LeVar Burton’s Wife: Meet The ‘Star Trek’ & ‘Picard’ Star’s Spouse Stephanie

• LeVar Burton is an American actor, director, and television host.
• He’s champion known for his roles astatine Geordi La Forge successful Star Trek: The Next Generation, arsenic Kunta Kinte successful Roots, and arsenic the big of Reading Rainbow.
• His woman of 3 decades is Stephanie Cozart.

In 2019, LeVar Burton gave fans of Star Trek: The Next Generation the eventual throwback – portion celebrating a precise peculiar time successful his life. “27 years agone today, I jumped the broom with [Stephanie Cozart], the emotion of my life!” tweeted Levar portion sharing a photograph from his wedding. In the picture, the antheral known for playing Geordi La Forge connected the deed bid and films poses adjacent to his wife, on with his TNG formed members Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes (with woman Genie Francis), Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, and Brent Spiner. Nearly 3 years aft that tweet, LeVar and Stephanie’s matrimony is going strong.

“She’s hysterical,” LeVar said successful a 2013 interrogation with Serial Optimist when describing his wife. “She’s got a wicked consciousness of humor, also, precise morbid. Stephanie is simply a goddess. Fiercely intelligent, stunning to look at. INTENSE successful her energy. She’s a goddess. I joined a goddess.” So, who is this “goddess” that has fixed LeVar a crushed to get retired of furniture and scope for the stars? Let’s find out.

LeVar and Stephanie (Shutterstock)

Who Is LeVar Burton’s Wife?

LeVar Burton (b. Feb. 16, 1957) is joined to Stephanie Cozard Burton (b. Nov. 10, 1953), a constitution creator with an extended resume. According to her IMDB, Stephanie – a Fort Wayne, Indiana autochthonal – started her vocation moving successful the constitution section for Silver Spoons in 1985. From there, she worked connected different ’80s sitcoms similar The Facts of Life, Out of this World, and Amen. She besides worked connected films similar White Men Can’t Jump, Ghost Dad, and more. In the 1990s, she worked connected True Colors, Living Single, In Living Color, Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper, and Reading Rainbow. She precocious worked arsenic a constitution creator connected Whose Line Is It Anyway, the US adaptation of the UK amusement that ran from 2013 to 2022.

According to her LinkedIn, since 2020, she has been the Department Head of Makeup for The Upshaws at Netflix.

Don’t hide – Star Trek PICARD launches today! (And truthful does MY amusement – The Upshaws connected Netflix) pic.twitter.com/Xxj27M1l3D

— Stephanie Cozart Burton (@StephanieCozart) February 16, 2023

How Did Levar & Stephanie Meet?

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While immoderate mightiness deliberation LeVar and Stephanie mightiness person crossed paths connected Reading Rainbow, he clarified that they met overmuch sooner than that. The 2 met connected 1988’s Roots: The Gift,” a TV movie that Louis Gossett and I did reprising the roles of Kunta and Fiddler,” helium said successful that interrogation with SO. The Gift is the 3rd installment of the Roots miniseries, pursuing Roots: The Next Generations, which aired successful 1979 (two years aft the archetypal Roots.)

The details astir their courtship are few, but clearly, it was emotion astatine archetypal sight.

When Did Levar & Stephanie Get Married?

As LeVar indicated successful his 2019 tweet, helium and Stephanie were joined connected Oct. 3, 1992. Three decades later, the mates remains passionately successful love. When LeVar celebrated his 66th day successful 2023, she tweeted a photograph of them together. “HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the champion friend, partner, goofy buddy, and hubby! I emotion you truthful overmuch – look what SEXTY SIX looks like.”

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the champion friend, partner, goofy buddy and hubby! I emotion you truthful overmuch – look what SEXTY SIX looks similar 💋♥️ pic.twitter.com/sGmCtGvsYN

— Stephanie Cozart Burton (@StephanieCozart) February 16, 2023

Stephanie is progressive connected Twitter, often sharing photos of her travels with LeVar (in the lawsuit of 2023, erstwhile Mica Burton appeared successful Season 3 of Picard. “My baby’s archetypal reddish carpet for HER job! #proudmom Please ticker Picard Season 3 and ticker for @MicaBurton arsenic Alandra LaForge,” tweeted Stephanie.

Do Levar & Stephanie Have Any Kids?

Stephanie, Levar, and Mica (Everett)

As Stephanie pointed retired above, she and LeVar are arrogant parents of their daughter, Michaela “Mica” Jean Burton, who was calved connected July 8, 1994.

LeVar is besides the begetter of Eian Burton, who was calved successful 1980. The kid was calved retired of wedlock, and Levar learned of Eian’s beingness 3 years aft the boy’s birth. In 1983, LeVar asked the Los Angeles Superior Court to assistance him associated ineligible custody and visitation rights, according to the Washington Post. “I grew up successful a breached home, raised by my mother,” helium explained. “I would similar for (my son) to person the benefits of some parents.”

But, successful 2013, the scenery had changed. Both his and Stephanie’s kids were grown and retired of the house. “You cognize what… we’re bare nesters, truthful we are successful the process of rediscovering who we are to 1 another,” helium told SO. “I’m truly trying to retrieve the romance. It’s an accidental to truly commencement courting my woman again, and successful an effort to truly link connected a level we haven’t been capable to successful a long, agelong time, conscionable done the quality of beingness and raising a child. Raising a kid successful this modern epoch isn’t easy. Everybody struggles with parenting these days, everybody. It requires a batch of absorption if you’re going to bash it right.”

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