Genevieve Padalecki

Genevieve Nicole Padalecki (née Cortese; born January 8, 1981) Her film and television appearances were inconsistently credited as either Genevieve Cortese or Jennifer Cortese through to 2010, and has been consistently credited as Genevieve Padalecki since a February 2011 episode of Supernatural.

Life and career Genevieve Padalecki was born in San Francisco, California. She has two brothers, Johnny and Ben, and a sister, Sarah. At the age of 13, she moved to Montana, and later to Sun Valley, Idaho. She holds a BA in English and a BFA degree in drama from the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. The series was cancelled in 2024 after four seasons.

Personal life She met actor Jared Padalecki during her recurring role as Ruby on Supernatural. She went on to make a guest appearance in the sixth season as a fictionalized version of herself.

In October 2009, Padalecki proposed to her in front of their favorite painting, "Joan of Arc" by French realist Jules Bastien-Lepage, at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The engagement was announced in January 2010. The pair married on February 27, 2010, in Cortese's hometown of Sun Valley, Idaho.

On October 10, 2011, the couple announced that they were expecting their first child together. Their son was born on March 19, 2012. On December 22, 2013, Cortese gave birth to their second son. Their daughter was born on March 17, 2017. The couple resides in Austin, Texas, with their three children.

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