Being in a relationship is hard enough. Even healthy relationships have their hurdles. But somehow these married actors find a way to add more chaos to their coupledom by working together. The long hours, many reshoots, and all that, that goes into making a great film or series doesn’t affect the love these couples have for one another. For others, they may have broken, but these lovebirds stood the test of production.
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Whether it is for a long period of time or just a short stint, we love seeing these married actors share the screen.
Daphne and Tim Reid have not only shared the screen with one another on multiple shows (Frank’s Place, Simon & Simon, Sister, Sister, etc) but they also owned New Millennium Studios, Virginia’s first full-service movie studio
Don Cheadle and wife Bridgid Coulter starred in the film Rosewood together and Coulter made an appearance in two shows led by her hubby: House of Lies and Black Monday
Actors Lovell Adams-Gray and Kiana Madeira recently tied the knot in 2023 but their love story began on and off the screen much earlier. The duo have starred in Coroner, Brother and the upcoming film Morningside together.
Ryan Michelle Bathe and Sterling K. Brown’s met while they were students at Stanford and acted alongside each other in two tv series, Lifetime’s Army Wives as well as the hit NBC show, This Is Us.
It gets no more memorable than the infamous Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith sharing the screen, for a short while in Ali. We would be remiss to now acknowledge the fact that Pinkett Smith actually auditioned for a role in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air but didn’t get it because they thought she was too short.
Niecy Nash and wife Jessica Betts have been sharing the screen lately on Nash’s new series ‘The Rookie: Feds’
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Leslie Odom Jr. and his wife Nicolette Robinson starred in the limited series, Love in the Time of Corona.
Before they were married, Debbie Allen and her now husband of nearly 40 years Norm Nixon starred in the 1979 film The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh.
Courtney B Vance and Angela Bassett have been married for over 20 years but have known each other for over 40 years after meeting at Yale School of Drama. The duo starred in their first film together, Panther, in 1995. They also starred in Unchained Memories: Readings From the Slave Narratives and Nothing But The Truth.
Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis have one of the most legendary marriages. They were married for almost 60 years and have starred in countless movies together including The Ernest Green Story, Jungle Fever, and Do The Right Thing.
If you watched Idris Elba’s film Three Thousand Years of Longing, you will see his wife Sabrina. She portrayed The British Council Lady as well as The Watcher.
Sonequa Martin-Green and Kenric Green both starred in AMC’s The Walking Dead together.
Mo McRae and Lex Scott Davis actually met on the set of The First Purge and fell in love and now we’re married. But that’s not where their career together ends. Davis will star in A Lot of Nothing that McRae is directing and they both had a guest role All Rise.
Tyler Perry is known to work with people for a long time and two of those people just happen to be married: Tamela and David Mann. Their very beautiful marriage has also had a beautiful career on stage, on screen, and on TV together. They have starred in projects such as Madea Goes to Jail, Meet the Browns, and Diary of a Mad Black Women.
Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis basically manifested their marriage after starring in the popular TV series That 70s show. They waited a very long time and got into other relationships but eventually got together in real life. They recently starred in the series’ new spinoff That ’90s Show on Netflix.
Viola Davis and Julius Tennon don’t just run a production company together but they also share a screen together. They have starred in Lila & Eve, Get On Up, Custody, How to Get Away With Murder, and more together.
Tika Sumpter and hubby Nicholas James actually met in 2015 on the set of Tyler Perry’s The Have and the Have Nots. They began dating quietly while still on the show and wed in 2017.
Michael Jai White and his wife Gillian Iliana Watson have shared the screen together on a few projects including the most recent Welcome to Sudden Death and Take Back.
Considering Nicole Ari Parker and Boris Kodjoe met on the set of Soulfood the series and fell in love, it is safe to say, their on-screen chemistry brought them together. They also starred in Brown Sugar but not as a couple, they did host a short-lived talk show together. And most recently Kodjoe made his directing debut
Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling started dating quietly after working on The Place Beyond the Pines together.
Denzel and Pauletta Washington have been married for almost 40 years and in that span of time they starred in the TV movie, Wilma together.
Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richardson don’t just share a journey together but they share a screen. The couple who have been married since 1980 and since then they have starred in Juice, Losing Isaiah, Freedomland, Mother and Child, and more films together. Most recently Richardson directed her husband in August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson on Broadway
J Lo has starred alongside her ex husband Marc Anthony and her ex-now-husband Ben Affleck in Jersey Girl and Giglo.
DeWanda Wise and Alano Miller married after only dating for three months before they wed. The couple starred in Pour aimer, encore together.
Jay Z and Beyonce are controllers of their creatives and have since made their own music films and documentaries where they put their love on the forefront.
The Green Lantern might’ve been a bust but it did give us one of the most comical couples off-screen with Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds
Grace Gealey and Trai Byers have Empire to thank for their whirlwind romance. The couple married during their time on the Fox series.
Jordan Peele and Chelsea Peretti starred in a few TV shows together, even if they didn’t share the same episode. But one for sure they did was on Key & Peele.
During Covid, Simone and Dorian Missick shared the screen on All Rise. Priort to that they also shared the screen in Luke Cage and the film, A Cold Hard Truth.
Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz have been married for quite a while and still manage to star in 9 films together. Some of the films were during their marriage and other when they were just co-stars or dating. They managed a healthy marriage with two kids and a healthy career together.
Justin Timberlake recently starred alongside his wife, Jessica Biel, in the limited series Candy which she led.
John Krasinski and Emily Blunt aren’t just a married couple who have starred in the successful franchise A Quiet Place. But Krasinski is also directing his wife in the film as well.
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