We asked members of the BuzzFeed Community which TV couples they were shocked to discover that IRL were 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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Where do you know them from: Boy Meets World and St. Elsewhere – they played Dean Bolander and Mr. Feeny, and Ellen and Dr. Mark Craig.
When they got together: They met at Northwestern University and were married in 1951. Together, they have two children, 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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Where do you know them from: True Blood – they played Sookie Stackhouse and Bill Compton.
When they got together: They met when they were taking the screen test to True Blood in 2007 and started dating right after they started filming the first season. They married in 2010 and had twins in 2012. Anna is also the stepmother to Stephen’s other two children.
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Jill Knox and Keith Powell
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Natalia Dyer and Charlie Heaton
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Where do you know them from: Weird stuff – they play Nancy Wheeler and Jonathan Byers.
When they got together: There were rumors that they had been dating 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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Where do you know them from: The Game of Thrones – they played Jon Snow and Ygritte.
When they got together: There were rumors that they were dating in 2012, after pictures of them holding hands appeared. Then, for years later, Kit denied a romantic relationship with Rose, while admitting that he is very reserved about his love life. At the Olivier Awards 2016, they made their public debut as a couple and in 2018 they got married. They are expecting their first child together.
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Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys
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Where do you know them from: The americans – they played Elizabeth and Philip Jennings.
When they got together: They started dating in 2014, after Keri and her ex-husband, Shane Deary, broke up. Keri and Matthew have a child together and Keri has two more children from their previous marriage.
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Téa Leoni and Tim Daly
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Melissa Benoist and Chris Wood
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Hyun Bin and Son Ye-Jin
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Where do you know them from: Crash Landing on You – they played Ri Jeong-hyeok and Yoon Se-ri.
When they got together: They really knew each other before starring Crash Landing on You together. In 2018, the two appeared in The deal but never confirmed a romantic relationship until January 2021.
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Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst
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Where do you know them from: Fargo – they played Peggy and Ed Blumquist.
When they got together: They met on the set of Fargo in 2015, but were not seen together publicly until 2016, a few months after she and her then boyfriend, Garrett Hedlund, separated. They got engaged in 2017 and had a baby together 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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Where do you know them from: Wuthering Heights – Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw.
When they got together: They met in 2009 on the set of Wuthering Heights, started dating shortly after and finally got married in 2014. They have two children together, and Tom also has a son 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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