Matt Damon, star of "Bourne," married Argentine-born Luciana Barrosa in 2005 at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau outside New York City Hall.
In April 2003, while filming Stuck on You in Miami, Damon met his Argentine wife, Luciana Bozán. They were engaged in September 2005 and married on December 9, 2005, in a private civil ceremony at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau. Their three girls were born in June 2006, August 2008, and October 2010 respectively. From Bozán's previous marriage, he has a stepdaughter, Alexia Barroso (born 1998), whom he considers his own. They've lived in Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades area since 2012, after previously residing in Miami and New York City.
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