--- title: Hugh Jackman Wife Deborra-Lee Furness Is Sick Of Being Called "Lucky" description: Deborra-lee Furness said people need to stop calling her "lucky" for being married to sex-symbol Hugh Jackman. canonical: https://time.com/3430506/hugh-jackman-wife-lucky/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-25T17:17:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:56:03.528Z og:title: Hugh Jackman Wife Deborra-Lee Furness Is Sick Of Being Called "Lucky" og:description: Deborra-lee Furness said people need to stop calling her "lucky" for being married to sex-symbol Hugh Jackman. og:url: https://time.com/3430506/hugh-jackman-wife-lucky/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26fce0b508e0a9a6/6986a57755a8597506a82cef/159449191.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness at NBC Universal's Golden Globes Post-Party on January 13, 2013. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hugh Jackman Wife Deborra-Lee Furness Is Sick Of Being Called "Lucky" twitter:description: Deborra-lee Furness said people need to stop calling her "lucky" for being married to sex-symbol Hugh Jackman. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26fce0b508e0a9a6/6986a57755a8597506a82cef/159449191.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hugh Jackman's Wife Is Sick of Being Called 'Lucky' > Sponsored content. 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Christopher Polk/NBC—NBC via Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Sep 25, 2014 5:17 PM UTC Deborra-Lee Furness says people need to stop calling her “lucky” for being married to sex-symbol Hugh Jackman. “That to me is a putdown,” she said in an [interview with the Australian Women’s Weekly](http://www.aww.com.au/news-features/in-the-mag/2014/9/deborra-lee-stop-calling-me-lucky). “\[It is\] like you suggesting I won the chook raffle. I think we create our own destiny.” Since Furness, 58, is 13 years older than Jackman and not considered as traditionally attractive as her Wolverine husband, people often say she’s “lucky” to be married to him or that [Jackman is gay](http://www.eonline.com/news/435554/hugh-jackman-and-wife-shoot-down-gay-rumors-once-again) and Furness is his beard. 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