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Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen's marriage ended 2 years ago. A final decision has been reached.

After 14 years of marriage and more than 20 years together, Sacha Baron Cohen and Australian actor Isla Fisher announced their divorce in April 2024.

Now, the ex-couple has shared an update.

Baron Cohen and Fisher decided to end their marriage in 2023, and made the decision public a year later.

In a message shared on their Instagram today, they announced they've reached a final decision.

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"Our divorce has now been finalised," they wrote.

"We are proud of all we've achieved together and, continuing our great respect for each other, we remain friends and committed to co-parenting our wonderful children. We ask for the media to continue to respect our children's privacy."

The couple announced the decision to end their marriage via coordinated social media posts in 2024.

"After a long tennis match lasting over twenty years, we are finally putting our racquets down," the couple wrote alongside a photo that featured the two actors wearing matching tennis whites.

"In 2023 we jointly filed to end our marriage. We have always prioritised our privacy, and have been quietly working through this change."

They continued: "We forever share in our devotion and love for our children. We sincerely appreciate your respecting our family's wish for privacy."

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isla-fisher-sacha-baron-cohen-tennis-divorceThe couple announced their divorce via coordinated social media posts. Image: Instagram

In February 2025, Fisher called her divorce "the most difficult thing" she's been through in an interview with The Sunday Times, adding that she "learned so much about [herself] in the process".

"I never imagined my family being separated, but we are committed and loving parents," she said.

When Fisher shared some photos from her shoot with the publication on Instagram, Baron Cohen was publicly supportive,

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"Stunning photoshoot," he wrote in the comments, to which Fisher responded, "Thank you," alongside a smiling face emoji.

Baron Cohen, 53, and Fisher, 49, who have three children together, met at a Sydney party in 2001.

"She was hilarious. We were at a very pretentious party, and me and her bonded over taking the mick out of the other people in the party," Baron Cohen previously said in an interview with the New York Times.

They were engaged in 2004, and married in 2010 in a Jewish ceremony after Fisher converted to Judaism. The family split their time between Australia, London and America.

The announcement comes as Baron Cohen denies claims made by actor, Rebel Wilson in her new book, Rebel Rising, that the Borat star sexually harassed her on the set of 2016 movie The Brothers Grimsby.

In an excerpt from the book, Wilson claimed Baron Cohen frequently asked her to perform scenes naked.

"I was like, 'Ha, I don't do nudity, Sacha.'"

baron-cohen-rebel-wilsonSacha Baron Cohen and Rebel Wilson in Grimsby. Image: Sony Pictures.

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She went on to describe an incident where Baron Cohen announced the pair would film an extra scene.

"SBC says very matter-of-factly: 'Okay, now I want you to stick your finger up my ass.' And I'm like, 'What?? ... No!'"

Wilson continues, "I was now scared. I wanted to get out of there, so I finally compromised: I slapped him on the ass and improvised a few lines as the character."

The Ali G star vehemently denied the claims via a statement.

"While we appreciate the importance of speaking out, these demonstrably false claims are directly contradicted by extensive detailed evidence, including contemporaneous documents, film footage, and eyewitness accounts from those present before, during and after the production of Grimsby," the statement read.

While the couple say they filed for divorce in 2023, it's being reported that Wilson's allegations were the driving force behind Fisher making their split public.

Feature Image: Getty

This article was first published in April 2024 and has since been updated.

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