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What to Know About Pierce Brosnan's Wife of 25 Years, Keely Shaye Smith Brosnan
Keely Shaye Smith, 63, is an American journalist, TV host, documentary filmmaker and environmental campaigner.
She met Pierce Brosnan on a beach in Mexico in 1994, and they married in Ireland in 2001.
The couple have two sons, Dylan and Paris, and she recently shared a rare family photo from her mother's 82nd birthday.
Pierce Brosnan's wife, Keely Shaye Smith, has given fans a rare glimpse into the family's private life. On Sunday, October 25, she shared a photo from her mother Sharon's 82nd birthday celebration, posing in a burgundy satin dress alongside Brosnan and the couple's sons, Dylan, 29, and Paris, 25, People reported.
The post came a week after the pair made a rare joint red-carpet appearance at the Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles, where Brosnan held his wife's hand as they posed for photographers, according to Hello!
More than three decades after they met, the former James Bond star still speaks about his wife in glowing terms. Here is what to know about her.
Who is Keely Shaye Smith?
Keely Shaye Smith, who also goes by Keely Shaye Brosnan, was born on September 25, 1963, in Vallejo, California. She spent part of her early childhood in Hawaii, then moved to Southern California at five and grew up in Newport Beach and Huntington Beach.
Her love of nature started early. As a child, she helped campaign to protect the Bolsa Chica wetlands, collecting rubbish from beaches on school field trips. "I applaud the teachers who created that programme," she later told Orange Coast magazine. After college, she moved to New York in 1984 to pursue acting and modelling, filming 25 commercials in three and a half years.
What Does Keely Shaye Smith Do For Work?
She is a journalist, TV presenter, producer and director. Early in her career, she appeared in Huey Lewis and the News' 1986 music video "Stuck with You" and played Valerie Freeman in General Hospital.
She went on to build a career in television journalism. She spent six years as an environmental correspondent for ABC's Home, winning two Genesis Awards. From 1995 to 1997, she was a correspondent on NBC's Unsolved Mysteries, and she also reported for Today, Entertainment Tonight and Good Morning America, where she was a gardening expert.
Behind the camera, she created and hosted Home Green Home, an eco-friendly home and garden show for PBS, People reported. In 2017, she made her directorial debut with Poisoning Paradise, a documentary about the impact of pesticide testing on Native Hawaiian communities on Kauai. She was also an executive producer of the 2022 documentary Women of the White Buffalo.
How Did Pierce Brosnan and Keely Shaye Smith Meet?
They met on a beach in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, in April 1994, when Smith was working as a TV correspondent, People noted. Smith has described Brosnan as "captivating" when they first met.
At the time, Brosnan was a widower. His first wife, Australian actress Cassandra Harris, had died of ovarian cancer in 1991. The couple made their first red-carpet appearance together in London in April 1995, just as Brosnan was about to become the new James Bond in GoldenEye.
Brosnan clearly still counts the years. "Keely and I, it'll be 31 years here soon," he told Fox News Digital ahead of the release of his series MobLand in 2025.
When Did Pierce Brosnan and Keely Shaye Smith Get Married?
They married on August 4, 2001, at Ballintubber Abbey in County Mayo, in Brosnan's native Ireland.
Their marriage has become one of Hollywood's most enduring.
Do Pierce Brosnan and Keely Shaye Smith Have Children?
Yes, two sons: Dylan Thomas, born in 1997, and Paris Beckett, born in 2001. Both have followed their father into the industry, and both appeared in the 2025 Western The Unholy Trinity alongside him. Asked for his best acting advice to his sons, Brosnan kept it simple: "Know your lines."
Smith is also stepmother to Brosnan's children from his first marriage. He shares son Sean with the late Cassandra Harris, and adopted her children Christopher and Charlotte. Charlotte died of ovarian cancer in 2013.
What Causes Does Keely Shaye Smith Support?
Environmental activism has been central to her life, and to her marriage. From 1995 to 2000, she and Brosnan worked with the Natural Resources Defense Council and the International Fund for Animal Welfare to stop a proposed salt factory at Laguna San Ignacio in Baja California Sur, Mexico, a breeding ground for grey whales.
In 2007, they successfully opposed a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal off the coast of Malibu and Oxnard, and donated US$100,000 to replace a school playground on Kauai. The couple also support Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots youth programme.
Her work has earned honours from organisations including the Natural Resources Defense Council, Oceana, Heal the Bay and Women in Film.
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