Sidney Poitier & Joanna Shimkus
For more than four decades, Sidney Poitier and Joanna Shimkus proved to us that love lasts in Hollywood. Joanna’s father is of Lithuanian-Jewish while her mother is of Irish descent. She is a renowned former actress who made her debut in the film De L’amour. After then, she was discovered by a director and chose her to appear in films like Tante Zita, Les Aventuriers, and Ho!. Sidney and Joanna met in the set of The Lost Man and hit it off immediately. The couple now has two daughters, Anika and Sydney, who is also a prolific actress.
Sidney, on the other hand, is a retired actor, ambassador, film director, and activist. He was the first Bahamian actor and a black male who won Academy Awards for Best Actor. Currently, he is the earliest and oldest living Best Actor Academy Award survivor. He and his wife had amazing lifelong years in Hollywood, which made them have various investments, including the wellness of their kids who now have their own families.
