They’re the showbusiness power couples who missed out on a happy ending.
But during their unions, A-listers like Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher and James Packer and Jodhi Meares often amassed millions in expansive real estate portfolios around the world.
So what happens to the exes once they leave their more often famous and successful partners?
We take a look behind the scenes at some of biggest break-ups of the last few years, and just how the other halves now live.
Hollywood glamour couple Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen shocked fans last April when the high-profile pair announced their split after wedding in 2010.
Hollywood glamour couple Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen shocked fans last April when the high-profile pair announced their split after wedding in 2010 (Pictured in 2020)
The Australian actress made a shrewd property move in the wake of settling a divorce when she sold off her old Sydney pad pocketing a reputed $930,000 in the sale (Pictured)
And the Australian actress, 48, wasted little time making a shrewd property move in the wake of settling her divorce with the British star, 53.
Isla listed her old art deco apartment in Sydney’s Woollahra in September for a whopping $1.1million.
First purchased by the former Home and Away star for a mere $171,500 in 1995, Isla was forced to slash the price on the two-bedroom, one-bathroom pad, in the midst of a sluggish market.
Following the auction’s cancellation, she shed another $100,000 from its price guide before returning to the market at a stable $990,000.
The Now You See Me 3 star ultimately pocketed $930,000 when the cosy and well-maintained vintage property went under the hammer in October to an undisclosed private buyer.
While working on huge Hollywood films like Wedding Crashers and Confessions of a Shopaholic, Isla had used her Sydney digs as a rental investment property
Isla and Sacha, who jointly filed to end their marriage in 2023, share two daughters and one son who they often keep out of the public eye.
The couple first met back in 2001 and tied the knot in 2010, with the end of their marriage coming just a few years after relocating their family to Australia.
More recently, Isla had been living in Western Australia with her now-ex-husband Sacha, but is believed to be looking to relocate to north London.
Sources recently told The Daily Mail’s Alison Boshoff that she has a budget of £13million (AUD$24million) and was house-hunting in Hampstead.
Cassandra Thorburn, 51, split from Channel Nine star Karl Sefanovic, 48, in 2016. Pictured together in 2008
Cassandra splashed $2.3million on a beautiful semi-detached fixer-upper in Sydney’s Neutral Bay after the former couple sold their Cremorne mansion for $9million
Cassandra Thorburn, 51, split from Channel Nine star Karl Sefanovic, 48, in 2016.
Three years later the pair, who wed in 1995, flogged off their glorious Sydney mansion in waterside Cremorne for a reported $9million.
Purchased only months before they announced their separation, the knockdown rebuild was transformed over 18 months into a five bedroom ‘dream home’, complete with two kitchens and four bathrooms.
Cassandra lived in the property with their children in 2017 before the former husband and wife elected to sell up the lavish spread in 2019 and split the profits.
Only months later realestate.com revealed that Cassandra splashed $2.3million on a beautiful semi-detached fixer-upper in Sydney’s Neutral Bay.
Karl, who wed Jasmine Yarbrough in 2018, meanwhile announced plans to demolish a 60s-era home in Castlecrag he bought in 2019 for $2.3million to build a $4.5milllion mansion.
In April 2023 reports surfaced that Cassandra had made improvements to her property including adding a loft extension for her daughter Ava, who goes by her middle name Willow, 19.
Cassandra and Karl also share sons Jackson, 24, and River, 17.
While Karl has continued with his high profile gig on Channel Nine’s Today since divorcing Cassandra, she has elected to forge a career in the aged care sector working in sales and support.
Former Sunrise star Samantha Armytage, 48, made headlines last month when Daily Mail Australia revealed that she had split from husband Richard Lavender, 61, just shy of four years of marriage (Both pictured)
And even before the news broke Samantha was making property moves behind the scenes, pulling her beautiful NSW south coast home off the market. The delightful three-bedroom, two-bedroom beachfront property had been languishing unsold since December, 2023 (Pictured)
Former Sunrise star Samantha Armytage, 48, made headlines last month when Daily Mail Australia revealed that she had split from husband Richard Lavender, 61, just shy of four years of marriage.
And even before the news broke Samantha was making property moves behind the scenes, pulling her beautiful NSW south coast home off the market.
The delightful three-bedroom, two-bedroom beachfront property had been languishing unsold since December, 2023.
A frustrated Sam, 48 slashed the original $3million asking price on the Hyams Beach property in September last year and re-listed it with a $2.5million-$3million guide.
Before the split Sam has been known to promote stays worth $1200 a night in the stunning waterfront home, which is situated 191kms from Sydney.
Following their separation, Samantha has already moved out of Richard’s sprawling 40-hectare Southern Highlands home, where they got married on New Year’s Eve in 2020.
She relocated to Sydney and is now reportedly living in a stylish two-bedroom waterfront pad in up market Rushcutter’s Bay that she bought in 2021 for $1.58million.
Samantha also owns a renovation project near Moss Vale in the Southern Highlands she bought in May for $1.3million, located only minutes from he ex’s property.
The media veteran has been known to be highly active in the property market over the last four years.
In 2020 she sold off a home in sought after North Bondi for a cool $3.15million after snapping it in 2024 for $2.15million.
Samantha had listed the property just days after she first revealed her engagement with Richard.
JODI MEARES AND JAMES PACKER
Rising to fame as a model Jodhi Meares cut a high profile in the three years she was married to Australian billionaire James Packer. (Pictured)
In 2017 Jodhi she splashed out $2.75 million on a cosy 1880’s era home in Watson’s Bay. She’s now listed the two-storey pad with a price guide of $5.5million after buying a spread on the Northern Rivers of NSW near Byron Bay. (Pictured)
Rising to fame as a model, Jodhi Meares cut a high profile in the three years she was married to Australian billionaire James Packer.
And the 53-year-old Tigerlilly Swimwear founder has been known to wheel and deal in property since separating from the mogul in 2002.
She snapped up a luxury unit in Sydney’s ritzy Point Piper in 2004 for $1.23million only to lay it off for $2.4million in 2017.
Jodhi sold off a second property in Paddington the same year for $2.5milliion.
Only months later she splashed out $2.75 million on a cosy 1880’s era home in Watson’s Bay.
She’s now listed the two-storey pad with a price guide of $5.5million after buying a spread on the Northern Rivers of NSW near Byron Bay.
The Daily Telegraph reports that Jodhi spent $4.1million on the four-bedroom, three-bathroom coastal home which is located at Brooklet.
While remaining friends with Packer, Jodhi was subsequently in a relationship with singer Jon Stevens from 2013 to 2015, and they were even engaged.
Jodhi was then briefly linked to Sydney property developer Michael Reid in May 2019. Just two months later, the brunette debuted her relationship with Prison Break actor Dominic Purcell before calling it quits in January 2020.
She is the founder of her own successful fashion brand called The Upside, which she began in 2014.
LEE HENDERSON AND JACKIE ‘O’ HENDERSON
Lee Henderson was married to radio star Jackie ‘O’ Henderson for 15 years. Both pictured in 2004
Lee and Jackie finally put their five-bedroom luxury home under the hammer in 2020 for just over its $6.5M price guide. Lee then bought a delightful renovated 1840s-era four-bedroom, three-bathroom ‘fisherman’s cottage’ in Watson Bay for $4,675,000 in 2021 (PIctured)
Lee Henderson was married to radio star Jackie ‘O’ Henderson for 15 years.
But after the pair split in 2018, the photographer stayed on in the couple’s amazing 1920s-era Vaucluse mansion which they bought in 2012 for $2.7million.
The pair finally put the five-bedroom luxury home under the hammer in 2020 for just over its $6.5M price guide.
Lee then bought a delightful renovated 1840s-era four-bedroom, three-bathroom ‘fisherman’s cottage’ in Watson Bay for $4,675,000 in 2021.
Jackie, 49, meanwhile, spent an staggering $11 million on a property in Woollahra, in 2020, but surprisingly sold it off in 2023 for a hefty $13million.
At the time Jacqui explained that paparazzi had influenced her decision to offload the lavish eastern suburbs pad.
But in her memoir The Whole Truth, released last year, Jackie reveals a darker twist to the sale, saying she linked the home to her addiction to alcohol and prescription pills.
And last month the high-profile media veteran finally began work on her new ‘dream home’ in Sydney’s eastern suburbs nearly two years after buying the waterfront property.
Jackie bought the three-storey, six-bedroom knock-down-rebuild in March 2023 for $13.25million.
The land is located on a clifftop over looking the ocean in the sought-after beach suburb of Clovelly, which lies 9km from the CBD.
She plans to construct a multi-storey luxury home with multiple living spaces and a pool.
CHRIS WALKER AND CARRIE BICKMORE
Former star of the Project Carrie Bickmore and TV producer Chris Walker announced their dramatic split after 11 years of marriage in 2023 (Pictured)
In 2023 Chris bought a four-bedroom home in leafy Eaglemont, 12kms from Melbourne’s CBD for $3.22million, after the stylish abode was listed with a price guide of $2.95-$3.2million
Former star of the Project Carrie Bickmore and TV producer Chris Walker announced their dramatic split after 11 years of marriage in 2023.
The separation came nearly a year after the pair quietly sold off their home in Melbourne’s Ivanhoe in 2022 for $3.4million after they paid $1.59million for it in 2013.
In 2023 Chris bought a four-bedroom home in leafy Eaglemont, 12kms from Melbourne’s CBD for $3.22million, after the stylish abode was listed with a price guide of $2.95-$3.2million.
Just 10 months after their separation, Carrie put her stunning five-bedroom, three-bathroom Byron Bay holiday home on the market for $3.65million, which she later sold for a cool $4.3million.
She bought the weatherboard pad with her ex back in 2018 for $3million, with the couple then overhauling the home in an extensive renovation project.
Quite the property flipping expert, Carrie bought a five-bedroom house for $1.59million in Melbourne, after the sale of the former couple’s house in Ivanhoe.
Chris is the co-creator of Hard Quiz, The Weekly With Charlie Pickering and Tomorrow, Tonight.
He met Carrie when he the managing editor and producer of The Project.
They began dating in late 2012, two years after she lost her husband Greg Lange, the father of her eldest child Ollie, to brain cancer.
Chris became a stepdad to Oliver, and shares two daughters with Carrie, Evie, born in 2015, and Adelaide, born in 2018.
DANIELLE SPENCER AND RUSSELL CROWE
Russell Crowe’s high-profile marriage with his former co-star Danielle Spencer, 55, ended in divorce in 2018 (Pictured in 2011)
They bought this stunning mansion in Sydney’s Rose Bay for $10million in 2011. Russell sold off his share of the spread to Danielle in 2017 as they settled their divorce
They met on the set of the 1990 Australian film The Crossing and were married in 2003, later buying a stunning mansion in Sydney’s Rose Bay for $10millon.
But Russell Crowe’s high-profile marriage with his former co-star Danielle Spencer, 55, ended in divorce in 2018.
The Gladiator actor, 60, sold off his share of the stunning property to the singer and performer in 2017 just as the separation reached a final settlement.
Danielle had taken up residence in the stunning six-bedroom 1900s-era mansion soon after she split with the Oscar winner.
Dubbed Te Puke, which is Maori for ‘hill’, Danielle co-owned the spread prior to their separation in 2012.
Sitting on a 1200sqm parcel of land, the estate overlooks the fairways of the Royal Sydney Golf Club.
Meanwhile, in November, Russell appeared set to part ways with his spectacular harbourside apartment in Sydney.
The Insider star purchased the lavish property for $14.35 million in 2003 and considered listing it for $25million eight years ago.
Now, sources indicate that Russell has listed the apartment off-market with a price guide ranging from $42million to $50million.
Situated on Finger Wharf in the upscale Woolloomooloo area, just 2km from Sydney’s CBD, Crowe’s apartment occupies an entire floor of an exclusive building.
Crowe boasts quite the real estate portfolio, including a sprawling 400 hectare Nana Glen rural property near Coffs Harbour on the NSW north coast.
The property, which has been hit by bushfires before, also features its own chapel where he married ex-wife Danielle Spencer in 2003.
Crowe is now in a relationship with Britney Theriot, who he has been dating since 2020.
PHOEBE BURGESS AND SAM BURGESS
Former WAG Phoebe Burgess went through a dramatic and very public split with NRL champ Sam Burgess five years ago. (Both pictured)
And after the couple finally split in 2019 the mother-of-two re-settled in the Southern Highlands of NSW. The 35-year-old influencer bought a Mediterranean-style property for $1,725,000 in Bowral, 118kms from Sydney. (Pictured)
Former WAG Phoebe Burgess went through a dramatic and very public split with NRL champ Sam Burgess five years ago.
And after the couple finally split in 2019 after four years of marriage, including a brief reconciliation, the mother-of-two re-settled in the Southern Highlands of NSW.
The 35-year-old influencer bought a Mediterranean-style property for $1,725,000 in Bowral, 118kms from Sydney.
Situated close to her parent’s property, the unique home boasts four-bedrooms and three-bathrooms.
It also boasts expansive grounds spanning an impressive 6,949sqm, and is host to a chicken coop and a greenhouse.
Before buying the property Phoebe and her children had been residing with her parents.
Phoebe grew up at the property with her parents Mitch and Sarah Hooke, and sisters Jemima and Harriet.
Phoebe’s horse-loving family also owns a state-of-the-art stable complex and timber-railed paddock area.
The popular social media star and her former husband, Sam Burgess, split in October 2019, after four tumultuous years of marriage.
They had initially separated in December 2018 – shortly after the birth of their son, Billy, now five – but reconciled in April, only to end things for good six months later.
She also shares a seven-year-old daughter Poppy with Sam.
Sam and Phoebe wed in 2015, separated in late 2018 and rekindled their relationship in early 2019 before splitting for good in October that year.
After the celebrity couple parted ways, their divorced was finalised in April 2020.
Sam, formerly of the South Sydney Rabbitohs, admitted on SAS Australia to cheating on his wife with a woman in Melbourne in 2017.
He is now engaged to Leeds hairdresser Lucy Graham and the couple share a baby daughter named Robbie.
TANIA BUCKLEY AND NATHAN BUCKLEY
Former AFL WAG Tania Buckley divorced her footy star husband Nathan Buckley in 2020 after nearly 18 years of marriage. (PIctured)
And the mother-of-two landed the former couples lavish five-bedroom, six-bathroom two-storey pad in Melbourne’s Toorak in the divorce settlement. Tania attempted to cash in last year, listing the spread with a price guide of $16million-$18million. (Pictured)
Former AFL WAG Tania Buckley divorced her footy star husband Nathan Buckley in 2020 after nearly 18 years of marriage.
And the mother-of-two landed the former couples lavish five-bedroom, six-bathroom two-storey pad in Melbourne’s Toorak in the divorce settlement.
Tania attempted to cash in last year, listing the spread with a price guide of $16million-$18million.
But after the pad languished on the market for 100 days, Tania was forced to withdraw it from the market.
The luxury home, which boasts a private study and a cinema, has since been re-listed with a price guide of $15-$16.5million
Other highlights include a 500 bottle cellar, a swimming pool, a large double garage, while each of the upper floor bedrooms boast a private balcony.
Nathan and Tania got married in December 2002 and announced their separation in December 2020, almost 18 years to the day they wed.
They former couple share two teenage sons, Jett, 18, and Ayce, 16, who live with Tania at the mansion.
Nathan has found love again and is currently dating 35-year-old business manager Brodie Ryan, who he went public with in October 2022.
And in May last year Tania Buckley recently hinted she may be engaged.
She was seen enjoying a stroll around Melbourne’s Botanical Gardens with a friend, and there was a huge sparkler on her wedding finger.
Tania also flashed a huge diamond ring on her finger while first stepping out in Melbourne with her new partner just days ago.
She put on a loved-up display alongside her new beau Marco Kelly, as they posed at the BYD Sealion 6 SUV electric car launch at Docklands Studios.
Upon being asked about their relationship status, Tania told the Herald Sun: ‘We’re very happy’.