Annie D'Angelo biography: Who is Willie Nelson’s much younger wife?

Annie D'Angelo biography: Who is Willie Nelson’s much younger wife?

Annie D’Angelo is one of the people who gained fame after getting married to a celebrity. Her journey to stardom began when she started dating singer and songwriter Willie Hugh Nelson.

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D'Angelo is Willie Nelson's fourth wife. Many would have expected that the marriage was to end in divorce as the initial three, but she proved to be a keeper. Their age difference was also a talking point because she is much younger than Willie Nelson.

Annie D’Angelo profile summary

  • Annie D’Angelo birthday: August 27, 1956
  • Place of birth: USA
  • Age: 63 years old
  • Star sign: Virgo
  • Spouse: Willie Nelson
  • Occupation: Makeup artist

Annie D’Angelo biography

Annie is the wife of American musician Willie Nelson. She is a makeup artist and she gained prominence from her marriage to the musician.

Although most of her background information has remained undisclosed, she is said to be of Native American ancestry and part-Italian. Other than that, no information is provided regarding her upbringing.

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Annie D’Angelo age

How old is Annie D'Angelo? She is 63 years old. Annie D'Angelo date of birth is August 27, 1956. Her husband Willie Nelson, on the other hand, was born on April 29, 1933, which makes him 87 years old.

Career

There is little information regarding Annie D'Angelo Nelson. However, she worked as a makeup artist, and it is through this career that she met Nelson.

She started her career working as a makeup artist for the famous 1984 film Bachelor Party and then about two years later on the film Stagecoach in which Willie Nelson was the main actor.

The other films in which D’Angelo worked as a makeup artist include Hot Pursuit (1987), Where The Hell's That Gold?!!? (1988) and Gleaming the Cube (1989).

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Husband and children

Annie and Willie Nelson met around 1986 on the set of the film Stagecoach. Willie was the lead character for the film while D’Angelo was the film’s makeup artist. Their relationship started shortly after.

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The couple had their wedding on September 16, 1991, in Nashville, Tennessee. They have been together since then, welcoming two children in the process.

Lukas Autry, one of their children, has his band called Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real. The other son is called Jacob Micah.

Currently, Annie and her husband live in Maui, Hawaii. They are also owners of a ranch called “Luck, Texas”, in Spicewood, Burnet County, Texas.

Willie Nelson has seven children. Some of them are from his earlier marriages. His first wife was Martha Matthews who he married in 1952 and divorced in 1962.

He then met Shirley Collie and married her in 1963 but ended up divorcing her in 1971. Connie Koepke was his third wife, and they were married from 1971 to 1988.

Willie Nelson Annie D'Angelo business

D’Angelo’s husband is a major proponent of cannabis and was a casual consumer of the product for a very long time. It is for that reason that Willie opted to start a cannabis-based business which he called Willie’s Reserve in 2015.

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This initiative prompted D’Angelo and Nelson to launch Annie’s Edibles in 2017. The first Annie’s Edibles products were a selection of artisan chocolates.

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Quick facts about Annie D’Angelo

  • Annie D’Angelo is the fourth wife of country musician Willie Nelson.
  • Annie and Willie got married on September 16, 1991, at St. Alouin Church in Nashville.
  • In the nearly 30 years that Annie and Willie have been together, they have been blessed with two sons, Lukas Autrey and Jacob Micah. Both sons are musicians as well.
  • Annie and Willie met on the set of the 1986 film Stagecoach in which Annie was a makeup artist, and Willie was the lead actor.
  • When Annie met Willie, the musician was in a financial mess, and she helped turn his life around.

When Annie D’Angelo met Willie Nelson, he was a wreck struggling with financial problems and alcohol addiction. She was not in it for money, as many would suggest, but she loved the man. He had already dealt with three divorces, and his life was on self-destruct mode. It was Annie who helped turn things around by sorting his finances and helping him regain his life.

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Adrianna Simwa (Lifestyle writer) Adrianna Simwa is a content writer at Legit.ng where she has worked since mid-2022. She has written for many periodicals on a variety of subjects, including news, celebrities, and lifestyle, for more than three years. She has worked for The Hoth, The Standard Group and Triple P Media. Adrianna graduated from Nairobi University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in 2020. In 2023, Simwa finished the AFP course on Digital Investigation Techniques. You can reach her through her email: adriannasimwa@gmail.com