Who Is Viveca Paulin? New Details About Will Ferrell's Wife, Including Why Their Marriage Is in Trouble

Will Ferrell got a slew of bad reviews for his recent film Holmes and Watson, and he isn’t taking it well. Recently, reports say the funnyman is struggling to get back on his feet after being nominated as for the “Worst Actor” Golden Raspberry award. He’s been spending a lot of time on the golf course and it’s reportedly taking a toll on his marriage.

Ferrell and his wife Viveca Paulin have been married since 2000 and have three sons together. She’s known him for most of his career but this turn toward self-pity and the constant golf are getting on her nerves.

Who is Viveca Paulin? Read on for all the details about Will Ferrell's wife.

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1. She's Swedish

Paulin is native to Sweden, though she later moved to California. She attended Pomona College and earned a BA in art history.

Rather than becoming an artist herself, she began working in auction houses as an auctioneer. Later, she herself became an art collector. In addition, she founded the  Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Contemporary Friends, which helps the museum acquire new pieces for their collection.

2. They met in an acting class.

Paulin took some acting classes in the mid 1990s and that’s where she met Ferrell.

He was with the comedy group The Groundlings at the time. They started dating but Ferrell was hired to work at Saturday Night Live and moved to New York before they got chance to get too serious. Despite, the distance, they found themselves talking on the phone for hours every night and Ferrell would later say that he always feared Paulin would be the “one who got away.”