Personal Life
Whalley met the American actor Val Kilmer while filming the fantasy adventure Willow. The couple married in 1988, and she used the name Joanne Whalley-Kilmer professionally for several years.
Whalley took a break from filming to raise her two children with Kilmer: daughter Mercedes (born October 29, 1991, in Santa Fe, New Mexico), and son Jack (born on June 6, 1995).
Shortly after the birth of their son, the pair separated. Whalley filed for divorce on 21 July 1995, citing irreconcilable differences. Kilmer was filming The Island of Dr. Moreau at the time, and claimed that he found out about the filing from a CNN broadcast. Whalley has since taken Kilmer to court twice for non-payment of alimony.
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