Celebs Who Met On-Set And Married Their Co-Stars

Samira Wiley & Lauren Morelli

Samira Wiley and Luren Morelli met on the set of the hit sensation Orange is the New Black. What started out as a close friendship evolved into a deep, loving relationship. Morelli was still married when the pair first met, but when Morelli went through her divorce, it was Wiley she turned to. The pair grew closer and got engaged in 2016. They married a year later in Palm Springs in an intimate weekend-long ceremony with close friends and family. They have since welcomed their first child together and continue to post updates on their married lives on social media.

Alyson Hannigan & Alexis Denisof

While all the celebs on this list met their significant others on the set of a film or television series, Alyson Hannigan and Alexis Denisof’s story is a bit different. They did meet on set while filming Buffy the Vampire Slayer back in the late 90s, but they only filmed a single season together. Their characters didn’t interact very much, but clearly, the stars left an impression on each other. The stars began dating in 1999 and married in 2003. They’ve been married for 20 years now, and they have two beautiful children together.

Chad Michael Murray & Sophia Bush

Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush met as young stars on the hit drama One Tree Hill. They met in early 2002, and by October of that year, they were officially going steady. They dated for a year and a half before announcing their engagement in May 2004. The couple tied the knot in Santa Monica, California, on April 16, 2005. Unfortunately, after only five months of being married, the couple separated, and Bush filed for an annulment. It must have been awkward for the couple after their divorce since they were still costars on One Tree Hill!

Adam Brody & Leighton Meester

Adam Brody and Leighton Meester met while filming The O.C. and Gossip Girl, respectively. This couple gave fans the real-life crossover event they’d always hoped for. The pair began dating quietly in 2013 and got married a year later. They now have two children together and have had an extremely positive and successful relationship. Leighton spoke with PorterEdit about their relationship back in 2018 and had this to say, “And I think that’s one of the many wonderful parts of not only having a child and meeting your soulmate, but also, I feel really lucky career-wise, really in a place that I want to be.”

Alexis Bledel & Vincent Kartheiser

Alexis Bledel and Vincent Kartheiser’s characters had a wild, spicy affair on Mad Men, and it turns out the stars got involved in a hot and heavy relationship off-screen during filming! They met on set in 2011 and publically confirmed their relationship the following year. Kartheiser proposed to Bledel in 2013, and the pair had a quiet, private ceremony in 2014. The couple surprised fans by announcing the birth of their son the following year after keeping Bledel’s entire pregnancy quiet! Unfortunately, Kartheiser filed for divorce in 2022 after eight years of marriage.

Kelly Ripa & Mark Consuelos

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos met back in 1995 when Consuelos filmed a screen test for the daytime drama All My Children. Their chemistry was undeniable, and Consuelos was immediately hired to play the role of Ripa’s onscreen love interest. Things heated up off-screen for the couple as they began dating IRL. Their romance turned heavy within months, and the couple eloped in Los Vegas in 1996. They have since welcomed three children together, and their relationship is still going strong to this day.

David Tennant & Georgia Moffett

Fans of the epic television series Doctor Who will instantly recognize David Tennant, who played the tenth incarnation of The Doctor. If they look closely, true fans of the series should recognize his wife, Georgia Moffett, as well! Georgia played The Doctor’s “daughter” during an episode of the fourth season. Tennant and Moffett immediately hit it off during filming and began dating. The pair got married in 2012 and have since welcomed two children together.

Paul Wesley & Torrey DeVitto

Paul Wesley and Torrey DeVitto met while working on the film Killer Movie in 2007. The couple dated for a while, and DeVitto appeared in a recurring role on The Vampire Diaries, in which Paul Wesley played one of the hot vampire brothers, Stefan. The pair married in 2011, but they didn’t find their happily ever after together. After only two years of marriage, the couple separated and filed for divorce.

Mila Kunis & Ashton Kutcher

Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher have a different love story than most of the ones on this list. They met while filming That 70s Show and played each other’s romantic interests on the show. However, the couple didn’t start dating in real life for another fifteen years! Despite meeting in 1998, the pair didn’t have their first off-screen kiss until 2012. The couple got engaged in 2014- 16 years after first meeting each other. They welcomed a daughter later that year and tied the knot in 2015.

LeAnn Rimes & Eddie Cibrian

LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian met in 2008 while filming the Lifetime movie Northern Lights. They immediately hit it off, but both were in relationships with other people at the time. Rumors that the stars had an affair with each other were denied, but by the following year, they’d both ended their respective marriages and begun publically dating. They wasted no time and tied the knot in 2011. Despite the rocky start to their relationship, the pair have now been married for over twelve years!

Emily VanCamp & Josh Bowman

Another couple who found love in 2011 was Emily VanCamp and Josh Bowman. They met while filming the ABC drama Revenge, where they played love interests, Emily Thorne and Daniel Grayson. It didn’t take long for the pair to announce their relationship, and they dated for five years before getting engaged in May 2017. They married the following year at Harbour Islands in the Bahamas. The pair is still together to this day and frequently posts sweet pictures and captions of their journey together.

Ginnifer Goodwin & Josh Dallas

Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas truly have a fairytale romance. They met on the set of Once Upon a Time in 2011, where they played Snow White and Prince Charming. The couple developed feelings for each other during filming and confirmed they were in a real-life relationship the following year. They married in California in 2014 and have since welcomed two children into their family. Even after the show’s ending in 2018, the couple continues to live out their real life happily ever after.

Gwen Stefani & Blake Shelton

Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton met as co-judges in 2014 on NBC’s The Voice. This celebrity couple experienced an instant attraction for each other that was palpable to viewers of this hit reality series. They bonded over their recent divorces and began dating in 2015. Throughout their relationship, the singers have released several duets together that made fans swoon. The couple announced their engagement in 2020 and married a year later in an intimate ceremony on Shelton’s Oklahoma ranch.

Gwyneth Paltrow & Brad Falchuck

Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuck met back in 2010 when Paltrow made a guest appearance on the hit television series Glee. The couple quietly began dating four years later after ending their respective relationships. They publically announced their romance in 2015 and secretly got engaged two years later. The couple married in 2018 and went on the honeymoon of a lifetime to the Maldives in 2019.

Scarlett Johansson & Colin Jost

You might think Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost met on the set of one of her high-profile films, but that isn’t the case! They actually met back in 2006 when Johansson hosted Saturday Night Live. Colin was a writer during that year, and the pair instantly hit it off. They didn’t reconnect until 2017, but once the stars got together, they were inseparable. The pair got engaged in 2019 and married the following year in a small, intimate ceremony. The couple has since welcomed two children into the world together.

Mariska Hargitay & Peter Hermann

Fans of the hit drama Law and Order: SVU will easily recognize Mariska Margitay, who has been a star on the show since 1999. She met Peter Hermann while filming season three, and the pair felt an instant draw toward each other. After dating for two years, Hargitay and Hermann tied the knot in 2004. They’ve since had three children together, including biological son August in 2006, adopted daughter and son Amaya Josephine and Andrew Nicholas in 2011. The happy family continues to stay strong together today. Hargitay had this to say to PEOPLE in 2019, “I think there is such beauty in the divine architecture of how this family was built.”

Chrissy Teigen & John Legend

Unlike most of the couples on this list, Chrissy Teigen and John Legend didn’t meet while filming an intense television series or movie. Instead, they met when Teigen starred in John Legend’s music video in 2006. They quickly became inseparable, and Legend proposed to Teigen while on vacation in the Maldives in 2011. The couple married in Lake Como, Italy, in 2013. Teigen and Legend have welcomed three children since their marriage, Luna, Miles, and Esti Stephens. Unfortunately, the couple suffered a horrific miscarriage in 2020, but they pulled together and are still going strong today.