54 Celebrity Couples Who Fell in Love On-Set
When you don’t have time for Tinder, the only thing left to do is date your costars.
While the rest of us are struggling to find even one semi-normal person to go out with on Tinder, single celebrities don't even need dating apps because they can meet people the old-fashioned way: While on set of their blockbuster movies and TV shows, duh.
If you thought the era of celebrity on-set romances had ended with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt falling in love while filming Mr. and Mrs. Smith and the world formed a prayer circle around Jennifer Aniston, please think again. This past year alone has gifted us multiple on-set celebrity romances—including but not limited to the deeply horny pop punk duo known as Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox, who met/became Twin Flames on set of their movie Midnight in the Switchgrass. Also, please don't forget the cast of Riverdale, who basically use that show as their own personal Hinge. And then there's Zendaya and Tom Holland, out here making all of our Spider-Man dreams come true.
Honestly, there are too many celeb couples who hooked up on set to count, so here's a casual list of 54 of them to get us started—including some brand new couples and some couples who have since broken up...after blowing up their previous relationships for their cast mates. (LOOKING AT YOU AGAIN, BRAD PITT!)
Now excuse me while I go apply to be a random thirsty extra on set of Brad's nearest available movie, wish me luck, bye.
Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan Tatum
The dancing king and queen met in 2006 while filming Step Up, a true masterpiece of the dance movie genre. They married in 2009 and had a daughter, Everly, in 2013. In April 2018, however, they announced their separation. 'Twas good while it lasted.
Blake Lively and Penn Badgley
Blake and Penn fell for each other in 2007 while playing Gossip Girl paramours Serena van der Woodsen and Dan Humphrey. In real life, they broke up in 2010, but Serena and Dan tied the knot in the show's series finale.
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds
Though they didn't start dating until late 2011, Blake and Ryan met while filming Green Lantern in 2010. They married in 2012 and have two daughters, James and Ines.
Rachel Bilson and Adam Brody
Serialized teen dramas are a great place to meet romantic partners because everyone on them is super-attractive. Rachel and Adam met while filming The O.C. in 2003 but broke up three years later. Their characters, however, found forever love, and like Serena and Dan on Gossip Girl, married in the series finale.
Adam Brody and Leighton Meester
These two teen drama alums met on the set of The Oranges in 2011, married in 2014, and had their first child, Arlo, in 2015. They seem blissfully uninterested in the fact that they're the living embodiment of Blair Waldorf/Seth Cohen fan fiction.
Rachel Bilson and Hayden Christensen
Rachel and Hayden met in 2008 on the set of action movie Jumper and after dating off and on for several years, welcomed a daughter named Briar Rose in 2014.
Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow
After meeting on the set of Se7en (what's in the boooox), Brad and Gwyneth dated for a few years and even got engaged, but they called it off in 1997 because Gwyn didn't feel ready. Guess their matching haircuts were just too perfect to last.
Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton
These two vial-of-blood-loving lovers met on the set of 1999's Pushing Tin but didn't start dating until 2000. They married after two months and divorced in 2003 after plenty of red-carpet antics. Angelina later covered her unbelievably '90s Billy Bob dragon tattoo with the latitude and longitude coordinates for each of her children's birthplaces.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Ah, yes, the mother of all set meetings. Brangelina got together while filming Mr. and Mrs. Smith in 2004, but as your mom no doubt remembers, Brad was still married to Jennifer Aniston at the time. After Brad and Jen finalized their divorce in 2005, Brad adopted Angelina's children. They married in 2014 and Angelina filed for divorce in 2016.
Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn
After her divorce from the aforementioned Brad Pitt, Jennifer started dating Vince Vaughn while they filmed The Break-Up together in 2005. Their own breakup happened in 2006.
Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux
Jennifer met her future husband Justin while filming Wanderlust in 2011. They married in 2015 at a top-secret ceremony at their home, but have since split.
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez
The original Bennifer met while filming the notorious box-office bomb Gigli in 2002. They called off their engagement in 2004 but obviously are verrrry much back together.
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner
Bennifer 2.0 met while filming 2003's Daredevil but didn't start dating until 2004 after the demise of the O.G. Bennifer. They divorced in 2015 after 10 years of marriage and have three children together.
Milo Ventimiglia and Alexis Bledel
Milo and Alexis met while filming Gilmore Girls and started dating in 2002. Alexis once told People that they had discussed marriage but ultimately they broke up in 2006.
Milo Ventimiglia and Hayden Panettiere
After meeting on the set of Heroes, Milo and Hayden kept their relationship on the DL before going public in 2007. They split in 2009.
Alexis Bledel and Vincent Kartheiser
Alexis and Vincent met in 2012 when she guest-starred on Mad Men as Beth Dawes, who had an affair with Vincent's character Pete Campbell. It didn't work out for Beth and Pete, but Alexis and Vincent got married in 2014 and had a son the following year.
Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin
These two lovebirds met on the set of everyone's favorite vampire sex show, True Blood. Stephen's character Bill Compton—spoiler alert—died in the series finale and Sookie ended up with someone else, but Anna and Stephen got married IRL in 2010.
Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied
Benjamin worked as the choreographer on Black Swan, in which Natalie played a ballerina on the verge of a nervous breakdown (she won an Oscar for her troubles, NBD). They had a son in 2011 and married in 2012.
Bradley Cooper and Zoe Saldana
Bradley and Zoe met in 2011 while filming The Words and went public in 2012 at the Sundance Film Festival. They split later that year.
Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy
Claire and Hugh met while filming the ensemble drama Evening in 2006 and married in 2009. Claire gave birth to their son Cyrus in 2012.
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