Love was in the air and on the set for these television shows that resulted in co-stars dating or tying the knot after playing each other's love interests. Some actors are still currently with their on-screen romantic interests, some even getting married and having children together, a few couples have parted ways.
Sometimes it can be easy to fall in love with the person that an actor is pretending to be in love with for the cameras. The chemistry on-screen can't be ignored so an off-set relationship is pursued. While some marriages or relationships didn't last, their love on-screen will forever be watchable.
10 Jared Padalecki Met Genevieve Cortese In 2008 On Supernatural
Jared Padalecki is widely known for his role as Sam Winchester in the hit CW show Supernatural alongside his on-screen brother, Dean Winchester, who is played by Jensen Ackles. Padalecki met his future wife, Genevieve Cortese, in 2008 on the set of Supernatural when she portrayed a character named Ruby.
Padalecki asked Cortese out on a date four months after their initial meeting. The couple is still currently and happily married with three kids. They have been together for eleven years now.
9 Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher Were Just Kids When They Met For That '70s Show
Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher played boyfriend/girlfriend Jackie and Kelso on That '70s Show. The couple met in 1998 on the set of the show and Kutcher was even Kunis' first kiss. The pair didn't pursue a relationship right after filming, however. Kutcher went on to marry actress Demi Moore and Kunis was in a long relationship with actor Macaulay Culkin.
Kunis and Kutcher tied the knot in 2015 and have welcomed two children into the world. The couple is super private about their personal life and not much is shared online in regards to their relationship and their kids.
8 Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush Had To Work Together For Years After Splitting
Some relationships that start after meeting on-set just don't have happy endings. Sophia Bush and Chad Michael Murray were co-stars and on-screen love interests for the TV show One Tree Hill. The pair started dating in 2003 and later got married in 2005. Their marriage, however, only lasted for four months before it was annulled.
Bush had to push her differences with Murray under the rug as they continued to work together until the end of One Tree Hill in 2012. Bush has since commented that she was young and dumb when she married her co-star at only 23-years-old.
7 Alexis Bledel and Vincent Kartheiser Are Mad For Each Other
Alexis Bledel is widely known for her portrayal of Rory Gilmore in Gilmore Girls. She dated co-star Milo Ventimiglia for almost four years before meeting her husband. Vincent Kartheiser on the set of Mad Men in 2011. The pair kept quiet about their relationship for quite some time but spilled the beans after finishing season 5 of Mad Men.
Bledel and Kartheiser ended up getting married in a small ceremony in June 2014. The couple also welcomed a child together in 2015 after keeping the pregnancy a secret for the entire time.
6 Nina Dobrev Was Always Team Damon
Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder met on the set of The Vampire Diaries in 2012. Somerhalder played one of television's favorite bad boys, Damon Salvatore, and Dobrev played his on-and-off-again love interest Elena Gilbert. The chemistry between the pair was so electric that they won a People's Choice Award for Favorite On-Screen Chemistry.
The pair began dating in 2010 and split three years later. This would coincide with seasons two through five of The Vampire Diaries. Somerhalder went on to marry another vampire, Twilight star Nikki Reed, in 2015. Dobrev is currently dating snowboarder Shaun White.
5 Chase Stokes and Madelyn Cline Recently Split
Outer Banks, along with Tiger King, became another Netflix show to binge-watch while stuck inside during COVID-19 lockdown. Chase Stokes and Madelyn Cline met on the set of Outer Banks while playing on-screen love interests John Booker Routledge and Sarah Cameron. The couple didn't become Instagram official until June 2020.
The news came out in November of this year that the pair split after a little over a year together. Fans are left to wonder how the break-up will affect the filming of season three for Outer Banks.
4 Cole Sprouse and Lili Reinhart Found Love On Another CW Show
Lili Reinhart and Cole Sprouse had an on-and-off-again relationship for about three years before calling it quits in March 2020. The pair met on the set of Riverdale while playing love interests Betty Cooper and Jughead Jones, known as the ship name, 'Bughead' to fans. Rumors had been spreading that the couple had splits months prior, but Reinhart denied the claims.
It looks as if Sprouse has focused more on his professional photography and moved on with Canadian model Reina Silva. It appears as if Reinhart is currently single.
3 Penn Badgley and Blake Lively Met During Gossip Girl
Before meeting her future husband, Ryan Reynolds, on the set of Green Lantern in 2010, Blake Lively dated Penn Badgley, current star of Netflix original's You. They met on the set of Gossip Girl while playing future love interests Serena Van der Woodsen and Dan Humphries. The couple dated for about three years from 2007 to 2010.
Lively and Badgley were pretty private about their relationship and even denied being together when asked about it. Lively is currently happily married to Reynolds with three children. Badgley is currently married to singer Domino Kirke.
2 Jon Show Does Know A Lot About His Love Interest Ygritte
Kit Harington and Rose Leslie played on-screen love interests on the HBO hit show Game of Thrones. The pair met on-set in 2011 while portraying their characters of Jon Snow and Ygritte. They kept their relationship a secret for quite a while before their wedding photos were released.
Harington and Leslie tied the knot in June 2018 in a ceremony that was attended by their co-stars in Game of Thrones. The couple welcomed their first child together in February 2021. At least someone in Game of Thrones got a happy ending.
1 Lea Michele and Cory Monteith Were Together Until His Death
Lea Michele and Cory Monteith first met each other on the set of Glee in 2008 where they played on-screen love interests Rachel Berry and Finn Hudson. However, Michele was in a relationship with actor Theo Stockman at the time. After splitting with Stockman, Monteith and Michele began their romance in 2012.
Michele and Monteith's relationship was unfortunately cut short as Monteith struggled with his drug addiction. After a stay in rehab, Monteith sadly passed away from a drug overdose in 2013. Michele has gone on to marry Zandy Reich, with whom she now has a son.