Forest Whitaker’s Ex-Wife, Actress Keisha Nash, Dead at 51

It has been reported that Actress Keisha Nash, who was married to Forest Whitaker from 1996 until their divorce in 2018, has died. She was 51.

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Whitaker and Nash first met on the set of the 1994 film Blown Away after she was cast to play Whitaker’s character’s girlfriend, per CBS News. Whitaker proposed the following year and the couple married in 1996 in Montego Bay, Jamaica. In addition to True, the pair also share daughter Sonnet Noel, 27.

Keisha Nash Whitaker and Forest Whitaker on Aug. 12, 2013. CHARLEY GALLAY/GETTY

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