Erin Payne: Inside the Life of Jake Johnson’s Wife

Erin Payne is the wife of the popular American actor, Jake Johnson. By profession, she is a painter whose artworks are known and celebrated and have fetched her some notable recognitions and awards.

As a couple, Erin and Jake are unlike many other celebrity couples people dote about and that is unsurprisingly what has even made them special.

Here, we beam our searchlight on Erin to show you how she fits perfectly as a professional painter and Jake’s wife.

Erin Payne was Born in San Diego

Erin Payne was born on the 8th of September 1971 in San Diego, United States of America. Information concerning her childhood and family members are not available to the public currently.

This could be because she did not choose to sacrifice her privacy at the altar of being a celebrity or even being married to one. But aside from this, we know a whole lot about the woman Erin Payne grew to become and how she got to where she is now.

After high school, Erin Payne enrolled in The School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she later earned a bachelor’s degree in Fine Art in 2002 with painting and drawing as her major.

She furthered her education at Claremont Graduate University where she acquired her master of science in Fine Art in the year 2009. Though a naturally talented artist, undergoing training helped her build an outstanding career in the noble art of painting which has stood her out as one of the best in the profession.

She Tried Other Things Before Getting Fixated on Arts

Talking about what she is passionate about, Erin Payne notes that she had pursued several things she thought she had an interest in while in college as an undergraduate, including arts. She pointed out that she later realized that art was the only thing she had a serious interest in, hence she got hooked on it.

Also, speaking on her source of inspiration, the painter stated that she draws her inspiration from her husband who is dedicated to his dream and gives room for growth and evolution.

Payne’s artworks have also earned her notable awards, one of which she earned in 2012; she was rewarded with the New American Painting Reader’s Choice Award. Erin’s art has also taken her to different exhibition grounds where her works were exhibited.

Some of such exhibition grounds include the Los Angeles Contemporary, the Ray Groundspace Project, the OBJCT Gallery, and others. Asides from being known as the wife of a popular actor, her career as a painter also made her remarkably popular which has helped her celebrity status.

On how much she has possibly made from her art career, it is estimated that Erin Payne has a net worth of $700,000. Without knowledge of her earnings and businesses and other investments, it can be asserted that the aforestated figure was solely amassed from earnings from her career as a professional painter. On the other hand, her husband Jake Johnson’s net worth is estimated to be no less than $8 million.

Jake Johnson and Erin Payne Dated For Six Years Before Getting Married

The details of how these two art-inclined persons met are not available yet to the public. However, it’s public knowledge that Jake Johnson and Erin Payne met in the mid-2000 and moved in as a couple in early 2005. They lived together as a couple until 2011 when they became officially husband and wife. Hence, it is safe to say that they dated for more than 6 years before tying the knot.

Most celebrities usually throw big parties when they want to marry. Their wedding preparation and ceremony are often public knowledge. However, there are some who like a quiet and secret wedding. One such couple is Jake Johnson and his wife Erin Payne. Due to their private life, there is also contradictory information on when they got married.

Some claim they got married in 2006 while others put their wedding year at a much later year. The New York Times has it that the pair tied the knot of conjugal bliss secretly in a private and secret wedding that took place on the 16th of July 2011 and they have been together since then.

The secret wedding was officiated by Jake Johnson’s brother, Dan Johnson-Weinberger. As for the reason why the couple chose to have a secret wedding, no one knows what informed their decision.

As for their marital life, it is obvious the family wants to keep it away from the media. This conclusion came in reaction to Jake Johnson’s response to a question he was asked in an interview. The interviewer asked him how long he and his partner had been together.

The actor gave his response as “a while”. When probed a little bit more by the interviewer who asked him how long a while was. He bluntly told them it is his personal business.

The Couple are Already Parents

Concerning the children of these stars, there are contradictory pieces of information about them in the media. Some online sources have it that Jake Johnson and his wife got married in 2011 and welcomed their first kids; a set of (male and female) twins.

The twins whose names are Dan and Rachel Johnson were born sometime in the year 2014. On the other hand, some other reports claim that the twins are both females, not a male and a female as some other reports posit.

However, though we are yet to ascertain facts about Erin Payne and Jake Johnson’s children, we know that the family lives happily together in Los Angeles, California.

On the other hand, it is not yet known if the couple plans to add another child to their family anytime soon or are content with the twins they have already. Unlike most celebrity families, their private life and marriage have been off the media and away from the public eyes. Hence information pertaining to facts about their family is still scanty.