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Who is James McAvoy’s creative wife, Lisa Liberati? M. Night Shyamalan’s ex-assistant designs clothes worn by Jessica Chastain and Amy Poehler – she met the X-Men actor on the set of Split

STORYSarah Keenlyside
Actor James McAvoy and his wife, fashion designer Lisa Liberati. Photo: @encommunofficial/Instagram
Actor James McAvoy and his wife, fashion designer Lisa Liberati. Photo: @encommunofficial/Instagram
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James McAvoy is notoriously low-key when it comes to his love life – so much so that the X-Men star from Glasgow only confirmed his most recent wedding 3 years after it took place

James McAvoy was spotted filming in his hometown of Glasgow by delighted locals last December. Except this time, he’s not just in front of the camera, but behind it too. California Schemin’ is the His Dark Materials actor’s directorial debut and centres on a real-life Scottish hip-hop duo. The film is now in post-production.
James McAvoy meets a Glasgow compatriot after filming in the city. Photo: @brazenhead1888/Instagram
James McAvoy meets a Glasgow compatriot after filming in the city. Photo: @brazenhead1888/Instagram
Thanks to an unusually candid interview, with The Guardian in 2022, we know that the Filth actor, 45, also spends a large portion of his time in the US, because his wife, Lisa Liberati, is American.
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“[Philadelphia] is like a second home for me,” he told the newspaper, referring to Liberati’s home city before reportedly clamming up on that subject “for fear of creating tabloid fodder”. McAvoy clearly likes to keep his private life private.

Nationality aside, what else do we know about Lisa Liberati?

She co-founded a fashion brand

Encommún founders Deborah Artaza Barton (left) and Lisa Liberati. Photo: @lisalibs/Instagram
Encommún founders Deborah Artaza Barton (left) and Lisa Liberati. Photo: @lisalibs/Instagram

Along with friend and business partner Deborah Artaza Barton, who grew up in Buenos Aires, Liberati, 45, co-founded Encommún in 2022. According to the brand’s blurb, Encommún is a conceptual womenswear capsule line “created in conversation with art and the world”.

Lisa Liberati. Photo: @encommunofficial/Instagram
Lisa Liberati. Photo: @encommunofficial/Instagram

The pair say they envisage the brand’s fans treating their clothes “as if building an art collection”, one piece at a time. “Fast fashion trends can be fleeting,” Liberati told Fashion Week Daily, “but at Encommún, we focus on creating timeless staples that transcend seasonal trends.”

 

“We are striving for our Encommún girl to connect with our pieces and have them forever,” she explained to 33 Magazine.