From New England to Hollywood. Matt Damon’s work as an actor, writer, and producer has cemented him as one of the entertainment industry’s biggest stars. The Stillwater star was born in October 1970 to parents Nancy Carlsson-Paige and Kent Damon. During his childhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with older brother Kyle Damon, Matt met his best friend and collaborator Ben Affleck, and the rest is history.

Luciana has supported her husband in his career through thick and thin. In a July 2023 interview, Damon revealed how Luciana helped him overcome depression when one of his movies didn’t go as planned.

“Without naming any particular movies … sometimes you find yourself in a movie that you know, perhaps, might not be what you had hoped it would be, and you’re still making it,” Damon shared. “And I remember halfway through production and you’ve still got months to go and you’ve taken your family somewhere, you know, and you’ve inconvenienced them, and I remember my wife pulling me up because I fell into a depression about like, what have I done?”

“She just said, ‘We’re here now,’” he recalled. “It was like … I do pride myself, in a large part because of her, at being a professional actor and what being a professional actor means is you go and you do the 15-hour day and give it absolutely everything, even in what you know is going to be a losing effort. And if you can do that with the best possible attitude, then you’re a pro, and she really helped me with that.”

With Luciana by his side, Damon has been able to navigate the ups and downs of his career, and their strong bond has only grown stronger over the years.