Freddie Highmore’s wife has been in the media spotlight for years. Although Highmore has been in the limelight since his childhood, the actor has always preferred to keep his personal life under the radar. He is definitely a man of few words when it comes to revealing his behind-the-scenes life. In fact, many still consider him a single man.
But a few years ago, he stunned his fans when he announced that he got married quite privately. However, the English actor has never added any more details since then. A few or two images of him and his wife together also exist.
So who exactly is Ms. Highmore? Read that alongside other details including how the couple met, what their marriage was like, when they actually tied the knot, and others.
First time we know anything about Freddie Highmore’s wife
Highmore first revealed the news of his marriage and wife during his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live in September 2021. When asked about his marital status, Freddie responded after the host pointed out to Kimmel the new ring the British actor was wearing.
The Finding Neverland actor said he married his wife in the summer of that year. Speaking of the big news, Highmore said:
Yes, it’s a wedding ring. Yes, I am married.
The Vault actor added,
It is funny. Ever since I’ve been wearing this ring, people have been asking me if I’m married, so I thought I should clarify.
While talking about the news, Highmore also threw shade and said he wouldn’t be jumping up and down on the couch during the talk show to express his excitement that way.
The comment was a minor dig at the infamous moment when Mission Impossible star Tom Cruise jumped on the couch during his 2005 interview with Oprah Winfrey. Cruise responded that way while talking about his own marriage to his then-wife, Katie Holmes.
He explained that he is as happy as a Brit can be and that he is now the husband of a “really wonderful woman, so yes, I feel very lucky.” Highmore also revealed that like him, his wife is also British. The actor then added that he found it difficult to accept the terminology and vocabulary as “married man,” which sounds very old to him.
Freddie, Bertie’s brother, said he and his wife hadn’t really taken advantage of that yet, but when people asked, they just showed their rings.
How did Freddie Highmore meet his wife?
Although it has been over a year since Highmore announced the news of his marriage to Jimmy Kimmel, the actor is still hesitant to speak publicly about his wife or tell the story of his relationship.
The former child actor clearly hasn’t shared much about his marital world. Even during his interview with Kimmel, the actor refrained from sharing any wedding details. The wedding photos have yet to appear, of course.
Highmore’s wife nevertheless has a name and that is Klarissa Munz. Again, the London-born actor has yet to reveal how he met Munz. Also unknown is how old Highmore’s wife is or how old she is.
Anyway, it is reported that Munz is also in her late 20s to early 30s like her actor husband and that she and Highmore met when the latter was filming A and E’s Bates Motel (sometime between 2012 and 2013). They apparently crossed paths at Cambridge University, where the August Rush actor was studying at the time.
Freddie Highmore’s wife is a Cambridge graduate and a web developer
Enstars.com reports that Kunz, Highmore’s wife, studied theology and religious studies during her time at Cambridge. She now works as a web developer. The media first got to see Munz and Freddie together in 2018 at the Golden Globe Awards. They also later appeared together on the set of Bates Motel.
The other event Klarissa and Highmore supposedly attended as a couple is the Critics Choice Awards and in Rome, when the latter took on the 2021 series, Leonardo.
Other girls Freddie Highmore dated before his wife
Before his current wife, Highmore was in the media spotlight for supposedly dating the likes of Dakota Fanning and Abigail Breslin. However, the actor never addressed that rumor. Consequently, many had assumed that he was a single man for quite a long period of time. Still, there are several names with whom he would have had relationships in the past.
Sarah Bolger
Irish actress Bolger and Highmore were co-stars in the 2008 fantasy/family film Spider Chronicles. They apparently met while auditioning for the film.
The formerly alleged couple was said to have hung out with each other a lot after the shooting and was also said to have been girlfriend and boyfriend at one point. However, according to various sources, they broke up in 2009.
Dakota Fanning
With the Coraline actress Fanning, it all started when the media saw that Highmore had a suspected dinner party in 2009. The couple was also later photographed leaving II Cielo in Los Angeles.
However, the two never confirmed if there was anything serious between them.
Emma Roberts
Roberts and Highmore played each other’s love interest in the 2011 rom-com movie, The Art Of Getting By. There were also reports that the two had become more than friends during the shooting of the movie.
In addition, Highmore told Teen Vogue in June 2011 that it was easier to do intimate scenes with Roberts because of the close bond they formed from the set.
Abigail Breslin
The rumor about the relationship between the Little Miss Sunshine actress, Breslin and Highmore was hot in 2016. But again, neither the British star nor the New York-born actress ever openly addressed those rumors.
Breslin is now engaged to her longtime boyfriend Ira Kunyansky.