For many he was a great unknown, until now. Justin Baldoni covers the covers of half the world after have been sued by the actress Blake Lively for “sexual harassment” and “destroying his reputation” during and after the filming of the film in which they both star, Breaking the Circle. It should be remembered that the actor had already been in the spotlight for several months, when the tensions experienced with the Hollywood star during the recording of said feature film came to light.
Professionally, the forty-year-old American director and producer also rose to popularity a decade ago in the series Jane The Virginthe adaptation for the Anglo-Saxon market by The CW network of the successful Venezuelan fiction Juana, the Virgin. Broadcast from 2014 to 2019, there he played the role of heartthrob Rafael Solano, one of the main roles in the story that revolved around the central character: the one played by the North American performer of Puerto Rican origin Gina RodrÃguez.
It was undoubtedly that work that catapulted him to fame, since the production not only hooked the public at that time but also managed to shine in the Golden Globes for several seasons and, in the process, opened the doors to its cast for future projects. In fact, Baldoni himself opened his own independent audiovisual production company under the name Wayfarer Studios and thus developed a resume in the entertainment industry in later titles such as Garfield and Two Meters from You.
On a personal level, Justin was born in Los Angeles (California) on January 24, 1984 but grew up in Medford (Oregon). His father, Sam Baldoni, is of Italian descent and his mother, Sharon, comes from a Jewish family. They all devoutly practice Baha’ism, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion. Currently, it is married to Swedish actress Emily Foxler since 2013 – with whom he married after a year of dating – and they have two children in common: Maiya Grace Baldoni, born on June 27, 2015, and Maxwell Roland-Samuel Baldoni, who came into the world on October 18, 2017.
The Scandinavian performer has a long history of episodic appearances in well-known series, such as franchises. CSI: Las Vegas, Miami and New York; in bones, The Mentalist, Castle or the same Jane The Virgin where she met her now husband. On his last birthday four months ago, the actor dedicated his wife a emotional and romantic message in his public profile, accompanied by several photographs together, where he told her that “you amaze me with your strength, your bravery, your magic and your love.”
Baldoni is a great sports loversince during his youth he played soccer and did athletics, and today he usually shares his exercise routines to stay in shape with his 3.4 million followers on the social network Instagram. He was also a radio announcer on a local station during his professional beginnings, later focusing completely on his acting career.
In addition to the controversy Break the circle that It premiered last August.other of his most notable films have been With Man (2011) and Clouds (2020). Likewise, we have seen him in titles such as The Helix… Loaded (2005), The House Bunny (2009), Unrequited (2010) or Isolated (2013), as well as in the series everwood (2006), Heroes (2009), Blackout (2012) and Madam Secretary (2017).