Many stars have found love on the set of the movie or TV show that they are filming, whether it was with a co-actor, a director or producer, or even a crew member. However, there are a few celebrities who can’t seem to stop dating people whom they have worked with on-screen. Some of these relationships have worked out (see: Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, and Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis), but most stars have learned the hard way that it is not always wise to mix work and play. Read on to find out which stars have dated two or more of their costars.
Actors Who Seem To Always Find Love On The Set
Jennifer Garner And Scott Foley
Jennifer Garner met Scott Foley when she portrayed his girlfriend on the drama TV show, Felicity, back in 1998. They got married in 2000.
Jennifer Garner And Scott Foley
Jennifer Garner And Michael Vartan
After her split with Scott in 2002, Jennifer and Michael Vartan dated. They played love interests on the ABC thriller Alias from 2001 until 2006. Although they parted ways in 2004, Michael has admitted that they were best friends first, even during and after their romance. Clearly, there are no hard feelings between them as Jennifer wished him a happy birthday via Instagram in November 2018. She wrote, “Can you believe this baby face is 50?!”
Jennifer Garner And Michael Vartan
Jennifer Garner And Ben Affleck
Jennifer and Ben Affleck met when they worked on the 2001 film Pearl Harbor. They also co-starred in the 2003 superhero film Daredevil. In 2005, the couple tied the knot and welcomed their daughter Violet in December. Four years later, they welcomed another daughter Seraphina and in 2012, their son Samuel. The pair announced they were going their separate ways just a day after their tenth anniversary. However, the exes have remained close. Their marriage was officially over in November 2018.
Jennifer Garner And Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck And Jennifer Lopez
Before Ben and Jen went public with their relationship, he was actually engaged to another Jen — Lopez. They starred in 2003’s Gigli and 2004’s Jersey Girl. The celebrity couple created quite a frenzy with their relationship when they went public. When they met, Jennifer was still married to Cris Judd, her second husband, but she eventually divorced him to be with Ben. The pair were together from 2002 until 2004.
Ben Affleck And Jennifer Lopez
Ben Affleck And Gwyneth Paltrow
Before Ben dated the Jennifers, he was in a relationship with Gwyneth Paltrow, his costar in the films Shakespeare in Love and Bounce. Even though they were both beautiful and accomplished, they were not built to last. Gwyneth just got out of a relationship (and engagement to) another actor – Brad Pitt. Ben was kind of a rebound. In 2000, Gwyneth and Ben split, though she still holds him in high esteem.
Ben Affleck And Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow And Brad Pitt
Gwyneth also dated her Seven costar Brad Pitt, and they even got engaged, but after three years together, they parted ways in 1997. She later famously said that Brad was “too good” for her and that her father loved him “like a son” and was “devastated” by their breakup. Two decades later, in an interview with Sophia Amoruso, Gwyneth made a public apology to her ex for messing up their relationship. As for Brad, he was quoted to have called his then-girlfriend “the love of his life.”
Gwyneth Paltrow And Brad Pitt
Gwyneth Paltrow And Luke Wilson
In 2001, Gwyneth and Luke Wilson starred in the film Royal Tenenbaums. They were in a yearlong romance. There were reports that the couple rented a beach house in Pacific Palisades, California and spent the summer vacation together. Rumors of their romance first came to light when the two were spotted canoodling. At first, Gwyneth and Luke told people they were just friends, but it was clear they enjoyed each other’s company.
Gwyneth Paltrow And Luke Wilson
Luke Wilson And Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymore was another actress linked to Luke. They co-starred in the comedy films Best Men (1997) and Home Fries (1998). They dated for two years before deciding to call it quits. Despite this, Luke was cast in the 2000 box office hit Charlie’s Angels with the help of Drew, who produced and starred in the film. Luke had this to say about his ex when asked about the casting choice: “That’s Drew — she didn’t let the personal stuff get in the way.”
Luke Wilson And Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymore And David Arquette
According to David Arquette, he and Drew dated for a couple of months in 1991 — eight years before they were cast as siblings in the film Never Been Kissed. In an interview, David said this referring to their relationship, “We also dated, but she denied it on Howard Stern.” However, he clarified that they dated long before they appeared in the 1999 rom-com. He also said, “Sorry, I got a big mouth. I talk. I say it like it is.”
Drew Barrymore And David Arquette
Drew Barrymore And Tom Green
In 2001, Drew married Tom Green, who portrayed her love interest in Charlie’s Angels. Their marriage lasted nine months before Tom filed for divorce from Drew, citing “irreconcilable differences.” They infamously teased their wedding on Saturday Night Live, but they ended up eloping instead. They have not spoken much about their split publicly, but in an interview in 2014, Tom said their romance happened during a “crazy whirlwind of a time.”
Drew Barrymore And Tom Green
Drew Barrymore And Justin Long
The last time Drew was in a relationship with a costar was from 2007 until 2010, when she and Justin Long-dated. They met on the set of the 2008 film He’s Just Not That Into You and started a two-year relationship. They also starred in 2010’s Going the Distance, which is about a couple trying to make their long-distance relationship work. In 2010, the couple still went to the Golden Globes together, but they called it quits soon after.
Drew Barrymore And Justin Long
Jennifer Love Hewitt And Will Friedle
Jennifer Love Hewitt was linked to Will Friedle in 1997. The former child star met the Boy Meets World star when a friend introduced them to each other in 1996. The two starred in the 1997 teen romantic comedy Trojan War, and Jennifer later made a guest appearance in one episode of Boy Meets World. At the time, Jennifer said this about Will: “Will takes good care of himself, but at the same time, he takes care of me.”
Jennifer Love Hewitt And Will Friedle
Jennifer Love Hewitt And Jamie Kennedy
Jennifer dated Jamie Kennedy, her costar on Ghost Whisperer, for a year before they parted ways in 2010. Some called Jennifer and Jamie an unlikely couple, but they actually gushed over each other often. When Jamie first confirmed their romance in 2009, he said in an interview, “I’m in love!” As for Jennifer, he called him “hilarious,” but he also praised him more. “There are people in your life who are just supportive and who just look at you and they see who you are,” the star told Ellen DeGeneres. “And [Jamie] really saw who I was as a person more than anybody had ever done in my whole life. I think that’s for me when I sort of went, ‘Oh, wow.’ “
Jennifer Love Hewitt And Jamie Kennedy
Jennifer Love Hewitt And Colin Egglesfield
Jennifer hooked up with Colin Egglesfield, whom she co-starred on Lifetime’s drama series Client List, in 2012. He played her love interest on the show, and it seems they took their romance off-screen. At the program’s premiere party, the pair turned heads with their flirty behavior. An eye witness claimed they were hovering each other all night. However, they ended up parting ways, and his role was minimized on the show despite Colin being a fan favorite.
Jennifer Love Hewitt And Colin Egglesfield
Jennifer Love Hewitt And Brian Hallisay
Later that year, Jennifer started dating another star on the show, Brian Hallisay. They married in 2013 and now have two kids, 6-year-old Autumn and 4-year-old Atticus. It seems the couple is still going strong. No relationship is perfect, but Jennifer has no regrets about the moments she has had with Brian. According to the actress, the best thing about her husband is she can count on him all the time.
Jennifer Love Hewitt And Brian Hallisay
Sebastian Stan And Leighton Meester
On Gossip Girl, their characters dated and it seems the two stars also fell in love in real life too. According to reports, the couple began dating in 2008 after they met on the set. After two years, they called it quits. At the time, Leighton said that they split amicably. However, when her break-up song “Heart Strings” came out, there were rumors that it was about Sebastian. The song is apparently an “F-you” to an ex that broke her heart when she was 25 years old.
Sebastian Stan And Leighton Meester
Sebastian Stan And Jennifer Morrison
Sebastian later dated Once Upon A Time star Jennifer Morrison but the pair also ended up going their separate ways after being together for around a year, from 2012 to 2013. According to a magazine, there is no bad blood between them. At the time, Jennifer played Emma Swan, one of the main characters in the ABC fantasy series while Sebastian was a guest star who portrayed the Mad Hatter.
Sebastian Stan And Jennifer Morrison
Sebastian Stan And Margarita Levieva
From 2014 to 2016, Sebastian reportedly dated former Revenge star Margarita Levieva. They met while working on the film Spread in 2009. It was reported that they had been friends for some time before they started their romance. There are not a lot of details about the pair’s relationship, but interestingly enough, Sebastian has posted pictures of himself and Margarita on Instagram now and then, unlike his other relationships.
Sebastian Stan And Margarita Levieva
Rachel McAdams And Taylor Kitsch
In 2015, Rachel McAdams was rumored to be dating Taylor Kitsch, her costar on the HBO show True Detective. According to Us magazine, the two had been friends for years before starting their relationship. Working on the show helped them grow closer. However, they parted ways reportedly since they both could not handle a long-distance relationship. When the second season of their show wrapped up filming, their relationship ended as well.
Rachel McAdams And Taylor Kitsch
Rachel McAdams And Michael Sheen
In 2010, Rachel started dating Michael Sheen. They worked together on the critically-acclaimed Woody Allen film Midnight In Paris. After two years together, they ended their relationship. The reasons behind the break-up were unknown, but Rachel had spoken about the relationship before their split. She had said the long-distance aspect of the romance was difficult, but she and Michael had been doing their best to manage. At the time, Rachel lived in Canada, while Michael divided his time between Los Angeles and Wales.
Rachel McAdams And Michael Sheen
Rachel McAdams And Ryan Gosling
Who doesn’t know about Rachel’s relationship with her The Notebook costar Ryan Gosling? Their romance lasted for almost four years before they called it quit in 2008. In an interview, Ryan said that his relationship with Rachel was much more romantic than that of the characters they portrayed in the film. However, he also said that their busy acting careers were the reason things ultimately didn’t work out between them.
Rachel McAdams And Michael Sheen
Ryan Gosling And Eva Mendes
Ryan Gosling is now married to Eva Mendes, who co-starred with him in 2012’s The Place Beyond the Pines. They are parents to two girls, Esmeralda and Amada. The couple has maintained a very private relationship. They hardly ever make public appearances together and have opted not to share family photos on social media. Eva has said that she’d rather be home with her husband than any other place in the world
Ryan Gosling And Eva Mendes
Ryan Gosling And Sandra Bullock
However, even before Rachel and Eva entered the picture, Ryan was in a romance with Sandra Bullock. They were costars in the 2002 thriller Murder by Numbers. They dated for most of 2002 and 2003, and they walked red carpets together. At the time, Sandra was 38 years old while Ryan was 22. There wasn’t much made of their relationship, except for the occasional mention of their 16-year age gap.
Ryan Gosling And Sandra Bullock
Sandra Bullock And Tate Donovan
In 1990, Sandra and Tate Donovan met on the set of Love Potion No. 9. Apparently, the actress fell hard for Tate and was definitely shaken when they broke up in 1994. In an interview two years later, Sandra said that Tate was the first person whom she did not hold at arm’s length. When she was asked whether she was over the relationship, it seemed like she was still healing.
Sandra Bullock And Tate Donovan
Sandra Bullock And Matthew McConaughey
There were rumors that Sandra and Matthew McConaughey dated for two years after working together on the Joel Schumacher thriller A Time to Kill (1996). Apparently, the onscreen couple fell in love in real life as well. Even though their relationship ended, the two are on good terms. Many years have passed since they parted ways, but Sandra has nothing but good things to say about Matthew and vice versa.
Sandra Bullock And Matthew McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey And Ashley Judd
Before Sandra, Matthew actually met another romantic partner on the set of A Time to Kill –Ashley Judd. In the movie, Matthew and Ashley played a married couple. The two dated briefly in 1996. Their relationship wasn’t featured in reports a lot, and some have even called what they had a fling. As for Matthew, he said in an interview for Elle magazine, “I don’t dislike any of my exes.”
Matthew McConaughey And Ashley Judd
Matthew McConaughey And Penélope Cruz
In 2005, Matthew started dating Penélope Cruz, whom he met on the set of action comedy Sahara. They were actually two of the most underrated actors in America at the time. According to the duo’s reps, their breakup was because of “busy work schedules”, but rumor has it that Matthew and Penélope were still together when he met Camila Alves, his future wife. The actor clarified that when he met Camila, he was “happily single”.
Matthew McConaughey And Penélope Cruz
Penélope Cruz And Javier Bardem
Ultimately, Penélope married another costar, Javier Bardem. They worked together on the films Jamon and Vicky Cristina Barcelona. In their case, they had known each other for years before they took things to another level. In July of 2010, news broke that the couple had gotten married in a secret, low-key, and intimate ceremony in the Bahamas with only family members present. The couple has two children together, Leo Encinas Cruz and Luna Encinas Cruz.
Penélope Cruz And Javier Bardem
Penélope Cruz And Matt Damon
Before she settled down with Javier, Penélope dated Matt Damon. After filming the Western All the Pretty Horses, Penélope and Matt dated for a time. They never confirmed their romance, but when they were on Oprah Winfrey’s show together, Penélope said, “Matt’s a very special man, he’s funny, and he’s one of the most generous people I’ve met in my life. He has no defects.” Matt responded by saying, “That’s the most amazing thing to say.”
Penélope Cruz And Matt Damon
Penélope Cruz And Tom Cruise
Penélope’s had another high-profile relationship. She dated Tom Cruise, her Vanilla Sky co-star, until 2004. When the shooting started (but not when it ended), Tom was still married to Nicole Kidman. He and Penélope have long maintained that they only got together after filming wrapped. In July of 2001, roughly six months after Tom filed for a divorce, he and Penélope made it official. Two and a half years later, their relationship ended.
Penélope Cruz And Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise And Rebecca De Mornay
Tom’s romance with Rebecca De Mornay in Risky Business was both real and reel. They even lived together in New York City from 1983 to 1985. According to their costar Curtis Armstrong, Tom and Rebecca had an ‘intense affair’ during the shooting of the movie. At the time, the actress was in a relationship with actor Harry Dean Stanton. It seemed Tom and Rebecca continued to date after filming wrapped.
Tom Cruise And Rebecca De Mornay
Tom Cruise And Nicole Kidman
Tom met Nicole Kidman when they filmed Days of Thunder. Their marriage lasted 11 were years, from 1990 to 2001. They also worked together on two other films, Far and Away (1992) and Eyes Wide Shut (1999). There were rumors of infidelity, but Nicole asserted that they had been happily married. Aside from that, many stories cited the stress of working with Kubrick as one of the reasons their marriage ended, but she has said, “We loved working with (Kubrick).”
Tom Cruise And Nicole Kidman
Emily VanCamp And Chris Pratt
Emily and Chris may have played siblings on the TV drama Everwood in 2004 but they actually dated in real life. They were together for three years before they called it quit in 2006. In a 2006 interview, Chris said this of their relationship: “Yeah, we’ve pretty much gotten used to the response of, ‘Ew, that’s weird. That’s creepy. The people who know us are happy, and probably expected it to happen eventually. But yeah, every once in a while we get that one person that’s like, ‘That’s really creepy. You just kissed your sister.'”
Emily VanCamp And Chris Pratt
Emily VanCamp And Dave Annable
In 2007, Emily started a relationship with her Brothers and Sisters costar Dave Annable, who also played her brother on the show. They really had such strong chemistry, so the producers decided to twist the plot of the show. The producers made Emily’s and Dave’s characters no longer related. After the actress left the show, Odette Yustman was cast as Dave’s new love interest. Dave and Odette are now married in real life.
Emily VanCamp And Dave Annable
Emily VanCamp And Joseph Morgan
Emily also dated Joseph Morgan briefly in 2010. The two worked together on the TV miniseries Ben Hur in the same year. It may have been a real-life crossover that got fans excited, but things did not really work out for the couple, and they called it quit in 2011. Emily said in an interview that distance was to blame for their breakup. She said, “I’m working nonstop in LA; he’s working in Atlanta. It kind of makes it impossible.”
Emily VanCamp And Joseph Morgan
Emily VanCamp And Josh Bowman
Emily and Revenge costar Josh Bowman British have been together since 2012. The two played a married couple on the show. In May 2017, they got engaged. Emily posted a photo of her covering her face while wearing her engagement ring on Instagram. The following year, the couple tied the knot in the Bahamas just 10 days before Christmas. The actress also shared a couple of photos of the wedding.
Emily VanCamp And Josh Bowman
Sophia Bush And James Lafferty
Sophia Bush and James Lafferty are other small-screen couples. They starred on One Tree Hill and were in a relationship for a year. This is what their costar Chad Michael Murray to say about his costars’ relationship: “It’s one of those things where you grow up a lot faster. You’ve put in a situation where you’re gonna deal with things right in your face. But I think [Sophia and I] are both professional and mature enough to get through it. And now it’s just easy. We’re just friends. And she’s got James, and James and I are friends. It’s just a little tight group in Wilmington.”
Sophia Bush And James Lafferty
Sophia Bush And Austin Nichols
After Sophia and James broke up in 2009, she dated another One Tree Hill costar – Austin Nichols. They actually rekindled their on-off relationship when he joined the show. In 2010, the actress said, “We’ve been dating off and on for the past four years. We had so many years of history before him coming to work on the show.” After One Tree Hill wrapped up, they split in 2012.
Sophia Bush And Austin Nichols
Sophia Bush And Chad Michael Murray
Before all that, there was One Tree Hill’s Chad Michael Murray. They married in 2005, but there were reports of his infidelity. Citing fraud, Sophia filed for an annulment five months later. Her petition was denied, though. Their divorce was finalized in 2006. Nevertheless, the exes continued working together on the show until Murray left OTH in 2009. In June 2018, they made headlines after Bush said her marriage to Murray was “not a thing [she] actually really wanted to do.” However, the actor later said Bush’s comments were “ludicrous” in a statement.
Sophia Bush And Chad Michael Murray
Chad Michael Murray And Kenzie Dalton
After his breakup with Sophia, Chad started dating Kenzie Dalton. She was also on One Tree Hill, playing a cheerleader extra. In 2006, Chad popped the question. At the time, Chad was 32 years old, and Kenzie was still a senior in high school. After a seven-year engagement, they also ended up parting ways. At one point while they were still together, Chad referred to Kenzie as his best friend.
Chad Michael Murray And Kenzie Dalton
Chad Michael Murray And Nicky Whelan
After that, Chad bounced back shortly and began dating Nicky Whelan. They met while filming Left Behind in 2013. They split after dating for six months. However, when they debuted as a couple several months prior, “They [were] very touchy with their arms around each other and holding hands,” claimed an onlooker. Chad even tweeted, “I am a lucky, lucky man. Blessed 2 feel the way I do with @NickyWhelan!” the One Tree Hill alum tweeted after going public. “I hope each of u feels the same in our world!”
Chad Michael Murray And Nicky Whelan
Chad Michael Murray And Sarah Roemer
In January 2015, Chad and Sarah Roemer his Chosen costar, tied the knot in a secret ceremony. In that same year, the couple welcomed their first child, and after two years, their second child was born. In July 2020, Chad and Sarah were photographed having a family day at the beach in Malibu. She also posted a photo of her and Chad sharing a kiss and captioned it with: ‘Stealing a kiss on the beach. #Malibu #love.’
Chad Michael Murray And Sarah Roemer
Alex Pettyfer And Emma Roberts
Alex Pettyfer met Emma Roberts on the set of Wild Child back in 2007. They dated but decided to call it quits the next year. However, Alex still has the tattoo of her initials on his finger. “I got a girl’s name tattooed on my ring finger because I was in love,” he told Glamour U.K. in an interview in 2010. “We’ve broken up, but I don’t live in regret.”
Alex Pettyfer And Emma Roberts
Alex Pettyfer And Dianna Agron
Alex and Dianna Agron began their relationship in 2011. They worked together with the film I Am Number Four. After dating for almost a year, they parted ways, and according to reports, it was not amicable. However, before there were breakup rumors, it was reported that they had gotten engaged. This was probably because they had a movie to sell, and they were supposed to be leads who were so in love.
Alex Pettyfer And Dianna Agron
Alex Pettyfer And Riley Keough
Alex’s romance with Riley Keough started after they met on the set of Magic Mike in 2011. Six months later, Riley was sporting a diamond ring on her finger, but the engagement was called off later that year. In 2013, there were reports that the two had been seen cozying up at a movie premiere. However, nothing came out of that and Riley seemed to have moved on with Robert Pattinson.
Alex Pettyfer And Riley Keough
Kate Bosworth And Alexander Skarsgard
Kate Bosworth met True Blood‘s Alexander Skarsgard when they worked together on the film Straw Dogs in 2009. They played a married couple in the movie. In July of 2011, it was reported that they had parted ways after dating for almost two years. According to Us Magazine, their decision to break up was ‘very mutual’. In 2018, the two reunited and post for photos at the MET Gala Versace party.
Kate Bosworth And Alexander Skarsgard
Kate Bosworth And Matt Czuchry
Not a lot of people remember the Dawson’s Creek spinoff, Young Americans, but Kate and Matt Czuchry worked together on the short-lived series. The show may have been cancelled, but the pair continued dating. Their relationship lasted two years, from 2000 to 2002. It is not hard to find information on Kate’s past relationships, unlike Matt’s. Looking up his past relationships, there is only one name that pops up – hers.
Kate Bosworth And Matt Czuchry
Kate Bosworth And Ian Somerhalder
Kate also met Ian Somerhalder on Young Americans. They worked together again in the 2001 film Rules of Attraction, and sparks flew. They dated for a couple of months. No one really knows why they broke up, but it is quite possible that the romance just fizzled out. Kate is now married to Michael Polish, a screenwriter and movie producer. As for Ian, he has also dated his other costars.
Kate Bosworth And Ian Somerhalder
Ian Somerhalder And Maggie Grace
Ian went on to date Maggie Grace, his Lost costar. They started their relationship in 2006 after they were killed off the show. They were together for more than a year. In an interview in 2015, Maggie talked about her ex when the subject of dating came up. “We are still good friends. Ian and I are still very good friends,” she said. It is safe to say that their breakup was amicable.
Ian Somerhalder And Maggie Grace
Ian Somerhalder And Nina Dobrev
Ian’s most famous relationship is probably the one with Nina Dobrev, his Vampire Diaries costar. They dated for around three years, from 2010 to 2013. Even though they were no longer together in real life, they continued to play an on-screen couple on the hit series. However, there seems to be no bad blood between them as Nina has said their ‘friendship is strong’. Fans of the show would surely be happy about this.
Ian Somerhalder And Nina Dobrev