Who Is Josh Holloway's Wife? All About Yessica Kumala

Mar. 15, 2025

Josh Holloway and wife Yessica Kumala.Photo:Getty

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TheLostalumfirst met Kumala in 1999 at a bar, and they married five years later in October 2004. Outside of his acting career, Holloway keeps busy raising daughter Java and son Hunter together with his wife.

Though the couple typically stays out of the spotlight, Holloway has opened up on occasion about being a husband and father, including his thoughts on beingbest friends with Kumala.

“You need someone you don’t always have to be romantic with,” the actor toldWomen’s Healthin 2017. “My wife and I have been together for 18 years, so sometimes we’re like, ‘Let’s just be friends right now.’ It takes the pressure off.”

He also proudly told the outlet that he’s a “really good dad,” adding, “I’m completely in love with my children and I participate in their lives on every level.”

So who is Josh Holloway’s wife? Here’s everything to know about Yessica Kumala and her relationship with the actor.

She met Holloway at a bar

Josh Holloway and wife Yessica Kumala.Getty

Holloway was at the Sunset Room in Los Angeles in 1999 when he saw Kumala for the first time.

“We met at a bar and I was going over to hit on her friends — they were hot,” theYellowstoneactor recalled during an appearance on thedaytime showHarryin 2017. “I didn’t see her, she was turned around.”

“And then I got right to them, and then I got slapped on the shoulder and she looked me up and down and said, ‘Give me your number before you leave,’ and left with her martini. And I was like, ‘Well, who was that?’ ” he told hostHarry Connick Jr.

Holloway explained that he continued to hang out with friends during the night out, but it wasn’t long before Kumala approached him again.

“And then again somebody slaps me on the shoulder, I look and she’s got her cellphone and she goes ‘What’s your number?’ and ‘What’s your name?’ and I go ‘What’s your number?’ and she goes ‘I don’t give it out’ and left again.”

It wasn’t until years later when Holloway was doing an interview on “a talk show afterLost” that he discovered his now-wife didn’t even learn his name when they first crossed paths. Instead, “she put ‘Sunset 4’ [in her phone] because I was the fourth number she got that night at the Sunset Room," Holloway said.

She married Holloway in 2004

Two weeks after the pilot ofLostpremiered, Holloway and Kumala tied the knot on Oct. 1, 2004.

She shares two children with Holloway

Josh Holloway and Yessica Kumala with their daughter Java.Instagram/ officialjoshholloway

Instagram/ officialjoshholloway

In December 2008, Holloway revealed that he and Kumala were expecting their first child together. The couplewelcomed daughter Java Kumalaon April 9, 2009, in Oahu, Hawaii.

“Dad and mom are absolutely thrilled. Everyone’s happy and healthy,” a source close to the actor shared after Java’s arrival.

When Java was 10 months old, Holloway told PEOPLE how muchbecoming a dad had energized him. “It’s made me hungry, and so joyous about life in general. I feel a responsibility to be a better human being. To be her hero. I mean, I gotta be. I will be.”

He also added that he changed diapers “all the time” and was “super fast” at it. He continued, “I bathe her, I do everything.”

In November 2013, the actor confirmed he and Kumala wereexpecting their second childtogether.

“Yes, we know. It’s going to be a human!” he joked to PEOPLE during the Television Critics Association winter press tour in January 2014.

“I’m not allowed to tell or else I will beunderthe doghouse [rather than in it]," he added.

Hunter Lee joined the family on January 27, 2014, but the actor did not confirm his son’s birth until March of that year.

The actorrevealed to E! News, “Yes, we have!" He added, “Six-week-old boy, Hunter Lee Holloway.”

They tend to be a private couple

Josh Holloway and wife Yessica Kumala in 2007.Getty

Holloway and Kumala have mostly kept their relationship private, and little is known about Kumala, who does not have any public social media profiles.

Kumala has only joined her husband for a few red carpets over the years, including theMission: Impossible - Ghost Protocolpremiere in 2011 and the 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2006.

Despite the couple not attending many public events together, Holloway typically gives shout-outs to his wife on his Instagram for Mother’s Day and her birthday.

“Sometime in our first years together I gifted you a gym membership. you laughed, and said, ‘why would I waste my time?’ I think you went in for a smoothie once that year, so my feelings didn’t get hurt,” he wrotein a postto celebrate her birthday in September 2022.

Holloway added, “Now you love it, and crush it everyday. proud of you lil beast. you look amazing… lucky me. happy birthday, my love. @yessicaholloway.”

source: people.com