Kerri Browitt, English teacher and renowned flautist, attracted media attention as the wife of Jim Caviezel, best known as the actor who portrayed Jesus Christ in Mel Gibson’s film The Passion of the Christ . Though not in the limelight, Kerri is a quiet woman accomplished in her own world. She is also an amazing mother to her three adopted children. Read this article to learn more about Kerri Browitt Caviezel.
Kerri Browitt’s Bio and Age
Kerri Browitt Caviezel was born in the United Kingdom to two loving parents. She grew up in a stable family alongside her sister Kristen. The details of her birthday, family and early upbringing are unknown as Kerri has never offered any information to the public. However, it is known that her sister Kristen is married to Scott Lineham, former St. Louis Rams head coach. She is of British nationality. She also comes from a family of devout Catholics.
As for her education, it seems Kerri BrowittCaviezel found the balance between her education and her active involvement in the sport. For her high school education, she attended Cle Slum High School in Washington State, where she was a first-team All-State basketball player. Kerri Browitt attended Western Washington University (WWU) for her college education and, as you can guess, also played basketball in college. She played for the WWU Vikings in 1989/90.
Apart from only playing in the team, she also set records. Kerri was one of the Vikings to complete a career rankings in the top 10 of EMU leaders in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocked shots. Another record she set was co-captaining the WWU Vikings team, which finished 30-5 and became the first women’s hoop team with 30 wins in Western Washington University history. In the same season, Kerri Browitt won the District 1 and District B playoff titles and reached the quarterfinals of the NAIA National Tournament.
For the four years she was in college, KerriBrowitt Caviezel played basketball and started almost every game she had ever played in without missing a contest. That’s very impressive! Interestingly, she made the school’s presidential list nine times.
Kerri Browitt currently works as an English teacher in a prestigious high school and is also a flutist.Kerri Browitt’s family
Kerri Browitt is married to American actor Jim Caviezel. He was born on September 26th , 1968 in Mount Vernon, Washington, United States of America. He grew up alongside his four siblings and was raised in a stable family. He is an American actor who rose to fame playing the role of Jesus Christ in the 2004 film The Passion of the Christ .
Like any other couple, the two lovebirds have a love story that is very interesting. Jim Caviezel and Kerri Browitt met in 1993. The two met on a blind date arranged by his sister Amy. The couple got off to a good start and slowly and steadily began to develop their love. After dating for three years, the two were married on the 20th of July 1996 in the presence of family and friends. It was a very private ceremony and the wedding took place at the Immaculate Conception Church in Roslyn, Washington.
Jim and Kerri have children, although neither of them is their biological child. The three children were all adopted from China and, interestingly, all three children were diagnosed with cancer. Her children’s names are Bo who was born on the 12 th of December 1999; Lynn Elizabeth who was born on the 25 th of September 2001; and David, who was born in 2010.
It is very interesting that this couple chose to adopt children diagnosed with cancer, despite being offered the opportunity to adopt healthy children. When asked about this difficult and unusual decision, the couple explained that they wanted to adopt unhealthy children because, unlike the sick, the healthy could easily find good homes. Jim Caviezel and Kerri Browitt Caviezel haven’t been plagued by rumors of a divorce pending or press disapproval since.
