Sunshine Deia Tutt is an American model, actress, and home designer. She became widely known after she married comedian Chris Kattan in 2008. Their marriage ended within weeks. Her work kept moving forward and later took her into home design and television. She now runs Sublime Interior Designs in Malibu and has also appeared on Bravo’s Best Room Wins.
In this article, we’ll look at Sunshine Deia Tutt’s early work and her time with Chris Kattan. We’ll also cover the 2008 wedding and split, her move into design, her Bravo show, and the firm she still runs in 2026.
Her Early Work Before the Marriage
She worked as a model before the Kattan relationship became a major part of her public story, and she also took a few small screen roles. IMDb lists credits in Monkeybone, Reel Comedy, and the Deal or No Deal video game, though none led to a long acting run.
She later found a stronger path in home design. It became the part of her career that lasted the longest.
How She Met Chris Kattan
She met Chris Kattan at a birthday party in 2005. He was already well known from his years on Saturday Night Live. Fans knew him for characters such as Mango and Mr. Peepers. He had also appeared in movies including A Night at the Roxbury.
The pair dated for about two years before Kattan proposed on Christmas Eve in 2006. The engagement became public the next year. By 2008, they had been together for several years and were planning a wedding in California.
The June 2008 Wedding
Sunshine Deia Tutt married Chris Kattan on June 28, 2008, in Yosemite Valley, California. Their relationship had started in 2005. The wedding brought much more attention to her name. Kattan was still closely linked with SNL and his comedy films.
At first, the wedding looked like the next step in a long relationship, but the marriage changed course almost at once.
The Separation Came Weeks Later
The couple separated on August 10, 2008, less than two months after the wedding. Kattan soon filed for legal separation. The Washington Post reported that the court papers cited irreconcilable differences and also showed that the pair had a prenup.
Kattan’s rep first said the couple had split but had no quick plan for divorce, though that changed soon after the filing.
When the Divorce Became Final
A judge signed the divorce order in October 2008. California law required a waiting period before the marriage could fully end. The divorce became final in February 2009, bringing a legal close to a marriage that had lasted only a short time.
The story stayed in celebrity news because the couple had dated for years before marriage, making the fast split feel even more sudden.
Why the Short Marriage Still Gets Attention
Many people still find Sunshine Deia Tutt through old stories about Chris Kattan. The wedding and quick split were easy to remember. Yet the marriage was only one short part of her adult life. Her later work in design continued for many more years.
She did not build a public career around the divorce, and her next chapter had little to do with comedy or celebrity news.
Moving Into Home Design
She built Sublime Interior Designs as a home design firm based in Malibu, California. The work covers full rooms, remodels, and new homes. The company also helps with furniture, lights, floor plans, color, tile, and other parts of a finished room.
Sublime Interior Designs is still active in 2026 and lists current services, project details, and a Malibu business address. Sunshine Deia Tutt is named on the site as the designer behind the firm.
How a Project Starts
The firm begins by learning how a client lives and what the room needs to do. It also looks at style, cost, and the client’s goals. For larger jobs, the team may visit the site and take photos and measurements. It can also review plans with a builder or architect.
This early step helps the design match the real needs of the people who will use the space every day.
What the Firm Can Handle
A full project can include room plans, paint, tile, lights, and plumbing parts. It can also cover furniture, window work, and the final setup. The team can also work with builders, contractors, and other experts. That helps when a remodel or new home needs more than simple room styling.
That makes the firm useful for both one-room work and larger projects that need help from the first plan to the last detail.
From Planning to the Final Room
The company can stay involved after the first design plan. It can help with orders, delivery, setup, and the final look of the room. A client can therefore use the firm for much more than choosing paint or buying a few pieces of furniture.
Sunshine Deia Tutt built a service that can follow a room from early ideas through the final lights, fabrics, furniture, and small finishing touches.
Her View of What a Home Should Feel Like
Sunshine Deia Tutt has said that a home should tell the story of the people who live in it. That idea gives a clear sense of her design style. The room still needs to look good. It also needs to fit the way the client moves, rests, works, and spends time at home.
A family may need storage and easy paths through a room, while a large remodel may need close work with builders and more detailed choices.
Bravo’s Best Room Wins
Her design work later took her back to television when she appeared on Bravo’s Best Room Wins. The show used real clients, a set budget, and a short deadline. One 2019 episode paired Sunshine Deia Tutt with designer Barrie Livingstone for a room based on bohemian style.
Elle Decor covered the episode and named both designers, giving her work a wider design audience.
What the TV Challenge Asked Her to Do
The show was not just about making a room look nice. The designer had to listen to the client, follow the style, stay on budget, and finish on time. The bohemian theme also called for color, texture, and layers without letting the room feel too busy.
That kind of challenge gave viewers a chance to see her design choices under real limits rather than through an old celebrity story.
Why the Bravo Appearance Mattered
For years, most public stories tied her name to the Chris Kattan marriage. The Bravo show put the focus on her own work. It showed her as a designer making choices for a client, managing time, and working through a full room plan.
The show did not erase the old headlines, but it added a much stronger reason to know her name.
Her Business in 2026
Sublime Interior Designs is still active and continues to offer home design, remodel work, new-home help, and design talks. The site also accepts new project requests and still lists its Malibu location and current services.
She remains tied to the firm. Home design is the clearest answer to the common question about what she does today.
Did She Keep Acting?
Her acting work stayed small, and she did not build the kind of long movie or television record linked with a full-time actor. Her later TV work came through design, which matched the career she had built away from Hollywood acting.
Modeling and small screen parts came first, while home design became the work that lasted.
Age and Birth Details
IMDb lists her birthday as September 23, 1976, and gives Brownsville, Texas, as her birthplace. Based on that date, she is 49 on September 20, 2026, and turns 50 three days later.
Some sites also list claims about school, wealth, and private relationships. Those details are far less clear than her marriage record, screen credits, Bravo work, and current business.
Life After Chris Kattan
The divorce sent their careers in separate directions. Kattan stayed in comedy and acting while she focused on home design. There is much less public detail about her later love life. Her public image now comes mostly from work rather than personal news.
That includes her Malibu firm, past television design work, and the services the company still offers.
Why People Still Search Her Name
The Kattan marriage is still the first reason many readers find her. It was short, public, and unusual. But Sunshine Deia Tutt had work before that marriage and built a far longer design career after it ended.
Her public story now reaches from modeling and small acting roles to a Bravo design show and an active Malibu firm, giving a much fuller view of her life.
A Career That Outlasted the Marriage
Sunshine Deia Tutt became widely known through a marriage that ended fast. Her own work continued for years after the headlines faded. She modeled, took small screen roles, moved into home design, built Sublime Interior Designs, and later competed on Bravo.
In 2026, her Malibu design business remains the strongest and most current part of her public career.
Want another story about a woman who built her own life beyond a famous relationship? Read our profile of Mary Marquardt, Harrison Ford’s first wife and a woman whose life took a different path after Hollywood fame entered the family.
