There is no telling where someone will meet the love of their life. People spend their whole lives wondering when Prince Charming will pop up, but it's up to the fates when it comes to where that magical moment might take place.
It could be in a coffee shop or a local pub. Perhaps a drink with a note slide on over. It could be on a bus or in an airport, a chance meeting that turns into forever. It could even be at work. Sometimes that one person meant for only us has been sitting under our noses the entire time, not to be noticed until one day, BAM!
People sometimes veer away from turning their romantic attentions to those who share their workspaces. In-office love stories can become pretty ugly when a couple decides to make a break for it. On the other hand, some workplace romances stand the test of time. They are a roll of the dice that some couples are willing to take.
These 20 celebrity couples took that chance and made a go of it with their co-stars. Here are 20 famous couples who ended up marrying their co-stars and now have children with them.
20 Kelly Ripa And Mark Consuelos
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are serious relationship goals. They have managed to weather the storm that is trying to have a functional marriage under the watchful eye of the public and their eternal judgment, and they are still gaga over each other after all these years. Their social media page is forever loaded with lovey-dovey goodness.
Kelly and Mark have been hitched for over 20 years, and their sweet love story started back in 1995 on the set of the soap opera All My Children. Kelly once revealed in an interview that after seeing a picture of her future hubby, she knew that they would be together forever. She was right!
19 Vincent Kartheiser And Alexis Bledel
Mad Men star, Vincent Kartheiser, went completely mad for his now wife Alexis Bledel when she guest starred on his hit television show. While the couple started dating a mere five months after they filmed with each other, they made sure to keep their work relationship professional.
Of the romance, Kartheiser has said, "We never saw each other out. We never — it was nothing; it was just work." Needless to say, they made it a point to fly under the radar, and have maintained that goal throughout their courtship. The couple married in 2014 and welcomed a baby shortly after.
18 Brad Pitt And Angelina Jolie
Beautiful Brangelina is no longer a thing, but just a few years ago there was no family as famous as the one that belonged to actor Brad Pitt and eccentric Angelina Jolie. Before Angie, Brad was married to another legendary beauty, actress Jenifer Aniston. Brad and Jen's union fell apart at the seams though when he found himself working alongside Angie on 2005s Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Suddenly, Brad and Angie were a thing, and Jen was no more.
Brangie grew their family by having a couple of babies and adopting a couple more until they racked up six children between them. Unfortunately, the marriage didn't last and the couple divorced in 2016.
17 Ben Affleck And Jen Garner
Bennifer 2.0 took not one, but TWO onset connections to convince Jen Garner and Ben Affleck that they could be more than just co-stars. The actors first worked on the set of Pearl Harbor together and then solidified their attraction after teaming up for the action film Daredevil. The couple went on to marry and have three children together, two daughters and a son.
Ben has a bit of a thing for the ladies that he works with, though. Before he fell for his (now ex-wife) he was engaged to Jenifer Lopez; they too fell for each other while working on a movie together. He also worked with his ex Gwyneth Paltrow on the set of Shakespeare In Love.
16 Leighton Meester And Adam Brody
Leighton Meester and Adam Brody acted on two major television series, her on Gossip Girl and him on The O.C., and their stars collided when they teamed up to work on the movie The Oranges in 2012. The cool couple again found that they really made a spectacular team when they paired up in the 2014 film Life Partners, but by then, they were already seeing each other.
Their engagement was a quick one, and they wed a mere three months after Adam put a ring on it. They teamed up in the domestic realm also and produced their sweet little girl, Arlo Day, who was born in 2015.
15 Ryan Reynolds And Blake Lively
Beautiful Blake Lively and handsome (and hilarious) Ryan Reynolds now have one of the most adorable relationships and families in all of Hollywood, and it all started on set.
The couple met while filming the 2011 movie Green Lantern. Once both of them found themselves suddenly solo, they decided to try dating, but not each other at first. The friend-first couple actually went on a double date with other people before realizing that their true love was sitting right there at the table, under their nose. They admit the date was incredibly awkward for Ryan and Blake's poor dates who had to sit at dinner and watch sparks fly between the former co-stars. It all worked out how it should though.
14 Ashton Kutcher And Mila Kunis
Once upon a time, this married duo was only known as "Jackie and Kelso." Long before they were the proud parents to a daughter and son, Mila and Ashton were co-stars and friends on the mega-series That '70s Show. Their onscreen romance didn't translate into a real-life love story for several years though.
After filming wrapped, Mila went on to date Macaulay Culkin for eight years, and Ashton had a high profile relationship with an older Demi Moore. Somehow these two found their way back to each other and decided to see if the chemistry they once had on the small screen might translate into real life. It's safe to say that it definitely did.
13 Daniel Craig And Rachel Weisz
Can you imagine being the wife to a real-life James Bond? Actress Rachel Weisz doesn't have to, because she is married to Bond herself, Daniel Craig. She and Craig didn't meet on the set his famous Bond movie, but they did meet and fall for each other on the set of a different film.
The beautiful pair worked together on the 2011 flick Dream House and made things official six months later. Like many other high profile couples in Hollywood, Rachel and Daniel choose to keep their marriage out of the public eye. She has spoken out about the importance of protecting one's marriage saying that would be a "betrayal."
12 Alexis Denisof And Alyson Hannigan
Alexis Denisof And Alyson Hannigan worked together on the set of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, but they never played one another's love interests. In fact, they rarely even had scenes together. Somehow they still managed to get to know each other on set and behind the scenes and married in 2003. Years later, they had the chance to work onscreen side by side again when Denisof guest starred on Hannigan's mega-series, How I Met Your Mother. Now that her series has ended, the couple spends most of their time enjoying the company of their two young daughters and, of course, one another!
11 Stephen Moyer And Anna Paquin
Art imitated life for actress Anna Paquin and her husband, Stephen Moyer. The characters they played on their television show, True Blood, fell hard for each other and so did Anna and Stephen.
Rumor has it that the couple started dating at the end of the very first episode, back in 2008. Considering their age difference of 12 years, along with the fact that they didn't know each other for more than a minute or two before getting involved romantically, they have certainly beat the Hollywood romance odds. Eleven years into the relationship they are still standing side by side. The pair also recently became first-time parents, to twins nonetheless!
10 Grace Gealey And Trai Byers
Grace Gealey and Trai Byers have now been married for over two years, and they are still in that over the moon smitten in love phase after getting hitched in a private Caribbean ceremony two years ago. Their fairytale love story started when they both landed roles on television's Empire. When we hear Trai speak of his wife, as he recently did on social media to celebrate their love, we think to ourselves; this is love, this is what we want, too!
We hope that babies are in the very near future for this beautiful couple. We will keep our fingers crossed for a Baby Byers coming soon.
9 Kaitlin Olson And Rob McElhenney
On the series, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Rob and Kaitlin's characters act more like siblings than love interests. They obviously have great acting talents because they could not have been further from sister and brother when working on the sitcom together. The fell hard for each other early on but kept their blossoming relationship private from the rest of the cast and crew.
They managed to keep everything under wraps for two whole seasons before letting their co-stars in on their hidden romance. They married in 2008 and are still each other's favorite person after all of these years.
8 Mariska Hargitay And Peter Hermann
Law and Order's Mariska Hargitay is married to Younger star Peter Hermann, (man oh man do we love us some Charles!) But before they worked tirelessly on their own television series' they worked together on one. The longtime pair met on the set of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit back in November 2001. Their first date was pretty uncommon, as they attended church together after discussing religion on set. Butterflies in the tummies and stars in their eyes must have erupted right there in front of the church alter because they have been together ever since. Perhaps it was those long working hours that drew the couple closer, or maybe this was divine intervention!
7 Annette Bening And Warren Beatty
Icon and legend Warren Beatty had made a bit of a name for himself for wooing the ladies who he worked with onscreen, so no one was precisely floored when he took up with his Bugsy co-star Annette Bening back in 1991.
Bening was not about to be another notch on Beatty's belt, however, and she proved that she had significant staying power in Warren's life. So much so that after her, Beatty never looked at another woman again! The couple is still together to this day and has four children to their names. For a guy who was intensely afraid of ever getting divorced, it looks like he might never have to worry about that.
6 Claire Danes And Hugh Dancy
Actress Claire Danes met her future husband, Hugh Dancy while both of them were filming the 2007 film Evening. The incredibly private pair does their best to keep the details of their union as quiet as possible, but their loving and proud co-star, Mamie Gummer revealed in an interview that she had the pleasure of being present when the two first connected and that spark was something she would never forget. She also went on to gush about how perfect Claire and Hugh are for each other. Claire and Hugh married in 2009 and welcomed their second child into the family this past summer.
5 Mark Duplass and Katie Aselton
Mark Duplass and Katie Aselton make one hilarious and talented couple. They both star on FX's The League, which centers around a close-knit group of friends and their obsession with fantasy football. Katie portrays the wife of another guy on the show, but in real life, it is Mark and Katie who are hitched. They married back in 2001 and are now proud parents to two children, Molly and Ora Duplass.
Of working with her husband, Katie once told an interviewer that she feels as if she is on vacation every time she goes to work because she gets to act alongside her husband and best friend.
4 Angela Bassett And Courtney Vance
The Black Panther actress has been married to her American Crime Story husband for over two decades now. While Angela and Courtney always seem to be working on their own film and television projects, they have teamed up onscreen in the past. He guest starred on ER during its final season, teaming up with his accomplished wife. For this pair, divorce is not an option. They continue to work on their union, always making it better and stronger. The couple has a set of 12-year-old twins who are the absolute lights of their lives. The twins were born via surrogacy.
3 Keri Russell & Matthew Rhys
2 Ben McKenzie & Morena Baccarin
He played a brooding cop on television's Gotham, and she portrayed the doctor who could not help but try and save a fallen man. There is no denying that when we watch these two light up the television screen, there is something between them, bubbling under the surface. The chemistry that viewers see is indeed real as these two actors really did fall for each other while working on set together. It wasn't long before we discovered that Baccarin had left the father of her child for her co-star, and was expecting a child with him. The actors are now married and working together to raise their toddler daughter along with Morena's son from her previous relationship.
1 Josh Dallas & Ginnifer Goodwin
This couple starred together on a television show about fairytales, and then fell in love and created their very own! Ginnifer and Josh met back in 2011 while worked on Once Upon A Time, and even though they had an undeniable connection right off the bat, their timing was way off. When they started filming, she was engaged to Joey Kern, and he was wed to Lara Pulver. As their previous relationships crumbled, the co-stars grew closer while filming on location and their friendship and bond turned into so much more. They are now married and the proud parents to two young sons.
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