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01of 18Samantha Barks and Alex Michael StollSamantha Barks/instagramIt looks like art might just imitate life after all!Samantha Barks and Alex Michael Stoll, who met while both starring in the Broadway musical adaptation of the romantic comedyPretty Woman, got engaged in February 2021 and tied the knot in June 2022.The actress, who starred in the 2012 movie adaptation ofLes Mis, is currently starring as Elsa inFrozenon the West End. Barks' cast mates sent her off for her wedding to in style, singing"Love Is An Open Door"from the popular Disney musical and gifting her a giant piece of her favorite cheese.“This cast are so special!! What a beautiful send off to go and get married! My heart really is bursting ❤️,” the actress wrote.
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Samantha Barks and Alex Michael Stoll
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It looks like art might just imitate life after all!
Samantha Barks and Alex Michael Stoll, who met while both starring in the Broadway musical adaptation of the romantic comedyPretty Woman, got engaged in February 2021 and tied the knot in June 2022.
The actress, who starred in the 2012 movie adaptation ofLes Mis, is currently starring as Elsa inFrozenon the West End. Barks' cast mates sent her off for her wedding to in style, singing"Love Is An Open Door"from the popular Disney musical and gifting her a giant piece of her favorite cheese.
“This cast are so special!! What a beautiful send off to go and get married! My heart really is bursting ❤️,” the actress wrote.
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Sarah Shahi & Adam Demos, Sex/Life
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The newest members of the ‘costars turned couples’ club met while filming their steamy Netflix series,Sex/Life,which started fillming in late 2020 after Shahi split from husband Steve Howey.
OnSex/Life, Shahi stars as a woman caught in a love triangle with her husband (Mike Vogel) and an old flame (Demos). The recently releasedNetflixseries is based on BB Easton’s novel,44 Chapters About 4 Men.
03of 18Rami Malek & Lucy Boynton, Bohemian Rhapsody20th Century FoxMalek’s performance as famed Queen frontman Freddie Mercury earned him ample praise during the 2019 awards season — and to top it all off, he alsofound love on set.The actorconfirmed his romance with his costar Lucy Boyntonat the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s Film Awards Gala on Jan. 3, 2019, several months afterthe two were first spotted being affectionate in public together.Malek gave his leading lady — and real-life love — a sweet shoutout while accepting the award for breakthrough performance.“Thank you, Lucy Boynton. You have been my ally, my confidant, you are my love,” he said. “I appreciate you so much.“Boynton played Mary Austin, Mercury’s former fiancée and lifelong confidant who inherited half of his estate when he died from complications of AIDS in 1991.
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Rami Malek & Lucy Boynton, Bohemian Rhapsody
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Malek’s performance as famed Queen frontman Freddie Mercury earned him ample praise during the 2019 awards season — and to top it all off, he alsofound love on set.
The actorconfirmed his romance with his costar Lucy Boyntonat the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s Film Awards Gala on Jan. 3, 2019, several months afterthe two were first spotted being affectionate in public together.
Malek gave his leading lady — and real-life love — a sweet shoutout while accepting the award for breakthrough performance.
“Thank you, Lucy Boynton. You have been my ally, my confidant, you are my love,” he said. “I appreciate you so much.”
Boynton played Mary Austin, Mercury’s former fiancée and lifelong confidant who inherited half of his estate when he died from complications of AIDS in 1991.
04of 18Melissa Benoist & Chris Wood, SupergirlBettina Strauss/The CWBenoist and Wood were in for asupersurprise when the actor joined the CW series in 2016.The actress — who plays the titular hero on the show — first met Wood when he was cast as her on-screen love interest Mon-El. Things apparently turned romantic sometime in 2017, when the pair were photographed kissing on the beaches of Cancun, Mexico.Benoistannounced their engagementvia Instagram on Feb. 10, 2019, posting a photo of her grinning as Wood kissed her cheek, her gorgeous diamond ring front and center.“Yes yes yes it will always be yes,” she captioned the image, adding a red heart emoji.Theywelcomed their first child togetherin the fall of 2019.
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Melissa Benoist & Chris Wood, Supergirl
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Benoist and Wood were in for asupersurprise when the actor joined the CW series in 2016.
The actress — who plays the titular hero on the show — first met Wood when he was cast as her on-screen love interest Mon-El. Things apparently turned romantic sometime in 2017, when the pair were photographed kissing on the beaches of Cancun, Mexico.
Benoistannounced their engagementvia Instagram on Feb. 10, 2019, posting a photo of her grinning as Wood kissed her cheek, her gorgeous diamond ring front and center.
“Yes yes yes it will always be yes,” she captioned the image, adding a red heart emoji.
Theywelcomed their first child togetherin the fall of 2019.
05of 18Cole Sprouse & Lili Reinhart, RiverdaleJack Rowand/The CWRiverdaleshippers, rejoice! While the costars have been notoriously tight-lipped about their relationship sincerumors first started swirlingin May 2017, they officially hinted at their status when they made theirred carpet debutat the 2018 Met Gala.Since then, the pair — who play on-screen love interests Betty and Jughead on the popular CW series — have given fansa few brief glimpsesinto their real-life “Bughead” romance.“I like to go on adventures with Cole,” Reinhartrevealed toTeen Vogueof Sprouse in October 2018. “Truly, adventures. Hetakes me to placeswhere I’m like, ‘How did you find this?’ He’s made me see these things that I would have never seen otherwise. It’s escapism, which is so beautiful and wonderful.“After some on-again, off-again months,the pair splitin March 2020.
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Cole Sprouse & Lili Reinhart, Riverdale
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Riverdaleshippers, rejoice! While the costars have been notoriously tight-lipped about their relationship sincerumors first started swirlingin May 2017, they officially hinted at their status when they made theirred carpet debutat the 2018 Met Gala.
Since then, the pair — who play on-screen love interests Betty and Jughead on the popular CW series — have given fansa few brief glimpsesinto their real-life “Bughead” romance.
“I like to go on adventures with Cole,” Reinhartrevealed toTeen Vogueof Sprouse in October 2018. “Truly, adventures. Hetakes me to placeswhere I’m like, ‘How did you find this?’ He’s made me see these things that I would have never seen otherwise. It’s escapism, which is so beautiful and wonderful.”
After some on-again, off-again months,the pair splitin March 2020.
06of 18Eva Mendes & Ryan Gosling, The Place Beyond the PinesFocus/Kobal/REX/ShutterstockPossibly Hollywood’squietest A-list couple, Mendes and Gosling have kept a famously low profile since first meeting when they starred opposite each other as a troubled couple who share a son in 2011’sThe Place Beyond the Pines.The pair’s romance became public knowledge in September 2011, when they werespotted holding hands in Disneylandonly weeks after filming.While they’ve never married, Mendes and Gosling share two young daughters, Esmeralda and Amada.“I only know what it’s like to have my kids. And in my situation, Eva’s the dream mother, and they’re dream babies, and it’s like a dream that I’m having right now,“The Notebookactorexplained toGQin 2016. “I’m dreaming it all. So I feel so lucky.”
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Eva Mendes & Ryan Gosling, The Place Beyond the Pines
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Possibly Hollywood’squietest A-list couple, Mendes and Gosling have kept a famously low profile since first meeting when they starred opposite each other as a troubled couple who share a son in 2011’sThe Place Beyond the Pines.
The pair’s romance became public knowledge in September 2011, when they werespotted holding hands in Disneylandonly weeks after filming.
While they’ve never married, Mendes and Gosling share two young daughters, Esmeralda and Amada.
“I only know what it’s like to have my kids. And in my situation, Eva’s the dream mother, and they’re dream babies, and it’s like a dream that I’m having right now,“The Notebookactorexplained toGQin 2016. “I’m dreaming it all. So I feel so lucky.”
07of 18Kurt Russell & Goldie Hawn, Swing ShiftWarner Bros/Kobal/REX/ShutterstockRussell and Hawn are one of Hollywood’smost enduring love stories. The pair first met while filming 1968’sThe One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band,but their romance only blossomed when they reconnected on the set of the 1984’sSwing Shift.The film, set in the 1940s, saw Hawn as a navy wife who falls for Russell’s character when she takes a job at a factory to help with the war effort while her husband is on assignment.“He was so good-looking, but he had no pretense about him. I could tell right away he wasn’t a womanizer,” Hawn told PEOPLE in May 2017 of her first impressions of Russell.The pair went on to star inOverboarda few years after getting together, and while they’ve since agreed to keep their coupling to off-screen, they remain happily unmarried to this day.Now, the pair love spending time at home with their blended family, which includes kids Oliver, Kate, Boston and Wyatt, along withtheir grandchildren.
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Kurt Russell & Goldie Hawn, Swing Shift
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Russell and Hawn are one of Hollywood’smost enduring love stories. The pair first met while filming 1968’sThe One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band,but their romance only blossomed when they reconnected on the set of the 1984’sSwing Shift.
The film, set in the 1940s, saw Hawn as a navy wife who falls for Russell’s character when she takes a job at a factory to help with the war effort while her husband is on assignment.
“He was so good-looking, but he had no pretense about him. I could tell right away he wasn’t a womanizer,” Hawn told PEOPLE in May 2017 of her first impressions of Russell.
The pair went on to star inOverboarda few years after getting together, and while they’ve since agreed to keep their coupling to off-screen, they remain happily unmarried to this day.
Now, the pair love spending time at home with their blended family, which includes kids Oliver, Kate, Boston and Wyatt, along withtheir grandchildren.
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Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds, The Green Lantern
Before theA Simple Favoractress andDeadpoolstar were known for lovinglytrolling each otheron social media, they played love interests in 2011’sGreen Lantern.
Lively was dating herGossip Girlcostar Penn Badgley at the time of filming, and Reynolds was married to Scarlett Johansson.
By October 2011, rumors had spread that the two were an item, and they pleasantly shocked fans when theysecretly wedthe following year.
The power couple now share three children: daughters James, Inez and Betty.
09of 18Stephen Moyer & Anna Paquin, True BloodSnap Stills/REX/ShutterstockFromTrue Bloodto true love! In the hit HBO series, Paquin’s Sookie Stackhouse is a small-town waitress who shares an undying love with Moyer’s Bill Compton, a 173-year-old vampire.In real life, the two secretly started seeing each other after filming the pilot episode in 2007, but kept their romance under wraps until later in the season.Moyer popped the question to Paquin two years later, andthe pair marriedin August 2010. They now share twins Charlie and Poppy, whom the actors are happy to keepout of the spotlight.
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Stephen Moyer & Anna Paquin, True Blood
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FromTrue Bloodto true love! In the hit HBO series, Paquin’s Sookie Stackhouse is a small-town waitress who shares an undying love with Moyer’s Bill Compton, a 173-year-old vampire.
In real life, the two secretly started seeing each other after filming the pilot episode in 2007, but kept their romance under wraps until later in the season.
Moyer popped the question to Paquin two years later, andthe pair marriedin August 2010. They now share twins Charlie and Poppy, whom the actors are happy to keepout of the spotlight.
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Miley Cyrus & Liam Hemsworth, The Last Song
It’s beyond fitting that the pop star and Aussie actor met on set of a Nicholas Sparks movie. Theups and downsof their lengthy love story — which spanned nearly a decade — are worthy of their own feature film.
Always onefor shocks and surprises, theHannah Montanaactress reconciled with her on-and-off beau in 2016, and once again was spotted with a ring onthatfinger. In December 2018, the pair gave us the happily-ever-after ending we’ve all been hoping for when theysecretly wedat their Tennesse home, however,less than one year later, went their separate ways for good.
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Penélope Cruz & Javier Bardem, Jamón Jamón
Cruz and Bardem’s chemistry has been obvious since they first played love interests in 1992’sJamón Jamón, in which Bardem’s Raul is brought in to distract Cruz’s working-class Silvia from the wealthy man who’s proclaimed his love for her.
However, the famous couple didn’t begin their off-screen romance until 2007, which they kept very low-profile beforequietly marryingin the Bahamas in 2010.
The pair — who now share daughterLunaand sonLeo— have gone on to star in a number of films together, includingVicky Cristina Barcelona, Loving Pabloand most recentlyEverybody Knows.
12of 18Alexis Bledel & Vincent Kartheiser, Mad MenHBOBeth Dawes' affair with Pete Campbell may have been short-lived, but in real life, Bledel and Kartheiser are stillmadfor each other.TheGilmore Girlsactress and Kartheiser first met on the set ofMad Men, and went public with their romance at a press event in October 2012. They announcedtheir engagementthe following spring, andwelcomed a sontogether in 2015.
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Alexis Bledel & Vincent Kartheiser, Mad Men
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Beth Dawes' affair with Pete Campbell may have been short-lived, but in real life, Bledel and Kartheiser are stillmadfor each other.
TheGilmore Girlsactress and Kartheiser first met on the set ofMad Men, and went public with their romance at a press event in October 2012. They announcedtheir engagementthe following spring, andwelcomed a sontogether in 2015.
13of 18Mila Kunis & Ashton Kutcher, That ’70s ShowFoxEven though Jackie and Kelso — the stereotypes of teenage vanity and vapidness in the hit comedy seriesThat ’70s Show— didn’t work out, Kunis and Kutcher did wind up together in the end.TheSpy Who Dumped Meactress revealed onThe Howard Stern Showthat while the two kept in touch after the show wrapped, things didn’t change between themuntil they ran into each otherat an awards show years later.“I see this guy and I see his back and he’s really tall,” Kunis said of seeing Kutcher, who had just split fromDemi Moore. “Then he just turns around and it was literally like if we were in a movie, the music would start playing and the violins would go. I think for the first time ever he took my breath away — I was like f—, he’s good-looking.“After a few months ofcasually hooking up, the couple decided to get serious. They married in July 2015 after getting engaged in February 2014 and welcoming daughter Wyatt that October. They later also welcomed son Dimitri in November 2016.As for seeing the famous pair back on-screen together, Kunisis vehemently opposed to the idea.“Not going to happen,” the actress said on an episode ofSunday TODAY with WillieGeist. “I can’t look at him and not be like ‘What are you doing?'…no it’s weird.”
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Mila Kunis & Ashton Kutcher, That ’70s Show
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Even though Jackie and Kelso — the stereotypes of teenage vanity and vapidness in the hit comedy seriesThat ’70s Show— didn’t work out, Kunis and Kutcher did wind up together in the end.
TheSpy Who Dumped Meactress revealed onThe Howard Stern Showthat while the two kept in touch after the show wrapped, things didn’t change between themuntil they ran into each otherat an awards show years later.
“I see this guy and I see his back and he’s really tall,” Kunis said of seeing Kutcher, who had just split fromDemi Moore. “Then he just turns around and it was literally like if we were in a movie, the music would start playing and the violins would go. I think for the first time ever he took my breath away — I was like f—, he’s good-looking.”
After a few months ofcasually hooking up, the couple decided to get serious. They married in July 2015 after getting engaged in February 2014 and welcoming daughter Wyatt that October. They later also welcomed son Dimitri in November 2016.
As for seeing the famous pair back on-screen together, Kunisis vehemently opposed to the idea.
“Not going to happen,” the actress said on an episode ofSunday TODAY with WillieGeist. “I can’t look at him and not be like ‘What are you doing?'…no it’s weird.”
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Morena Baccarin & Ben McKenzie, Gotham
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Baccarin and McKenzie first started working together on the Fox drama in late 2014, and their characters became romantically involved toward the end of the show’s first season the following spring.
TheDeadpoolactress andTheO.C.starwent public with their relationshipa few months later, when they were spotted attending multiple events together and holding hands.
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Ginnifer Goodwin & Josh Dallas, Once Upon a Time
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Snow White and Prince Charming found their happily ever after! The pair first met while filming the modern-day fairytale series, and went public with their relationship in 2012.
“It hit me like a blinding light,” Dallas told PEOPLE of falling for his castmate. “I thought, ‘I’m in trouble now.’ "
16of 18Keri Russell & Matthew Rhys, The AmericansCraig Blankenhorn/FXRussell and Rhys are more than just partners in international espionage on FX’sThe Americans—they’re real-life partners in love.Just as it happened to their KGB characters — who were in an arranged marriage on the series — what started as a relationship all for show evolved into authentic affection and, later, a parenting partnership for for Rhys and Russell.In March 2014, PEOPLE finally confirmed what fans had long suspected: theFelicityactress and Rhys were a couple. The pair welcomed their first child together, a son, Sam, in 2016, and remain happily unmarried.
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Keri Russell & Matthew Rhys, The Americans
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Russell and Rhys are more than just partners in international espionage on FX’sThe Americans—they’re real-life partners in love.
Just as it happened to their KGB characters — who were in an arranged marriage on the series — what started as a relationship all for show evolved into authentic affection and, later, a parenting partnership for for Rhys and Russell.
In March 2014, PEOPLE finally confirmed what fans had long suspected: theFelicityactress and Rhys were a couple. The pair welcomed their first child together, a son, Sam, in 2016, and remain happily unmarried.
17of 18Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Ewan McGregor, FargoFXIn the FX series, theTrainspottingactor played brothers Ray and Emmit Stussy — the former of which is a balding parole officer, who falls in love with his young parolee, a.k.a. Winstead.Off-screen, McGregor and Winstead’s chemistry also began to develop, and the two werespotted kissingin October 2017 — while McGregor was still married to his wife of 22 years, Eve Mavrakis. PEOPLE then confirmed that the pair had been separated since May of that year, and McGregor filed for divorce in January 2018.Despite rumors of splits and hischildren’s alleged feelings towards Winstead, McGregor and his leading lady arestill going strong.They even surprised fanswith news of the arrival of their first child on June 28, 2021.
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Ewan McGregor, Fargo
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In the FX series, theTrainspottingactor played brothers Ray and Emmit Stussy — the former of which is a balding parole officer, who falls in love with his young parolee, a.k.a. Winstead.
Off-screen, McGregor and Winstead’s chemistry also began to develop, and the two werespotted kissingin October 2017 — while McGregor was still married to his wife of 22 years, Eve Mavrakis. PEOPLE then confirmed that the pair had been separated since May of that year, and McGregor filed for divorce in January 2018.
Despite rumors of splits and hischildren’s alleged feelings towards Winstead, McGregor and his leading lady arestill going strong.
They even surprised fanswith news of the arrival of their first child on June 28, 2021.
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Rose Leslie & Kit Harington, Game of Thrones
Kit Harington and Rose Leslie inGame of Thrones.Helen Sloan/HBO
Leslie and Harington first stirred up relationship rumors in 2012, in sync with their fictionalGoTcounterparts, Jon Snow and Ygritte.
After a brief split, the couple reconciled and continued to fuel romance speculation until they officially confirmed their relationship in April 2016, making their red carpet debut as a couple at the Olivier Awards in London.
They became close while on set in Iceland shooting for season 2. Harington previously opened up about the early days of their romance, admitting that those weeks were his favorite of the series.
“Because the country is beautiful, because the Northern Lights are magical, and because it was there that I fell in love,” he said in a cover story for L’Uomo Vogue. “If you’re already attracted to someone, and then they play your love interest in the show, it becomes very easy to fall in love.”
source: people.com
