Jeremy Renner quietly weds Canadian model Sonni Pacheco

TORONTO — Actor Jeremy Renner has confirmed he quietly tied the knot with Canadian model Sonni Pacheco.

In an interview with Capitol File magazine, the 43-year-old star of films like The Hurt Locker and The Bourne Legacy answered “yes” when asked if married Pacheco, with whom he has a baby girl.

“I have tried to protect my family’s privacy, my wife’s privacy. I don’t need her to get hammered with my life,” Renner said. “Privacy issues are important because I want her to go about her day without being bothered.”

Renner and Pacheco (who is 20 years younger) met on the B.C. set of 2011’s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. He co-starred in the movie with Tom Cruise and she worked as a stand-in.

Pacheco reportedly moved into Renner’s L.A. home after becoming pregnant and the couple welcomed Ava Berlin Renner in March 2013.

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Pacheco was born and raised on a farm in the town of Pitt Meadows near Coquitlam, B.C.

Renner told Capitol File it’s “annoying” to be followed by paparazzi when he’s out with his wife and daughter. But, he admitted he loves being a father.

“It’s the best thing I have ever done—doing it later on in life. By then I achieved a lot of things that I wanted to achieve; I’m so blessed for that. Now I can really spend time with the family,” he said.

“The only thing I think about when I’m not with my baby is, How do I get to my baby? I need to get to her, and I’m very miserable when I don’t see her. The only thing that has changed is my perspective on things. I still work, probably even more. It used to be for myself so I’m not old and broke. All these things I still do, but I do it now for the future of my baby, and if it gets in the way of her well-being, then I stop.”

Renner said he can’t wait for Ava to get older — and he won’t be any less protective.

“I’m going to make it very difficult for her to find a man,” he said.

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