As we all know, celebrities who star in movies or television shows together have a much greater chance of hooking up off-screen. It doesn’t matter whether they play love interests or relatives, working in close quarters makes a relationship more likely. To prove our point, we have a list of 13 on-screen siblings who became real-life couples:
12. Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter — Dexter
Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter are probably one of the more famous examples of a couple who played siblings on-screen and then fell in love off-screen. Hall met Carpenter when she played his adoptive sister on the Showtime hit Dexter and they eloped in 2008. Two years later, they announced that they had been separated for some time and had filed for divorce. The show, however, stayed on the air for another couple of years.
11. Matthew Broderick and Jennifer Grey — Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Matthew Broderick and Jennifer Grey played brother and sister in the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Although their characters did not get along at all in the movie, off-screen these two had started dating. A year and a half into their relationship, they were in a head-on collision in Ireland, which was caused by Broderick driving in the wrong lane, that left the two people in the other car dead. After the accident, Grey ended her relationship with the Ferris Bueller star and turned her back on Hollywood for over two decades.
10. Ian Somerhalder and Maggie Grace — Lost
On Lost, Ian Somerhalder and Maggie Grace played step-siblings, who were a little too close for comfort. Somerhalder and Grace began dating after they were both written off the show; however, it only lasted for about a year.
9. Amy Poehler and Will Arnett — Blades of Glory
Amy Poehler and Will Arnett were already married when they played husband and wife on Arrested Development. In the movie 2007 movie Blades of Glory, the husband and wife played a brother and sister skating duo. The marriage didn’t last though. In 2012, they called it quits.
8. Maureen McCormick and Barry Williams — The Brady Bunch
Maureen McCormick and Barry Williams were not necessarily in a relationship when they played step-siblings on The Brady Bunch, but they did engage in a few make-out sessions. In her memoir, Here’s the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice, McCormick revealed that she had wanted to lose her virginity to her on-screen step-sibling, but his parents busted in on them, spoiling the moment.
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7. Emily VanCamp and Dave Annable – Brothers & Sisters
Emily VanCamp and Dave Annable’s relationship on Brothers & Sisters was kind of complicated. Initially, they were half-siblings, but later it was revealed that they weren’t related at all, so their characters ran off together and eloped during season four of the show. It was decided that the two would become a couple on the show because on-set they had a lot of chemistry. Off-screen, VanCamp and Annable briefly dated, but then kept things professional after the breakup.
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6. Susan Dey and David Cassidy
On The Partridge Family, Susan Dey and David Cassidy played siblings, Laurie and Keith Partridge, but off-screen Dey had a massive crush on her on-screen brother and continuously pursued him even though he wasn’t interested. When the show ended, he finally relented and had a one night stand with Dey, which he ended up regretting.
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5. Lauren Graham and Peter Krause — Parenthood
Lauren Graham Peter Krause met back in 1995 when they were both guest stars on Caroline and the City, but didn’t start dating until they met again on the set of Parenthood where they played on-screen siblings. While the series went off the air in 2015, Graham and Krause are still going strong.
4. Katherine Heigl and Jason Behr — Roswell
Katherine Heigl had a relationship with her on-screen brother – played by Jason Behr – from the WB series Roswell. Their relationship ended in 2001, which was around the same time that the series did.
3. Selena Gomez and David Henrie — Wizards of Waverly
When Selena Gomez and David Henrie played siblings on Wizards of Waverly, rumor has it that they were a couple off-screen. These two still like to tease us about the status of their relationship.
2. Shannen Doherty and Jason Priestley — Beverly Hills, 90210
According to Jason Priestley, he and Shannen Doherty hooked up back when they played twins on Beverly Hills, 90210. The fling only lasted for a couple of months while they were filming the first season of the show.
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1. Chris Pratt and Emily VanCamp — Everwood
Emily VanCamp has a thing for dating her co-stars. She started dating Chris Pratt when they played on-screen siblings in Everwood. They dated for two years before calling it quits in 2007. She then moved on to Dave Annable, but the relationship was more short-lived.
