Denzel Washington may have been named Sexiest Man Alive in 1996, but he caught his wife Pauletta Washington’s attention long before that. The Equalizer actor met Pauletta (née.
Pauletta Pearson Washington
Denzel Washington and Pauletta Washington have been married since 1983. Emily Tannenbaum is a former contributor at PEOPLE. She left PEOPLE in 2022. Denzel.