38 Celebs Who Are Dating Complete Normies
Hollywood is full of chaotic relationships.
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Some celebs try to beat the curse by dating non-celebrities. It helps bring a little balance to life, and for these couples, it's proven a successful approach.
1.Miles Teller and Keleigh Sperry met through friends of friends of friends.
"We both had mutual friends of the [Black Keys],” Miles told Vogue in September 2019 of the first time he met his wife. While Keleigh has dabbled in acting and modeling, she's settled into humanitarian work.
"Keleigh had caught my eye early in the night, and we talked. I didn’t think it went well, but after a few more attempts, I got her to dance with me, and a week later, we went on a date. After we met, I knew she was The One."
2.Jim Toth saved Reese Witherspoon from another man's drunken advances.
"Jim came over and said, ‘Please excuse my friend. He’s just broken up with someone,’" Reese recalled to Elle. "Jim is a really good friend, pulling him out of that situation. That’s just kind of who he is, a really good person."
Jim worked his way up from the mailroom to become a talent agent at Creative Artists Agency, work he continues today.
3.Keanu Reeves and Alexandra Grant met at a dinner party in 2009.
Alexandra Grant and Keanu Reeves were friends and professional collaborators before they attempted getting together, but Alexandra isn't a household name. The visual artist partnered with Keanu on several projects before they got together and even flew under the radar for months before being publicly exposed as his partner.
4.Jon Stewart and Tracey McShane were hooked up by a production assistant on Wishful Thinking.
She had a hunch the two would hit it off and 20+ years of marriage later, seems like she was right.
5.Alec Baldwin spotted Hilaria Thomas in a restaurant and approached her.
"I was standing near the door with my friends when he walked up and took my hand and said, ‘I must know you,’" she told The New York Times. The yoga instructor is now a soon-to-be mom of 7, a podcast host, and still a practicing yogi.
6.Morris Chestnut spotted his wife, Pam Byse, at a club.
"We were hanging out in the club and [Tiny Lister] told me about this chick, that chick, whatever. Then I saw Pam, who is my wife," Morris told Sister 2 Sister Magazine.
"And I said, 'What's up with her?' He said, 'Nah, man, don't waste your time. She don't give anybody no play.' So as soon as he said that, I was like, 'That's the woman I need to go holler at.'"
Pam's very private, so not much is known about her or their relationship other than the fact it's going strong.
7.Vince Vaughn met wife Kyla Weber at a wedding, ironically enough.
Both were guests at a mutual friend's wedding and introduced by a producer there. The rest is history! Kyla's low-key, but enjoys a very successful real estate career.
8.Amal Almuddin met George Clooney AND his parents at his Lake Como home, of all places.
Amal, a human rights activist and attorney, was with a mutual friend on the way to Cannes when they stopped by. Months later, they were spotted together and today, they're married with kids. Amal has significantly lowered George's profile, making an appearance by both a meaningful moment.
9.Kevin Jonas and Danielle Deleasa met while on vacations with their respective families in the Bahamas.
As fate would have it, they both lived in New Jersey. They exchanged numbers and Kevin had a little trouble playing it cool before he made a move.
"You know how you're supposed to meet somebody and call like two or three days later? Well, I cyberstalked her after we met and cyberstalked to see what flight she was going to be on coming home, and then I called her the minute she landed," he told Glamour.
"That might have been a little overboard, but I just went for it."
Today, Danielle is a jewelry designer and shares two daughters with Kevin.
10.Louis Tomlinson and Eleanor Calder were introduced by a friend of Harry Styles.
The pair is super-private about their relationship, to the point of spawning numerous breakup rumors. Behind the scenes, the love is strong as ever.
11.Riz Ahmed met Fatima Farheen Mirza by chance at a coffee shop in NYC.
It sounds straight out of a rom-com, but it's the reality for this happy couple. They met while trying to set up to write in a neighborhood coffee shop. Fatima is an award-winning author, and the two tied the knot quietly in 2020.
12.Ken Jeong was a doctor when he met Tran Ho, another doctor who would become his wife.
The two met at an industry happy hour and two years later, they were married. They stayed together through the ups and downs, as Tran was diagnosed with cancer just as Ken's acting career started taking off. Thankfully, the couple is happy and healthy today, with Tran back to work as a family physician.
13.Eddie Redmayne and Hannah Bagshawe were part of the same group of friends growing up but didn't give things a shot until 15 years later.
They started dating in 2012 and got hitched two years later. Hannah works as a publicist.
14.Cynthia Nixon was campaigning for an education non-profit when she met one of its founders, Christine Marinoni.
After Cynthia's divorce two years later, the two started spending more time together. They started dating in 2004 and were able to tie the knot in 2012. Christine continues her work in education and LGBTQ advocacy.
15.Aaron Paul and Lauren Parsekian met at Coachella.
Yup, the pair bumped into each other at Coachella 2009 and hit it off. They got married in 2013. Today, Lauren is co-founder of The Kind Movement and Aaron continues his successful acting career.
16.Ed Sheeran and Cherry Seaborn knew each other as kids, but only got together many years later.
Cherry was working as a financial advisor when they reconnected in 2015. They got engaged in 2018. She's taken some time off since they became parents, but still works in finance.
17.Julianna Margulies met her lawyer husband, Keith Lieberthal, "at a dinner party that I wasn’t going to go to through an agent I didn’t sign with."
"I said, 'Are you an actor?' Because as much as I love you all, I can't. I’m done. And he’s like, 'No, I’m a lawyer.' I’m like, 'Really? Where do you practice?' And he’s like, 'I was a Wall Street litigator for six years.' I was like 'Really? You’re 12,'" she told Ellen DeGeneres. "He’s like, 'No, I’m not.' And I’m like, 'What’s your name?' And he said, 'Keith Lieberthal.' I was like, 'You’re JEWISH?!'"
Keith is still a lawyer and Juliana is still totally obsessed with him.
18.Matt Damon met Luciana Barroso during a night out while filming Stuck On You.
Luciana was bartending when the actor entered her life. Today, she's in the interior design business. "Matt’s story is that he saw me across the room and there was a light on me. And I’m like, ‘Yeah, it was a nightclub — there were lights everywhere!’” she joked in Vogue Australia in 2018.
"But he had started getting recognized and asked for pictures and autographs, and then it got kind of aggressive because people are drinking and stuff, and so he came and hid behind my bar … [wanting to] just hang out back there and have a drink. He says, ‘Oh, I saw you and I really wanted to talk to you.'"
19.Patrick Dempsey visited a salon where his future wife, Jillian Fink, was working.
He didn't get the nerve to ask her out for another three years after that. She's still a make-up artist and has added 'businesswoman' to her resume, while he's still enjoying acting.
20.Julie Yaeger was working at a publicist's office when Paul Rudd (circa Clueless) ran in with his luggage.
She offered to drop it off for him as he went to an audition he was already late for. He agreed and after a few days, asked her to grab coffee. Today, she's a publicist, an author, and for the last 19 years, Mrs. Paul Rudd.
21.Julia Stiles met the second camera assistant, Preston J. Cook, on the set of Blackway.
The two got together shortly thereafter, got engaged in 2015, and married in 2017. They still love their spots behind and in front of the camera, respectively.
22.Similarly, Jessica Alba was on the set of Fantastic Four when Cash Warren, a director's assistant, caught her eye.
"I just knew when I met him that I was going to know him forever," Jessica recalled to InStyle in 2013.
“It was weird; he instantly felt like family. It was so easy. I’d never felt like that with anyone. I was usually pretty self-conscious, minding my p’s and q’s, very aware of every time my fork hit the plate when I was having dinner on a date. With him, there was none of that. We got each other. We’re kindred spirits.”
23.Tatyana Ali met Vaughn Rasberry on eHarmony.
The two took things slow, writing to each other before moving on to Skyping. When they met, the connection was still there. They dated for two years before getting married in 2016. He continues to work as an Associate Professor of English and African American Studies at Stanford University.
24.Jennifer Lawrence and Cooke Maroney were introduced by a mutual friend.
The art gallerist charmed the actress and the two married in 2019. Though their home base has changed to New York City, they're both happy in their careers with no changes there.
25.Wanda Sykes spotted Alex Niedbalski on a ferry ride and was captivated.
Wanda didn't make a move at the time, but shortly thereafter, she was working on a kitchen remodel and was introduced to Alex, who was selling granite countertops.
26.Meryl Streep was moving out of the apartment she shared with her late husband and asked her brother for help. He brought his buddy, Don Gummer, to help.
Don let Meryl stay at his loft while he traveled, keeping in touch with her through letters. When he got home, they got together and married after six months together in 1978. Don is a sculptor today and was one of Hollywood's pioneering stay-at-home dads.
27.Joseph Gordon-Levitt respects that Tasha McCauley isn't interested in a public life.
JGL has kept the details of this relationship very quiet, even after the two got married and welcomed two children together. Tasha has a wild amount of degrees and accolades in science and robotics and is the CEO of the robotics company, Fellow Robots.
28.Gal Gadot met husband Yaron Varsano at a desert yoga party in Israel.
As a man 10 years her senior, he knew what he wanted and moved fast. Two years after they started dating, they got engaged. They got married in 2008. Yaron has since built a real estate business he loves, while Gal continues to dominate the screen.
29.Christian Bale never planned on getting married, but that all changed when he met Sibi Blazic, who was working as Winona Ryder's assistant.
They became friends, then partners, then husband and wife in 2000, when they eloped in Vegas. She's since worked as an actress and make-up artist, on top of being a mom to their two kids.
30.Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Justin Mikita met at a gym in West Hollywood.
Justin, a lawyer, producer, and head of a bow-tie company, stopped him to talk about his character on Modern Family after seeing the pilot. Justin was in a relationship at the time but stayed in touch. When he was single, he spent time with Jesse and since then they have lived happily ever after.
31.Dolly Parton met Carl Thomas Dean as a teenager working at a laundromat.
Dolly became a bigger and bigger star, but Carl had no interest in being famous. He ran an asphalt-laying company in Nashville as Dolly dominated country music.
32.Ellen Pompeo and Chris Ivery met in a Los Angeles supermarket.
The actress and her record-producer husband have a rom-com worthy story, realizing after their chance meeting that they grew up 10 miles away from each other.
"We were six degrees our whole lives, so I feel like we were sort of meant to be," Ellen revealed.
33.Christina Aguilera was starring in Burlesque alongside CHER and managed to notice production assistant, Matt Rutler.
It was a big moment for her for more reasons than one! The two have been together for over a decade and are engaged. Today, Matt's an investor and guitarist.
34.Amy Schumer was with her assistant in Martha's Vineyard when the assistant offered to have her personal chef brother, Chris Fischer, come by to cook for them.
About a year later, the pair quietly got hitched! Chris continues his work while Amy continues hers.
35.Seth Meyers met his wife, Alexi Ashe, at Chris Kattan's wedding.
Alexi's sister brought her as her plus one to the event after scoring an invite while working in the set design department of SNL.
"I had a sense that she was the closest I'd ever met to someone who I could see myself with, pretty much right away," he told YourTango.
36.George Lucas met Mellody Hobson at a business conference in Aspen in 2006.
The film legend dated the President and CEO of Ariel Investments long-distance for a while. They got engaged in 2013, seven years into their relationship, and married later that year.
37.Ariana Grande was shopping for a getaway house and Dalton Gomez was her realtor.
"When she saw him, she immediately thought he was cute and very good-looking, and she asked her team to set up an in-person meeting with him," a source told Us Weekly. "Ariana fell very hard for Dalton shortly after they met."
After falling in love in 2020, they ended the year by getting engaged. They got married in May 2021.
