How Eric Christian Olsen Balances Hollywood and Family with Wife Sarah and Their Children

The NCIS star and The House Bunny actress have been married since 2012

CIS: LA star Eric Christian Olsen has been happily married to his wife Sarah Wright Olsen for almost 13 years, and the pair have a growing family.

On June 23 2025 the pair will celebrate 13 years married but it comes as they are also expanding their family, as Sarah is expecting their fourth child.

Eric Christian Olsen, Sarah Wright arrives at the Environmental Media Association Awards Gala on October 08, 2022 in Los Angeles, California
Eric and Sarah married in 2012

Sarah is an actress herself as well, previously starring in hit movies like The House Bunny with Anna Faris – in which she played a sorority mean girl – and 2017’s American Made, in which she starred opposite Tom Cruise. She is also a podcast host, presenting The Mother Daze with best friend Teresa Palmer.

Eric and Sarah met thanks to their careers as in 2006 they were both appearing on Fox’s sitcom The Loop, which ran for two seasons until 2007.

Eric and Sarah’s idyllic wedding

After dating for five years, the two got engaged during a vacation in Mexico in 2011, later tying the knot in 2012 in Wyoming’s idyllic Jackson Hole.

They wed with the Teton Mountains serving at the perfect backdrop, and Sarah was the ultimate summer bride, donning a strapless J.Crew wedding gown with a sweetheart neckline and a delicate flower crown on her head.

“You hear people talk about cold feet, but there was never a moment of doubt with Sarah because no one makes me happier, no one makes me laugh more, and I can’t imagine a better mother for our future children,” Eric told.

Growing the family

In 2013 the pair welcomed their first son together, Wyatt Olsen, who is now 11.

Eric Christian Olsen walks with his three children, backs to the camera
Eric walks with his three children

The spitting image of his father, Wyatt is a doting older brother to his younger sisters, Esme and Winter.

Esme, now nine, was born in 2016, and Winter, five, was born in 2020.

Eric Christian Olsen sits with his young son lying on her chest
Eric sits with his young son lying on his chest

The actress took to the caption to explain their emotional journey to becoming parents a third time over, detailing the difficulty of her pregnancy and the deep desire for their third child.

On Winter’s third birthday Sarah shared with fans that she was their “rainbow baby,” whose name was chosen by the whole family.

Eric Christian Olsen sits in an ice bucket with three children
Eric sits in an ice bucket with three children

“This is 3,” she wrote on social media. “Tonight I told her that she was magical and she said, ‘I know I have my powers.’ She’s our rainbow baby.”

Sarah added: “We thought about her, prayed for her, dreamt of her for so long. We wrote names on a lil chalk board and we voted on them… we couldn’t wait for her special day. It’s a pregnancy and a birth I will carry with me always.

Baby makes six

Photo shared by Eric Christian Olsen's wife Sarah Wright highlighting her baby bump; she is expecting the couple's fourth child in the summer© Instagram
Sarah is expecting the couple’s fourth child in the summer

The family are super close and ahead of ther birth of their fourth baby, Sarah and Eric took their kids along with them on a mini baby-moon to Oxnard, a town between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, by Ventura.

Sharing pictures from the getaway, Sarah revealed that her youngest Winter had taken one of the gorgeous snaps highlighting moms’ baby bump as she wore a checkered mini dress paired with a denim jacket.

Photo shared by Eric Christian Olsen's wife Sarah Wright of two of their kids at a bookstore in Ojai, California, March 2025© Instagram
Two of Eric and Sarah’s children in a a bookstore

Challenging 2025

With a new baby on the way and life having thrown some recent challenges his family’s way.

Eric Christian Olsen poses for selfie with wife Sarah
Eric and Sarah’s home was destroyed in the Malibu fires

“I have the most amazing partner, and I couldn’t be happier to be doing this with her,” Eric told of baby number four, adding: “She is the best, and I don’t know if you saw but Teresa [Palmer] just announced she’s pregnant too and watching Sarah react to Teresa telling her that she was pregnant… I was crying watching her cry.”

The moment was captured on their popular podcast Mother Daze, which Sarah co-hosts with her best friend Teresa Palmer.

Photo shared by Eric Christian Olsen's wife Sarah Wright of the couple enjoying date night at a bowling alley© Instagram
Eric and Sarah enjoy a date night at a bowling alley

The news comes after their Malibu home of 13 years was destroyed in the devastating wildfires that swept through Los Angeles in January 2025.

“We were living with my brother for a while, and some friends in Santa Barbara, and now we’ve found a new place and we’re doing good.”

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