For years, Jim Carrey said nothing publicly about the woman in his life. That ended in France, when the 64-year-old comic actor accepted an honorary prize on February 26, 2026, at the César Awards and delivered his remarks entirely in French — closing with a thank-you to his partner. “Thank you to my sublime companion, Min Ah,” he said.
The trophy recognized Carrey’s extraordinary performances and his contribution to international cinema. In the same short speech, he told the room in French that he loved his grandson, Jackson, and Jackson’s mother — Carrey’s 38-year-old daughter, Jane Erin Carrey — now and forever. Both were seated in the audience. He also credited his late father, Percy Joseph Carrey, with showing him what love, generosity and laughter looked like.
A Private Romance Steps Into the Spotlight
It was the first time the two had appeared together as a couple at a public event, and after the ceremony they were photographed holding hands — a small, revealing gesture from someone who had shielded this part of his life completely. By the time of the César debut, the relationship was already at least four years old, with not a word of it surfacing in the press.
Min Ah, who has also gone by Minzi, works as an actress and artist based in the Los Angeles area. Cameras first caught her alongside Carrey in 2022 as the pair left a charity comedy show hosted by Judd Apatow at Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles. She was listed then under the name Minzi, and few further details about her have surfaced publicly. Nothing in the available reporting suggests the two have wed.
The Appearance That Fueled Online Rumors
Then there was the matter of how Carrey looked. Images from the night spread quickly, and a chunk of the internet insisted the figure at the podium wasn’t the actor — guesses ranged from cosmetic procedures to a mask to an outright body double. Drag performer and makeup artist Alexis Stone poured fuel on the theory by sharing a prosthetic photo with the caption “Alexis Stone as Jim Carrey in Paris.”
Organizers weren’t entertaining any of it. Gregory Caulier, general delegate of the Césars, noted that the visit had been in the works since the prior summer and that Carrey had drilled his French for months, even checking how to pronounce specific words. “For me, it’s a non-issue,” Caulier said. The actor’s representative, Marleah Leslie, stated flatly: “Jim Carrey attended the Cesar Awards, where he accepted his Honorary Cesar Award.”
Carrey’s Views on Marriage and Past Relationships
No engagement news came out of the evening, which tracks with what Carrey has said before. Speaking to radio host Howard Stern in 2014, he described marriage as something he didn’t need and wouldn’t chase again, while allowing that life has a way of surprising people. He has been divorced twice. His first marriage, to Melissa Womer, whom he met at a comedy store, began in 1987 and produced daughter Jane; the couple split in 1995. He then wed actress Lauren Holly, his “Dumb and Dumber” co-star, on September 23, 1996, a marriage that ended on July 29, 1997.
His romance with actress Renée Zellweger started in 1999 after the two made “Me, Myself & Irene” together, and it ended in 2000. He dated television personality Jenny McCarthy from December 2005 to April 2010, a split the pair announced on Twitter. The decade that followed brought a relationship with makeup artist Cathriona White, who died in 2015 at 30 from an overdose of prescription medication, and later one with “She-Hulk” actress Ginger Gonzaga.
The losses haven’t left him bitter. During a 2020 appearance on “The Howard Stern Show,” Carrey said he holds no regrets and appreciates what each relationship gave him, even though he doesn’t long for anyone he used to be with.
Jane Carrey and the Family in the Room
Having his daughter and grandson in the audience turned the night into a family occasion as much as a professional one, folding career, kin and romance into a single stage moment.
Jane Erin Carrey 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 unanimous yes from the panel of Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler and Randy Jackson, before being cut during Hollywood Week. She also fronted The Jane Carrey Band, which released a self-titled debut record in 2009 and stopped performing publicly after 2012.
An actor who made his name on rubber-faced physical comedy and straight-faced absurdity spent the evening speaking his hosts’ language and letting the public glimpse the private life he’d been keeping off camera. For Carrey, the César ceremony amounted to a quiet accounting of his own story.