Celebrity Couples: Then and Now
Their love stands the test of time! From Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks to Victoria and David Beckham, see which celebrity couples’ partnerships have endured throughout the years.
Related: Forgotten Celebrity Marriages

Their love stands the test of time! From Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks to Victoria and David Beckham, see which celebrity couples’ partnerships have endured throughout the years.
Related: Forgotten Celebrity Marriages
Wilson met her future husband on his TV show, Bosom Buddies, but they didn't begin dating until they costarred in the 1985 movie Volunteers. The pair tied the knot on Apr. 30, 1988 and later welcomed two sons, Chester (born August 1990) and Truman (born December 1995). Wilson also has two stepchildren from Hanks' previous marriage, Colin and Elizabeth.
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Pinkett Smith met her future husband in 1990 when she auditioned to play his girlfriend on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Though the role went to Nia Long, the two became friends and began dating in 1995. The actors were wed at The Cloisters in Lutherville, Md., on Dec. 31, 1997. They are parents to son Jaden (born July 1998) and daughter Willow (born October 2000). Smith has a son, Trey, from a previous marriage. "We tend to find magic in the mundane," Pinkett Smith once told Redbook.
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In 1991, Parker met Broderick at an off-Broadway play he directed, starring her brother, Toby. The actors got married on May 19, 1997, at an out-of-use synagogue in New York City. "I wore black on my wedding day, and I really regret that," Parker later admitted to Marie Claire. The stars are parents to son James Wilkie (born October 2002) and twin daughters, Marion Loretta and Tabitha Hodge (born via surrogate in June 2009).
The Spice Girls singer and the British athlete met at a charity soccer match in 1997 and began dating shortly after. The next year, they got engaged, and the couple tied the knot on July 4, 1999, at Luttrellstown Castle in Ireland. The pair are parents to Brooklyn (born March 1999), Romeo (born September 2002), Cruz (born February 2005) and Harper (born July 2011).
The musicians were first linked after collaborating on the 2002 single "'03 Bonnie & Clyde," from Jay Z's seventh album, The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse. They secretly tied the knot in New York City on Apr. 4, 2008, and welcomed daughter Blue in January 2012.
The actors met while filming 1968's The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band, but it wasn't until they worked together on 1983's Swing Shift that their friendship blossomed into romance. The never-wed couple welcomed a son, Wyatt, in July 1986; Hawn has two children, Oliver and Kate, from her second marriage to musician Bill Hudson.
In 1995, Stefani's band, No Doubt, opened for Rossdale's group, Bush. The lead singers soon began dating, and the musicians were wed on Sept. 14, 2002 in London; a second ceremony was held in L.A. two weeks later. The stars are parents to sons Kingston (born May 2006) and Zuma (born August 2008).
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The couple met while filming the 1997 horror movie I Know What You Did Last Summer, but they didn't begin dating until 2000. After getting engaged in April 2001, they got married in Mexico on Sept. 1, 2002. The spouses -- who went on to costar in two Scooby-Doo films -- welcomed their first child, daughter Charlotte, in September 2009. Son Rocky was born in September 2012. "Freddie and I experience everything together and grow together," Gellar once told Cosmopolitan.
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The couple connected in 1987 on the set of The Experts and got hitched twice in 1991 -- first at the Hotel de Crillon in Paris, France, on Sept. 5, second in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Sept. 12. Their son, Jett, was born in April 1992 (he died of a seizure in January 2009). The actors later welcomed daughter Ella (born April 2000) and son Benjamin (born November 2010).
The actors first laid eyes on each other in 1987 when they played the romantic leads in the TV movie Lemon Sky. Sedgwick and Bacon tied the knot Sept. 4, 1988, and later welcomed son Travis (born June 1989) and daughter Sosie (born March 1992).
After two failed marriages, the supermodel married the British rocker in a private ceremony in Lausanne on Apr. 24, 1992. The couple welcomed daughter Alexandria in August 2000; both have children from previous unions. "I still fancy him -- totally! -- after all these years," Iman gushed in a 2010 Harper's Bazaar interview.
Sparks flew when Hill opened up for McGraw on his Spontaneous Combustion tour in 1995. The country singers got hitched in Rayville, La., on Oct. 6, 1996. "I've got to be one of the luckiest guys in the world," McGraw told USA Today. "She's incredible, one of the most down-to-earth people I've ever met in my life." The musicians are parents to three girls: Gracie (born May 1997), Maggie (born August 1998), Audrey (born December 2001).
Griffith and Banderas -- who was wed to Ana Leza when they first met -- began dating after working together on the 1995 rom-com Two Much. After both stars' divorces were finalized, they got married on May 14, 1996. They welcomed daughter Stella in September 1996; Griffith also has two children from her second and third marriages, Alexander and Dakota.
After secretly dating for a year, the All My Children costars eloped in Las Vegas on May 1, 1996. The newlyweds welcomed their first child, son Michael, in June 1997, followed by daughter Lola (born June 2001) and son Joaquin (born February 2003). "I was drawn to Mark because he was positively an alpha male, and I didn't think I would be drawn to that. But I just worship him," Ripa once told ELLE. "He makes me feel very safe."
The Daredevil costars began dating in September 2004 after reconnecting on the set of Elektra. Affleck proposed on Garner's 33rd birthday in 2005, presenting her with a 4.5 carat diamond ring from Harry Winston. The actors got married in a top-secret ceremony in Turks and Caicos on June 29, 2005, while Garner was four months pregnant with daughter Violet (born December 2005). The couple are also parents to daughter Seraphina (born January 2009) and son Samuel (born February 2012).