19 famous TV star couples who fell in love on set

Kim Renfro,Libby Torres
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Kit Rose, Alexis and Vincent, TV couples who fell in love on set
Rose Leslie and Kit Harington met on "Game of Thrones," while Alexis Bledel and Vincent Kartheiser met on "Mad Men."Getty Images

  • From dramas like "Game of Thrones" to 90s classics like "Buffy," TV shows have always been a hotbed for real-life romance.

  • Numerous couples, including Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton, met because of work on a show.

  • Keep reading for a look at 19 couples who met and fell in love while working on TV shows together.

"True Blood" stars Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin started dating after meeting on the HBO hit series, and were married in 2010.

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Now the happy couple are still married and parents to four children.Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Source: People

Blake Lively and Penn Badgley dated while playing the on-screen "Gossip Girl" couple Serena and Dan, but broke up in real life after three years.

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Lively and Badgley dated from 2007 to 2010. Now Lively is married to Ryan Reynolds and Badgley is married to Domino Kirke.Evan Agostini/AP

Source: Elle

"The O.C." costars Rachel Bilson and Adam Brody also dated in real life while playing Summer and Seth.

Adam-Brody, Rachel-Bilson
Bilson and Brody split up after three years, though their characters eventually got married.Getty Images / Frank Micelotta

Source: People

Milo Ventimiglia and Alexis Bledel started dating during the filming of "Gilmore Girls." Though they dated for four years and even discussed marriage, they split in 2006.

Milo Ventimigllia and Alexis Bledel 2006 Getty Images
Both Ventimiglia and Bledel went on to marry other people.Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Source: PopSugar

Ventimiglia also dated his "Heroes" costar Hayden Panettiere for two years, but it wasn't meant to be.

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The pair split up in 2009 after working on the NBC show together.Michael Buckner/Getty Images

Source: People

As for Bledel, she met now-ex-husband Vincent Kartheiser on the set of AMC's hit show "Mad Men."

Alexis Bledel and husband Vincent Kartheiser 2013 Getty Images
They met in 2012, married in 2014, and had a baby boy in 2015. Bledel and Kartheiser filed for divorce in 2022, after 8 years of marriage.Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

Source: Us Weekly, People

"Lost" actors Dominic Monaghan and Evangeline Lilly were a couple during filming of the TV show.

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The two split after a couple years of off-and-on romance. Lilly now has two kids with her long-term partner, Norman Kali.Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

Source: People and Perez Hilton

Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas are living out a real-life fairy tale together after meeting on the set of "Once Upon a Time."

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The couple is happily married with two children, though they both left the ABC show in 2017.Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

Source: E! News

"Empire" actors Grace Gealey and Trai Byers married in 2016 after falling in love while working together on the Fox drama.

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Their secretive island ceremony was announced weeks later on Instagram.Earl Gibson III/Stringer/Getty Images

Source: E! News

Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani became an unexpected couple after coaching reality show "The Voice" together.

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Both Shelton and Stefani were recently divorced when they found love with each other.Emma McIntyre/Stringer/Getty Images

Source: The New York Times

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos met on the set of "All My Children" in the late '90s, and are still an iconic TV couple.

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Ripa and Consuelos are set to cohost Ripa's morning talk show together.Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

Source: People

Fans adored seeing couple Sophia Bush and Chad Michael Murray on "One Tree Hill," though their love story ended in divorce.

Sophia Bush and Chad Michael Murray (One Tree Hill) 2005 Getty Images
The pair divorced five months after marrying in 2005.Matthew Simmons/Stringer/Getty Images

Source: Us Weekly

Nicole Ari Parker and Boris Kodjoe have been married for 18 years after meeting on Showtime's "Soul Food" in 2000.

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The couple has two children together.Earl Gibson III/Stringer/Getty Images

Source: Essence

"Big Bang Theory" favorites Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco also had a real-life romance. The pair split, while their on-screen characters later got married.

"Big Bang Theory" stars Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco
Cuoco is now in a relationship with Tom Pelphrey, and the couple welcomed their first child together in March 2023.Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

Source: CBS and Hollywood Life

"How I Met Your Mother" star Alyson Hannigan met her husband Alexis Denisof on the set of "Buffy" in the '90s. The couple got married in 2003.

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They now have two children together and even renewed their wedding vows on their 10-year anniversary.Frederick M. Brown/Stringer/Getty Images

Source: Us Weekly

Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter made waves when they married in real life while playing siblings on "Dexter."

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Hall and Carpenter divorced after two years, but continued working on the Showtime series until it concluded in 2013.Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

Source: Us Weekly

"Gotham" stars Ben McKenzie and Morena Baccarin began dating in 2015 after working together, and were married in Brooklyn in 2017.

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McKenzie plays Gordon while Baccarin is Dr. Leslie Thomkins on Fox's "Gotham."Jason Kempin/Stringer/Getty Images

Source: People

Rose Leslie and Kit Harington turned their "Game of Thrones" on-screen love into a real life romance.

Rose Leslie and Kit Harington at Olivier Awards in 2016 Anthony Harvey:Getty
The couple announced their engagement in 2017 after quietly dating for several years.Anthony Harvey/Getty

Source: Insider

To learn more about this "Game of Thrones" love story, read our full timeline of Leslie and Harington's relationship.

"Yellowstone" stars Ryan Bingham and Hassie Harrison broke news of their relationship on Instagram in April 2023.

Ryan Bingham as Walker and Hassie Harrison as Laramie in "Yellowstone."
Bingham and Harrison play lovebirds Walker and Laramie, respectively, on "Yellowstone."Paramount Network

Source: Insider

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