Who Is Mark-Paul Gosselaar's Wife? All About Catriona McGinn

Mark-Paul Gosselaar and his wife, Catriona McGinn, married in 2012

Mark-Paul Gosselaar was a ’90s teen heartthrob, but since then his heart’s been captured by his wife, Catriona McGinn.

The Found star proposed to McGinn in 2011, and they had a California wedding in July 2012 at a Sunstone winery in Santa Ynez.

“He was so excited to have found the woman of his dreams,” Neil Lane, jeweler and friend of Gosselaar, told PEOPLE in 2012.

The couple have two children, Dekker Edward and Lachlyn Hope. Gosselaar also has two children, Michael Charles and Ava Lorenn, from a previous marriage.

So who is Mark-Paul Gosselaar’s wife? Here’s everything to know about Catriona McGinn and her relationship with the actor.

She’s had a successful career in advertising

According to Media Monitors, McGinn was hired in 2010 as a sales executive.

Prior to that, she held an executive advertising position at Nielsen BDSRadio as a general manager overseeing product development, marketing and national advertising sales.

She has custom rings

Her ring was customized and designed by Gosselaar’s friend jeweler Neil Lane. Gosselaar proposed to McGinn with a 5 carat cushion-cut diamond ring while the couple and Gosselaar’s two children were walking on the beach near their home.

“He couldn’t wait to propose,” Lane told PEOPLE.

The couple also worked with Lane to create their wedding bands.

“They were very specific about their rings, wanted something very special and were so excited to be a part of the designing process,” Lane said. “Mark-Paul wanted something strong and stylish and, right from the start, Catriona knew she wanted something very romantic and very sparkly to complement her cushion-cut diamond engagement ring."

McGinn's finished product was a roughly 3-carat eternity band set with dozens of small diamonds on all three sides and Gosselaar, a wide platinum band with a burnished matte texture.

They had their honeymoon in Italy

The couple enjoyed a romantic honeymoon in Italy following their California wedding in 2012.

“I’m going to take a break now, travel for our honeymoon, and enjoy my beautiful wife … and new life!” Gosselaar wrote on X (formerly Twitter), at the time.

She has Scottish roots

McGinn made sure to incorporate her Scottish background into her wedding in 2012. “Much of my family is from the United Kingdom,” she told Inside Weddings.

McGinn included a bagpiper at the ceremony, and some attendees wore kilts.

She takes family time seriously

In 2020, after welcoming their son Dekker Edward, Gosselaar told PEOPLE that one of his goals with a newborn was “just having dinner … as a unit.”

And another way the family makes time for one another? Weekend family time.

“One of the activities that we do is we play golf together — it’s something that we like,” Gosselaar continued. “We pick one day to have fun between the kids’ soccer and gymnastics.”

In January, Gosselaar shared with E! that his eldest daughter and McGinn watched the pilot of his show Found with him.

She encouraged Gosselaar to go to therapy with her

While appearing at ’90s Con Tampa in 2023, Gosselaar shared that his “really aggressive baseball player” role in Fox’s drama series Pitch would stick with him when he went home.

“I’d come in through that front door and like my wife said in therapy sessions, ‘That’s not the guy I married,’ ” Gosselaar said. “And you’re playing this guy and then the next day, you have to jump right into that. It is actually really difficult to go back and forth, especially when you have kids.”

“I consider myself a husband first, a family guy second and an actor third,” he said. “It’s not easy, but I have an understanding family and a wife to work through it, communicate about it.”

She has an affinity for decorating

While appearing on The Talk Gosselaar shared that McGinn starts Christmas decorations a day after Thanksgiving.

“My wife does all the work,” he said. “I get all the boxes out. She does all the work though.”

Gosselaar joked that he draws the line when she puts up the Christmas lights by just offering an extension cord.

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