Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin began dating in October 2017 and maintained a largely private relationship for nearly eight years. In 2024, it was revealed that the couple had been engaged for several years. They did not have any children together during their time as a couple. Their relationship ultimately ended in June 2025, as reported by major news outlets.
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin met backstage at a Coldplay concert in October 2002, shortly after the death of Paltrow's father. They married on December 5, 2003, while Paltrow was pregnant. They had two children together, daughter Apple (born May 2004) and son Moses (born April 2006). After more than ten years of marriage they announced their separation in March 2014 via a 'Conscious Uncoupling' statement, Paltrow filed for divorce in April 2015 and the divorce was finalized on July 14, 2016.
Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk met in 2010 on the set of Glee and began dating in 2014 after their respective marriages ended. They announced their engagement in early 2018 and married in September 2018 in the Hamptons. The couple has successfully blended their families, as both have two children from previous relationships. They remain married and have described their relationship as strong and enduring.
They had known each other since childhood and were reacquainted at Royal Ascot in 1985, beginning a relationship that year. Their engagement was announced on 19 March 1986 and they married at Westminster Abbey on 23 July 1986. The couple had two daughters, Princess Beatrice (born 8 August 1988) and Princess Eugenie (born 23 March 1990). They announced their separation on 19 March 1992 and their divorce was finalised in 1996.
Bracco and Olmos worked together as co-stars on the film A Talent for the Game, and Bracco's published biography and public biographies state that an affair with Olmos contributed to the end of her previous relationship. The two were married in 1994. They were separated in 1997 and Olmos filed for divorce in 2002; the marriage ended in 2002. They had no children together according to court filings reported at the time.
They married on August 8, 2004. They had two children together, daughter Charlotte Easton Gillies (born September 28, 2013) and son Theodore Vigo Sullivan Gillies (born April 4, 2015). The couple announced their separation in June 2019; Gillies filed for divorce in July 2020 and their divorce was finalized on March 10, 2021. The finalized divorce documents allocate shared legal and physical custody of their two children and record property arrangements.
Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson had known each other since childhood and were reintroduced at Royal Ascot in 1985. They became engaged in March 1986 and married at Westminster Abbey on 23 July 1986. The marriage produced two daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie, but was strained by long periods apart and intense media attention. The couple announced their separation in March 1992 and divorced in 1996.
William Hurt and Mary Beth Hurt were married in 1971 and their marriage ended in 1982. Reliable biographical sources list them as spouses from 1971 to 1982 and do not report any children from that marriage. The consulted public biographies do not state when or how they first met. After their divorce Mary Beth Hurt married filmmaker Paul Schrader in 1983.
Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker met while co-starring on the Showtime drama Soul Food in the early 2000s and were coworkers who became friends before beginning a romance. They married on May 21, 2005, in Gundelfingen, Germany. They have two children, daughter Sophie (born March 2005, who was diagnosed with spina bifida at birth) and son Nicolas (born October 2006). The family has collaborated on charity work inspired by their daughter and the couple have continued occasional professional collaborations.
Marielle Heller and Jorma Taccone met while both were studying at UCLA. They married in 2007. The couple have two children together: a son, Wylie, born in December 2014, and a daughter born in August 2020. Sources list them as married and describe their family life but do not provide a precise year when they first met beyond the note that they met at UCLA.
Steve Lillywhite and Kirsty MacColl met through the music industry and were married in 1984. They had two sons, Jamie and Louis. Their marriage broke up in the mid-1990s, and the Los Angeles Times reports that they divorced in 1997. MacColl died in 2000, after which Lillywhite traveled to Mexico to comfort their sons.
Keyshia Cole began dating NBA player Daniel Gibson in May 2009. They welcomed their son, Daniel Hiram Jr., on March 2, 2010, and married in Las Vegas on May 21, 2011, later renewing their vows in Hawaii. Cole confirmed in March 2014 that they had separated, and she filed for divorce in 2017. Their divorce was finalized on September 3, 2020.
James Farentino and Debrah Farentino were married in 1985. Debrah was more than 20 years younger than James. Their marriage ended in divorce in 1988. The available sources do not document how they met or identify any children they had together.
Jang Dong-gun and Ko So-young first met as co-stars in Love Wind Love Song and became friends; after the film, their feelings developed and they briefly dated before breaking up. They stayed in contact and reunited in Los Angeles, after which they resumed dating, and a 2009 report said they had been a couple since 2007. They married at Seoul's Shilla Hotel on May 2, 2010, after about two years of dating. They have two children, son Jang Min-joon, born October 4, 2010, and a daughter born February 25, 2014, and recent coverage continues to describe them as married.
David Murray and Ntozake Shange were a married couple who married in 1977. The relationship is recorded as ending in 2018, while the biographical source states more generally that the marriage ended in divorce without giving a divorce date. No children together are documented, and Shange's daughter Savannah was fathered by painter McArthur Binion. Shange died on October 27, 2018.
Jasmin said she met Ilan Shor through charitable work connected with children in Moldova. A 2011 interview said their romance had been kept private for about a year, placing their meeting around 2010, and that Shor proposed in Paris. They married in Chișinău in 2011 and later had two children, Margarita in 2012 and Miron in 2016. In 2026, reputable reporting still described Shor as Jasmin’s husband, and no reliable source reviewed documented an end to the marriage.
António Damásio and Hanna Damasio are married, and António has referred to Hanna as his wife. They describe beginning their careers at the same medical school and neurology department in Lisbon. They have also worked together in neuroscience, and Hanna’s biographical profile says they co-direct USC’s Brain and Creativity Institute. The sources cited do not give a year for when they met or married, or establish whether they have children.
They met through their work at Moscow's Theater of Satire in 1971, after Gradova joined the theater and attracted Mironov's attention. They married in autumn 1971 and had a daughter, Maria, in 1973. Their marriage ended in divorce in 1976, which Gradova initiated.
Hartmut Briesenick and Ilona Slupianek were married and stayed together until Hartmut's death in 2013.
Peter Stebbings and Charlotte Sullivan are married.
John Milnor and Dusa McDuff are married.
Rob Reiner and Penny Marshall were married from 1971 to 1981.
Philippe de Broca and Margot Kidder were married from 1983 to 1984.
John Heard and Margot Kidder were married from 1979 to 1980.
Franchot Tone and Jean Wallace were married from 1941 to 1948.
♥♥♥♥♥ Opposites Attract
A Pisces man and a Libra woman are a more challenging blend (61/100, opposites attract), but the couples below show that friction and chemistry often go together.
Pisces: Water, Mutable, ruled by Neptune. Libra: Air, Cardinal, ruled by Venus. Compatibility here is for entertainment.