Sanne Hamers: what’s actually documented about Wyatt Russell’s first wife
Sanne Hamers is a Dutch stylist who married the actor Wyatt Russell in 2012. They met in the Netherlands while he was playing professional ice hockey, separated in 2015, and divorced in 2017. They had no children.
That is the verified record, and it is short. She has never given an interview or made a public statement. Most pages carrying her name run to two thousand words anyway, and the material filling that space includes at least two claims that appear to be about a different person entirely.
Sanne Hamers: quick facts
| Detail | What’s documented |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Profession | Stylist |
| Met Wyatt Russell | In the Netherlands, while he played hockey there |
| Married | 2012 |
| Separated | 2015 |
| Divorced | 2017 |
| Children with Russell | None |
| Birth date | Disputed, not established |
| Public statements | None |
The source for the marriage timeline is Wyatt Russell’s own Wikipedia entry, which carries citations for each date. Everything beyond those lines gets thinner fast.
How they met: the hockey years
This is the part worth knowing, and it is genuinely interesting.
Before Wyatt Russell was an actor, he was a goaltender. He played professional ice hockey in Europe, including in the Netherlands, and that is where he met Sanne Hamers. He gave up the sport after injuries and moved into acting, making his breakthrough in 22 Jump Street in 2014.
So the marriage began at a point when he was not a Hollywood actor at all. He was a hockey player whose parents happened to be Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, living and working in the Netherlands. They married in 2012, two years before his first significant film role.
That context is the reason the marriage stayed private. There was no publicity apparatus around it, because there was nothing yet to publicise.
The marriage, 2012 to 2017
They married in 2012. Sources disagree on the month, with March and May both cited and neither documented. One page gives the year as 2014, which contradicts every other account including Wikipedia’s cited entry.
They separated in 2015. The divorce was finalised in 2017.
Neither has ever discussed the reasons. What is on the record is the sequence. Russell separated from Hamers in 2015. He began a relationship with the actress Meredith Hagner the same year, having met her on the set of Folk Hero & Funny Guy. He married Hagner in 2019. They have two sons, Buddy, born in March 2021, and Boone, born in February 2024.
Those are the documented facts. Nobody has established a causal link between them, and this page will not invent one.
The Atelier Preserve mix-up
Several pages describe Sanne Hamers as the owner of a business called Atelier Preserve, or “Preserve, A Family Atelier,” in San Diego.
There is a Sanne Hamers who owns Atelier Preserve in San Diego. Her own listing describes it as a sculpture and jewellery studio.
That is not a styling business, and there is no evidence the two women are the same person. The name is not unusual in the Netherlands. What appears to have happened is that someone searching the name found a social profile belonging to an artist in California and welded it onto the biography of Wyatt Russell’s ex-wife.
One page compounds the error. It lists “Atelier Preserve” alongside “celebrity stylist” and “wardrobe consulting,” merging a jewellery studio and a fashion career into one invented résumé.
Until someone produces a source connecting the two, treat them as different people who share a name.
The claim about a son born in 2021
Several pages state that Hamers has a son, variously called Skippy or Skipper, born in 2021, and name a partner.
Look at the date. Wyatt Russell’s first son with Meredith Hagner, Buddy, was born in March 2021. That is a documented fact with a citation on Russell’s Wikipedia page.
A child attributed to his ex-wife, born the same year, appears only on aggregator pages with no source. That is far more likely to be contamination from his biography than an independent fact. The two families have been merged somewhere in the copying chain.
There is a second reason not to repeat it. Naming a young child, their mother’s partner and a city of residence on a page built for search traffic is not something a private family consented to.
What isn’t verified about Sanne Hamers
The invention on this keyword is extensive. Treat all of the following as unsupported:
- Her birth date. One reference gives June 1990 in Amsterdam. Most pages give June 1987 in Dronten. Both then compute a confident current age. Neither is sourced.
- A named current partner. Several pages name a man. One of them labels the same claim “unconfirmed” in its own table.
- Her residence. San Diego appears widely, and appears to derive from the Atelier Preserve confusion described above.
- Styling work for Goldie Hawn. This claim connects her to her former mother-in-law and has no source behind it.
- A net worth of around $1 million. Invented. She has no public business.
- The names of her pets. Two pages publish the names of her dogs. There is no world in which that is documented.
- An Instagram handle. Accounts using her name exist. None is confirmed as hers, and the follower counts suggest personal accounts rather than public profiles.
- A career narrative. Several pages describe her building a styling practice, blending Dutch minimalism with American style, and consulting for fashion labels. Not one client, brand or credit is ever named.
The honest description is the one Wikipedia uses. She is a stylist. That is the whole of what anyone has established about her work.
Frequently asked questions
Who is Sanne Hamers?
A Dutch stylist and the first wife of actor Wyatt Russell, married from 2012 to 2017.
How did Sanne Hamers meet Wyatt Russell?
In the Netherlands, while he was playing professional ice hockey there before his acting career.
Did Sanne Hamers and Wyatt Russell have children?
No.
When did they divorce?
They separated in 2015 and the divorce was finalised in 2017.
Who did Wyatt Russell marry after Sanne Hamers?
Actress Meredith Hagner, in 2019. They have two sons.
Does Sanne Hamers own a jewellery studio in San Diego?
There’s no evidence for it. A different woman with the same name owns that business.
What is Sanne Hamers’ net worth?
Unknown. No figure has any source behind it.
Conclusion
A note on length, since you may have noticed this page is shorter than the others ranking for this name.
The verified record here is roughly seven facts. Reaching two thousand words would mean doing what the competing pages did. Naming a child. Naming a partner. Borrowing a stranger’s business. Writing several hundred words about a styling career for which no client has ever been identified.
The useful version is this one. She married a hockey player in 2012, divorced him in 2017 after he became an actor, and has said nothing publicly since. Everything else you’ll read about her is someone’s guess, and some of it belongs to a different woman.
JacksonPadilla is a writer at Around Celebrities, covering celebrity families, relationships, biographies, and the stories behind the stars. With a focus on clear and engaging storytelling, Kole helps readers discover the people and connections beyond the spotlight.
