Jim Carrey 2026: Confirms Private Romance and Delivers Emotional French Speech as He Accepts César Honor

Jim Carrey 2026 took a distinctly personal turn at France's César Awards, where the 64-year-old confirmed his relationship status with a public shoutout and accepted an honorary award while delivering an emotional speech in French. The moment combined a rare personal update with a career honor, and it unfolded at the ceremony's international-focused presentation.

Jim Carrey 2026: César Awards honor and personal update

At the ceremony’s 51st edition on Feb. 26, Jim Carrey accepted an honorary César presented to an international star and used his acceptance to acknowledge family and a romantic partner. He thanked his daughter Jane and his grandson Jackson in French, saying he loves them "now and forever, " and singled out a "sublime companion" by name. The actor asked the audience about his French and concluded the remarks with a self-deprecating line: "My tongue is tired. "

Family presence and the 'sublime companion'

Carrey attended the ceremony with close family members: his daughter Jane Erin Carrey and her teenage son Jackson were present. He thanked his "wonderful family" and named his father, Percy Joseph Carrey, praising the lessons in love, generosity and laughter he received. In his public acknowledgments he thanked his companion using two similar names that appeared in coverage of the event—Min Ah and Mina—while explicitly expressing love for that companion.

Speech in French, ancestral revelation and onstage introduction

The actor delivered an emotional speech entirely in French, speaking with a noticeable American accent. He referenced the metaphor of sculpting characters from clay and related a family origin story: about 300 years ago his great, great, great, great, great, great-grandfather, Marc-François Carré, was born in Saint Malo and later emigrated to Canada. He framed the honor as a moment when that "square" or "carré" came full circle. Carrey was introduced onstage by director Michel Gondry, who worked with him on a film cited during the presentation.

Career highlight in context

The award Carrey received at the César ceremony is an honorary prize traditionally given to an international star; previous recipients noted in coverage included another major Hollywood name from the prior year. The moment underscored both Carrey’s international appeal and a personal side rarely displayed at major award events.

Personal history and past relationships

• Carrey was born in the Toronto suburb of Newmarket, Ontario, Canada, as the youngest of four children.
• Early anecdotes recalled a seventh-grade arrangement that gave him 15 minutes to perform for classmates, an episode tied to early experiments in performance.
• His father, Percy, played a practical role in launching his early comedy career by driving him to a debut at a Toronto club where, wearing a yellow suit made by his mother, he bombed.
• As his stand-up improved, legendary comic Rodney Dangerfield hired him to open on tour, taking him to Las Vegas.
• He met an aspiring actress named Melissa — presented in context under two similar spellings, Melissa Womer and Melissa Wormer — while she worked as a waitress; they married in 1987 and their daughter Jane Erin Carrey was born later that year. That marriage lasted from 1987 to 1995.
• He was briefly married to a costar from Dumb and Dumber, Lauren Holly.
• He dated several public figures: Linda Ronstadt for eight months in the early 1980s; Renée Zellweger and Jenny McCarthy in the 2000s (with a specific span for McCarthy listed as 2005–2010); and in the 2010s he dated makeup artist Cathriona White, who died in 2015 at age 30 from a prescription drug overdose, as well as actress Ginger Gonzaga.

Reflections on marriage, partnership and private life

Despite having had two marriages that ended, Carrey has expressed a reluctance to remarry, saying, "I just don't see it as necessary. " Earlier interviews revisited in coverage include a 2014 comment that he could not predict how he would feel if he met someone who "knocks my head off" and that he would not "voluntarily go that way, " and a 2020 remark noting he does not have certain conventional attachments but does appreciate the people who have come through his life for the good they gave him.

The César moment combined recognition of a long career with an unusually open personal note: a public confirmation of a current relationship figure and a family presence onstage. Details that appeared in the event coverage—name variants for the companion and the range of past partners—are restated here exactly as presented. The full implications of this public update may evolve as further details emerge.