We asked members of the BuzzFeed community which TV couples were shocked to find out they were IRL together. Here’s what they said:
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Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas
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Bonnie Bartlett and William Daniels
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From where you know them: Boy meets the world and Sint elders – they play Dean Bolander and mr. Feeny, and Ellen and dr. Mark Craig.
When they met: They met at Northwestern University and married in 1951. They have two sons together, Robert and Michael.
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Ross Lynch and Jaz Sinclair
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Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer
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From where you know them: True blood – they played Sookie Stackhouse and Bill Compton.
When they met: They met when they were both dating True blood in 2007 and then went out shortly after they started filming Season 1. They were married in 2010 and have twins in 2012. Anna is also stepmother to Stephen’s two other children.
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Jill Knox and Keith Powell
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Natalia Dyer and Charlie Heaton
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From where you know them: Stranger things – they play Nancy Wheeler and Jonathan Byers.
When they met: According to them, they would go out for a while, and then a source officially confirmed their relationship in 2017.
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Kit Harington and Rose Leslie
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From where you know them: Game of Thrones – they played Jon Snow and Ygritte.
When they met: It is for the first time that they went out in 2012 after holding photos of their hands. Then, for years afterward, Kit denies a romantic relationship with Rose, while also admitting that he is very private about his love life. At the Olivier Awards in 2016, they made their debut as a couple and in 2018, they were married. They are currently expecting their first child together.
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Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys
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From where you know them: The Americans – they played Elizabeth and Philip Jennings.
When they met: They dated in 2014, after Keri and her ex-husband, Shane Deary, divorced. Keri and Matthew have one child together, and Keri has two more children from her previous marriage.
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Téa Leoni and Tim Daly
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Melissa Benoist and Chris Wood
11.
Hyun Bin and Son Ye-Jin
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From where you know them: Crash Landing on you – they played Ri Jeong-hyeok and Yoon Se-ri.
When they met: They actually knew each other before they starred Crash Landing on you together. In 2018, they both appear in The negotiation but until January 2021 never confirmed any romantic relationship.
12.
Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst
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From where you know them: Fargo – they played Peggy and Ed Blumquist.
When they met: They met on the set of Fargo in 2015, but was only noticed in public in 2016, a few months after she and her then-boyfriend, Garrett Hedlund, broke up. They became engaged in 2017 and had a baby in 2018.
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Andrew J. West and Amber Stevens West
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David Giuntoli and Bitsie Tulloch
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Genevieve and Jared Padalecki
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Chase Stokes and Madelyn Cline
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Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally
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Mandy Musgrave and Matt Cohen
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Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley
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From where you know them: Wuthering heights – Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw.
When they met: They met in 2009 on the set of Wuthering heights, started dating shortly thereafter and eventually got married in 2014. They have two children together, and Tom also has a child with his ex-wife, Sarah Ward.
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Ben McKenzie and Morena Baccarin
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Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher
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And finally Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa
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