be able to have these different types of conversations with everyone. I feel really blessed to have an accepting family."

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