Editing Laurence Fishburne (section)

== Personal life ==
Fishburne married actress Hajna O. Moss in 1985,<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web | title = Laurence Fishburne- Biography | url = https://movies.yahoo.com/person/laurence-fishburne/biography.html | publisher = [[Yahoo! Movies]]|access-date=September 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214103013/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/laurence-fishburne/biography.html|archive-date=December 14, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> in New York. They have two children, son [[Langston Fishburne|Langston]] (b. 1987)<ref name="Bio"/> and daughter Montana Fishburne (b. 1991).<ref name="Bio"/><ref>{{Cite web | title = ID10T with Chris Hardwick: Laurence Fishburne | url = https://www.acast.com/thenerdist/laurence-fishburne | website = acast |access-date=August 20, 2018 | date = November 3, 2017}} Fishburne states he has 4 children, the oldest having just turned 40 (at the 50:52 mark).</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = https://nerdist.com/nerdist-podcast-laurence-fishburne/ | title = Episode 915: Interview with Laurence Fishburne | date = November 3, 2017 | website = The Nerdist Podcast |access-date=January 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113203006/https://nerdist.com/nerdist-podcast-laurence-fishburne/|archive-date=January 13, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> Hajna and Laurence divorced in the 1990s.<ref name="other">{{Cite web | title = Laurence Fishburne | url = http://www.buddytv.com/info/laurence-fishburne-info.aspx | publisher = [[BuddyTV]]|access-date=August 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115033/http://www.buddytv.com/info/laurence-fishburne-info.aspx|archive-date=August 26, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Fishburne dated actress [[Victoria Dillard]] from 1992 to 1995.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.mcall.com/1995/02/17/cause-effect-with-three-films-showing-actor-laurence-fishburne-a-hot-hollywood-property/ | title = 'Cause' & Effect With Three Films Showing, Actor Laurence Fishburne A Hot Hollywood Property | website = tribunedigital-mcall| date = February 17, 1995 }}</ref>

Fishburne and actress [[Gina Torres]] got engaged in February 2001 and got married on September 22, 2002,<ref>Barron, James (September 24, 2002). [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B07EFDB1539F937A1575AC0A9649C8B63 ''Boldface Names: An Amicable Merger'']. [[The New York Times]], Section B; Column 3; Metropolitan Desk; Pg. 2.</ref> at [[the Cloisters]], a museum in [[New York City]]. On January 8, 2007, Fishburne's spokesman Alan Nierob announced that the couple were expecting a child together.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.dailynews.com/gossip/ci_4972641 | title = LA Daily News&nbsp;– Laurence Fishburne and wife Gina Torres are expecting their first child, his publicist says | publisher = Dailynews.com |access-date=April 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100803143540/http://www.dailynews.com/gossip/ci_4972641 |archive-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=entertainment&id=4915904 | title = abc7.com: Southern California news leader -Laurence Fishburne And Wife Gina Torres Are Expecting Their First Child 1/08/07 | publisher = Abclocal.go.com | date = January 8, 2007 |access-date=April 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017182014/http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=entertainment&id=4915904 |archive-date=October 17, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Their daughter, Delilah, was born in June 2007.<ref>{{Cite magazine | url = https://people.com/parents/update-laurence/ | title = Update: Laurence Fishburne and Gina Torres welcome first child; spotted out in Hollywood | magazine = [[People (magazine)|People]] | date = November 14, 2007|access-date=October 26, 2019}}</ref> 

On September 20, 2017, it was confirmed that Torres and Fishburne were separated and had been keeping the separation private for the last year.<ref>{{Cite news | last1 = Deerwester | first1 = Jayme | title = Laurence Fishburne and Gina Torres split last year and nobody noticed | url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/09/20/laurence-fishburne-and-gina-torres-split-last-year-and-nobody-noticed/686880001/#|access-date=September 20, 2017 | newspaper = USA Today}}</ref> Fishburne filed for divorce on November 2, 2017;<ref>{{Cite news | url = http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/laurence-fishburne-files-divorce-wife-gina-torres-article-1.3608903 | title = Laurence Fishburne files for divorce from wife Gina Torres | work = NY Daily News|access-date=January 19, 2018}}</ref> he and Torres reached a final settlement on April 16, 2018; and the divorce became effective May 11, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web | title = It's Over! Laurence Fishburne & Gina Torres Finally Sign Off On Divorce Settlement | url = https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2018/04/laurence-fishburne-divorce-documents-finalized/ | website = Radar Online | date = April 17, 2018 | publisher = Radar Online, LLC |access-date=July 16, 2019}}</ref>

Fishburne lives in Hollywood, and also maintains a residence in New York City, in the [[Castle Village, Manhattan|Castle Village]] [[Co-Op]] in the [[Hudson Heights (Manhattan)|Hudson Heights]] section of [[Washington Heights, Manhattan|Washington Heights]].<ref>{{Cite news | author=<!--Not stated-->  | title = Hudson Heights delivers | url = http://www.nydailynews.com/services/realestate/2008/03/07/2008-03-07_hudson_heights_delivers.html | work = New York Daily News | date = March 7, 2008| access-date=April 8, 2008}}</ref> He is a fan of Brazilian author [[Paulo Coelho]]; in 2009 he said he was planning to produce a movie based on Coelho’s novel ''[[The Alchemist (novel)|The Alchemist]]''.<ref>{{Cite news | title = Cannes Film Festival: Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist to be filmed by Laurence Fishburne – Telegraph | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/1980755/Cannes-Film-Festival-Paulo-Coelhos-The-Alchemist-to-be-filmed-by-Laurence-Fishburne.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090601094106/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/1980755/Cannes-Film-Festival-Paulo-Coelhos-The-Alchemist-to-be-filmed-by-Laurence-Fishburne.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = June 1, 2009 | location = London | work = The Daily Telegraph | first = Anita | last = Singh | date = May 18, 2008}}</ref>