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Taika Waititi and Chelsea Winstanley (2011-2018)

Following his split from Horsley, Waititi started dating New Zealand film producer Chelsea Winstanley in 2011. The two previously met in the early 2000s when she interviewed him for a documentary series, according to The New Zealand Herald. Years later, they worked together on the 2010 film "Boy," which Waititi wrote, directed, and starred in.

The pair dated for close to a year before taking their relationship to the next level, marrying in 2012. Together, Waititi and Winstanley have two children, Te Hinekahu (born 2013) and Matewa Kiritapu (born 2016).

The filmmaking couple remained strong for approximately seven years before ultimately (and secretly) ending their relationship in 2018, per Page Six. While the cause of the split is unknown, Winstanley did reveal to The New Zealand Herald in 2018 that she no longer wanted to be in the shadow of her then-husband's fame. "I'm just sick of women portrayed as living in the shadow of their partners, that's all. I made one film with him, I was a filmmaker before I met him and I continue to do my own stuff," she said.