Court Filing Report / Published 2026-10-31

Margaret Qualley and Jack Antonoff File for Divorce in Brooklyn

Court records show Margaret Qualley and Jack Antonoff filed for divorce on Friday in Brooklyn, after three years of marriage, with a settlement still pending and no children in the case.

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THE SHORT VERSION

  • Margaret Qualley and Jack Antonoff filed for divorce on Friday in Kings County Supreme Court in Brooklyn, and the paperwork describes the split as an uncontested joint divorce.
  • A source cited by People called it a mutual decision and said the two will remain lifelong friends; representatives for both did not return requests for comment.
  • The two began dating in 2021 and married in August 2023, and Antonoff told The Guardian this week that performing songs written about the relationship had been beautiful.

The petition was filed in Brooklyn

Margaret Qualley and Jack Antonoff filed for divorce on Friday, after three years of marriage. Rolling Stone reports that the case, Sarah Margaret Qualley v. Jack Michael Antonoff, went to Kings County Supreme Court in Brooklyn, and that the paperwork describes the split as an "uncontested joint divorce". The Hollywood Reporter reported the same filing on Friday, citing court records it says were obtained by The Associated Press.

The court file is not complete. Rolling Stone reports that a certificate of dissolution of marriage has been processed, but that a settlement agreement is still pending and that a judge has to review the paperwork. The same report says the couple had no children, which keeps custody out of the record entirely. Neither outlet prints the terms the two sides agreed to, and neither gives a hearing date. Neither says which of the two signed the petition first, or whether a lawyer filed the petition for them.

A mutual decision, according to People

The only characterization of the split in either piece comes from People. Rolling Stone says the magazine cited an anonymous source who described the end of the marriage as a "mutual decision" and said the two had filed jointly, and it gives their ages, 42 and 32. The source added: "They share a deep affinity and love for one another, and though their romantic partnership is ending, they will absolutely be lifelong friends."

Neither actor has spoken on the record. The Hollywood Reporter says Qualley's representatives did not immediately respond to its request for comment, and Rolling Stone says representatives for both did not immediately return its requests. Neither piece describes a dispute over money, property or custody: the settlement is pending rather than contested, and no figure has been reported. The Hollywood Reporter's account adds nothing from the couple beyond the People source it quotes.

Three years, and a July statement

The relationship had a short, well-documented run. The Hollywood Reporter says the two began dating in 2021 and married in August 2023, and Rolling Stone, citing People, gives the same two dates. Both outlets date the wedding to August 2023, which puts a little over three years between the ceremony and the petition. The two accounts differ slightly on when the separation became known: The Hollywood Reporter dates it to July, while Rolling Stone puts the news of it in the summer. Neither says where the wedding took place, or when the two stopped living together.

Her representatives were already managing the story in July. Rolling Stone says a comment from a representative for Qualley that month contested various reports in tabloid publications about the relationship. The Hollywood Reporter quotes the statement in full: "The narratives running in the press about Margaret and Jack are categorically untrue. There are no trust issues. There was no infidelity or anything outside of respect and partnership in this relationship." Neither outlet says when that statement was issued.

What Antonoff said about playing the songs

Antonoff's own comments came earlier this week, and they were about performing rather than about the marriage. The Hollywood Reporter says he spoke to The Guardian about playing songs inspired by the relationship, and that he had been worried about performing them at first, though he now views the shows differently. The line the paper printed is short: "It's actually been really beautiful," Antonoff said.

The fuller answer he gave The Guardian is about the audience. Rolling Stone identifies the material as songs from Bleachers' recent album Everyone for Ten Minutes, written about his relationship with Qualley and played at concerts. It prints his explanation of why he kept them in the set list: he sat with the question, considered changing the list, and decided the deal with his audience was to say how he felt and stand behind it. Neither outlet prints the interview in full, and neither dates the conversation beyond this week.

The video she called a love letter

Rolling Stone reaches back to 2024 for Qualley's own description of the relationship. She told the magazine that she saw "Tiny Moves", the Bleachers video she choreographed, co-directed and starred in, as a "love letter" to Antonoff. The piece does not say what either of them makes of that description now, and beyond the year it gives no date for the conversation. The Hollywood Reporter identifies her as The Substance star, the only reference to her film work in either piece.

The two quotes from that conversation are the warmest lines in either report. "I like doing everything with Jack," she said at the time. "He's my favorite person to do anything with." Neither piece carries a reply from Qualley or from Antonoff to the filing itself, and neither says whether the two have spoken since Friday.

What the record shows, and what it does not

The confirmed record after Friday is narrow. A joint petition was filed in Brooklyn, the court has processed a certificate of dissolution, a settlement agreement is pending and a judge has to review it. The couple had no children. Neither outlet reports the terms, a hearing date or a statement from either actor, and Rolling Stone says representatives for both did not return its requests for comment. Neither reports whether either of them now has a lawyer speaking for them, where either is living, or anything about a prenuptial agreement.

Both pieces were published on Friday. Rolling Stone is the only one that names the court and the two parties in the case; The Hollywood Reporter is the only one that carries Antonoff's remark about the songs being beautiful to play now. Related coverage on this site includes Florence and the Machine's live album, Patrick Stewart's death at 86 and The Pitt's third season.

Sources & reporting limits

  1. Margaret Qualley, Jack Antonoff File for Divorce After 3 Years Married — The Hollywood Reporter
  2. Jack Antonoff, Margaret Qualley File for Divorce — Rolling Stone
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