Personal Life
Metcalf married Steppenwolf Theatre Company co-founding member Jeff Perry in 1983. They had a daughter, Zoe in 1984, and later divorced, in 1992.
Metcalf later began a relationship with Matt Roth, the Roseanne co-star who played her abusive boyfriend, Fisher. By November 1993 they had a son, Will, and eventually married. They also worked together on occasion, as in the 1994 feature film thriller Blink and the 1998 drama Chicago Cab; they also appeared together in an episode of Desperate Housewives. Their daughter Mae was born in 2005 via surrogate.
In September 2011, Roth filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. According to legal documents, the date of separation is November 26, 2008.
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