The couple first met in 2000 in a New York City bodega and wed in July 2003. Jim and Jeannie live in N.Y.C. with their five kids, about whom Jim often jokes in his stand-up routines.

1. Who Is Jim Gaffigan’s Wife All
About Jeannie Gaffigan
Jim Gaffigan and Jeannie Gaffigan are partners in life, love and
laughter.

2. The couple first met in 2000 in a New York City bodega and wed in
July 2003. Jim and Jeannie live in N.Y.C. with their five kids, about
whom Jim often jokes in his stand-up routines.
In addition to raising their children, Jim and Jeannie have worked
together on various comedy specials, including the TV Land series The
Jim Gaffigan Show, loosely based on their family life.Not onlydid
Jeannie direct one episode and serve as a co-writer, but she was also
one of the executive producers of the series. Jim told Vanity Fair in
2015 that the sitcom was a “perfect utilization of us.”
“Our relationship has always been — ever since we first started dating -
collaborative,” Jim told in May 2017. “ We‟ve always had this similar
work ethic where we don‟t really view it as a job. And it doesn‟t happen
in a set or even a scheduled time; it‟s an ongoing discussion.”
Here‟s everything to know about Jeannie Gaffigan and her relationship
with the Grammy-nominated funnyman.
She’s originally from Milwaukee

4. Jeannie was born in Milwaukee and is the oldest of nine siblings. Her
brother, Patrick Noth, is a writer and actor with more than a dozen
credits to his name (including The Jim Gaffigan Show), and her
brother, Paul Noth, is a cartoonist whose work has been featured
in The New Yorker.
In 2021, Jeannie celebrated a milestone wedding anniversary of her
mom and dad, Louise and Dom Noth, sharing a series of throwback
family photos on Instagram.
She captioned the images of the large Noth brood, “Happy 52nd
Anniversary mom & dad from your 9 kids, 10 grandchildren, all the
spouses, partners, friends, nephews, nieces & all the „adopted children‟
you have accumulated over the years w your unconditional love &
support!”
She and Jim have honorary doctorate degrees
Before moving to N.Y.C. to pursue an acting career, Jeannie graduated
in 1992 from Marquette University‟s Diederich College of
Communication, located in her native Milwaukee.
In May 2018, she and Jim received honorary doctorate degrees from
Marquette. During the commencement ceremony, associate professor
Dr. Stanley M. Harrison recognized the duo for their “ extraordinary
success and contributions as a couple to the worlds of comedy, theater,
television and cinema.”

5. She didn’t agree to go out with Jim right away

7. The couple first met in 2000 at a Korean market in N.Y.C.‟s NoLiTa
neighborhood.
„‟I smiled at him and said „hello,‟” Jeannie, who was also working in
comedy at the time, told The New York Times in July 2003. “He said,
„Where do I know you from?‟ And I said, „We‟ve probably seen each
other at the comedy clubs.‟”
Jeannie initially turned down the comedian‟s requests for a date, but
“he asked again and again.”
She continued, “When I finally said I‟d go out to lunch with him the
next Saturday, he said to me, „You know, we‟re probably going to get
married.‟”
She married Jim at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral in N.Y.C.

9. According to their wedding announcement in The New York Times,
Jeannie and Jim tied the knot on July 26, 2003, at St. Patrick‟s Old
Cathedral in N.Y.C. Rev. Thomas Kallumady, a Roman Catholic priest,
officiated the ceremony.
She wrote her first joke with Jim in 2000
One of the pair‟s first collaborations was a joke Jeannie co-wrote for
Jim‟s guest appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn.

10. “We had been dating for a while, and the „Thong Song‟ by Sisqó was
really popular. It was on the radio all the time, and we just both
thought it was so hysterical,” Jeannie told Fast Company in September
2015. “Jim wasn‟t talking about stuff like that onstage at the time, but
he made a really funny observation about the song, and I made one too
— one that would not work for me if I was gonna deliver the joke, but I
knew it would really work for Jim.”
She continued, “So, he was doing Craig Kilborn‟s show, and he called
me after the taping, and he said, „I did your joke on Kilborn,‟ and I said,
„Oh my God, how did it go?‟ And he was like, „It killed.‟ That just felt so
great. It was really fulfilling to me in a way that writing for someone
else wouldn‟t have been.”
“After the Kilborn thing, I started to really learn him, learn his cadence,
learn his point of view, and we started building TV spots together,” she
told Fast Company. “We would do different chunks, like segments of
topics at different clubs, to see which one was the best one.”
Jim told in 2017 that he and Jeannie always write together for his
comedy specials and tours, including Beyond the Pale (2006), King
Baby (2009) and The Pale Tourist (2020)
“I will typically come up with an idea, go onstage, kind of play around
with it, write from that, and then have a discussion with my wife,” he

11. said. “Then she‟ll see me do the set, she‟ll have ideas or edits, and the
jokes will kind of grow from there.”
She shares five kids with Jim
Jeannie and Jim‟s five kids — daughters Marre and Katie and sons
Jack, Michael, and Patrick — are often referenced in Jim‟s comedy bits

12. that draw from his real-life experiences. But he is quick to give her all
the credit, saying Jeannie has parenting down to a science, partly due
to her having eight siblings.
“I don‟t know what I‟m doing,” the star told in 2016. “I think it‟s my
wife; she‟s Wonder Woman. But it‟s just fun chaos. I come from a big
family, and my wife comes from a big family — I think there‟s a lot of
value in sibling chaos.”
One particularly hectic time the couple had to navigate was during the
COVID-19 pandemic. They had to devise a new system to make things
work in quarantine and embrace more time with their kids.
“Sure, there was a lot of screaming and crying — and sometimes the
kids got upset too, but we had incredible moments with each one of
them that we would have never had if they were off at school or if Jim
was traveling,” Jeannie told in January 2021, “That was the bright
patch in all of this chaos.”
She was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2017

14. On May 1, 2017, Jim revealed his wife had undergone surgery for a
brain tumor.
“Two weeks ago an MRI revealed @jeanniegaffigan had a large tumor
around her brain stem that was life threatening,” he wrote on
Facebook.
Jim told that his wife‟s over nine-hour surgery on April 18 was
successful.
“We were prepped for the understanding that good news would be like,
„We got 85 percent of it,‟” he said in May 2017. “But they removed all
the tumor, and there was no damage to her 12 cranial nerves.”
Jeannie had been experiencing various symptoms, from recurring
headaches to dizziness, but ignored them. However, when she started
losing her hearing, she sought answers. An MRI showed a pear-sized
tumor, later confirmed to be a benign papilloma of the choroid plexus.
Jim shared his initial reaction to his wife‟s diagnosis in an exclusive
interview in September 2019.
“The doctor said, „This is very concerning,‟ and I saw fear in his face,”
Jim recalled. “ That was the day I was most frightened. It was definitely
a period where I was like, „All right, I‟m probably going to be a
mediocre single father of five.”

15. He was anything but, with Jeannie in July 2018 how her husband
stepped into the “caregiving role” and brought some levity to a
frightening situation.
“His comic ability [was able] to transform situations into something
that wasn‟t as horrible,” she said.
Jim — who made frequent trips to the hospital to support Jeannie —
added, “You‟re grateful for the opportunity to support this loved one
and, obviously, it‟s emotionally taxing, but there‟s a lot of commitment
that you have to undertake.”
In September 2019, on the WTF Podcast with Marc Maron, Jeannie
told the host she had a second surgery to repair her left vocal cord that
was paralyzed due to the tumor.
She wrote a memoir

16. Jeannie published her first memoir, When Life Gives You Pears: The
Healing Power of Faith, Family and Funny People, in 2019, two years
after her brain tumor diagnosis.

17. The book chronicles her diagnosis and recovery process, as well as the
“brutal conversation” she had with her children and loved ones.
“We have been the beneficiaries of so much love and support by
everyone through this medical crisis,” she told in June 2019. “I hope
that sharing our story can bring hope and laughter to anyone facing the
unimaginable.”
Jim added, “I can‟t believe how perfectly Jeannie captures the fear,
grace and humor of this terrifying part of our life. Then again, I can‟t
believe she married me.”

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