40+ Celebrity Couples When They First Got Together and What They Look Like Now

As notoriously private as Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are about their children, their relationship has been particularly public – especially considering Hollywood standards. Their marriage dates back to 2013, and they have two daughters – Lincoln and Delta – with each other, but things don’t always go smoothly.

Dax and Kristen have experienced ups and downs in their relationship, and before meeting Kristen, Dax had an open relationship. They’re still together and happily sharing life together.

There’s quite a history behind Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel’s romance. It was in 2007 that the “Say Something” singer and the actress first became romantically involved. Although the couple briefly split in 2011, their wedding ceremony took place on October 19, 2012, in Italy, with a romantic ceremony at the famous St. Mark’s Basilica.

Throughout their journey, the couple has shared life-changing moments, such as the birth of their sons, numerous professional endeavors, and memorable birthday celebrations. After all these years, they’re still going strong.

Since their marriage nearly a decade ago, John and Chrissy have had two children: son Miles, 4, and daughter Luna, 6. John Legend and Chrissy Teigen were married on September 14, 2013. The couple is now expecting a third child.

John said on a podcast, “We’ve been through enough together. As a result, it has strengthened and fortified us. As a result of these tests, we’ve grown together and learned new things about each other.” They’re still happily together.

This couple’s wedding ceremony was held on August 16, 2008, at their Beverly Hills home. Ellen and Portia both wore Zac Posen for the ceremony. When rumors of a split surfaced, Ellen DeGeneres viewed them positively since they were nothing more than unsubstantiated reports speculating about the couple’s split, as is always the case with celeb romances.

The couple is still having the time of their lives after 14 years of marriage! Despite the ups and downs throughout over 20 houses bought and sold, Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres are happily together, enjoying life.

There seems to be no better pair than Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher. Along with being two of the funniest and most talented comedic stars in Hollywood, they have enjoyed a long relationship together. They met more than 20 years ago and have been married for over 10 years.

They’ve always been private as far as their relationship and family life is concerned. Yet, when they speak publicly about each other, it’s always filled with love. Together, these two have three kids and a dog, so they clearly have a long-term plan. Their relationship continues to flourish; they continue to be in love long after their love-at-first-sight meeting and move to Australia.

The Beckhams, born David Beckham and Victoria Adams, were introduced at a soccer game in 1997. Within a year of their first meeting, David proposed to her with a marquise-shaped diamond ring.

In March 1999, they welcomed their first child into the world, and four months later, they were married on July 4, 1999. Throughout their 20-year marriage (and counting), they welcomed three more children into the family and even exchanged vows again in 2017, after 20 years of marriage.

Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar were the ’90s “It” couple, and they’re still going strong 20 years later. The alum of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the star of She’s All That met a few years ago during the production of the 1997 horror movie I Know What You Did Last Summer.

However, it wasn’t until many years later, during an accidental encounter, that the former co-stars became something more than friends. The former co-stars tied the knot at a Mexican resort, in 2002. It wasn’t until seven years later that the couple expanded their family, giving birth to Charlotte Grace in 2009 and their son Rocky James in 2012.

Catherine and Michael Douglas have been married for the past two decades. The couple first met in August 1998, during the Deauville American Film Festival in France, when Danny DeVito introduced them. Their wedding occurred at the Plaza Hotel in New York on November 18, 2000.

The couple has two children – Dylan, 19, and Carys, 19. Another son of Michael’s – Cameron, 42 – comes from a previous relationship. They remain together after a brief separation in 2013.

Despite meeting in 2000, Beyoncé and Jay-Z began dating in 2001. April 4, 2008, was the day that they secretly wed. There have been many cheating allegations relating to their relationship. Jay-Z admits to cheating in June 2017 but is grateful to Beyoncé for offering forgiveness.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z have three beautiful children – twins Sir and Rumi, born in 2017, and Blue Ivy, born in 2012. It’s been more than 20 years since Beyoncé and Jay-Z got together – an eternity for celebrity couples!

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are one of the longest-lasting couples in the music industry. As lovers of Country music, they first met briefly in 1994. However, they weren’t reunited until 1996, when they embarked on a joint tour, after which they got to know each other.

They’ve been married for over 25 years and have been involved in several recording projects. In addition to raising three daughters together, the couple also appeared on TV together. The pair are still going strong.

One of Hollywood’s sweetest meet-cutes is between Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos. Consuelos met Ripa in 1995 on the set of All My Children. There was an instant chemistry between them, and after Consuelos joined Ripa’s daytime drama as her love interest, the two began a romantic relationship.

Within a year of starting their relationship, they temporarily split up. However, Ripa later noted that the couple didn’t remain apart for long. Their marriage took place in Vegas the following week, in 1996. Since then, they’ve welcomed three children – Lola, 21, Michael, 25, and Joaquin, 19.

Jada Pinkett Smith auditioned for a role in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 1994, but she and Will developed their relationship off-screen instead. The couple got married in 1997. With 28 years of marriage behind them, Will and Jada Smith have two kids who are also in the spotlight: Willow Smith, 21, and Jaden Smith, 23.

Jada and Will are also parents to Trey Smith, Will’s first child from his first marriage. Pinkett Smith made headlines in 2020 by confirming she had dated August Alsina during a break in her marriage with Will.

The two actors met shortly after Ted Danson ended his second divorce, which was with Whoopi Goldberg. They were married in 1995 after meeting on the Pontiac Moon set two years earlier. On October 7, 1995, Ted and Mary sealed their marriage.

Following their wedding, Ted became a stepfather to Lilly and Charlie, and Mary assumed the role of stepmother to Alexis and Kate. After 25 years of marriage, they’ve never really left the honeymoon phase.

David Furnish and Elton John stumbled upon each other most unexpectedly while attending a dinner party held by a mutual friend in 1993. After hitting it off immediately, the pair set up their first date the following day.

They became civil partners in December 2005 and were married nine years later, when same-gender marriage became legalized. They have two sons: Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John (who arrived in December 2010, via surrogacy) and Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John (born in January 2013, via the same surrogate).

In 1991, Parker and Broderick met because of their shared love of theater. That led to their marriage in 1997, only a year before Parker’s HBO series premiered. Since they began dating almost 30 years ago, the couple has raised three children – Tabitha Hodge, James Wilkie, and Marion Elwell.

May 19, 2022, marks the couple’s 25th wedding anniversary. In honor of the anniversary, Sarah posted two photos on Instagram: one showing her leaning against Broderick and another of their wedding invitation.

It’s been more than 30 years since Kevin Bacon married Kyra Sedgwick, and their love appears to be stronger than ever! The pair first met when Bacon, who’s older by seven years, performed a play in the 1970s. It was in 1988 that Kyra and Kevin welcomed their first child, Travis, on June 23.

On March 15, 1992, the couple welcomed their youngest child, Sosie. Having spent 34 years together, raised two children, and resisted Hollywood’s clutches, the couple is still in love.

Tom met Rita while starring in ABC’s sitcom Bosom Buddies in the early 1980s. They were just friends at first, as Hanks’ girlfriend Samantha Lewes was still his sweetheart at the time, but their relationship went public in 1986. Two years after they started dating, the couple married in 1988.

They went on to have two children, Truman Theodore Hanks and Chester “Chet” Hanks. Professionally and personally, they’ve been partners for many years. They’ve acted together, made films, raised two sons, and supported one another during illness.

When Winfrey’s show debuted in 1986, Oprah Winfrey began dating Stedman Graham. Oprah and Stedman are still together after being in a loving relationship since 1986. While they didn’t have children during their nearly four decades of marriage, Stedman has a daughter from a previous relationship and he became a grandfather in 2015.

A year after getting engaged, Winfrey and Graham called off their wedding. Winfrey and Graham were rumored to have secretly tied the knot based on a false magazine report. It’s believed that their relationship would’ve ended if they had married.

Following Curtis’ discovery of Guest in a magazine in 1984, she contacted him about going out and actually heard back from him. After meeting at a restaurant, they scheduled a date for the next day. They got married in December of that year.

Annie, 35, and Ruby, 26, are the couple’s adopted children. July 29, 2021, was the day Jamie and her spouse revealed their youngest child was transgender. The couple’s son Thomas became Ruby in March 1996.

After their previous marriages ended in 1983, Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn began dating. The couple met while filming Swing Shift in 1983, and Kurt made her fall in love with him with a corny pick-up line: “It looks like you have a great figure.” Her reply was, “Why, thank you.”

They had their first child together in 1983 – Wyatt Russell – and shared the responsibility of raising all the children they had from previous marriages. There were Goldie’s children, Oliver Hudson and actress Kate Hudson, along with Russell’s son, Boston. Although the actors have been dating for almost four decades, they don’t intend to get married.

Sharon, Ozzy’s second wife, was introduced to him in 1970. She was 18 years old at the time. It was in 1979 that their relationship turned romantic.

In 1982, they got married and later became parents of daughters Kelly and Aimee and son Jack. After their second split, the couple returned to the altar for another ceremony in 2017.

After more than four decades of being together, Tomlin and Wagner were married on New Year’s Eve 2013, just before the new year began. According to the Desperate Housewives actress, she had no idea that same-gender marriage would become legal in her lifetime.

Due to what’s happening in the world, the pair chose not to have children. In 2020, they celebrated their 50th anniversary.

At 3:00 am on July 14, 1964, Adriano Celentano and Claudia Mori got married, avoiding the paparazzi pursuing them. In the summer of 2014, Celentano and Mori, who’ve been married for 50 years, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary.

Three children were born due to this relationship – Giacomo, Rosita, and Rosalinda. The pair are still married and still as happy as ever.

Enrique and Anna have been married for 21 years and have three children together. Aside from that, little is known about the couple’s relationship. Anna Kournikova and Enrique Iglesias met for the first time in December 2001 while filming the singer’s music video for ”Escape”, in which Anna played the singer’s love interest.

Kournikova and Iglesias announced in January 2018 that they were expecting two children: Nicholas, a boy, and Lucy, a girl. December 16, 2017, was the date of the twins’ birth.

Courtney B. Vance and Angela Bassett are considered legends in Hollywood. The actors met and got friendly while studying at the Yale School of Drama. Their longevity has not only been reflected in their acting careers but also in their marriage.

It’s been 24 years since Angela and Courtney tied the knot on October 12, 1997. After becoming parents in 2006, the couple welcomed fraternal twins Slater and Bronwyn into the world.

When Megan and Nick met in 2000, they were performing in a play together. As Megan recalls, Nick’s appearance wasn’t cute looking. Nevertheless, the couple has been married for 17 years. Over the years, the two have collaborated on several projects, including Megan’s hit sitcom.

Although they’ve been married for a long time, they don’t have any children. Clearly, there’s still a lot of love between them. They co-wrote a book, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told, published in 2018.

Christine and Ben have co-starred in many projects together since they married in 2000. The couple went through a rough patch but made it through. Christine Taylor and Ben Stiller’s relationship never reached a definitive end. Taylor, 50, and Stiller, 56, discussed how they rekindled their marriage in a recent interview about their separation nearly five years ago.

According to a source, the couple didn’t date other people while they split up. In February 2022, they announced that they were reuniting. Ella and Quinlin are the actors’ two children.

One of the most successful relationships in Hollywood is between Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness. The two Australian actors, with an age gap of 13 years, began dating in the mid-1990s, reaffirming that age is merely a number.

A special message appears in Sanskrit on the couple’s wedding rings. The rings were exchanged on April 11, 1996, in Melbourne, Australia, not even a year after meeting one another. Instead of trying to conceive naturally, the couple decided to adopt. They adopted a son and a daughter in 2000 and 2005, respectively.

Rob competed in Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains and became the Sole Survivor on Survivor: Redemption Island two seasons later. As a result of his engagement to Amber during the finale, their wedding special aired on CBS in 2005. They’ve been together ever since.

Lucia Rose, the couple’s first daughter, was born in 2009. Their next child, Carina Rose, came into the world in 2010. The Mariano family welcomed Isabetta Rose in 2012 and Adelina Rose in 2014.

The first time Jackson met his wife was in college. It’s been over 40 years since Jackson married LaTanya Richardson Jackson. LaTanya and Samuel promise to stick with it, and they’re serious about it.

Their marriage dates back to 1980, and their daughter Zoe, who produces reality shows, is an Emmy winner. They say that their pact to remain together, as well as their love, kept them going.

Actor Peter Sarsgaard has been married to Maggie Gyllenhaal since 2009. The couple has two children – Gloria, 9, and Ramona, 15. In April 2006, they became engaged, and they tied the knot on May 2, 2009, in a small chapel in Brindisi.

Their most recent collaboration was the psychological drama The Lost Daughter, for which Gyllenhaal, the film’s director, featured her husband heavily. The pair are still living happily together and sharing their love of movies.

Luciana, 46, and Matt, 51, have kept their private lives private since their wedding in 2005. Tabloid gossip, which often tarnishes celebrity names and destroys marriages, has rarely affected their marriage. The couple remarried eight years after their first wedding, renewing their vows on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia in 2013.

The Ocean’s Eleven actor became stepfather to Alexia Barroso before becoming a biological father. The couple welcomed Isabella into the world in 2006, Gia in 2008, and Stella in 2010. They’re still loving life together.

The rapper by the name of Tracy Marrow, and the model by the name of Nicole Natalie Austin, married in 2005, shortly after meeting on a music video set. Despite their 20-year age difference, they still seem oddly perfect together every time we watch them on TV. In 2015, Ice-T and Coco Austin welcomed their daughter.

Throughout the years, their relationship has been the subject of much criticism. The couple celebrated their 21st wedding anniversary in 2021, and many people were surprised to find out they’d been together for so long. A marriage rarely survives in this industry, but this couple appears to have figured out how to make it work.

Their wedding was originally scheduled for September 11, 2001, but they ended up putting it off by 11 days. Having a son Jaden and a daughter Bella together makes Boreanaz and Bergman a happy couple.

After a former mistress threatened to sell her story, David, who stars in Sky1’s crime drama Bones, confessed to his wife about his infidelity. He admitted to being “irresponsible” and vowed to reunite with his wife of nine years.

Will’s wife, Viveca Paulin, has been by his side for most of his career. It was in an acting class that the Anchorman star first met Paulin. In 1995, the couple briefly dated before parting ways. They found each other again, and the couple married in 2000.

In the years since, their marriage has been blessed with three sons, Mattias, Magnus, and Axel. How do Will and Viv continue their marriage so successfully? Humor is a big part of their household.

Brad and Kimberly got married at Stauffer Chapel on the Pepperdine University campus on March 15, 2003. As far as children are concerned, the Paisleys have two boys, Jasper Warren, who arrived in 2009, and William Huckleberry, born in 2007.

Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Brad Paisley celebrate their marriage anniversary every year. The singer and his actress wife make a chart of their favorite moments from the past year and jot them down in a special journal.

Streep and Gummer met in 1978 as Streep grieved the passing of her co-star and then-boyfriend, John Cazale. She was evicted from the apartment they shared. Streep and Gummer married six months later in her parents’ garden in September 1978.

They’re the proud parents of three daughters – Grace Gummer, Mamie Gummer, and Louisa Gummer – as well as Henry Gummer, their only son.

Pollan, 62, met Fox, 61, in 1985 while working on the hit TV show Family Ties. However, their relationship began when they worked together on Bright Lights, Big City. Their marriage has lasted 34 years and counting.

They have four children: Sam, Aquinnah, Schuyler, and Esmé – the youngest of the four daughters. Over the last three decades, the enduring couple has battled illness side by side and remains happy and energetic.

Pauletta and Denzel Washington have been married for almost four decades – an extremely rare occurrence in Hollywood! The two actors have had ups and downs over the years, but they’ve remained close – no matter what. It was on June 25, 1983, that they tied the knot.

After renewing their vows in 1995, the Washingtons traveled to South Africa. They had their first child, John, in 1987, their second child, Katia, in 1988, and their twin children, Olivia and Malcolm, in 1991.

Robert and Susan met during the production of the psychological thriller Gothika, which Susan produced. Susan was asked to marry Robert a month later. During an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2004, the couple revealed the details of their engagement.

The wedding took place on August 27, 2005, almost two years following the couple’s engagement. Avri Roel, their daughter, was born on November 4, 2014. Susan is the stepmother of Robert’s first child from his first marriage, Indio Falconer Downey, born in 1993.

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds first met in 2010, on the set of Green Lantern, but were both in other relationships at the time. In 2011, they ended their respective relationships and started dating each other.

Many people thought that Ryan and Blake wouldn’t make it, due to their 11-year age difference, but they proved everyone wrong! The actors got married in 2012. Nowadays, they’re still happily together after 11 years, have three children, and have a fourth baby on the way.

Maya Rudolph and Paul Thomas Anderson have been together since 2001. They’re extremely private about their relationship and have never even told the public how they met. However, many people assume that the actress and her director husband met on the set of Saturday Night Live.

They’ve never gotten married (at least, not that the public knows of) but Paul and Maya do have four children together. Perhaps secrecy is the key to a Hollywood relationship.

Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves met in 2006 at a club. Matthew has said that the connection was instantaneous. “She showed up, and she moved right to left in front of my eyes across that club.”

They’re 12 years apart in age but that hasn’t seemed to affect Camila and Matthew’s relationship. These days, Matthew still works as an actor and Camila is a model. The couple is happily married and has three children together.

Prince William and Kate Middleton met in 2004, when they were both students at St. Andrews University. Sadly, they broke up in 2007 but it was only a few months before they got together again.

Kate and William got married in 2011, making Kate officially a part of the royal family. The real-life Cinderella story is still going strong today, as the couple has three children together — and they’re now the new Prince and Princess of Wales.

Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka had a chance encounter while David was with a mutual friend of theirs in New York. David was in a relationship at the time, but he ran into Neil again later and the two struck up a friendship.

It wasn’t long before their friendship became romantic and they officially started dating. As of 2022, the two actors have been together for 18 years and have two children together.

Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller met through a mutual friend in 2004. The two actors have been married since 2011 and are perfectly content with their life together. When asked about kids, the couple has made it clear that they don’t intend to have any.

Seth has said, “We have so much fun. I don’t know anyone who gets as much happiness out of their kids as we get out of our non-kids.”

Harrison Ford met Calista Flockhart (who’s 23 years his junior) at the Golden Globes awards show in 2002. The actors dated for a whopping eight years before getting married. Perhaps that’s the trick, though, as they’re still going strong today.

Calista has an adopted son named Liam, whom Harrison raised along with her. Harrison himself has four children from previous relationships. This is Ford’s third marriage, proving that the third time really is the charm.

Absolutely no one can accuse Savannah Brinson of being a golddigger. That’s because the interior designer has been with her husband, LeBron James, since high school — way before he joined the NBA.

The couple finally got married in 2013 and they’ve done an incredible job of managing LeBron’s newfound fame. Savannah and LeBron have three kids (Bronny, Bryce, and Zhuri) who Savannah is primarily in charge of, due to the basketball player’s demanding schedule.

Viola Davis and Julius Tennon met on the set of the medical drama City of Angels back in 1999. The two actors got married in 2003 and are still going strong today.

Julius has two children from previous relationships, to whom Viola has become a stepmother. In turn, Viola has an adopted daughter, to whom Julius is a father. Julius has had two previous marriages. Clearly, this one’s the one that’ll stick.

Justin Mikita and Jesse Tyler Ferguson are both actors who met while working out in the gym, back in 2010. Jesse and Justin started dating a few months after meeting, got married in 2013, and now have two children together.

Their oldest son, Beckett, was born in 2020 via gestational carrier. Their youngest son, Sullivan Louis, was born in 2022 via surrogate. Jesse has said, “We are overjoyed to be a family of four.”

Emily Blunt and John Krasinski first met in 2008, when Emily was at a restaurant with a mutual friend. Both actors say that they fell in love at first sight. John and Emily got engaged after less than a year of dating and they’re still going strong!

They have two children together, daughters Hazel and Violet. Emily and John often work on movies together, as they have in the horror/thriller film A Quiet Place.

Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone are actors who’ve recently played a couple in the Netflix show God’s Favorite Idiot. Perhaps the reason that their on-screen chemistry worked so well is that they’re actually married in real life.

Ben and Melissa met in a comedy writing class in 1998 and jokingly say that they’ve been on “the very same page” ever since. The happy couple has two daughters, Vivian and Georgette.

Pink and her racer husband, Carey Hart, have had a lot of ups and downs throughout their relationship. The couple met at the Summer X Games in 2001 and got engaged in 2005. They broke up briefly, but got back together in 2006.

Then, the couple split again but reunited in 2008. The singer and her husband have taken breaks from each other several times throughout their marriage but they always work it out. As of 2022, they’ve been together for 16 years and have two children.

Despite both being major actors in Hollywood, Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem keep their relationship extremely private. What is known is that they met in 1992 on the set of the Spanish comedy/drama Jamón Jamón.

Javier and Penélope were friends at first, but that changed nearly a decade later when they reunited on the set of Vicky Cristina Barcelona. They got married in 2010 and now have two children together, a daughter Luna and a son Leo.

Singer Alicia Keys and record producer Swizz Beatz have been together since 2008. The couple originally met when they were just teenagers, but it wasn’t exactly love at first sight. Alicia has said, “Everything with him is really over the top. I used to see him and think, ‘He is so annoying.'”

Eventually, the two of them did fall in love and got married in 2010. They now have two children together and Beatz has three children from previous relationships.

This relationship has lasted over three decades! Erwin Bach met Tina Turner in 1985. They married in Switzerland in July 2013 in a civil ceremony and have been together for 27 years.

The first time Turner met Bach was at the airport when she landed in Cologne, NY, on May 19, 2022, as part of her Private Dancer tour. Tina adopted Erwin’s children, Ike Jr., and Michael, who he had from a previous relationship.

The relationship between Keely Shaye Brosnan and Pierce Brosnan is long-standing. They met in 1994, and after seven years together, their wedding took place in 2001. While Pierce Brosnan has been credited with many blockbuster films, he’s been a loving father and husband off-screen.

Aside from Dylan Thomas Brosnan (born in January 1997), they also have a daughter, Paris Beckett Brosnan (born in February 2001). The two lovebirds recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary, proving they’re still in love.

Their first meeting was in the late 1980s, but their relationship began in the early 1990s. A wedding took place between Kudrow and Stern in 1995. Julian, their son, was born in 1998. A 25th-anniversary celebration was held for Kudrow and Stern in 2020.

It’s clear that Kudrow and Stern plan to stay together. They maintain a low profile. They rarely appear together at public events, except for a few red-carpet appearances, and their relationship is rarely discussed.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, 61, has dominated a comedy career that spans 30 years. One man has consistently stood by her side throughout her career: Brad Hall. They met at Northwestern University, where both attended as students. The two appeared together on Saturday Night Live and were married in 1987.

In addition to working together on Watching Ellie, they have two sons, Henry, 28, and Charlie, 24. During Julia’s health struggles in 2017, Brad was right by her side to help her overcome the disease.

Darren has many hobbies. One of them is electronic music, which is his specialty on Soundcloud. Abilene Christian University, Texas, awarded him a degree in painting, and he shares his artwork regularly online. In 2008, Adams and Le Gallo got engaged after dating for six years.

They later got married in California in 2015. Amy and Darren exchanged vows at a traditional spring wedding. In May 2010, Le Gallo and the Woman in the Window actress welcomed their first child, a daughter. Both are very happy together.