Two Criminal Minds stars who played on-screen husband and wife are divorcing in real life after 12 years of marriage. According to documents obtained by TMZ, Zach Gilford has filed for divorce from Kiele Sanchez.
The actor cited "irreconcilable differences" as their reason for the breakup and listed "TBD" as the date of the separation, according to TMZ. The documents also show that Gilford is seeking joint legal and physical custody of their two children, Zeppelin, 7, and Revel, 4.
The couple got engaged in December 2011 and married a year later, on December 29, 2012, according to People. They welcomed daughter Zeppelin Adele on November 29, 2017 after a late-term miscarriage of their son Winter in 2015. At the time, Sanchez was starring on the drama Kingdom and her character on the show was pregnant. Sanchez miscarried during the hiatus between seasons.
In an emotional essay for The Hollywood Reporter, she detailed how Byron Balasco, the creator of Kingdom, asked her what she wanted to do with the storyline in the wake of her unimaginable loss. They ended up writing her miscarriage into the show because Sanchez was in such a dark place that she couldn't "imagine playing anything other than where I'm at," she wrote in the essay.
After Gilford and Sanchez's devastating loss, they used a surrogate for their daughter Zeppelin. They also share son Revel.
Most recently, Gilford and Sanchez have been playing husband and wife on the Paramount Plus continuation of Criminal Minds, subtitled Evolution. Gilford portrayed serial killer Elias Voit and Sanchez played his wife, Sydney Voit.
Gilford told E! News in 2022 that he didn't know they would be playing a married couple on screen until Sanchez was offered the job.
"I was actually on my way to work. I was literally kissing my wife goodbye and she looked at her phone and went, 'Oh, I just got an offer to play your wife on Criminal Minds," the Friday Night Lights alum told E!.
Criminal Minds: Evolution returns with its third season on May 8, with episodes dropping weekly on Thursdays on Paramount Plus.
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