Gorgeous Wives You Didn't Know Celebrities Had
Successful relationships aren't exactly the norm in Hollywood, but that doesn't mean every celebrity is doomed to a life of being unlucky in love. In fact, many of our favorite actors, singers, and athletes have been happily married — some for years — right under our noses. So what's their secret to marital bliss? Well, for these A-listers, it's having a fierce, smart, and supportive woman in their corner through all they do.
For example, John Krasinski told Parade that his wife, actor Emily Blunt, has made him a better man. "I wouldn't be anywhere in my life without her. On a daily basis – but certainly career-wise – as a dad, she pushes me to be better every single day at everything I do." There's also country star Tim McGraw, who loves making music with his wife, Faith Hill. "It's such a rare thing to be able to experience what we do for a living, and do it together really feels like all the moments are special," he told People.
However, we tend to forget that there are plenty of other big-named stars whose partners are just as humble and just as gorgeous looking. The stars below found beauty in women who aren't exactly known for being in the spotlight. They definitely deserve a lot more recognition and major props for marrying prominent stars. Here are the gorgeous wives you didn't know celebrities had.
Howard Stern is saving one cat at a time with Beth Ostrosky Stern
Howard Stern is no stranger to drama. The radio host and America's Got Talent judge has been at the center of his fair share of scandals in the past, including getting slapped with a $495,000 fine from the FCC back in 2004 after speaking graphically of a then-famous Paris Hilton sex tape.
One thing Stern has managed to keep out of the tabloids, however, is his relationship with his wife, Beth Ostrosky Stern, an actress and Pennsylvania native who he began dating back in 2000. The couple married in New York City eight years later during a star-studded celebration that included the late Joan Rivers, Barbara Walters, Billy Joel, and wife Katie Lee, Jimmy Kimmel, and Sarah Silverman.
Despite Stern being known for his bawdy remarks and raunchy persona, Beth clarified that the couple is like any other married pair. "Everybody thinks, 'Oh, you're married to Howard Stern... You must be laughing all the time.' Yes, we are laughing all the time, but our lives together it's not crazy. We go to bed at 8 o'clock at night, even on the weekend, just because that's our schedule. He gets up early for his radio show. We are definitely not wild and crazy,'" she told Access Hollywood. If anything, Stern supports his wife with her animal activism, especially her deep commitment to helping homeless cats and kittens.
Aaron Paul and Lauren Parsekian have been married for 10 years
For five glorious seasons, Aaron Paul played sidekick to the uber-talented Bryan Cranston (a.k.a. Walter White) on AMC's "Breaking Bad." But in real life, Paul's partner-in-crime is his gorgeous wife, Lauren Parsekian. The couple, who married in 2013, is totally head over heels for each other, never shy to show a little PDA on the red carpet or on social media. The actor gushed about his wife during a 2016 Jimmy Kimmel interview, saying, "We had our first kiss on a Ferris wheel at Coachella." In fact, that is where the couple first met back in 2010.
The couple are head over heels for one another. In 2021, Paul's wife penned a sweet message to her husband to celebrate their eighth wedding anniversary on Instagram. "8 years married today, 10 years together and I truly love you more than this second than I ever have ... There have been beautiful, hard, thrilling, sad, mundane, peaceful, new chapters and everything in between and there's no one I'd rather live it ALL with," she wrote.
Paul and Parsekian are also parents to two children, welcoming a daughter, Story Annabelle, in 2018 and their son, Ryden Caspian, in April 2022. Besides being totally gorgeous and totally in love with her man, Parsekian is a dedicated philanthropist. She co-founded Kind Campaign, "a movement, documentary, and school program based upon the powerful belief in KINDness, that brings awareness and healing to the negative and lasting effects of girl-against-girl crime."
Hilaria Baldwin is Alec Baldwin's biggest support system
It seems like the second time's the charm for Alec Baldwin. In 2012, the actor/comedian married his yoga teacher, Hilaria, and the two have been going strong ever since. The couple has welcomed seven children, their latest arrival born in September 2022. Hilaria is also a stepmom to her husband's first child, Ireland Baldwin, who he shares with his ex-wife, Kim Basinger.
Hilaria has been highly supportive of her husband following the tragic shooting on the set of his film "Rust." In October 2021, a prop gun discharged in the "30 Rock" actor's hand, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding the movie's director Joel Souza. According to The New York Times, Alec was charged with involuntary manslaughter. However, the charges were dropped. The actor told CNN that he thanked his wife for being his rock during the difficult times, even stating that he lost a handful of jobs because of the tragedy. "If I didn't have my wife, I don't know where I would be right now ... If I didn't have her, I probably would have quit, retired, gone off, you know, sold everything I owned, got a house in the middle of nowhere and just you know did find something else to do, sell real estate," he said.
Upon learning that the actor was not to face any criminal charges for the shooting, Hilaria shared a photo that showed Alec holding her in his arms on Instagram. She captioned it with a simple heart emoji.
Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky share a passion for action films
Chris Hemsworth is one of the hottest actors in Hollywood right now; from his piercing blue eyes to his chiseled biceps, there's no denying the "Thor" star is one handsome Aussie. So it really comes as no surprise that his wife, Elsa Pataky, is just as stunning. The 40-year-old beauty (who is actually seven years older than Hemsworth) is also an actor most known for her role in the "Fast & Furious" franchise and several Spanish films.
The married pair teamed up for the 2022 action film "Interceptor," in which Pataky portrayed a military captain who must save the world. Hemsworth was an executive producer on the film, with his wife sharing with The Project that her hubby was a big help when it came to performing the action and fighting scenes. "It was great having him. He was supporting me since the beginning when he read the script, he was like, 'You need to do this. It's going to be fun; you're going to enjoy it. I know how much you like these kinds of movies and how destroyed you'll be after. You won't do it again,'" she joked.
When they're not busy being gorgeous or kicking butt on the big screen, this celeb couple is just like the rest of us, enjoying casual bike rides and trips to the beach with their three kids, Tristan, India Rose, and Sasha.
Samira Wiley helped Lauren Morelli come to terms with her sexuality
As the world fell in love with Samira Wiley as Poussey Washington on "Orange Is the New Black," Lauren Morelli, a writer-producer for the hit Netflix show, was conjuring up some romantic feelings of her own. Back in 2014, Morelli, who was then married to a man, wrote an essay for Mic, explaining that writing for the show helped her understand her sexual identity. "I realized I was gay in fall 2012, one of my first days on the set," she wrote. "It wasn't so much one thing but the sum of many small details."
In fact, in 2021, Wiley shared with Cosmopolitan UK that before the two developed a romantic relationship, she helped Morelli when she struggled to come to terms with her sexuality. "For the first part of our relationship, it was more of a confidante kind of relationship where she was having a lot of questions about who she was. A lot of the beginning was me being a therapist, sharing my own experiences," Wiley shared.
Morelli's love story with Wiley began shortly after, and the two were married during a fairytale wedding in Palm Springs in 2017. Both stars wore Christian Siriano wedding designs, with Wiley wearing a stunning off-the-shoulder white ball gown, while Morelli opted for a white jumpsuit with a beaded bodice and long cape. In April 2021, they became first-time parents after welcoming their daughter, George Elizabeth.
Gordon and Tana Ramsay have weathered a few storms together
You may know Gordon Ramsay as the ill-tempered celebrity chef from shows like "Hell's Kitchen" and "MasterChef," but off camera, life for the London native seems a bit more loving. Ramsay has been married to his wife, English cookbook author Tana, since 1996. These two truly epitomize "through good times and bad," sticking with each other through cheating scandals and a miscarriage in 2016.
And it seems like these days, the two are closer than ever. "It has brought us all so much closer," Ramsay told Daily Mail's Weekend magazine of the couple's heartbreak after losing their fifth child. "You realize how lucky you are, and you reflect on what you have, how fortunate you are with your remaining children, and you remind yourself of what you've got. It's made the family unit even tighter."
However, the couple and their older children shared the good news on Instagram on New Year's Day in 2019 that Tana was pregnant. The Ramsay's welcomed a son named Oscar in April 2019, captioning an Instagram post, "After 3 baftas and one Emmy ... finally we have won an Oscar, please welcome Oscar James Ramsay, who touched down at 12:58 today for some lunch!"
Stephen and Ayesha Curry have the sweetest pregame ritual
There's no doubt NBA superstar Stephen Curry has millions of fans all over the world. But his biggest supporter is definitely his wife, Ayesha. Speaking to Parents magazine (via PopSugar) in 2016, Stephen showed off his matching tattoo with his wife while explaining a pregame ritual. "This signifies that the past is behind us and the future is in front of us, so we stay in the middle, in the moment. I smack my tattoo, and she does the same," he shared.
But it definitely wasn't all sparks and butterflies from the beginning for these two. "He was the cute boy at church that all of the girls were obsessed with, so I made a generalization that maybe he wasn't for me," Ayesha said in an interview with People. But as fate would have it, she kept reconnecting with Curry and finally accepted a date with him over Facebook. And as they say, the rest is history. "He was so funny and silly," she told the mag, "the absolute opposite of what I thought he was going to be." The couple wed in July 2011.
When she's not cheering on her hubby court side, Ayesha plays mom to their three kids. Did we mention she's also a chef? She's authored multiple cookbooks and had her own show on the Food Network called "Ayesha's Home Kitchen."
Luke Bryan is smitten by his wife, Caroline Boyer
If you're a country music fan, then there are probably quite a few Luke Bryan songs on your playlist. There's no doubt this Billboard award-winner has got hits (I love me some "Drunk on You"), and we can't help but wonder if any have been inspired by his beautiful wife, Caroline Boyer. The couple met while attending college in Georgia and eventually wed in 2006. After all those years, the singer is still smitten. "It was love at first sight with Caroline — those blue eyes of hers," he said in an interview with Good Housekeeping, adding, "I knew that, no matter what, I was going to make my way over to her."
The couple has one of the strongest marriages in country music. They celebrated their 16th wedding anniversary in December 2022, with Bryan sharing a touching post on Instagram that included a funny photo of the pair. "Happy 16th anniversary love. It is so amazing sharing this life with you. Thank you for putting up with all my craziness I throw your way. I've loved you since the second I saw you. It's truly remarkable what we've done together. I love you to the moon and back and here's to 100 more. Love you," he wrote. Now that's one lucky wife!
Matt Damon and Luciana Barroso have been married for almost 20 years
If you don't recognize Luciana Barroso from the silver screen, that's because the Argentine beauty isn't an actress. Barroso and her famous hubby met back in 2003 while he was filming "Stuck On You" in Miami. In 2011, Damon recalled the couple's fateful first encounter on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" after friends dragged him out to a bar where Barroso was a bartender. "I literally saw her across a crowded room, literally," he said. "Eight years and four kids later, that's my life. I don't know how else our paths would've crossed if that didn't happen."
Reflecting with Vogue Australia in 2018 about the first time they met, Barroso revealed that she wasn't sure how Damon would take the news that she was already a mother to a four-year-old daughter from a previous relationship. "Some guys might have been different, they might think it's complicated, but for him it wasn't. When you meet somebody that you have a connection with, that's just the person that you have a connection with, all the other stuff – the movie star part – wasn't really a factor. It was just Matt, to me he's just Matt," she shared. The couple wed in a private ceremony in New York City Hall in 2005 and has since welcomed three daughters. Damon and Barroso truly have one of the strongest marriages in Hollywood.
Henry Golding and Liv Lo Golding have a great first encounter story
Henry Golding had fans drooling over him when he starred in 2018's "Crazy Rich Asians," and we loved watching him steal our hearts in the holiday movie "Last Christmas" alongside Emilia Clarke. Unfortunately for us, Golding is happily taken and has been since 2016.
Golding is married to yoga instructor and FitSphere business owner Liv Lo Golding. However, the couple goes back to 2010, when they first met at a New Year's Eve party. Recalling that day, Henry spilled during an interview on "Live With Kelly and Ryan" that Liv made the first move. "She steps in my way, and she's like, 'Why haven't you said hello to me yet? I'm leaving tomorrow, and you're never going to see me again. What are you going to do about it?'" Henry shared. Liv's forwardness was something that really attracted the actor, who added, "It's hot when a girl just takes you pretty much by the collar."
The couple welcomed their first child, a daughter named Lyla, in March 2021. In May, Henry posted a black-and-white Instagram photo of himself holding his wife's stomach with their daughter Lyla sitting between mom and dad to share that they were expecting their second child.
Idris Elba gave marriage another shot when he met Sabrina Dhowre
In an interview with Essence in 2017, actor Idris Elba famously stated that he'd never get married again after going through two failed marriages, "Am I ever gonna get remarried? I don't think so. Yeah, I don't think so. Marriage is an institution of sorts. And I've done it. It's not for everybody." Interestingly, that same year, he ended up meeting model Sabrina Dhowre, and he had no idea that he would completely change his tune.
By 2018, the couple was engaged, and the following year Elba and Dhowre tied the knot in a three-day wedding celebration in Morrocco. Speaking about finding love again with Dhowre, Elba told People, "She makes me laugh, and we share common goals. She makes me happy. She makes me celebrate my successes and when I'm not too sure about stuff, she makes me think."
"The Office" actor also took back his no-marriage comment when speaking to the women on "The View." "I have been married before and famously said I wouldn't get married again. But I met someone that opened me up. I'm actually the happiest I've been in a long time," the "Beast" actor said (via People). They do say you find love when you least expect it, right?
Christian Bale has been married to Sibi Blazic for over two decades
Christian Bale has been married for over 20 years, but you probably wouldn't have known that since he and his wife, Sibi Blazic, like to keep their relationship under the radar. However, the couple, who married in 2000 and welcomed two children, has one of the strongest marriages in the business. Keeping most of their lives private has probably been the key to their successful union.
The secret to their marriage bliss could also come from the fact that Blazic isn't a well-known star. She has previously worked as a personal assistant to Winona Ryder, which is reportedly how she met Bale and has worked as a model and a stunt driver. In fact, she used her skills on the set of Bale's movie "The Dark Knight Rises." The actor told The Wall Street Journal in 2014, "My wife was a stunt driver, she was chasing me through the city in 'Batman.' She was driving one of the cop cars. She can do 180s and all that. She terrifies me. My wife terrifies me."
Blazic has also reportedly worked alongside her husband as a stunt driver in "Ford v Ferrari." Now that's one super cool wife!
Vince Vaughn found the one in Kyla Weber
Vince Vaughn's bachelor days were officially over after meeting Canadian real estate agent Kyla Weber. In 2009, the "Wedding Crashers" actor told CNN that he was ready to settle down after revealing that he and Weber were engaged. "Recently, for the first time, I decided that something I actively wanted was to be married and have kids. I always thought I would like to have kids someday, but it became a priority of mine just recently, and I met someone, and I'm engaged now," he shared. The following year, Vaughn and Weber tied the knot in Chicago, Vaughn's hometown.
The pair seems like the perfect match, having now surpassed a decade of marriage. After the couple wed, Vince gushed about his wife on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." "I met the best girl in the world," the actor said, adding, "It gives you such a great purpose in your life. If I would've met her, I would've don't it a long time ago, so I'm very, very happy." The couple also shares two children: Locklyn and Vernon.
Though we don't hear much about this Hollywood couple, Vaughn found himself in the tabloids after The Hollywood Reporter stated that he was arrested for a DUI and resisting arrest in California in June 2018. Weber was allegedly there to bail her husband out. He was sentenced to three years probation and had to complete a three-month alcohol program, per USA Today.
Frankie Muniz found love with Paige Price
Actor-turned-racecar driver Frankie Muniz knows that there's one woman who will always be cheering him on when he crosses that finish line. That woman is his gorgeous wife, Paige Price, who eloped with the "Malcolm in the Middle" actor in 2019 before having their official wedding ceremony in February 2020.
There isn't much information on Price; however, she used to work as a presenter on a golf network. In February, Price posted a series of videos on Instagram at a driving range and thanked her hubby for pushing her into getting her golf swing back. But, when she isn't golfing, Price shares Instagram photos with Muniz at his races. Price is seen hugging Muniz, dressed in his race gear in one black-and-white photo while at the racetrack in March.
The couple also loves sharing adorable photos of their son, Mauz, who was born in March 2021. To celebrate Muniz's first Father's Day, Price shared a touching and heartfelt Instagram post about becoming a family. "I know now why people say family is so important. I've grown into a family person. You made me want a family beyond my cats being my only children. I'm over the moon at the son I get to stare at and play with every single day, because of you. I knew I loved you from the start, but the way I love has deeply evolved since Mauz was born," she wrote.