With the news of Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone releasing a new workplace comedy for Netflix later this year called God's Favorite Idiot, fans were reminded of all the projects the husband and wife acting duo have done together. Some of Melissa McCarthy's best films were done with her husband, but they're not the only love birds who enjoy acting, writing, and producing together.
Whether the spouses were on the big screen or working behind the scenes on a project, these acting couples enjoy working together on multiple movies, shows, and more.
Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have had accomplished careers on their own, respectfully, but there's something magical about watching the two on-screen.
Tom Hanks' best movies were done with Wilson.
Nick Offerman & Megan Mullally
Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally met each other on the set of a play they were both in called The Berlin Circle, according to Parks and Recreation.
Playing Ron Swanson and Tammy II, the married couple had a blast portraying ex-spouses who couldn't keep their hands off each other. Some of the best Parks & Rec. episodes revolved around Ron and Tammy II. In 2022, the two are still going strong and have a podcast together.
John Krasinski & Emily Blunt
In 2008, The Office's John Krasinski and The Devil Wears Prada's Emily Blunt met each other through mutual friends, via Brides, and fell in love. The couple went on to have two kids together while fulfilling their acting careers.
Krasinski and Blunt have starred in Animal Crackers and The Muppets together. However, it's their film John Krasinski and Emily Blunt had great movies besides A Quiet Place, their undeniable chemistry is what made the movies a success.
Javier Barden & Penélope Cruz
Town & Country Magazine noted that Penélope Cruz and Javier Barden met each other on the set of Jamón Jamón in the '90s. Years later, the two teamed up again as friends in Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
Cruz and Barden have an incredibly private relationship but once they were married and had a child, they came together for yet another film, The Counselor. But they didn't stop there. Fans can also watch them in Loving Pablo and Everybody Knows. In 2017, Barden said this about working with his wife, "It was easy working with Penélope. She is a great actress and we can always challenge one another to go farther, deeper, bigger and smaller."
Lily Tomlin & Jane Wagner
Actress and comedian Lily Tomlin is known for her performances with fellow actress Jane Fond (especially in Netflix's Grace & Frankie), but it's Tomlin's bond with writer and director Jane Wagner that outshines others.
Prevention noted that Tomlin and Wagner first met in the '70s when Tomlin asked for Wagner's help with her comedy album. Soon after meeting, they became a couple and enjoyed working together. The two collaborated on Tomlin's The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe and The Incredible Shrinking Woman. In an interview from the late '80s, Tomlin said this about what makes their work so incredible together, "She’s able to verbalize it and I’m able to physicalize it. She writes satirically but tenderly, and she loves farce and black comedy and broad slapstick. When you put all this together and make an audience laugh and be moved, it’s just glorious.”
Ashton Kutcher & Mila Kunis
Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis probably have one of the more popular relationships after starring alongside each other for years on Fans of That '70s Show would love movies or shows that starred the couple.
Outside of That '70s Show, Kunis and Kutcher have starred in Stoner Cats, Family Guy, Annie, and Robot Chicken as a unit.
Rob McElhenney & Kaitlin Olson
funniest It's Always Sunny episodes and grew a liking to each other. After getting married in 2008, the couple went on to have two children. And while Always Sunny is the main project the couple has worked on together, they also showed up in the music video for Imagine Dragons' "Follow You."
In an honest conversation with Dax Shepard for his podcast, Olson said that she and McElhenney kept their romantic relationship a secret from the Always Sunny cast due to fear. "It was so much fun. And terrifying. We were so scared they were going to hate us," she joked.
Ben Falcone & Melissa McCarthy
Melissa McCarthy married funnyman Ben Falcone in 2005. At the start of McCarthy's fame as Sookie on Gilmore Girls, the couple became pregnant with their first daughter. Today, the couple is still happily married with two daughters.
Fans loved Sookie's scenes on Gilmore Girls — especially when Falcome guest-starred in an episode. However, they've also been in Bridesmaids, Identity Theif, Tammy, The Heat, Spy, Nobodies, Nine Perfect Strangers, and as aforementioned, God's Favorite Idiot. This dynamic duo knows how to play off each other on-screen and it shows in the best way.
Ben Stiller & Chrstine Taylor
According to People, Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor first met each other while working on Heat Vision and Jack. The couple fell for one another quickly and went on to get married and have two kids together.
One of Stiller and Taylor's best movies was Zoolander, where Stiller played a vapid male model and Taylor played an inquisitive journalist. They then went on to perform in Dodgeball, High Desert, Severance, Friendsgiving, Arrested Development, Burning Love, and more. Although the couple took a small separation in recent years, they're now back together and working on Dodgeball 2.
Samira Wiley & Lauren Morelli
Samira Wiley has been acting since the early 2000s, but it was her role as Poussey in Orange Is the New Black that made her an instant star. Wiley's character had one of the more heartbreaking deaths in the show, but before Wiley was killed off, it was the role that led her to her future wife, Lauren Morelli. Morelli was a writer for OITNB and the two fell for each other while working on the series, according to Insider. After acting and writing alongside each other for years, the two got married in 2017.
Since their time on Orange Is the New Black, they also came together for the short, Hum, which Wiley starred in and Morelli wrote.
