There is something special about the story of two people falling in love, to live vicariously through someone else’s relationship. Especially when it’s couples like Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher who shared their very first kiss on TV, or the classics like Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Even the ups and downs of Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth, who make breaking up and making up look so good. Hollywood celebrities are the bread and butter of celebrity news, from meeting on movie sets to reuniting years later - to being married for decades with children. The breakups, the make-ups, and the soulmates, we love it all, we want it all, and we can’t get enough. Here are 40 Actors Who Married Their Co-Stars…
Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer
The pair met while filming the pilot for True Blood in 2007, and began dating shortly after. They then announced their engagement in 2009 and later married in 2010. Paquin and Moyer remained married, giving birth to twins.
In an interview with Us Weekly, Paquin expresses “We’re each other's best friends,” “We’re incredibly lucky that we found each other.”
Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan
Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan met while filming Step Up in 2006, and later got engaged in 2008. Tatum and Dewan got married in 2009, giving birth to their first baby in May 2013. Their chemistry on-screen and in photos was undeniable, it was the kind of relationship everyone wanted. So what followed in their relationship surprised everyone.
In an announcement that shocked most, if not all their fans, the couple divorced in 2018, stating that it was ‘amicable.’ In an interview with USA Today, Jenna Dewan expressed, “People grow and they change and sometimes they don’t grow and change together. So it wasn’t an overnight thing that happened."
Kit Harington and Rose Leslie
The famous couple met on the set of the second season of Game of Thrones, in 2011. Harington played Jon Snow and Leslie was cast as Ygritte, a woman of the Free Folk. Harington and Leslie made their love official when they got married in 2018.
In a 2016 interview with Vogue, Harington expressed that the two fell in love in real life while filming the show’s second season in Iceland. “The country is beautiful, because the Northern Lights are magical, and because it was there that I fell in love.”
Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz
The pair starred in the theater's production of Les Grandes Horizontales in 1994. Back when they met no one expected their relationship to one day blossom into something more.
It wasn't until 2010 when a romance sparked between Craig and Weisz after they were cast as a married couple in the film Dream House. They got married a year later in New York. Craig and Weisz welcomed their first child together, a daughter, in September 2018.
Kaitlin Olson and Rob McElhenney
McElhenney and Olson were not only co-stars on the show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, but McElhenney is also co-creator and producer of the series who hired Olson at the time. The two began dating in secret during the second season of the show.
They got married in 2008, and now have two kids together. “It took him a while to realize … It was a very interesting dynamic. Like, once I fell in love with him, I realized that I was deeply in love with him in a way that I hadn’t been in love with anyone before,” Olson expressed in an interview with Voice Philly.
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos
Ripa and Consuelos met on the set of all my children where they co-starred together. The actors flew to Las Vegas, used a phone book to find a chapel, and got married on May 1, 1996. In an Interview with Opera Digest, Ripa expressed, "We just understood each other really well. If two people were ever supposed to be together, I'd say it was us."
One year after they got married they welcomed their first son. Michael is now 23 years old and graduated from New York University with a degree in film. He has even played a role in the hit series "Riverdale," in which his father plays, where he was the younger version of his father’s character. Ripa and Consuelos now have three children and renewed their wedding vows in 2020.
Jared Padalecki and Genevieve Cortese
Jared Padalecki and Genevieve Cortese met in 2008 when she had a recurring role on season 4 of Supernatural as the character Ruby. In an interview with ET, Cortese expressed, "We met working together and it's how we fell in love, was working together. I honestly feel like we are at our best when we are working together."
They got engaged in 2009, and married on February 27, 2010. The two are as in love as they were when they first met, now with three children, son Thomas, son Shepherd, and daughter Odette.
Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth
This couple has had their fair share of relationship drama, but despite the lows, on again off again couple Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth met in the most beautiful way. Their relationship spanned over more than a decade before completely closing that chapter.
The two met on the set of the “Last Song,” a movie they both co-starred in. The couple introduced themselves as a couple in 2010. After several breakups, they announced they were engaged in 2012. After the couple broke up again shortly after they announced they were engaged, they rekindled in 2016, finally tying the knot in December 2018. Unfortunately, this decade-long relationship saga ended when the two split and filed for divorce in August 2019.
David Tennant and Georgia Moffett
Tennant, who played the 10th Doctor from 2005 to 2010 met Georgia Moffett on the set when she played a role in the show in 2008. Moffett is also the daughter of Peter Davison, who played the fifth incarnation of the Time Lord from 19981 to 1984.
The couple got married in 2011, Moffett had a son she had given birth to when she was 16. Tennant later adopted her son as his own, and the two had four children of their own.
Warren Beatty and Annette Bening
The two stars met during the making of 1991’s film, Bugsy. Not long after they met, the couple got married in 1992. Beatty and Bening have four children together, Stephen Ira, 25, Benjamin, 23, Isabel, 20, and Ella, 17.
These two are the absolute dream couple, married for over 25 years, and have starred in 4 films together, when asked what their secret was, Bening told PEOPLE, “Definitely he surprises me — absolutely,” Bening was quick to agree. “He does the unexpected thing.”
Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher
Like many celebrities, Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher have always been very private about their lives. Most of their relationship has been kept under wraps but there are still a few things we do know about this famous couple. The two met on the set of That 70’s Show, where Kunis shared her first kiss, ever, with Kutcher.
Kunis and Kutcher officially went public with their relationship in 2012, and just after two year they got engaged. A year later the couple tie the knot, and now have two children together.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
These two have had a whirlwind of a relationship that we’ve come to love and want to know every detail of. Their relationship began rather scandalously, as their romance began while they co-starred in the Mr. and Mrs. Smith film in 2004, while Pitt was still married to Jennifer Aniston.
After nearly 5 years of marriage, Pitt and Aniston divorced. Pitt and Jolie were together for almost 12 years after falling in love. The co-stars got married in 2014 and have six children together. They split in 2016, citing irreconcilable differences.
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively
Reynolds and Lively met in 2010 on the set of the Green Lantern, where they played each other's love interests. Their relationship became public in 2011, and the couple later married in 2012.
The Hollywood stars are parents to three daughters, their first child, James, in 2014, followed by Inez in 2016 and Betty in 2019. For almost a decade now, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have been a Hollywood power couple, and we are in awe of their commitment to one another.
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner
In the summer of 2000, Affleck and Garner met while filming the movie "Pearl Harbor.” They made their first public appearance as a couple in 2004, shortly after, Affleck proposed to Garner in 2005.
The two have three children together, and despite their story tale love, they announced their divorce in 2015 after Affleck was accused of having an affair with their nanny. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Garner opened up about their decision to divorce “We had been separated for months before I ever heard about the nanny. She had nothing to do with our decision to divorce.”
Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy
Like most Hollywood couples, Danes and Dancy met on the set of the 2007 movie Evening. The two starred as love interests, fell in love, and have been inseparable ever since. These two lovebirds got married in 2009, and have two children together.
In an Interview with People Danes expresses how she felt when she first met Dancy, “When we first started sorta-kinda-dating for real (ish), I had an ornament-making party for Christmas, and he helped organize it,” she recalled. “Then he made an ornament of cowboy paper dolls, and I thought, ‘and he crafts?’ That was it. “You have me for the rest of our lives.”
Alexis Bledel and Vincent Kartheiser
Our Gilmore Girls favorite Alexis Bledel met her now-husband, Vincent Kartheiser, on the set of Mad Men when Bledel appeared in a guest-starring role in 2012 in the show's fifth season.
After getting engaged in 2013, they got married in 2014. The two welcomed their son in 2015, whose name remains unknown. Bledel and Kartheiser have kept their relationship and family life, for the most part, out of the spotlight and continue to do so.
Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush
Bush and Murray first met on the set of their long-running TV series, One Tree Hill. The show premiered in the fall of 2003 and the two were engaged by the following spring. Five months after their wedding in 2005, Bush and Murray split, when Bush filed for annulment on the grounds of fraud.
In 2017, Bush wrote an essay about her love life for Cosmopolitan. "I wasn't looking for a relationship, but one found me and became serious, even though I hadn't planned to settle down until my 30s," she wrote. "But when the person you're with asks you to marry him, you think: This must be happening because it's supposed to."
Colleen Ballinger and Erik Stocklin
Ballinger met Stocklin when he played her best friend and love interest Patrick in the series Haters Back Off! The two married in a secret ceremony in 2018., casually sharing the news in a YouTube video, leaving fans shocked.
Ballinger gave birth to her first child, son Flynn, in December 2018. She became pregnant again a few years later but suffered a miscarriage. Ballinger is currently expecting twins and we could not be more thrilled for the two.
Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost
The couple first met while Johansson appeared on the late-night sketch show nearly a decade ago. While it took some time for their paths to cross again, on October 29, 2020, Colin and Scarlett announced that they were married after three years of dating.
Multiple sources have recently revealed that the couple is expecting their first child together, although it seems they are keeping it on the down-low for now. As neither has confirmed these alleged statements. If true, this will be Colin's first child and Scarlett's second. The actress has a 6-year-old daughter with her ex-husband Romain Dauriac.
Johanna Braddy and Freddie Stroma
The couple, who met while filming season 1 of UnREAL, tied the knot in Atlanta, Georgia on Dec. 30, 2017. Details of their wedding were made to the public, and highly publicized. The bride wore a custom gown designed by Anne Barge, and the couple exchanged vows at The Stables at the Foxhall Resort and Sporting Club in Georgia.
In an interview with The Knot, while reflecting back, Braddy had a few takeaways from her wedding day that she shared, “Don’t sweat the small stuff,” she concludes. “The wedding should be about the marriage, not about having a perfect party… Enjoy every second of the best day of your life.”
Grace Gealey and Trai Byers
Trai and Grace Byers met on the set of the hit Fox series Empire in 2015. Their relationship was unexpected, especially considering Grace was in a relationship prior to meeting Trai and was still in one when they met.
Grace had made a statement on The Real talk show that she and her previous partner "we're going to get married" but that the "spiritual connection wasn't really there." She continued, “but the spiritual connection was immediately struck between the two [Trai]. The couple were officially engaged in 2015 and got married in 2016.
Paul Wesley and Torrey DeVitto
Wesley met and began dating Torrey DeVitto in 2007 when they co-starred together in the ‘Killer’ Movie. DeVitto also appeared on the TV show Vampire Diaries; in 2012, where Wesley played one of the lead roles.
The two made it official when they got married in 2011, but unfortunately decided to call a quits on their marriage just two years later. According to Daily Mail, the couple have split 'amicably' and are intent on remaining friends.
Alyson Hannigan and Alexis Denisof
Alyson Hannigan and Alexis Denisof fell in love while co-starring in the vampire series Buffy. While the show eventually came to an end, it was definitely only the start for these two lovebirds. The two eventually got married in 2003 and now share two daughters, Satyana, born in 2009, and Keeva, born in 2012.
In an Interview with YourTango, Hannigan revealed that they never spend more than three weeks apart. "We're best friends," “he's my partner and I wouldn't want to do it with anybody else."
Leighton Meester and Adam Brody
Meester and Brody met on the set of The Oranges in 2011 and later worked together again in 2014 on Life Partners. In 2013, news broke off their relationship, where they were spotted holding hands in public for the first time in June 2013 at the premiere of Brody’s film Some Girls.
The couple got married in 2014 and welcomed their first daughter together in 2015. In 2020, Meester and Brody welcomed their second child, a baby boy. “She is my moral compass and North Star, and I just can’t say enough good things about her character. It’s crazy,” Brody expressed in an interview with US Weekly.
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
They were the world’s most well-known couple. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton got married On March 15, 1964. Ten years later, the pair filed for divorce. In 1975, they married briefly again. Taylor and Burton met on the set of the 1963 film Cleopatra.
At the time, Taylor was married to Eddie Fisher, her fourth husband. Taylor and Burton’s affair caused a worldwide scandal, and although the odds were stacked up against them, their love prevailed. Although they eventually split, again, the two remained close friends up until Burton’s death.
Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman met whilst working together on the set of ‘Days of Thunder'. Their on-screen romance soon turned to something real off-screen, they got married in 1990 on Christmas Eve and adopted two children over the course of their marriage.
Kidman and Cruise got divorced soon after, and while reflecting on her marriage in Vanity Fair, Kidman said, “I was a child, really, when I got married. And I needed to grow up.”
Freida Pinto and Dev Patel
Pinto and Patel met on the set of Danny Boyle's 2008 critically-acclaimed Slumdog Millionaire where they played an on-screen couple. After almost six years together, the two broke up and left fans in tears!
In an interview with The Guardian, Pinto reveals why she split up with Patel. “There comes a point where you’ve got everything you want – career, love, family – but you’ve ignored yourself. Life hits you and you think, “What about me? What do I really want?”’ Pinto expressed.
Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander
Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender met on the set of The Light Between Two Oceans, a film about an Australian lighthouse keeper and his wife who find a baby in a boat and decide to raise it as their own. They made it official and got married in 2017.
The couple have maintained a fairly private life over the course of their relationship, and have remained to do so.
Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman
Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman met in 2000, "When we met, I was 41, and I'd always had younger guys pursue me, and I was really sick of it," Mullally shared with GQ. "And so I met Nick and I thought, Oh, great, 'cause this guy's like 38!'" They got married shortly after in 2013 and co-authored the 2018 book The Greatest Love Story Ever Told.
In addition to guest-starring in each other's shows, they've been in some independent movies together, including 2012's Smashed and 2013's The King of Summer. These two are inseparable and we’re loving every moment of them together!
Steve Carell and Nancy Carell
Nancy and Steve met through the acting and comedy scene in the 1990s. Nancy was a student in an improvisation class that Steve taught at Second City. Carell told The Guardian, “I was immediately attracted to my wife. She’s beautiful, intelligent and really funny. She kind of checked all the boxes in my head, but I thought she hated me because she was very quiet around me.”
Steve and Nancy got married in 1995, they have two children together.
Mary Elizabeth Ellis and Charlie Day
Most people assume that Mary and Charlie met on the set of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. However, the couple met at a New York theatre where both of them performed in different plays. The two got married in 2006, one year after they met for the second time, and have one son together.
"The professional answer is we met each other and thought each other were great and had a very above-the-board, classy relationship. The true story is it's a one-night stand that's still happening this many years later. So you know, just go for it, it might work out,” Ellis expressed in a red carpet interview.
Jennifer Garner And Scott Foley
Garner and Foley met on the set of Felicity. Foley starred as Noel Crane from 1998 to 2002, while Garner had a guest spot on the series in 1998. The pair got married in October 2000. However, they separated in March 2003, and their divorce was finalized in March of the following year.
“Everyone reaches maturity at different times. I wish I’d known to wait for marriage until I was 30 or over,” Garner tells The Sun, referring to her marriage to actor Scott Foley.
Humphery Bogart and Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall was a former model starring in her first leading film role when she met Humphrey Bogart on the set of To Have and Have Not in 1944. Bogart was married to his third wife, actress Mayo Methot, at the time.
Despite their 25-year age gap, their chemistry was undeniable, and their relationship progressed quickly. The movie debuted in January 1945, and Bogart divorced soon after. He and Bacall got married on May 21, 1945. They had two children together and remained married until Bogart's death in 1957.
Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr
Any Hollywood couple that spans over two decades is a couple worth noting. Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr have been married for 18 years and have been together for 21 years and counting. The couple met while filming the 1997 scary movie, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and started dating in 2000.
They got engaged in 2001 and got married in 2002 in Mexico. They now have two children together, Charlotte, 10, and Rocky, 7.
Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem
Cruz and Bardem first met back in 1992, when they were filming the Spanish comedy-drama Jamón Jamón. But it wasn't until years later, when the pair reunited to film Woody Allen's 2008 romantic comedy Vicky Christina Barcelona that anything started between the two.
Three years into their relationship, Cruz and Bardem made their first public appearance as a couple at the 2010 Goya Awards. In July of 2010, the couple had a secret, low-key ceremony at a friend's house in the Bahamas. Since, Cruz and Bardem have had two children together.
Hayden Panettiere and Milo Ventimiglia
Hayden Panettiere and Milo Ventimiglia began dating in 2007, when he was 29 and she was just 18. They met on NBC’s Heroes, which ran from 2006-2010.
The co-stars dated for almost two years before breaking up in 2009. The exact reason for their split was not revealed, although there was a fairly large age gap that may have accounted for their decision to end the relationship.
Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling
Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling began dating in 2011 when they were filming the movie "The Place Beyond the Pines" together. They have maintained a very private relationship since the beginning and continue to do so.
Mendes and Gosling have now been together for nearly a decade, and share two daughters together.
Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner
The two met on the set of hit-movie Valentine's Day in 2009 when they played an on-screen couple in the throes of first love. By that fall, the two Taylors were rumored to be dating. The film outlived the young couple’s relationship, releasing in January 2010, about a month after their breakup.
Although having the same name was cute for a while, their relationship didn’t last long, ending in early 2010. The two presumably ended their relationship on good terms, agreeing they were better off as friends than lovers.
Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron
We couldn’t make up a relationship this dreamy even if we tried. These two made headlines time and time again, and their fans were devastated when they decided to call quits on their relationship.
Efron and Hudgens meet during their audition for High School Musical. Their relationship didn't become public until 2006, and after multiple vacation sightings, and red carpet appearances together, their relationship came to an end in 2010.
Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder
The former couple fell in love while working together as part of The Vampire Diaries cast, their relationship spanned over three years before it ended. Nina and Ian were dating, working together, and traveling the world, they were the ‘it’ couple, and we were sad to see them part ways.
While the real reason that Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder split isn't officially known, there were speculations that it might have been their 10 year age gap. Nonetheless, the two remained friends, and Dobrev is friends with Somerhalder’s current wife.
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