Who wouldn’t wish to relish a successful married life with the person they love? When there are many celebrity breakup and divorce news that we hear almost every day, there are some power couples who give us major relationship goals.
One of such strongest couples from Hollywood is Star Trek star Jonathan Frakes and his beautiful wife, Genie Francis. The couple has been celebrating a blissful and romantic relationship. In this regard, let us help you have a glance at their love life.
Love Life With Actress Wife
The 67-year-old actor met the love of his life back in the early 1980s. While shooting for the soap opera Bare Essence (1983), Jonathan met his wife Genie.
Genie, age 57, is an American actress popular for depicting the character of Laura Spencer on General Hospital from 1997. The Daytime Emmy Award winner Genie is also known for appearing in the soap operas like The Young and the Restless, All My Children, and Days of Our Lives.
The duo again met on the sets of the miniseries North and South and started to develop strong chemistry between them. The couple began dating in the year 1985 and got engaged a year later in 1986.
Jonathan Frakes with his wife, Genie Francis, at Paris in 2018. (Photo: Genie’s Facebook)
Two years after getting engaged, Jonathan and his lady love decided to get married. The duo exchanged the wedding vows on 28 May 1988.
Jonathan and his wife Genie has been bound in the marital relationship for more than three decades. In the course of their 32 years of marriage, they welcomed two children.
The couple has a son named Jameson Ivor Frakes and daughter named Elizabeth Frances Frakes. James was born in the year 1994 whereas Elizabeth was born in 1997.
Net Worth
The veteran actor and director, Jonathan Frakes, has mustered a huge net worth of $25 million. Similarly, his wife also has a whopping net worth of $25 million.
Active in the entertainment industry since 1978, Jonathan has appeared in numerous movies and TV series which has not just helped him to assemble huge fortune but also awards and accolades.
Jonathan is best known for directing and starring Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek: The Next Generation. He is also known for appearing in Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction? from 1998 to 2002.
Jonathan, who provided his voice to J’son in the Guardians of the Galaxy, is also an author. He has written the novel, The Abductors: Conspiracy.
Most recently, the actor was seen in How to After Trek, Sell Drugs Online (Fast), and Star Trek: Picard. In the year 2020, Jonathan appeared in the 20th episode of The Ready Room.
Family Background
Jonathan Frakes was born on 19 August 1952 to his parents in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. His father’s name is Dr. James R. Frakes and his mother’s name is Doris J. (née Yingling). His father was a professor, book editor, and critic for the New York Times Book Review until his death in 2002.
He had a younger brother named Daniel who died from pancreatic cancer in 1997.
