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Tommy Lee Jones married photographer Dawn Maria Laurel in March 2001. They reportedly met while working on The Good Old Boys, the 1995 television movie Jones directed. Later sources style her name as Dawn Laurel or Dawn Laurel-Jones.
Who is Dawn Laurel-Jones?
She is a photographer who married actor and filmmaker Tommy Lee Jones. ABC News identified her as Dawn Maria Laurel in its 2001 wedding report; Biography.com later used Dawn Laurel, while Us Weekly has used Dawn Laurel-Jones.
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A 2012 Los Angeles Times profile also described Laurel as a champion polo player. These are reported biographical details, not evidence that she endorses any particular product or organization.
When did Tommy Lee Jones marry her?
ABC News reported that Jones and Laurel married in a private ceremony in Alamo Heights, Texas, in March 2001. The report quoted the judge who performed the ceremony, U.S. District Judge Fred Biery, describing them as “very private people.”
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How did they meet?
ABC News and Biography.com report that they met while working on The Good Old Boys, the 1995 television movie Jones directed. Us Weekly later recounted Jones joking about the meeting in a 2013 interview: “I don’t know what the hell I was doing.”
Is Dawn Laurel-Jones still his wife?
Us Weekly called Laurel Jones’s current wife in a family profile published January 2, 2026. The reviewed coverage does not include recent direct confirmation from either Jones or Laurel, so that present-tense description is attributable to the magazine rather than a new public statement from the couple.
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In its 2026 profile, Us Weekly recounted Jones’s 2013 interview account that Laurel sold 17 photographs at an exhibition and auction, raising a little over $401,000 for Climate Reality. Those figures are reported by Us Weekly from Jones’s recollection; they are not independently verified here.
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