Actors Who’ve Been In Their Partner’s Movies And Shows

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Zach Braff directed Florence Pugh in their new upcoming film A Good Person (2023). They began dating shortly after he directed her in another project In the Time It Takes to Get There in 2019.

2.

Dave Franco has directed his wife, Alison Brie, in movies like The Rental (2020) and Somebody I Used to Know (2023).

3.

Mike Flanagan directed his wife, Kate Siegel, in several horror movies and shows, including Oculus (2013), Hush (2016), Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016), Gerald’s Game (2017), Haunting of Hill House (2018), Haunting of Bly Manor (2020), and Midnight Mass (2021).

4.

Olivia Wilde cast and directed her ex-fiancé, Jason Sudeikis, in Booksmart (2019) back when they were still together.

5.

Helena Bonham Carter starred in several of Tim Burton’s movies when they were together, like Planet of the Apes (2001), Big Fish (2003), Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd (2007), Alice in Wonderland (2010), and Dark Shadows (2012).

6.

Janet Mock directed her boyfriend, Angel Bismark Curiel, in several episodes of Pose (2018–2021).

7.

Maggie Gyllenhaal cast and directed her husband Peter Sarsgaard in her directorial debut The Lost Daughter (2021).

8.

John Krasinski directed and starred alongside his wife, Emily Blunt, for A Quiet Place (2018) and worked with her again in A Quiet Place Part II (2020).

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Leslie Mann has been in several of husband Judd Apatow’s movies, like The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), This Is 40 (2012), and The Bubble (2022).

10.

Angelina Jolie directed Brad Pitt in By the Sea (2015), which was their first film together since they met on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005).

11.

James Gunn cast and directs his wife Jennifer Holland in their series Peacemaker (2022–).

12.

Kate Winslet got the script for Revolutionary Road (2008) from her agent and convinced her then-husband Sam Mendes to direct it.

13.

Frances McDormand has starred in several of husband Joel Coen’s films, including Blood Simple (1984), Raising Arizona (1987), Fargo (1996), The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001), and Burn After Reading (2008).

14.

Kenneth Branagh cast and directed his then-wife Emma Thompson in Henry V (1989), Dead Again (1991), Peter’s Friends (1992), and Much Ado About Nothing (1993).

15.

Tim Robbins cast his former partner, Susan Sarandon, in Dead Man Walking (1995), a role she won her first Academy Award for.

16.

Lauren Morelli cast and directed her wife, Samira Wiley, in a short film called Hum (2017).

17.

Janicza Bravo cast and directed her former husband, Brett Gelman, in Lemon (2017).

18.

Dax Shepard directed and starred alongside his wife, Kristen Bell, in Hit and Run (2012) and Chips (2017).

19.

Jane Wagner cast and directed her wife, Lily Tomlin, in Moment by Moment (1978).

20.

Guy Ritchie was married to Madonna when he cast her in his movie Swept Away (2002).

21.

Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig wrote Frances Ha (2012) together, and then she starred in it and he directed it. She also starred in one of his more recent movies White Noise (2022).

22.

Seth Rogen convinced his wife, Lauren Miller Rogen, to cast him in her movie Like Father (2018).

23.

Melissa McCarthy has acted alongside her husband, Ben Falcone, in many of the movies he’s directed, including Tammy (2014), Life of the Party (2018), Superintelligence (2020), and Thunder Force (2021).