15 Actors Who Met Their Partner On Set, But It's Not Super Well-Known
by Nora Dominick · BuzzFeed1. First, Catherine O'Hara met her husband, Bo Welch, on the set of Beetlejuice in 1988. Bo was the production designer on the film, while Catherine starred as Delia Deetz. "Our first day of shooting at the house was the day that Bo finally asked me out, so that's what I see when I look at the scenes we shot there," Catherine said in an interview with InStyle.
2. David Tennant fell in love with his wife, Georgia Tennant, on the set of Doctor Who. Georgia appeared in a 2008 episode when David was playing the Tenth Doctor. Georgia's dad, Peter Davidson, was actually the Fifth Doctor.
3. Martin Short met his late wife, Nancy Dolman while performing in Godspell in 1972. Martin played Jeffrey, while Nancy was an understudy. They got married in 1980, with Nancy eventually taking a break from acting to raise their three children.
4. Saoirse Ronan met her husband, Jack Lowden while starring in Mary Queen of Scots in 2018. Saorise played Mary, while Jack played Mary's second husband, Henry Stuart. They've kept their relationship very quiet, but they recently made their red carpet debut as a couple at the 2024 Emmy Awards.
5. Viola Davis met her husband and producing partner, Julius Tennon, on the set of the short-lived CBS series City of Angels in 1999. They met while waiting in line for breakfast on set, and Julius gave Viola his card, recalling on Jimmy Kimmel Live, "My mom told me, my mom said: 'If you want to meet a girl, don't ask for her phone number, give her your card. IF she's interested, she'll call you."
6. Daniel Radcliffe met his partner, Erin Darke on the set of Kill Your Darlings in 2012. Daniel played Allen Ginsberg, while Erin played Gwendolyn. Reflecting on the experience with EW, Daniel said, "Our characters are meeting and flirting with each other, so there is this kind of sweet record of us just meeting for the first time and flirting."
7. Ke Huy Quan met his wife, Echo Quan, in 2004 when they were both on the set of 2046. Ke Huy served as a first assistant director on the movie, while Echo had previously worked with director Wong Kar-Wai.
For Everything Everywhere All At Once, which earned Ke Huy an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, Echo was the onset translator. Directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert tweeted, "Echo Quan (On Set Translator) was the secret soul to our film set. So many people have told us how much it meant to them to hear the family speaking in multiple languages (Cantonese, Mandarin, Chinglish, and English) and we couldn't have pulled it off without her."