Who is David Oyelowo's wife​?

The British actor David Oyelowo has been married to Jessica Oyelowo for over 25 years. The couple married each other in 1998. Jessica is an actress, singer, and producer.

The pair first met while performing in English youth theater as teenagers. After dating for five months, they got engaged and married in September 1998. They have four children together: a daughter named Zoë and three sons, Asher, Caleb, and Penuel.

Who is David Oyelowo’s wife?

David Oyelowo’s wife is Jessica Oyelowo, a British actress, singer and producer. She and David co-run the production firm Yoruba Saxon, and together they have produced over six films, including David's first feature film as director, The Water Man (2020), and A United Kingdom (2016), in which both David and Jessica appeared.

Jessica was born on December 24, 1977, in England. She has three siblings: a brother named Dave and two sisters, Anna and Fiona. In 2024, she told The Robb Report that her family is "very British." She was raised in Woodbridge, England, and went to the Woodbridge School. At the age of 17, she began performing with the National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) in London.

At the age of three, Jessica performed on stage for the first time. After graduating from high school, she was signed by the agency ICM and continued performing throughout her childhood. She made her stage debut in Cyrano De Bergerac and The Threepenny Opera. She has worked alongside her husband on movies and television shows like The Water Man, A United Kingdom, and Captive. She also starred in Sleepy Hollow, the 2000 television film Madame Bovary, the 2006 miniseries The Gil Mayo Mysteries, Murphy's Law, and Alice in Wonderland.

How did David and Jessica Oyelowo meet?

David and Jessica first met while participating in youth theater at 17 and 18, respectively. David said that he became a Christian at the age of sixteen during an appearance on The Carlos Watson Show in 2020. He also expressed gratitude that Jessica shared his "outlook" and "values" as a Christian.

"At the end of the day, you can't control who you fall in love with," David stated in the interview, despite being candid about the difficulties of being in an interracial relationship. Jessica said to The Robb Report, "We fell in love with each other's souls." “I’m very aware that David is a black man, and he’s very aware that I’m a white woman, and that our children have more to navigate because society can make them feel like they have a foot in both worlds.”

Five months after they began dating, David asked Jessica to marry him. David was 22 years old and Jessica was 20 when they were married on September 5, 1998. Asher, David and Jessica's first child, was born on October 10, 2001. On January 3, 2005, their son Caleb Oyedeji Isaac was born, and on February 27, 2008, their third child, son Penuel, was born. Zoë, their only daughter and youngest child, was born on November 26, 2011.