Who is Sarah Kapfer?
Sara Kapfer is a former teacher, who rose to prominence for being married to an Oscar-winning American film star – an actor, screenwriter, producer and director, Cuba Gooding Jr. Their marriage lasted 20 years, between 1994 and 2014, during which they welcomed three children.
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Early life
Sara was born in 1969 in New York and is of American nationality and white ethnicity.
Further details regarding her early childhood, family members and family background have never been publicly released to date except that the family was later moved to Los Angeles, California where she attended North Hollywood High School.
Marriage to a movie star
Sara and Cuba first met during her freshman year at North Hollywood High School and began dating soon after.
They gradually built their relationship and, after almost a decade, decided to take it to the next level – the two high school sweethearts got married on the 13the March 1994. Later that year the couple welcomed their first son whom they named Spencer, and the following years were blessed with two more children, another son named Mason born in 1996 and a daughter named Piper, born in 2005.
Even though everything seemed perfect and would last forever, only a month after their 20e anniversary in April 2014, Sara filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences as the main reason for the separation, and asking for full custody of Mason and Piper. Apart from the official reasons, there was also a matter of Cuba’s alleged infidelity, claiming that he cheated on Sara on several occasions. Two years later, after trying to reconcile with Sara, which she refused, Cuba was finally forced to sign the divorce papers in 2017.
However, today, nearly three years later, Cuba and Sara are still fighting over custody and have yet to reach a divorce settlement.
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Cuba Mark Gooding Jr. was born on the 2n/a January 1968, in the borough of the Bronx in New York, one of four children in a family of musicians – his mother Shirley Sullivan is a singer while his father Cuba Gooding Sr. was widely recognized as the leader of the music group soul The Main Ingredient. Apart from being of American nationality and of African-American ethnicity, Cuba is also of Barbadian ancestry on his father’s side.
At the age of four, after being moved to Los Angeles, California, Cuba’s father left the family, so he was raised alongside his siblings – a sister April and brothers Omar and Thomas by their single mother. In addition to attending North Hollywood High School, he also attended Apple Valley High School, John F. Kennedy High School, and Tustin High School.
Cuba began his career in the entertainment industry in the mid-1980s as a break-dancer.
After starring alongside Lionel Richie in the closing ceremony of the 1984 Summer Olympics, he studied martial arts for the next three years, before pursuing a career in the film industry. As an actor, he made his debut in 1986 in an episode of the television series “Better Days”, and in the following years he honed his acting skills mainly through a series of small screen appearances. . He came into the limelight in 1991, when he was cast as Tre Styles in the Oscar-nominated crime drama film “Boyz n the Hood.”
He then appeared in the television series “MacGyver” as well as several memorable and major roles in films such as “Gladiator” (1992), the Oscar-nominated thriller “A Few Good Men” (1992), “Judgment Night” (1993) and “Eclosion” (1995). The real breakthrough in Cuba’s career came in 1996, when he starred as Rod Tidwell opposite Tom Cruise and Renée Zellweger in the Oscar-winning romantic comedy-drama “Jerry Maguire.” For this performance, he was nominated for a Golden Globe as well as an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor – his character’s line “Show Me the Money!” became “a national slogan”.
With his growing popularity, during the 2000s he appeared in several critically acclaimed blockbusters such as “Men of Honor” (2000), “Pearl Harbor” (2001), “Zoolander” (2001), as well as ” Radio” (2003) and “American Gangster” (2007). In 2012, Cuba starred in the WWII action drama film “Red Tails”, which was followed by the lead role in the 2013 drama film “Life of a King”. He also appeared alongside Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey in the 2013 BAFTA Award nominated biographical drama film “Lee Daniel’s The Butler”, after which he starred in the drama film “Freedom” in 2014.
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In 2015, Cuba returned to the small screen and has since added several notable appearances to his portfolio, including TV series such as “The Book of Negros”, “Big Time in Hollywood, FL”, “American Crime Story” as well as FX’s hit television series “American Horror Story.”
Net value
Sara Kapfer’s current net worth is undetermined as she apparently has no independent income and is dependent on the resolution of the divorce settlement. The net worth of her (ex) husband Cuba Gooding Jr. is estimated at an impressive $15 million, as of early 2020.
