Annette Roque
{{short description|Dutch model and equestrian}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Annette Roque
| image = File:Annette Roque.jpg
| caption = Roque in 2012
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1966|12}}
| birth_place = Leeuwarden, Netherlands
| occupation = Model, equestrian
| years_active =
| spouse = {{marriage|Matt Lauer|1998|2019|end=div}}
| children = 3
}}
Annette Roque (born December 1966) is a model and equestrian.{{cite web |first = Stephanie |last = Petit |url = http://people.com/tv/who-is-annette-roque-matt-lauer-wife/ |title = Who is Annette Roque? |work = People |date = November 30, 2017 |access-date = December 25, 2017 }} Her mother is Dutch and her father is Indonesian.
As a model in the 1980s and 1990s, Roque was known professionally as "Jade Roque." She appeared widely in European cosmetics ads, and in the J. Crew and Victoria's Secret catalogs in the United States. Roque was a Revlon "spokesmodel".
Roque co-owns and manages Bright Side Farm, a horse farm in the Hamptons completed in 2013.{{cite news |last = Watson |first = Dawn | date = August 26, 2013 |work = The Southampton Press |title = Looking At Matt And Annette Lauer's Bright Side |publisher = Press Newspaper Group |location = Southampton, New York |url = http://www.27east.com/news/article_print.cfm?id=30719 |access-date = December 27, 2017}}{{cite magazine |last = Cook |first = Cindi |date = July 1, 2015 |title = Field of Dreams |magazine = Hamptons Cottages & Gardens |location = New York |publisher = Cottages & Gardens Publications}}{{cite web |first = Cindi |last = Cook |url = http://www.cottages-gardens.com/Hamptons-Cottages-Gardens/July-2015/Matt-Lauer-Hamptons-Horses-Bright-Side-Farm-Tour/ |title = Passionate for Both Horses and the Hamptons, Annette and Matt Lauer Bring Bright Side Farm to Life |work = Hamptons Cottages & Gardens |date = July 1, 2015 |access-date = December 25, 2017}}
Personal life
Roque was married to American television journalist Matt Lauer, whom she met on a blind date in July 1997. Lauer proposed to Roque after five months of dating and the two wed in Water Mill, New York, on October 3, 1998.{{cite web |first = Tom |last = Gliatto |url = http://people.com/archive/today-and-forever-vol-50-no-14 |title = Matt Lauer Annette Roque Wedding |work = People |date = October 19, 1998 |access-date = November 29, 2017 }} They have three children together: 2 sons and a daughter.{{cite web |first = Sam |last = Dangremond |url = http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/g13987884/annette-roque-matt-lauer-wife-facts/ |title = 8 Things to Know About Matt Lauer's Wife, Annette Roque |work = Town & Country |date = December 21, 2017 |access-date = December 25, 2017 }}
In September 2006, while pregnant, Roque filed for divorce, citing cruel and inhumane treatment from Lauer, but they later reconciled.{{cite web |url = http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/10/matt-lauer-divorce-documents-cruel-inhumane/ |title = 'Today' Shocker: Matt Lauer's Wife Accuses Him Of 'Cruel & Inhumane' Treatment In Divorce Papers Kept Secret — Until Now! |work = Radar Online |date = October 14, 2014 |access-date = November 29, 2017 }}{{cite magazine|url=http://people.com/tv/matt-lauer-heading-100-million-divorce/|title=Matt Lauer Is Heading for a $100 Million Divorce: What's at Stake?|magazine=People|last=Telling|first=Gillian|date=May 16, 2017}} However, in 2018, she filed for divorce a second time following a series of sexual assault allegations against Lauer by multiple alleged victims.{{cite web|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/matt-lauer-annette-roque-divorce-details-who-gets-what/|title=Matt Lauer and Annette Roque Divorce: She Wants a 'One-Time Cash Payout'|date=May 16, 2018|work=U.S. Magazine}}
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References
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External links
- [http://people.com/tv/who-is-annette-roque-matt-lauer-wife/ Who is Annette Roque?]
- [http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/g13987884/annette-roque-matt-lauer-wife-facts/ 8 Things to Know About Matt Lauer's Wife, Annette Roque]
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Category:American female models
Category:Sportspeople from Leeuwarden
Category:American female equestrians
Category:Dutch people of Indonesian descent
Category:Dutch emigrants to the United States
Category:American people of Dutch-Indonesian descent