Who is Chris O’Dowd’s wife Dawn O'Porter? All about the author as she opens up about her financial struggles 

Dawn O'Porter, wife of Irish actor and comedian Chris O'Dowd, recently opened up about her financial struggles and discussed how she is "always broke." Instead of being in a stable marriage to O'Dowd and having a successful career, O'Porter talked about how she still continues to deal with monetary issues. Dawn O'Porter, who got hitched to Chris O'Dowd in 2012, appeared on the White Wine Question Time podcast, hosted by Kate Thornton, on July 25, 2025, and got candid about her financial struggles.

According to The Standard, Dawn O'Porter is a well-established journalist, television presenter, author, and documentary filmmaker. She also co-founded Choose Love, along with writer Lliana Bird, which is a UK-based refugee charity. It is a non-governmental organization that primarily focuses on providing humanitarian aid to refugees globally.

Dawn O'Porter gained significant attention and fame in 2007 after starring in and presenting the BBC Three television documentary Super Slim Me. In the documentary, she tried to bring her UK size 12 figure down to a US size zero by only living on 500 calories each day. As per The Standard, Dawn O'Porter, who shares two kids, Art (11) and Valentine (8), with Chris O'Dowd, has moved to London, United Kingdom, after spending eight years in Los Angeles.

Dawn O'Porter gets candid about her financial struggles

While talking to Kate Thornton on her podcast, Dawn O'Porter revealed how she still faces financial difficulties. O'Porter, who is also a bestselling author, said:

"I work pay cheque to pay cheque. I'm always broke. My card got declined last week. I'm like, ‘What the f*** is happening?’"

O'Porter went ahead and explained:

"I've never seen myself as a celebrity. Even though I'm married to Chris, who is quite a well-known actor, I don't think either of us have ever seen ourselves as celebrities. I guess if I was a celebrity, I'd get paid lots of money to do things that aren't necessarily my job or don't really feed what I do, but I don't."

Dawn O'Porter revealed that she met her husband, Chris, at a time when her career was in bad shape. She said:

"My TV career had just gone. I was so poor. I was so upset. I had zero confidence. I didn't know what I was going to do. I'd just met Chris, and he was on this trajectory up. I thought, well maybe this is just it. I'm just a girlfriend, and that's it."

She continued and said:

"We were living in LA and I just said to Chris, I've got to go back to London to try and claw back my career. And we came back to London for a bit and I'd go for these meetings at TV production companies and I'd been successful."

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Talking about moving back to London, Dawn added:

"I just feel this city in my bones. I look at the news and watch America like it's some horrible terrible movie, which will never end. I just don't want to be a part of it right now."

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