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Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden
- Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden don't look like the typical Hollywood match, but they seem to have an incredibly happy and fulfilling marriage, and look totally in love whenever they're spotted out in public.
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Nicole Richie
- They were introduced by Madden's sister-in-law, Nicole Richie. Richie is married to Good Charlotte's Joel Madden. So that makes two glamorous Hollywood blondes married to two bearded, tattooed rockers!
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Emily Blunt and John Krasinski
- Emily Blunt and John Krasinski met and fell in love on a blind date. Krasinski told Ellen DeGeneres that he wasn't really looking for a relationship at the time, but when he saw her he thought "Oh no I’m going to fall in love with her."
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Anne Hathaway - It was the wonderful Anne Hathaway who set up that particular blind date!
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Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones
- Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones have a 25-year age gap, but that didn't make any difference when they met in 1998 and fell in love. They have now been married for more than 20 years and have two children. The person who introduced them might surprise you...
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Danny DeVito - It was Danny DeVito! He introduced them at a party in 1998. It was love at first sight for Michael Douglas, who told Catherine Zeta-Jones, "I'm going to be the father of your children." But perhaps not for Zeta-Jones, who replied, "Goodnight."
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Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello
- Sofia Vergara was engaged to Nick Loeb when she first met Joe Manganiello. They met at a party through their mutual friend, Jesse Tyler Ferguson. Nothing happened between them then, but it wasn't long before Vergara's troubled engagement was called off.
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Jesse Tyler Ferguson
- As soon as Manganiello heard that she was single, he reached out to Ferguson to ask for her number! Ferguson says Vergara tried to pretend she wasn't that interested, but he knew she was... They are now the most attractive couple Hollywood has ever seen!
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Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner - Sophie Turner reportedly pursued her crush on Joe Jonas through a mutual friend. The two got married in 2019 and have two kids, all thanks to Hailee Steinfeld.
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Hailee Steinfeld - Steinfeld and Turner were already friends when Steinfeld collaborated with Jonas' band DNCE on a song. She told interviewers that Turner got in touch with her afterwards asking about Jonas and looking for his number. The rest is history.
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Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra - Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra have been one of Hollywood's biggest "it" couples since they started dating in 2017. They tied the knot in 2018, and seem to be living in bliss. Apparently, Dwayne Johnson is the mutual friend who brought them together!
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Dwayne Johnson
- Johnson worked with Chopra on the movie 'Baywatch' (2017) and with Jonas on the movie 'Jumanji' (2018) shortly afterwards. He jokingly takes credit for their romance now.
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Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi
- Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi broke down societal barriers when they got married in 2008, and their love story is still inspiring to this day. They started dating in 2004, and one actor credits himself with helping them along.
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Ed Helms
- Ed Helms recalls running lines with Portia de Rossi when they were both appearing in 'Arrested Development.' Ellen DeGeneres appeared on the TV and de Rossi said, "Man, I am so into her." Helms encouraged her to go for it, and two months later they were an item. Perhaps he's taking too much credit though...
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Robert Pattinson and FKA Twigs - Robert Pattinson and FKA Twigs dated for three years and were briefly engaged. They met at one of her concerts when a very famous friend took Pattinson backstage for an introduction.
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Sienna Miller - Pattinson was attending the concert with Sienna Miller and her then-boyfriend Tom Sturridge. She made sure to introduce Pattinson to Twigs, and the romance started from there.
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James Corden and Julia Carey
- James Corden married Julia Carey in 2012, after being introduced to her by a close friend. A very close friend...
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Dominic Cooper - They were introduced by Dominic Cooper, who was Corden's roommate at the time. Roommate in the sense that they shared a bedroom, which happened only to have one bed. So they got to know each other pretty well! Cooper was able to introduce Corden to his perfect match.
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Katherine Schwarzenegger and Chris Pratt
- Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger got married in 2019 and now have two daughters together. Their whirlwind romance saw them go from acquaintances to a married couple in the space of a year.
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Maria Shriver
- They have one woman to thank for that! Schwarzenegger's mother, journalist Maria Shriver, introduced Pratt to her daughter. Her intuition was spot on.
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Felicity Blunt and Stanley Tucci
- Beloved actor Stanley Tucci has been married to literary agent Felicity Blunt for 10 years. Her name is a bit of a giveaway as to who was the matchmaker!
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Emily Blunt - Emily Blunt introduced her sister Felicity to Stanley Tucci after they worked together on 'The Devil Wears Prada' in 2006. Her co-star became her brother-in-law after a few years.
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Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Hilarie Burton
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Hilarie Burton got married in 2019 after being introduced on a double blind date.
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Jensen Ackles
- Morgan's friend and 'Supernatural' co-star Jensen Ackles took Morgan and Burton out on a double date with him and his wife, Rachel (who was Burton's co-star on 'One Tree Hill'). Apparently, it was love at first sight (after a few tequila shots).
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Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock - Kelly Clarkson and her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock were together for seven years. She had known him for several years before that due to a very close connection, and they finally got together when he became single in 2012.
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Narvel Blackstock
- Blackstock's father, Narvel Blackstock, was Kelly Clarkson's manager. It's pretty old school to get set up by your parents! Blackstock was married to one of Clarkson's musical idols, Reba McEntire, at the time.
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Alfred Molina and Jennifer Lee
- Actor Alfred Molina got married to Jennifer Lee, the director of 'Frozen' (2013), in an intimate garden wedding in August of 2021. Their friend and 'Frozen' star Jonathan Groff appeared to officiate the wedding.
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Jonathan Groff
- Lee gave a shoutout to Groff on Instagram, saying, "This beautiful, generous soul is the reason Fred and I met. We owe him the world." Sources: (People) (Cosmopolitan) (Marie Claire)
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Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden
- Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden don't look like the typical Hollywood match, but they seem to have an incredibly happy and fulfilling marriage, and look totally in love whenever they're spotted out in public.
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Nicole Richie
- They were introduced by Madden's sister-in-law, Nicole Richie. Richie is married to Good Charlotte's Joel Madden. So that makes two glamorous Hollywood blondes married to two bearded, tattooed rockers!
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Emily Blunt and John Krasinski
- Emily Blunt and John Krasinski met and fell in love on a blind date. Krasinski told Ellen DeGeneres that he wasn't really looking for a relationship at the time, but when he saw her he thought "Oh no I’m going to fall in love with her."
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Anne Hathaway - It was the wonderful Anne Hathaway who set up that particular blind date!
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4 / 29 Fotos
Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones
- Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones have a 25-year age gap, but that didn't make any difference when they met in 1998 and fell in love. They have now been married for more than 20 years and have two children. The person who introduced them might surprise you...
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5 / 29 Fotos
Danny DeVito - It was Danny DeVito! He introduced them at a party in 1998. It was love at first sight for Michael Douglas, who told Catherine Zeta-Jones, "I'm going to be the father of your children." But perhaps not for Zeta-Jones, who replied, "Goodnight."
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Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello
- Sofia Vergara was engaged to Nick Loeb when she first met Joe Manganiello. They met at a party through their mutual friend, Jesse Tyler Ferguson. Nothing happened between them then, but it wasn't long before Vergara's troubled engagement was called off.
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Jesse Tyler Ferguson
- As soon as Manganiello heard that she was single, he reached out to Ferguson to ask for her number! Ferguson says Vergara tried to pretend she wasn't that interested, but he knew she was... They are now the most attractive couple Hollywood has ever seen!
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Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner - Sophie Turner reportedly pursued her crush on Joe Jonas through a mutual friend. The two got married in 2019 and have two kids, all thanks to Hailee Steinfeld.
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Hailee Steinfeld - Steinfeld and Turner were already friends when Steinfeld collaborated with Jonas' band DNCE on a song. She told interviewers that Turner got in touch with her afterwards asking about Jonas and looking for his number. The rest is history.
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Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra - Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra have been one of Hollywood's biggest "it" couples since they started dating in 2017. They tied the knot in 2018, and seem to be living in bliss. Apparently, Dwayne Johnson is the mutual friend who brought them together!
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Dwayne Johnson
- Johnson worked with Chopra on the movie 'Baywatch' (2017) and with Jonas on the movie 'Jumanji' (2018) shortly afterwards. He jokingly takes credit for their romance now.
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Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi
- Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi broke down societal barriers when they got married in 2008, and their love story is still inspiring to this day. They started dating in 2004, and one actor credits himself with helping them along.
© Getty Images
13 / 29 Fotos
Ed Helms
- Ed Helms recalls running lines with Portia de Rossi when they were both appearing in 'Arrested Development.' Ellen DeGeneres appeared on the TV and de Rossi said, "Man, I am so into her." Helms encouraged her to go for it, and two months later they were an item. Perhaps he's taking too much credit though...
© Getty Images
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Robert Pattinson and FKA Twigs - Robert Pattinson and FKA Twigs dated for three years and were briefly engaged. They met at one of her concerts when a very famous friend took Pattinson backstage for an introduction.
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Sienna Miller - Pattinson was attending the concert with Sienna Miller and her then-boyfriend Tom Sturridge. She made sure to introduce Pattinson to Twigs, and the romance started from there.
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James Corden and Julia Carey
- James Corden married Julia Carey in 2012, after being introduced to her by a close friend. A very close friend...
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Dominic Cooper - They were introduced by Dominic Cooper, who was Corden's roommate at the time. Roommate in the sense that they shared a bedroom, which happened only to have one bed. So they got to know each other pretty well! Cooper was able to introduce Corden to his perfect match.
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Katherine Schwarzenegger and Chris Pratt
- Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger got married in 2019 and now have two daughters together. Their whirlwind romance saw them go from acquaintances to a married couple in the space of a year.
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Maria Shriver
- They have one woman to thank for that! Schwarzenegger's mother, journalist Maria Shriver, introduced Pratt to her daughter. Her intuition was spot on.
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Felicity Blunt and Stanley Tucci
- Beloved actor Stanley Tucci has been married to literary agent Felicity Blunt for 10 years. Her name is a bit of a giveaway as to who was the matchmaker!
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Emily Blunt - Emily Blunt introduced her sister Felicity to Stanley Tucci after they worked together on 'The Devil Wears Prada' in 2006. Her co-star became her brother-in-law after a few years.
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Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Hilarie Burton
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Hilarie Burton got married in 2019 after being introduced on a double blind date.
© Getty Images
23 / 29 Fotos
Jensen Ackles
- Morgan's friend and 'Supernatural' co-star Jensen Ackles took Morgan and Burton out on a double date with him and his wife, Rachel (who was Burton's co-star on 'One Tree Hill'). Apparently, it was love at first sight (after a few tequila shots).
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Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock - Kelly Clarkson and her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock were together for seven years. She had known him for several years before that due to a very close connection, and they finally got together when he became single in 2012.
© Getty Images
25 / 29 Fotos
Narvel Blackstock
- Blackstock's father, Narvel Blackstock, was Kelly Clarkson's manager. It's pretty old school to get set up by your parents! Blackstock was married to one of Clarkson's musical idols, Reba McEntire, at the time.
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Alfred Molina and Jennifer Lee
- Actor Alfred Molina got married to Jennifer Lee, the director of 'Frozen' (2013), in an intimate garden wedding in August of 2021. Their friend and 'Frozen' star Jonathan Groff appeared to officiate the wedding.
© Getty Images
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Jonathan Groff
- Lee gave a shoutout to Groff on Instagram, saying, "This beautiful, generous soul is the reason Fred and I met. We owe him the world." Sources: (People) (Cosmopolitan) (Marie Claire)
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When famous friends play cupid for A-List couples
Find out who's been playing celebrity matchmaker!
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When you're a wealthy celebrity and everyone wants something from you, it's probably pretty difficult to find authentic relationships. This is why many high-profile singletons rely on their friends to set them up with someone they might click with. Naturally, they usually pair like with like, or in this case, celeb with celeb. An astonishing number of the most famous couples out there were grown from a blind date arranged by a mutual friend!
Click through this gallery to see which famous couples were set up by their famous friends.
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