Christopher McDonald’s Wife Lupe McDonald

Lupe McDonald

Lupe McDonald an actress and former model is the wife of actor Christopher McDonald. Her husband has starred in an array of films and television series, but by far his most memorable have been as Shooter McGavin in the 1996 film Happy Gilmore alongside Adam Sandler, and Tappy Tibbons in  the 2000 film Requiem for a Dream; more recently you saw Mcdonald as the owner of the NFL team Dallas Cowboys in HBO’s series Ballers.



As noted, Mrs. McDonald was a model back in the 90’s at that time she was known as Lupe Gidley. She was born Maria Guadalupe Gidley on February 17, 1965. She became famous after appearing in Billy Joel’s music video for the song We Didn’t Start the Fire in 1989. Furthermore, Lupe made one more cameo in Daft Punk’s music video for their 2006 song The Prime Time of Your Life.

She had a small role in the 2014 short film Money Short and in the t.v series Finding Out in 2015.

Lupe and Christopher started dating in the late 80’s; they welcomed their son Jackson in 1990, and by November 7, 1992, they tied the knot. In addition to Jackson Riley, Lupe and Christopher McDonald had three more children; Hannah Elizabeth born in 2003, Rosie born 1996 and Ava Catherine born in 2001. Nowadays, they reside in with their children in California.