How Zoe Saldaña, Bella Hadid and More Stars Met Their Partners Outside of the Spotlight - E! Online
Navigating a romance in the public eye isn't easy, and stars like Lady Gaga, Lana Del Rey and Keanu Reeves have found partners who live a more private life.
Navigating a romance in the public eye isn't easy, and stars like Lady Gaga, Lana Del Rey and Keanu Reeves have found partners who live a more private life.
ByElyse DupreJan 25, 2025 10:00 AMTagsWatch : Oscar Nominations 2025: Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez, Angelina Jolie and More Snubs and Surprises
The 2025 Oscars nominations marked a golden day for Zoe Saldaña.
The actress received a nod in the Best Actress in a Supporting Role category for her performance in Emilia Pérez, a Best Picture contender that racked up 13 nominations in total (see the full list here).
And of course, Zoe celebrated with her nearest and dearest. Posting a photo montage of joyful moments she’s shared with her loved ones—including her husband Marco Perego-Saldaña, 10-year-old twins Cy and Bowie, and 7-year-old son Zen— to Instagram Jan. 23, the Avatar alum wrote, “How today feels :-).”
While Zoe and Marco have collaborated on a few films together—including his 2023 directorial debut The Absence of Eden and the 2024 short Dovecote—their relationship began out of the spotlight—and a few thousand feet in the air.
"It was a Virgin America flight from Los Angeles to New York post-Thanksgiving," the Lioness star recalled on an April episode of The Drew Barrymore Show about how she met the artist. "We just had a conversation. And then we realized that in a span of three years prior to that, we kept bumping into each other. And it was always like, 'Oh my god. There’s that guy, that really gorgeous Italian. Oh my god, don’t ever talk to him—he’s probably a player. And Marco was probably always like, 'Oh, look at this beautiful actress. Let me try to make love to her, and if I don’t, then let me try to sell her a painting.' I wasn’t really friendly."
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"I left my email to her best friends," he added, "and in the night, they sent an email and said, 'Do you want to go out?' And I said, 'No, I don’t feel it.' And she answered me, 'Womp womp.' And I didn’t know what this means. And I said, ‘OK.’ And like a month after, she text me and say, 'I come into your studio?' And I said, 'Yeah, I would love that.' And she came down to the studio. From that day, we never separate.”
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Of course, they aren’t the only couple to meet outside of Hollywood. For instance, Lana Del Rey married wildlife tour guide from Louisiana Jeremy Dufrene, and Bella Hadid found love with her cowboy boyfriend from Texas Adan Banuelos.
“If it wasn’t for horses, I’d have never met the love of my life,” he told W Magazine in September 2024. “We met at a horse show.”
To see more stars who formed a romance with a partner outside of the limelight, keep reading.
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Bella Hadid & Adan Banuelos
Adan Banuelos' love for Bella Hadid is as big as the state of Texas, which is where their meet-cute took place.
“If it wasn’t for horses, I’d have never met the love of my life. We met at a horse show," the cowboy, who first sparked romance rumors with the model in the fall of 2023, told W Magazine in September 2024, later adding, "It's a passion that her whole family shares. I was just a lucky guy that said hi. I didn't really know who I was saying hi to. I just knew, she's gorgeous. And if I would've known, I probably would've stuttered my way right out it.”
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Matt Damon & Luciana Barroso
Oscar winner Matt Damon met wife Luciana Barroso while he was filming the 2003 movie Stuck on You in Miami, where she was a bartender. "I literally saw her across a crowded room," he explained on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2011, "literally." Decades later, they're now parents to four daughters: Alexia, Isabella, Gia and Stella.
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Jennifer Lawrence & Cooke Maroney
The odds have been in Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence's favor as she's been married to art gallery director Cooke Maroney since 2019. After welcoming son Cy in 2022, they're now expecting their second child.
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Keanu Reeves & Alexandra Grant
Matrix star Keanu Reeves and visual artist Alexandra Grant originally met at a dinner party back in 2009, but they didn't make their red carpet debut as a couple until November 2019.
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Lady Gaga & Michael Polansky
Tech entrepreneur Michael Polansky just wanted to get many more looks at love Lady Gaga, popping the question to the megastar in April 2024.
Even before they met, the Grammy winner's mom Cynthia Germanotta just knew the two would be a match.
“My mom met him and she said to me, 'I think I just met your husband,’ and I said, 'I’m not ready to meet my husband!'" Gaga recalled to Vogue in an interview shared in September 2024. "I could never have imagined that my mom…found the most perfect person for me?"
As she recounts, the singer met her fiancé in December 2019 at a birthday party for Napster cofounder Sean Parker, whom Polansky has worked with on several organizations).
"I got invited and I said, 'I wonder if Michael is going to be there,' and my mom said yes, and so I went to the party and I kept asking for him and he finally came over to me and we talked for three hours," she added to the outlet. "We had the most amazing conversation.”
They continued to have amazing conversations as they talked on the phone, Gaga continued, before then going on their first date and living together amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It was really kind of special,” she noted to Vogue. “I’d been so focused on my career since I was a teenager. And the gift of that time was that I got to completely focus on my relationship. I met this totally supportive, loving human being who wanted to get to know me—outside of Lady Gaga."
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Lana Del Rey & Jeremy Dufrene
Lana Del Rey met Louisiana wildlife tour guide Jeremy Dufrene in 2019. As he wrote on Instagram that March, "I never know who I can run across on my tours but always a pleasure @lanadelrey."
After going their separate ways, the "Summertime Sadness" singer and the aligator expert reconnected, with them sparking romance rumors in August 2024. The following month, they tied the knot.
“Jeremy is the one and only,” Del Rey commented on a fan account's Instagram post Oct. 2. “And amazing. And we’re very happy.”
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Brad Pitt & Ines de Ramon
Brad Pitt found himself a gem in jewelry professional Ines de Ramon. The actor began dating the Anita Ko vice president, previously married to The Vampire Diaries star Paul Wesley, in 2022 and they made their red carpet debut at the 2024 Venice Film Festival.
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Taylor Lautner & Tay Lautner
While Tay Lautner (née Dome) has grown a fanbase of her own—she has millions of followers on social media and hosts the podcast The Squeeze with husband Taylor Lautner—she wasn't as famous when she started dating the Twilight alum back in 2018.
And they can thank his sister Makena Moore for bringing them together.
"She was like, 'Throw a game night, invite me and some of my friends over. I'll bring Tay, she'll just be one of them. You guys can just meet,'" Taylor said on a 2022 episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show. "We hit it off, and the rest is history."
At the time, Tay was studying to become a nurse, with her graduating in 2019. And while the couple tied the knot in 2022, she admitted in a social media video she had a crush on his Twilight costar Robert Pattinson when she was a kid.
"She was Team Edward. Yes, she was," Taylor added to Kelly Clarkson before joking, "She's made up for it. I'm allowing her to make that mistake. It's in her past. So, she's good now, but she was not Team Jacob unfortunately. Still love her."
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Jennifer Garner & John Miller
Jennifer Garner and her businessman partner John Miller began their romance in 2018.
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Oprah Winfrey & Stedman Graham
"He's appropriately named because he's steady as a mountain," Oprah Winfrey has said about Stedman Graham, her partner since 1986. "Even-tempered, accountable, trustworthy, patient."
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Paul Rudd & Julie Yaeger
Paul Rudd and his wife Julie Yaeger have been married since 2003 and are parents to son Jack and daughter Darby.
The two struck up a marvelous romance shortly after the Ant-Man star moved to New York in the '90s.
"She used to work for this PR firm," the actor recalled on a 2015 episode of The Howard Stern Show, "and I just joined this PR firm right after I did Clueless—it hadn't come out or anything—and she was in the New York office. So I came out here and she was kind of overseeing everything."
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Zoe Saldaña & Marco Perego
The Guardians of the Galaxy and Star Trek actress Zoe Saldana wed Italian artist Marco Perego in 2013. They are parents to twin sons Bowie and Cy and son Zen.
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Julia Roberts & Daniel Moder
Oscar winner Julia Roberts met cameraman Daniel Moder on the set of The Mexican in 2000. They wed two years later and are parents to three children—twins Hazel and Phinnaeus and son Henry.
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Ken Jeong & Tran Ho
Love is good for the heart: Actor and doctor Ken Jeong has been married to fellow physician Tran Ho since 2004. They are parents to twin daughters Alexa and Zooey.
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Christian Bale & Sibi Blazic
The Dark Knight's Christian Bale married former model Sibi Blazic in Las Vegas in January 2000, and have since welcomed two children. They first met on the set of 1994's Little Women, when Blazic was working as Winona Ryder's personal assistant.
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Jon Bon Jovi & Dorothea Hurley
Bon Jovi lead singer Jon Bon Jovi was shot through the heart as a teen in New Jersey, marrying his high school sweetheart Dorothea Hurley in 1989. They are parents to daughter Stephanie and sons Jesse, Jake and Romeo.
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Gal Gadot & Jaron Varsano
Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot and her native Israeli husband Jaron Varsano have been married since 2008. They are parents to four daughters. Varsano was previously a real estate developer, but now works as a film producer.
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Viola Davis & Julius Tennon
After meeting fellow actor Julius Tennon on the set of medical drama City of Angels, Oscar-, Emmy- and Tony-winning actress Viola Davis realized he may just be the answer to her prayers. Married since 2003, they adopted a daughter, Genesis, in 2011. He also has a son and daughter from previous relationships.
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Kate Winslet & Ned Rocknroll
Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet and her husband Ned Rocknroll, born Edward Abel Smith, have been married since 2012 and share a son, Bear. She also has a daughter, Mia, and son, Joe, from her two previous marriages.
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Christina Aguilera & Matthew Rutler
After meeting on the set of 2010's Burlesque, where Matthew Rutler was working as a production assistant, he and Christina Aguilera confirmed their engagement in February 2014.
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Wanda Sykes & Alex Niedbalski
Comedienne and writer Wanda Sykes married her partner Alex Niedbalski in 2008. The two are parents to twins Olivia and Lucas.
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Anne Hathaway & Adam Shulman
The Devil Wears Prada star Anne Hathaway married jewelry designer-slash-actor/producer Adam Shulman in 2012. And, yes, he designed her engagement ring himself. They are parents to sons Jonathan and Jack.
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Amy Adams & Darren Le Gallo
Actress Amy Adams has been married to actor and painter Darren Le Gallo since 2015. They are parents to daughter Aviana.
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Patrick Dempsey & Jillian Fink
Hairstylist Jillian Fink met future Grey's Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey when he walked into her hair salon in 1994. The two began dating three years later and got married in 1999.
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Eddie Redmayne & Hannah Bagshawe
Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne has been married to PR executive Hannah Bagshawe since 2014. They are parents to daughter Iris and son Luke.
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Michael J. Fox & Tracy Pollan
Cast as love interests on Family Ties, Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan connected romantically years later. The two have been married since 1988 and have four children—son Sam, twin daughters Aquinnah and Schuyler and daughter Esmé.
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