Tommy Dorfman Appears to Announce Split from Wife Elise

Mar. 15, 2025

(L-R) Elise Williams and Tommy Dorfman are pictured at an event in New York City on February 7, 2024.Photo:Madison Voelkel/BFA.com/Shutterstock

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Tommy Dorfmanhinted at a change in her relationship status.The13 Reasons Whyactress, 32,shared a 2024 recapon Sunday, Dec. 29, where she seemingly revealed she is no longer withher wife, Elise.In an Instagram post, Dorfman shared 20 images, each paired with a caption to sum up her year, and the first one hinted at a breakup. “1: heartbreak feels good in a place like this (i wrote this entirely original line),” she wrote alongside a photo of herself lying in a bathtub.She also shared an image of actressAnnabelle Dexter-Jones, whom she credited for having “kept me breathing and emotionally sober after one of the hardest weeks of my life.” Yet, she didn’t say what made it so difficult.In slide 12, Dorfman snapped a sweet pic of her dog, explaining that she was living alone. “fiona loves her new home and, while it’s just the two of us now, i think she’s managing better than i,” she wrote.PEOPLE has reached out to Dorfman’s reps for comment.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Not much is known about Dorfman’s most recent relationship but earlier this year, theLove, Victoractress revealed onsocial mediaand inVoguethat she had gotten married to a woman named Elise in 2023. At the time, they had been together for nearly three years.“I married my best friend and didn’t tell anyone except@hunterabramswho came and photographed us towards the end of last year. we bought our own dresses@doverstreetmarketnewyorkwhere i used to work before acting, and it was perfect. also thank you@liamnhessand@guiducci♡,” she wrote in an Instagram post in May.In her essay forVogue, Dorfman shared that she met Elise, who is a private person, on the dating app Hinge in 2021. She also said that they decided to make things more official soon after meeting.“We got engaged two months into dating,” she wrote at the time. “To our credit, we waited a full 12 months before moving in together, so you can’t say we U-Hauled (though one might argue taking in a Great Dane puppy at our six-month mark was a smidge irresponsible). That’s the thing about falling in love though; your responsibility barometer isn’t always where it should be. Love, for us, required that nauseating combination of naiveté, delusion and fate.“Tommy Dorfman.Dia Dipasupil/GettyNever wanting a big wedding, Dorfman explained that she and Elise each bought their “Folklore-coded” dresses off the rack during a shopping trip to Dover Street Market.“She fell in love with a Cecile Bahnsen set, and I, a Simone Rocha number. Off the rack, no tailoring, just right,” the actress wrote, going on to detail the fall elopement, saying the two were “sitting perched above the shoreline in Malibu, Elise and I joked about same-day marriages.“After a quick Google search, they discovered California offered same-day wedding services and confidential marriage records, leading to them tying the knot before heading to a concert later in the evening.Before her relationship with Elise, Dorfmanwas marriedtoPeter Zurkuhlen. The pair had been married since 2016, and Zurkuhlenfiled for divorcefrom Dorfman in early 2022, six months after sheannounced her transitionin a July 2021 conversation withTime.Dorfman later revealed that the pair were better off as friends, adding that she decided to date women following the split.“I knew I was interested in women in a way that I hadn’t really been aware of since high school,” she said. “I had this unresolved, unexplored thing. I was like, ‘This is the year that I’m gonna go on some dates with girls and feel that out again, and not feel ashamed about it.'”

Tommy Dorfmanhinted at a change in her relationship status.

The13 Reasons Whyactress, 32,shared a 2024 recapon Sunday, Dec. 29, where she seemingly revealed she is no longer withher wife, Elise.

In an Instagram post, Dorfman shared 20 images, each paired with a caption to sum up her year, and the first one hinted at a breakup. “1: heartbreak feels good in a place like this (i wrote this entirely original line),” she wrote alongside a photo of herself lying in a bathtub.

She also shared an image of actressAnnabelle Dexter-Jones, whom she credited for having “kept me breathing and emotionally sober after one of the hardest weeks of my life.” Yet, she didn’t say what made it so difficult.

In slide 12, Dorfman snapped a sweet pic of her dog, explaining that she was living alone. “fiona loves her new home and, while it’s just the two of us now, i think she’s managing better than i,” she wrote.

PEOPLE has reached out to Dorfman’s reps for comment.

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Not much is known about Dorfman’s most recent relationship but earlier this year, theLove, Victoractress revealed onsocial mediaand inVoguethat she had gotten married to a woman named Elise in 2023. At the time, they had been together for nearly three years.

“I married my best friend and didn’t tell anyone except@hunterabramswho came and photographed us towards the end of last year. we bought our own dresses@doverstreetmarketnewyorkwhere i used to work before acting, and it was perfect. also thank you@liamnhessand@guiducci♡,” she wrote in an Instagram post in May.

In her essay forVogue, Dorfman shared that she met Elise, who is a private person, on the dating app Hinge in 2021. She also said that they decided to make things more official soon after meeting.

“We got engaged two months into dating,” she wrote at the time. “To our credit, we waited a full 12 months before moving in together, so you can’t say we U-Hauled (though one might argue taking in a Great Dane puppy at our six-month mark was a smidge irresponsible). That’s the thing about falling in love though; your responsibility barometer isn’t always where it should be. Love, for us, required that nauseating combination of naiveté, delusion and fate.”

Tommy Dorfman.Dia Dipasupil/Getty

Dia Dipasupil/Getty

Never wanting a big wedding, Dorfman explained that she and Elise each bought their “Folklore-coded” dresses off the rack during a shopping trip to Dover Street Market.

“She fell in love with a Cecile Bahnsen set, and I, a Simone Rocha number. Off the rack, no tailoring, just right,” the actress wrote, going on to detail the fall elopement, saying the two were “sitting perched above the shoreline in Malibu, Elise and I joked about same-day marriages.”

After a quick Google search, they discovered California offered same-day wedding services and confidential marriage records, leading to them tying the knot before heading to a concert later in the evening.

Before her relationship with Elise, Dorfmanwas marriedtoPeter Zurkuhlen. The pair had been married since 2016, and Zurkuhlenfiled for divorcefrom Dorfman in early 2022, six months after sheannounced her transitionin a July 2021 conversation withTime.

Dorfman later revealed that the pair were better off as friends, adding that she decided to date women following the split.

“I knew I was interested in women in a way that I hadn’t really been aware of since high school,” she said. “I had this unresolved, unexplored thing. I was like, ‘This is the year that I’m gonna go on some dates with girls and feel that out again, and not feel ashamed about it.'”

source: people.com