‘Hocus Pocus’ Star
Vinessa Shaw Getting Divorced
Published May 24, 2025 8:31 AM PDT
“Hocus Pocus” actress Vinessa Shaw’s husband just filed for divorce after nearly a decade of marriage … TMZ has learned.
The star’s husband Kristopher Gifford filed divorce docs on Thursday … citing the boilerplate irreconcilable differences, according to documents obtained by TMZ.
He lists the date of separation as October 24, 2023 … so it looks like they’ve been apart for well over a year and a half.
Gifford’s asking for joint legal and physical custody of their 7-year-old son, Jack. He didn’t check any boxes about spousal support.
While Shaw and Gifford married in 2017, they were together for about a decade before that … kicking off their relationship in 2007 and getting engaged the following year.
Shaw’s probably best known for her role as Allison Watts in the Halloween comedy “Hocus Pocus” … main character and Max Dennison’s love interest in the 1993 film. She didn’t return for the 2022 sequel.
VS also had a starring role in the 2006 remake of “The Hills Have Eyes” and appeared in “3:10 to Yuma,” “Eyes Wide Shut,” and Rodney Dangerfield‘s “Ladybugs.”
We’ve reached out to Shaw’s reps about the divorce filing … so far, no word back.