Billy Bob Thornton’s Wife: Who Connie Angland Is

Billy Bob Thornton’s career

Billy Bob Thornton is an American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter and singer-songwriter. His screen work includes One False Move in 1992, Tombstone in 1993, Sling Blade in 1996 and A Simple Plan in 1998. He wrote and directed Sling Blade, which brought him international attention. He has also written The Gift and directed All the Pretty Horses, Daddy and Them and Jayne Mansfield’s Car.

Among Thornton’s honours are an Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, a Writers Guild of America Award and Edgar Awards. His role as Lorne Malvo in Fargo brought him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film. He portrayed Billy McBride in Goliath from 2016 to 2021, earning another Golden Globe, and began playing Tommy Norris in Landman in 2024.

Who Connie Angland is

Connie Angland is the woman identified as Billy Bob Thornton’s wife. She works in makeup effects and entered his public biography when their relationship began in 2003. The relationship account identifies her as a member of the makeup effects crew. She is publicly associated with Thornton through her work and their marriage.

Angland became publicly associated with Thornton in 2003, when their relationship began. Thornton later married her, and the marriage is recorded from 2014 to the present. She is associated publicly through both her work in makeup effects and her place as Thornton’s wife. Their family connection includes a daughter.

How Angland and Thornton’s relationship began

Thornton and Angland began their relationship in 2003. At that time, Angland was a makeup effects crew member, and the relationship account states that they have a daughter. Their public family history began before their marriage. Angland entered Thornton’s public biography through the relationship.

Before the marriage, Thornton said he likely would not marry again because marriage “doesn’t work” for him. His representatives later confirmed that he and Angland married on 22 October 2014 in Los Angeles. Their marriage is recorded as continuing from 2014 to the present. The confirmation established Angland as his wife.

Thornton’s earlier marriages and wider family

Melissa Lee Gatlin was Thornton’s wife from 1978 to 1980, and that marriage ended in divorce. Toni Lawrence was his wife from 1986 to 1988, and that marriage also ended in divorce. Cynda Williams was his wife from 1990 to 1992, and that marriage ended in divorce. Pietra Dawn Cherniak was his wife from 1993 to 1997, and that marriage ended in divorce. These were Thornton’s earlier marriages before Connie Angland.

Thornton’s father is William Raymond Thornton, and his mother is Virginia Roberta Faulkner. His son is Harry James Thornton. Thornton has four children, and the account of his relationship with Angland also states that they have a daughter. The daughter is mentioned in connection with Angland, while Harry James Thornton is identified separately as Thornton’s child.

Angland’s work outside the marriage

Angland works in makeup effects. She is identified as a makeup effects crew member, which is the occupational detail attached to her public identity. Thornton’s relationship with her began in 2003 while she was working in that capacity. It is through that work and their subsequent marriage that she is publicly associated with him.

Her occupational description is limited to makeup effects. A more specific role title has not been published, nor has a chronology showing when or where she worked in the field. No separate professional career outside that work has been identified in published accounts or a detailed account of her training.

Details that remain unpublished

Connie Angland’s date of birth has not been published. Her age has likewise not been published. No account of how Angland and Thornton met has appeared in print. Her own family background, including her parents and siblings, has not been identified in published accounts. No description of where she grew up has been published.

Her occupational description is limited to makeup effects. A more specific role title has not been made public. A chronology showing when she entered the field, when she left it and the work she did has not been published. Her professional training has also not been documented publicly in detail.