Missy Peregrym: What to Know About Her Marriage and Career

Missy Peregrym has been in the public eye for over a decade, making her mark on both film and television. She made her acting debut in 2002 in an episode of Dark Angel, and since then, she has starred in Black Sash, Reaper, Rookie Blue, and of course, FBI. Her filmography includes Catwoman, Stick It, and Cybergeddon, among many others. But, that’s not all.

Since 2018, she has been in a relationship with her now-husband, Tom Oakley, and even had to leave  for a bit last year due to having a baby. She’s been all over the place when it comes to her life and career, in a good way, so keep reading to find out everything you need to know about Peregrym’s marriage and her career.

Early Career

Peregrym had small roles in TV shows and movies when she first started out in the early 2000s. Her first main role was in the short-lived action drama series Black Sash in 2003 on The WB, which ran for only eight episodes. She then starred in the short-lived ABC series Life as We Know It, which ran for 13 episodes in 2004. Her luck started turning around when she nabbed the role of Andi Prendergast in the supernatural comedy Reaper on The CW for the show’s two-season run in 2007 and then starred as Officer Andy McNally in the Canadian procedural Rookie Blue in 2010, which aired on ABC in the States for the show’s six-season until it ended in 2015. In the midst of appearances on shows such as Law & Order: SVU, Saving Hope, The Night Shift, and Hawaii Five-0, Peregrym recurred on Seasons 2 and 3 of Van Helsing between 2017 and 2018.

On the film side, Peregrym starred in the teen dramedy Stick It in 2006 alongside Jeff Bridges and Vanessa Lengies. She also starred in the nine-part cybercrime web series Cybergeddon, released by Yahoo! in 2012, and was made into a film on Netflix. In 2014, she starred in the Canadian nature-survival horror film Backcountry, with her latest film role being as a voice in the 2017 Canadian horror thriller Pyewacket.

‘FBI’

Since 2018, Missy Peregrym has portrayed Special Agent Maggie Bell in CBS’ procedural FBI. The series has spawned two successful spinoffs, FBI: Most Wanted and FBI: International and the three have done occasional crossovers, including earlier this year. FBI as its Season 5 finale earlier this month, with no signs of it slowing down any time soon. The series will come back for Season 6 as part of CBS’ fall schedule, but due to the writers’ strike, there’s no telling when that could be.

Marriage to Zachary Levi

Missy Peregrym married Shazam! star Zachary Levi in a secret wedding in 2014, even showing off matching “Mr” and “Mrs” hodies on Instagram. However, their marriage was a short one, as they officially split just 10 months later, citing irreconcilable differences. Not too much is known about their relationship, as they had it kept under wraps for most of it. 

Marriage to Tom Oakley

Three years after splitting with Levi, the FBI star married Australian actor Tom Oakley in Los Angeles just days before 2019. It’s unclear when the two started officially dating, but they are still going strong to this day. And since getting married, their family has only grown, welcoming two babies over the years, with the most recent being born in 2022. 

Baby #1

In October 2019, Peregrym announced that she and Oakley were expecting, telling her followers that Baby Oakley would be coming in Spring 2020. That following March, Otis Paradis Oakley was born, but the actress didn’t announce the birth until almost a full month afterward. However, that baby likely kept the couple busy during quarantine and is still keeping them busy, especially now that he’s an older brother.

Baby #2

Just about two years after Otis was born, Missy Peregrym announced that she and her husband were expecting once again. Due to the timing of the pregnancy, she had to be written out of multiple episodes of FBI, from the end of Season 4 through the beginning of Season 5. Following a nearly-deadly gas attack, Maggie had to spend some time in recovery, which was the perfect way to temporarily write her out and give Peregrym time to decide when to come back. Mela Joséphine Oakley was born in June 2022, and she finally went back to work on FBI in September, giving herself and her family time to be together.