Jim Carrey's complicated love life: from his three marriages to romances with co-stars

For a few months in 1983, when a 21-year-old Jim was just starting out in the Los Angeles comedy circuit, he dated singer Linda Ronstadt, who was 16 years his senior. By that point already a two-time Grammy winner with multiple hit records, she'd spotted him doing his impressions and asked him to join her on tour as her opening act.

"No, but I'll go out with you," Jim wrote of his response in his 2020 fictionalized autobiography Memoirs and Misinformation. "She loved my talent and respected my talent – we'd hang out and she'd say, 'You're going to be where I am. You're going to deal with all the stuff I've dealt with'."

In 1985, Jim met Melissa Womer, an actress who worked as a cocktail waitress at The Comedy Store, where he often performed. The pair started dating soon after, and in 1987, they got married while Jim was still trying to find his big break. They welcomed their daughter Jane Erin later that year.

However, the pressures of the star's quick rise to fame with In Living Color, Ace Ventura and The Mask started to get to them, resulting in a years-long separation by the early '90s. They officially filed for divorce in 1993 and after a protracted battle in court over shared division of assets, they were officially divorced by 1995.

During the filming of Dumb and Dumber, Jim began a romance with his co-star Lauren Holly, despite her initial insistence on professional distance, while dealing with the end of his marriage to Melissa. The pair dated for three years and got married in 1996. However, nine months later, the couple filed for divorce citing "irreconcilable differences."

In 1999, Jim announced his engagement to his Me, Myself & Irene co-star Renée Zellweger, who was on the verge of her Hollywood breakout at the time with past roles like Jerry Maguire and hits in Nurse Jackie and Bridget Jones' Diary to follow soon after.

However, their engagement was short, ending in 2000. The pair seemingly parted on good terms, with Jim later telling Howard Stern on his radio show that she "definitely was special to me, very special. I think she's lovely," adding that "there was a very important thing there."

In 2002, the Ace Ventura star briefly dated actress January Jones, who was 16 years his junior. The couple broke up soon after, although January did once share that for her birthday, then-boyfriend Jim gifted her an autograph from her favorite actor, Robert Stack.

In 2005, Jim started dating actress Jenny McCarthy, although the couple didn't go public with their romance until the following year. They revealed in 2008 that they had already started living together, although they maintained they didn't want to get married. However, in 2010, after nearly five years together, they called it quits with a joint statement.

They've remained good friends since then, and as recently as 2026, Jenny and her husband Donnie Wahlberg even showed their support for Jim after conspiracy theories broke out over his appearance at the Cesar Awards. "He looked very happy at that award show. And I was happy for him," she told People. "That's the first thing I noticed. I said, 'Oh wow, Jim looks really happy.'"

In 2012, Jim started dating Irish makeup artist Cathriona White, with the two then beginning an on-and-off relationship that lasted for three years. In 2013, Cathriona married Mark Burton while still dating Jim on-and-off, with the couple last getting back together in 2015.

In September 2015, Cathriona was found dead from a prescription drug overdose, with it later being ruled as a suicide. Jim was also a pallbearer at her funeral (pictured above). Later, her husband and also her mother filed wrongful death lawsuits against the actor, although they were dismissed in 2018.

From 2018 to 2019, Jim was spotted with actress Ginger Gonzaga, who is over 20 years his junior. The pair made an appearance together at the 2019 Golden Globes, but broke up soon after.

Jim was joined by Min Ah at the 2026 Cesar Awards, their very first public appearance. Not much is known about his new wife, who has been identified as an artist and aspiring actress based in Los Angeles. The two were first seen together in 2022, with Jim calling her his "sublime companion" in his Cesar acceptance speech.