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Pierce Brosnan and Keely Shaye Brosnan celebrate 25 years of marriage with their most personal photos yet


The couple married in 2001


Pierce Brosnan and Keely Shaye Brosnan celebrate 25 years of marriage with their most personal photos yet© Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Maria LoretoSenior Writer
AUGUST 5, 2026 5:38 PM EDT

Pierce Brosnan and Keely Shaye Brosnan are celebrating their 25th anniversary. In a post shared on her Instagram, Keely shared that she and Pierce married 25 years ago

The couple in 1995© Getty Images
The couple in 1995

In a post shared earlier today, Keely celebrated 25 years of marriage, sharing some adorable photos of herself and Pierce over the years. The photos show the two spending time with their dog, on a photoshoot on the beach, and sharing a kiss at what appears to be a red carpet event. 

More photos show the two at red carpet events, with her concluding the post with a recent selfie of the two, showing off Pierce's striking silver hair. 

"Happy 25th wedding anniversary my love! What an adventure life is with you. Looking forward to the next 25 years beside you," she captioned the post. 

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More details about Pierce and Keely's relationship

Pierce Brosnan and Keely Shaye have one of the most enduring romances in Hollywood. The two first met in 1994, on a trip in Mexico, two years after Pierce's first wife died from ovarian cancer. 

Keely described the moment she met Pierce vividly in an interview with PEOPLE.  She called him “tall, dark and handsome — everything that everybody would immediately be attracted to. He had this mischievous sparkle in his eyes. I thought, ‘Wow! Wow!’" 

Pierce alongside his kids, Dylan and Paris in 2026© Dave Benett/Getty Images for Cla
Pierce alongside his kids, Dylan and Paris in 2026

She revealed why the world considers him such a heartthrob. “I understand why women find him sexy, because he is an appealing man. He really likes and appreciates women," she said. "He’s intelligent, captivating and his real beauty emanates from the soul. And, like a fine wine, he’s aging beautifully."

The two married in 2001 and remain happily together. They share two sons, Dylan, 29, and Paris, 25. Pierce had three kids from his first marriage: Christopher, 53, and Sean, 42. They had one daughter named Charlotte, who died in 2013 at the age of 41 from ovarian cancer. 

Pierce has spoken of how loss has affected his parenting method. "My fatherly instincts are purely my own," he said in an interview with Esquire in 2017. He was raised primarily by his grandparents, with his father leaving him when he was a baby. "They relate back to no one, because there was no one. I only met [my dad] the once. … I had a Sunday afternoon with him," he said. 

In a 2008 interview with Reader's Digest, he made it clear that losing his first wife played a key role in how he approaches his kids. "I'm very aware of how precious the time with my children is," he said. 

Pierce Brosnan and Keely Shaye Brosnan celebrate 25 years of marriage with their most personal photos yet© Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Pierce and Keely are celebrating 25 years of marriage