Margaret Qualley and Jack Antonoff file for divorce after three years of marriage
Actor Margaret Qualley and musician Jack Antonoff have filed for divorce after three years of marriage, with the papers filed on Friday, 30 October 2026, in New York — about three months after news of their separation first became public in July.
The filing does not mean the marriage is already over in the eyes of the law. The case is uncontested, and the couple have already filed a settlement agreement, but that agreement is still being processed by the court. Until a judge reviews it, the divorce is not final.
People close to the couple describe the decision as mutual and friendly. A source close to the pair told People magazine: “Jack and Margaret are filing for divorce jointly. This is a mutual decision.” The same source added: “They share a deep affinity and love for one another, and though their romantic partnership is ending, they will absolutely be lifelong friends.”
Qualley, 32, is known for The Substance, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and the Netflix series Maid. Antonoff, 42, is a 14-time Grammy winner, a producer for Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey and Sabrina Carpenter, and the frontman of Bleachers. They began dating in 2021 and married in August 2023.
At a glance
What happened: Margaret Qualley and Jack Antonoff filed for divorce on Friday, 30 October 2026, in Kings County Supreme Court in Brooklyn, New York. The case is listed as an uncontested matrimonial action, with Qualley named as the plaintiff and Antonoff as the defendant.
Why it matters: The couple were married for just over three years, and their relationship played out in public, from a star-filled New Jersey wedding to the songs and films they made together.
What happens next: A settlement agreement filed with the papers still has to be reviewed by a judge. Until then, the divorce is not final, and neither Qualley nor Antonoff has spoken publicly about the filing itself.
What the court papers say
The case was filed on Friday, 30 October, in Kings County Supreme Court in Brooklyn, New York, according to court records reviewed by the Associated Press. It is listed as an uncontested matrimonial action, which means neither side is fighting the divorce in court.
Qualley is listed as the plaintiff and Antonoff as the defendant. That sounds one-sided, but it is simply how a divorce has to be filed in New York State, even when both agree. A source close to the couple told People that the filing was in fact joint, and Billboard reported that the pair jointly filed an uncontested, pre-packaged divorce settlement.
Page Six, which obtained the court records, reported that the couple have also filed a settlement agreement, which is still being processed by the court. Filing the papers starts the process, but the marriage is not dissolved until the court finishes its review. Financial terms have not been made public, and the couple’s lawyers did not immediately respond to the Associated Press.
A mutual decision, say those close to them
Everyone who has spoken about the split on the couple’s behalf has used the same language: mutual, respectful and without drama. The source who spoke to People stressed that the decision belonged to both of them, and that their care for each other had not ended with the romance.
A separate source told Page Six the filing had been expected. “This divorce filing was inevitable,” the source said, adding that it had taken the couple time “to iron out a few things” before making it official. “They still have immense respect for one another but knew this was coming.” The couple separated in July and waited about three months before filing, a gap their circle says was spent working out the terms.
How they got here: a short timeline
Qualley and Antonoff met at a party in the summer of 2021. Antonoff later said he knew almost at once that she was the person he would marry. “I saw her and it was like a f—ing Hallmark movie that doesn’t seem believable,” he said in an interview in April 2026. They were first photographed kissing on a date in Brooklyn in August 2021, went public as a couple in 2022 at an AFI Awards Luncheon, and in May 2022 People confirmed that they were engaged.
Antonoff proposed while the pair were living in Paris, after calling Qualley’s sister Rainey to ask for her blessing.
They married on 19 August 2023 on Long Beach Island, New Jersey, in Antonoff’s home state. Guests included Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey, Channing Tatum, Zoë Kravitz and Cara Delevingne, along with Qualley’s mother, actor Andie MacDowell. Before the ceremony, Qualley had described Antonoff as “my person”. “I am so happy that I found my person. And it’s real. It’s amazing. It’s the best feeling in the world,” she said.
Antonoff later said he had felt unexpectedly nervous as the ceremony began, despite years of performing in front of crowds. For about two years after the wedding, the couple were a regular sight on red carpets together.
The summer the split became public
The first public sign of trouble came in early July 2026. Antonoff attended the wedding of his longtime friend and collaborator Taylor Swift to American football player Travis Kelce on 3 July, and he brought his sister, fashion designer Rachel Antonoff, instead of Qualley. Fans noticed, and rumours about the marriage began to spread online.
People first reported the separation on 8 July, saying the couple had split just months before their third wedding anniversary. A source told the magazine that the relationship had become “rocky”, while a second insider said the pair were “figuring things out”. Page Six confirmed the separation the same day.
Two days later, on 10 July, Qualley’s representative confirmed the break-up and pushed back against the speculation. “The narratives running in the press about Margaret and Jack are categorically untrue. There are no trust issues. There was no infidelity or anything outside of respect and partnership in this relationship,” the representative said, adding that the people commenting publicly did not know the couple. Around the same time, fans noticed that photographs from the couple’s wedding seemed to have disappeared from Qualley’s Instagram account.
Page Six later reported that Antonoff had told fellow guests at the Swift wedding that he and Qualley were in a “tiff”, and that he did not want to “put up a facade” when they were “having trouble”. A source told the outlet the couple had not split for any “dramatic reason”. “They’re figuring this all out together,” the source said. “Sometimes, these things just don’t work.”
What has been said about why it ended
Neither Qualley nor Antonoff has publicly given a detailed reason for the break-up, and readers should treat the explanations in the press as claims from unnamed sources, not as facts confirmed by the couple. What is on the record is what Qualley’s representative said in July: there were no trust issues and no infidelity, and the stories circulating about the marriage were untrue.
Beyond that, the reporting has pointed to the ordinary pressures of two demanding careers. Page Six reported that communication had been “definitely a challenge” for the pair, and busy schedules and distance have also been mentioned in reports about the break-up. That fits their working lives in 2026: Antonoff spent much of the year on tour with Bleachers, while Qualley was preparing for film work, including pre-production on the horror film Possession. None of this has been confirmed by either of them as the reason for the split.
Two careers that kept crossing paths
Part of what made the couple so visible was how often their work overlapped. Qualley, the daughter of actor Andie MacDowell, built her career with the HBO drama The Leftovers and the Netflix miniseries Maid, for which she earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. She went on to appear in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Poor Things, Kinds of Kindness and the 2024 film The Substance, for which she earned a further Golden Globe nomination.
Antonoff became one of the most in-demand producers in pop music. He first found fame as the guitarist and drummer of the band Fun, then as the frontman of Bleachers, which he formed in 2013. As a songwriter and producer he has worked with Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey, Lorde, St. Vincent and Sabrina Carpenter, and he has won 14 Grammy Awards.
Their creative lives crossed again and again. In 2023, Lana Del Rey released “Margaret”, a song named after Qualley, which Antonoff co-wrote and co-produced. Its lyrics describe the night he met her: “He met Margaret on a rooftop, she was wearin’ white / And he was like, ‘I might be in trouble’.” Del Rey later said Antonoff’s marriage had shaped her own thinking about love, and that his example was a big reason she had waited so long to get married.
In 2024, Qualley choreographed, co-directed and starred in the music video for the Bleachers song “Tiny Moves”, filmed just weeks before their wedding. In August 2025, Antonoff released the soundtrack to Ethan Coen’s dark comedy Honey Don’t!, which co-starred Qualley — the first time he had written music for a film she appeared in. Bleachers released a new album, Everyone for Ten Minutes, in May 2026, with several songs inspired by his relationship with Qualley, and in February she made a cameo in the video for the Bleachers song “You and Forever”. Within five months, the couple had separated.
The songs he still sings
The hardest part of the split for Antonoff, by his own account, has been deciding what to do with his songs about Qualley. In an interview published on 25 October, while he was on tour with Bleachers, he said he had worried about keeping those songs in his setlist now that the relationship had ended. He thought about changing it, but decided against it. “The deal I’ve made with my audience is that I’m going to tell you honestly how I feel and I’m going to risk at any moment having to stand behind it for f—ing ever,” he said.
In the end, he said, performing the songs had been a comfort rather than a burden. “It’s actually been really beautiful,” he said, describing audiences who knew what the songs were about and brought their own feelings to the performances.
He also said he had no interest in rewriting his own history. “I don’t rewrite the past, I have no shame about the things I’ve said,” he said, adding: “I would rather live through something publicly than even escape it privately.” Fans got a shorter version of the same message in September, at a Bleachers concert in Los Angeles, when a fan asked him to play the 2017 Bleachers song “Let’s Get Married” and Antonoff replied: “Read the news, brother.”
What happens next
For now, the legal process still has to run its course. The settlement agreement filed with the divorce papers is still being processed by the court, and a judge must review it before the divorce becomes final — a normal step in an uncontested divorce in New York.
Both are expected to keep working: Antonoff is in the middle of his Bleachers Forever tour, and Qualley continues to work in film. What is not expected is a public fight: every account of the split points the same way — an uncontested filing, a settlement already agreed, and a shared wish to stay friends. If that holds, the next news about the case is likely to be short and quiet, when a judge signs off on the settlement.
Frequently asked questions
When did Margaret Qualley and Jack Antonoff file for divorce?
They filed on Friday, 30 October 2026, in Kings County Supreme Court in Brooklyn, New York. The case is listed as an uncontested matrimonial action.
Are Margaret Qualley and Jack Antonoff already divorced?
No. Filing the papers starts the process, but the divorce is not final until a judge reviews the settlement agreement the couple filed with the papers. That review was still pending when the filing was reported.
Who filed for divorce, Qualley or Antonoff?
Qualley is listed as the plaintiff and Antonoff as the defendant, but that is how New York State requires a divorce to be filed. A source close to the couple told People they filed jointly, and Billboard reported the same.
When did Qualley and Antonoff separate?
News of their separation first became public on 8 July 2026, when People reported that they had split. Qualley’s representative confirmed the break-up two days later, on 10 July. They had been married for almost three years at that point.
Why did Margaret Qualley and Jack Antonoff split?
Neither of them has publicly given a detailed reason. Qualley’s representative said in July that there were no trust issues and no infidelity. Reports since then have pointed to communication problems and the pressure of busy schedules and distance, but those accounts come from unnamed sources and have not been confirmed by the couple.
How long were Margaret Qualley and Jack Antonoff married?
They married on 19 August 2023 in New Jersey, so they were married for just over three years when they filed on 30 October 2026. They had been together since the summer of 2021, about five years in total.
Conclusion
The divorce filing is, in the end, a quiet one. There is no courtroom fight, no public blame and no disputed fortune, just a joint, uncontested filing and a settlement waiting for a judge’s review. That fits everything the couple’s own circle has said since July: a mutual decision, made with respect, between two people who still care for each other.
It is also a reminder of how public their relationship was. They met at a party, married in front of some of the biggest names in music and film, and then wrote that love into songs, videos and a film soundtrack. Antonoff is still singing those songs on stage, and he says he has no plans to stop.
This article is for general information and education only. It is not legal or financial advice.
Sources
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