While many celebrity wives need their husband’s support to build a career, few of them are seen working independently to prove their worth. Catherine McDonnell is one such celebrity wife of a basketball player, Pau Gasol, who had a stable career before getting married. Here is everything you want to know about her age and height.
In fact, she has been balancing her professional and personal life very well. From being a daughter, wife, and mother, she has excelled in every role. Besides being a celebrity wife, she has been in the constant limelight, and her fans are curious about her. Hence, let’s talk about this diva this minute.
Catherine McDonnell Age and Early life
Many of us know Catherine as the wife of basketball player Pau Gasol, but few of us know that she is also an American Businesswoman. Unlike other celebrity wives, she was already an independent woman who was pursuing her career before tying the knots with the player. Since she was born on May 22, 1989, she is 32 years of age. Besides, she was born and raised by parents Celeste McDonnell and Dennis McDonnell in the United States. She also has a sibling brother named Mikey McDonnell, with whom she spent her entire childhood with. From what we see, she comes from a privileged family.
Furthermore, she is a well-educated woman. She graduated with her Bachelor’s degree in Communication and Business from the University of Southern California. The talented Catherine secured a 3.9 GPA. Further, she pursued her Master’s degree in Business and Communication Management from the same university with an excellent grade of 3.85 GPA. Anyone who is aware of her grade can definitely judge how smart she is.
Catherine McDonnell Career
The independent woman has gone through every struggling phase in her life to stand at the place where she is standing right now. With that being said, you need to understand that she did not become a successful businesswoman instantly. In 2007, she started working as an assistant for Singer Associates Public Relations and Public Affairs. Later in 2010, she did her internship at the sales and marketing department of Showtime Networks Inc., and in the same year, she landed at ABC News to work as a reporter.
After working for a year in ABC News, she went to work as a broadcast journalist for Fox Television. Following her success, she worked in Innovative Dining Group as a project until 2013 and as a social media manager till 2014. Moreover, different doors started to open up for her, and she became a Vice President at Guggenheim Partners in New York in 2014. After working there for more than 2 years, she further joined TESS Research Foundation in 2016. In fact, she has been consistently working in this company for more than 5 years now.
Catherine McDonnell is married to a husband, Pau Gasol
Catherine and the basketball player Pau are regarded as a power couple. They had been dating for several years before getting engaged in 2016. However, the information like when and where did they know each other is still concealed. The duo decided to take their wedding vows after three years of their engagement in 2019.
An interesting fact about their wedding is that they not only wedded in one location but had several ceremonies in different locations, but only their family and close friends attended their wedding. They first married in San Francisco on July 7, 2019, and again had an intimate ceremony at the Ampurdan area in Spain after few weeks.
Basketball player Pau Gasol and his wife, Catherine Mcdonnell
Catherine Mcdonnell, Daughter
Catherine announced her pregnancy in July 2019, and two months later, in September 10, 2020, they welcomed their first child. A beautiful baby girl Elisabet Gianna Gasol was born as their newest family member, and they named her after her great grandmother Elisabet and Kobe Bryant’s late daughter Gianna.
Since Pau was very close to the late basketball player Kobe, they even chose their daughter’s godmother to be Kobe’s wife, Vanessa Bryant. The couple took this decision as a tribute to the Laker’s player Kobe and his daughter. Kobe and her daughter died in a helicopter crash in January 2020.
Catherine Mcdonnell with her husband, Paul, and baby girl, Geena
Who is Pau Gasol?
Pau Gasol Saez, aka Pau Gasol, is a successful basketball player from Spain. He was born in Barcelona, Spain, in July 6, 1980, and is 41 years of age. He was born to parents Marisa and Agusti Gasol, who were both basketball players. In fact, now his two brothers are also basketball players. The passion for basketball runs in their family DNA. Pau started playing basketball from his school time, and he joined the FC Barcelona Junior team when he was 16.
Furthermore, after playing for several years, in 2001, he got drafted by the Atlanta Hawks, and it was only when his professional career started. He even showed excellent performances in his first year and won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. Besides, in 2008, he was traded to Los Angeles Lakers, and he even helped the team finish the first season with the best record of 57-25. Furthermore, his contract was extended, and the deal he made was worth $64.7 million. But overall, he has a net worth of $80 million.
Height, Weight, and Measurements
Pau is lucky to have Catherine as his wife as she is perfect in every way. She stands at the height of 5 feet 7 inches and weighs around 53 kg. Even after having this incredible height, she appears small in front of her husband, who is 7 feet 1 inch tall. Furthermore, her body statistics are reported to be 34-24-33 inches. Despite being a mother, she managed to take care of her skin, body, and hair very well.
Social Media Activities
Like many other celebrity wives flaunting their husband’s pictures on their social media, we can also see Catherine doing the same. She is present on Instagram with more than 110k followers and quite often shares her pictures with Pau. You can also find her on Twitter with more than 800 followers, but she has a protected account.