Who Is Tina Knowles-Lawson’s Husband? All About Actor Richard Lawson

Tina Knowles-Lawson filed for divorce from Richard Lawson in July 2023

After eight years of marriage, Tina Knowles-Lawson and Richard Lawson’s marriage is coming to an end.

Tina filed for divorce in July 2023, citing irreconcilable differences, and asked for her name to be restored to Celestine Knowles.

The couple were friends for more than three decades before marrying in 2015. Tina was previously married to Mathew Knowles, with whom she shares daughters Beyoncé and Solange, though the two separated in 2009 and divorced in 2011.

“I thought you were one of the most beautiful women I had ever met,” Richard wrote of Tina in an Instagram tribute celebrating their anniversary in April 2021. “The thing that was so striking was that your beauty continued to be enhanced by your incredible heart, compassion, empathy, generosity, and philanthropy … It took 32 years for my attraction for you to come full circle. It was well worth the wait.”

Richard has been working as an actor for decades, and he and Tina even opened their own theater center together in 2017.

From his eight-year marriage to the fashion designer to their recent split, here’s everything to know about Richard Lawson and his relationship with Tina Knowles-Lawson.