Love and Hallmark go hand in hand! We're diving into the real-life romances of celebrity couples who've shared the screen in heartwarming Hallmark movies. From on-set sparks to lasting relationships, these couples prove that sometimes movie magic becomes real life!
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00:00Welcome to MissMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for couples in Hallmark Movies
00:09who became, or already were, couples in real life.
00:2010.
00:21Jocelyn Hudon and Jake Manley
00:23Love in the Maldives
00:33Jocelyn Hudon and Jake Manley may not have a Hallmark meet cute, per se, but the way
00:38they met is rather sweet.
00:40The two shared a self-taped coach and were also with the same acting agent.
00:44They ended up attending a party hosted by their agent together, and, as Hudon says,
00:48they've been together ever since.
00:49Five years down the line, Manley would propose, and three years after that, the two would
00:53be cast in Love in the Maldives, a 2023 Hallmark travel romance.
01:12Hudon plays Ray, a writer who visits the Maldives for work, while Manley plays the resort's
01:17experienced director.
01:24Nine.
01:27Rachel Hendricks and Daniel Stein
01:29Midway to Love
01:37These two first connected on the set of Virginia, Minnesota, in 2016, a movie that Stein also
01:42wrote and directed.
01:43They later tied the knot in 2019, the same year that their joint Hallmark effort was
01:48released.
01:49While Rachel Hendricks and Daniel Stein may not be high school sweethearts, their characters
01:53in Midway to Love are.
02:05In typical Hallmark fashion, this movie sees the lead return to her hometown, where she
02:09runs into who else but an old flame.
02:24Since then, Hendricks and Stein have ventured into parenthood, with the birth of their son,
02:28Harbour.
02:29Eight.
02:30Katie Cassidy and Stephen Hussar, A Royal Christmas Crush
02:47Katie Cassidy and Stephen Hussar have actually starred in a few overlapping projects before
02:51they got together.
02:52Supernatural fans will recognize Cassidy as Season 3's Ruby.
03:02What they may not know is that Hussar also appeared in the show, twice, in small roles.
03:07Katie Cassidy is also known as Laurel Lance in DC's Arrow and The Flash, while Hussar
03:12played Plunder in the latter series.
03:15It was on the set of 2023's A Royal Christmas Crush where they met, and coincidentally,
03:20where they fell in love.
03:39Now that is a Hallmark romance if we've ever heard one.
03:43Seven.
03:44Colin Donnell and Patti Murin, Love on Iceland and To Catch a Spy
03:48Colin Donnell gained recognition for his role as Tommy Merlyn in Season 1 of Arrow,
03:53as well as Dr. Connor Rhodes in Chicago Med.
03:56Also a Chicago Med alum is his now-wife, Patti Murin, who played Dr. Nina Shaw.
04:06The two are also Broadway favorites, which is actually what brought them together after
04:10they first starred alongside each other in the musical adaptation of Love's Labour's
04:15Lost.
04:16It wasn't until 2020, however, that Donnell and Murin would appear in a television film
04:19together.
04:20They were cast in both Love on Iceland as well as the 2021 To Catch a Spy.
04:32Funnily enough, however, they weren't a romantic pairing in either movie.
04:36Here's hoping a third time's a charm.
04:53The Sweetest Heart and Three Bed, Two Bath, One Ghost.
05:09Chris McNally and Julie Gonzalo first hit it off during production of Hallmark's The
05:13Sweetest Heart, released in 2018.
05:15Although the couple has mostly kept their relationship private, Gonzalo has described
05:19McNally as a wonderful person and a terrific actor, saying that things were easy with him.
05:32It was after welcoming their first child in 2022 that the pair once again had the opportunity
05:37to co-star in a Hallmark production, this time in Three Bed, Two Bath, One Ghost.
05:54Feeling Butterflies and My Grown-Up Christmas List
06:02Taylor Wallace and Kevin McGurry's romance began sometime around 2018 after they worked
06:07together on the staple Hallmark Channel show When Calls the Heart.
06:11They were well past Feeling Butterflies when they were cast as the romantic leads in 2022's
06:16Feeling Butterflies and My Grown-Up Christmas List, released the same year.
06:26By that point, they were engaged, much to the excitement of fans of the network, who
06:30could certainly feel their palpable chemistry through the screen.
06:43In 2024, the spouses took to social media to share a sweet photo of their wedding, aptly
06:48captioned,
06:49"'Just McGurried.'"
06:504.
06:51Victor Webster and Chantel Van Santen
06:53Love blossoms.
06:55Yet another couple who met while filming, Victor Webster and Chantel Van Santen, dated
06:59for four years before getting engaged in 2021.
07:08Although they were just friends at first, with Van Santen even helping Webster with
07:12his dating life, it wasn't long before something more was kindled between the two.
07:16It made watching Love Blossoms all the more heartwarming, knowing that love really did
07:20blossom on set.
07:31The movie follows Violet, a perfume maker's daughter, who tries to complete the formula
07:35of a perfume her father left behind after his passing.
07:38She's helped along by Webster's character, a botanist with a highly sensitive nose.
07:42Unfortunately, just as love blossoms, it sometimes wilts, and the pair divorced in 2023.
07:563.
08:00Megan Orrey and Jon Reardon
08:02Believe in Christmas
08:07While these two have been married since 2008, it was only in 2024 that they would start
08:12in a Hallmark movie together.
08:13They first connected on Merlin's Apprentice in 2006, a miniseries that aired on the Hallmark
08:18channel.
08:19Since then, Megan Orrey has become known for her role as Ruby in Once Upon a Time, while
08:23Jon Reardon has gained recognition for Hudson and Rex, a police procedural drama his wife
08:28would also guest star on.
08:37After tying the knot and expanding their family, Megan Orrey and Jon Reardon would finally
08:41get to play a romantic pairing in Hallmark's Believe in Christmas.
08:492.
08:52Eric Winter and Rosalind Sanchez
08:54A Taste of Summer
08:55Eric Winter and Rosalind Sanchez were wed and had started their family long before they
09:00entered the roles of Caleb and Gabby in A Taste of Summer.
09:10The spouses met in 2005 and officially tied the knot in 2008.
09:14They would later welcome two children, their daughter in 2012 and their son in 2017.
09:18Winter is primarily known for portraying Tim Bradford on ABC's Rookie, and you may recognize
09:23Sanchez from Devious Maids and Rush Hour 2.
09:44It was 2019's A Taste of Summer, however, that marked their first on-screen collaboration.
10:111.
10:12Carlos and Alexa Pennevega
10:14Never Too Late to Celebrate and Love in the Limelight.
10:17Possibly the most immediately recognizable couple to be featured on the Hallmark Channel,
10:21Carlos and Alexa Pennevega have been in a few of the network's projects.
10:26You'll know them from the Picture Perfect Mysteries series, as well as two films put
10:29out in 2023.
10:31Never Too Late to Celebrate follows a dentist and a Spanish teacher as they plan a 30th
10:36birthday quinceañera.
10:37Meanwhile, Love in the Limelight explores what happens when two long-time pen pals,
10:49one of whom happens to be famous, finally meet in person.
10:54Parenthetically, Carlos and Alexa competed on Season 21 of Dancing with the Stars, making
11:05history as the first married couple to do so.
11:08The Pennevega duo seems to take on all their joint efforts with passion and dedication,
11:13so we can't wait to see what's next from them.
11:29Which couple were you excited to find out were actually together in real life?
11:33Let us know down in the comments!