For roughly four years, Jim Carrey managed something rare for a movie star of his wattage: a serious romance that never leaked. That ended on February 26, 2026, at the César Awards in France, where the 64-year-old actor and comedian used his acceptance speech — delivered start to finish in French — to name the woman he has been quietly seeing.
“Thank you to my sublime companion, Min Ah,” Carrey said from the stage, before telling her he loved her. The tribute came as he collected an honor recognizing his remarkable body of work and what he has given to international cinema.
He also turned to his late father, Percy Joseph Carrey, saying he had taught him how to be loving, how to be giving and how to laugh.
A Private Relationship Steps Into the Spotlight
The night doubled as the couple’s first joint public appearance. Once the ceremony wrapped, cameras caught the pair holding hands — a small gesture, but a striking one from someone who had kept this stretch of his personal life entirely away from the press.
Min Ah, sometimes called Minzi, works as an actress and artist based in the Los Angeles area. The earliest photos of her alongside Carrey date to 2022, when the two were seen leaving a charity comedy show hosted by Judd Apatow at the Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles. She was listed as Minzi then, and not much else about her has surfaced publicly in the years since. Available reporting gives no indication the two have wed.
The Appearance That Fueled Online Rumors
Carrey’s face, meanwhile, became its own news cycle. As photos from the ceremony spread over the following days, a chunk of the internet insisted the man accepting the award wasn’t Carrey — floating everything from cosmetic surgery to a mask or a stand-in. Drag performer and makeup artist Alexis Stone poured fuel on the fire by sharing a prosthetic image with the caption “Alexis Stone as Jim Carrey in Paris.”
Organizers weren’t entertaining it. Gregory Caulier, general delegate of the Césars, said the trip had been in the works since the summer before, and that Carrey had drilled his French for months, even checking how to pronounce certain words. “For me, it’s a non-issue,” Caulier said. Carrey’s representative, Marleah Leslie, put it plainly: “Jim Carrey attended the Cesar Awards, where he accepted his Honorary Cesar Award.”
Jane Carrey and the Family in the Room
Watching from the audience were Jackson, his grandson, and Jane Erin Carrey, his 38-year-old daughter. Carrey mentioned them from the podium before he got to Min Ah, telling the crowd in French that he loves them now and always. In a matter of sentences, the speech gathered up the strands of his life — the work, the family, the relationship — in one carefully chosen room.
Jane has pursued creative work of her own. She auditioned for “American Idol” in 2012 with Bonnie Raitt’s “Something to Talk About” and got a yes from each member of the panel — Jennifer Lopez, Randy Jackson and Steven Tyler — though she was cut during Hollywood Week. She also fronted The Jane Carrey Band, which released a self-titled debut album in 2009; the group stopped performing publicly after 2012.
Carrey’s Views on Marriage and Past Relationships
Anyone tracking Carrey’s romantic history wouldn’t have expected an engagement announcement. Speaking with radio host Howard Stern in 2014, he said marriage wasn’t something he required and that he wouldn’t go chasing it again — while allowing that life has a way of surprising people.
He has been divorced twice. Melissa Womer, whom he met at a comedy store, became his first wife in 1987; the couple had Jane and split in 1995. He then married actress Lauren Holly, who co-starred with him in “Dumb and Dumber,” on September 23, 1996. That marriage was over by July 29, 1997.
A romance with actress Renée Zellweger began in 1999 after the two made “Me, Myself & Irene” together, and ended in 2000. He dated television personality Jenny McCarthy from December 2005 to April 2010, a pairing that wrapped up with a public announcement posted on Twitter. He later saw makeup artist Cathriona White, who died in 2015 at 30 from an overdose of prescription drugs, and afterward dated “She-Hulk” actress Ginger Gonzaga.
The losses haven’t left him sour. Talking to Stern again in a 2020 interview on “The Howard Stern Show,” Carrey said he has no regrets and appreciates what each relationship gave him, even as he doesn’t long for anyone he once loved.
Which is what made the French ceremony feel like a summing-up. A performer who made his name on rubber-limbed slapstick and straight-faced absurdity stood in front of a foreign audience, spoke their language, and let the public see a piece of the life he’d been living off camera.
