Popular Hollywood Interacial Couples

#1 Robert Pattinson & FKA Twigs

Actors Tom Sturridge and Sienna Miller took the Twilight star to a Twigs concert in 2014 where he immediately fell in love, with her music. The two then met after the show, according to E! News, and the rest is history. Both have faced online criticism from fans for being a couple.

#2 Kim Kardashian & Kanye West

Probably the world’s most talked about couple, ‘Kimye’ has been together since 2012 when they left Scott Disick’s restaurant together holding hands. In 2014 the famous couple got married in a lavish wedding, and are now parents to two (also famous) kids. Kanye says marriage to Kim has made him a better man in many ways.

#3 Robert De Niro & Grace Hightower

Robert De Niro and Grace Hightower were married in 1997. The following year, in 1998, the two had a son named Elliot. The road for this couple wasn’t as smooth as you would think. In 1999, the couple split. Since their divorce was never finalized, they renewed their vows in 2004. Currently, the couple splits their time between upstate New York and Manhattan, and in 2011, the power couple had another child, Helen Grace De Niro, via surrogate.

#4 Michael Jordan & Yvette Prieto

Renowned American basketball champion Michael Jordan married Cuban-American model Yvette Prieto in 2013. The retired basketball player was known for winning the Most Valuable Player Award five times, and for leading the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships. The couple had identical twin daughters in 2014.

#5 David Bowie & Iman Abdul Majid

Legendary singer & performer David Bowie married Somali-American model Iman (Abdulmajid) on April 24, 1992. The couple has one daughter, Alexandria "Lexi" Zahra Jones, born in 2000, and were married until his death in 2016.

Bowie had one other son, Zowie Bowie, aka Duncan Jones, b. 1971, from his previous marriage to Angela Bowie. Iman has a daughter, Zulekha Haywood, b 1978, with her second husband, Spencer Haywood

#6 Camila Alves & actor Matthew McConaughey

Camila Alves and actor Matthew McConaughey met in 2006. The couple was first engaged on Christmas Day in 2011. Later, on June 9, 2012, they married in Austin, Texas, where they reside. McConaughey and Alves have three children together: son Levi (born in 2008), daughter Vida (born in 2010), and son Livingston (born in 2012).

#7 George Lucas & Mellody Hobson

The prolific creator of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, George Lucas married Mellody Hobson in 2013, more than seven years after they met during a business conference! Mellody Hobson is the Chair of the Board of Directors at DreamWorks Animation and the president of Ariel Investments. The couple got married in true star wars style, at the Skywalker Ranch!

#8 Ron Perlman & Opal Stone

In a 2014 Reddit AMA Sons of Anarchy’s Ron Perlman revealed his take on any backlash he has received about being married to Opal Stone since 1981. He said, “Racism is everywhere… You make your choices and you deal with them.”

#9 Ellen Pompeo & Chris Ivery

Grey’s Anatomy’s Ellen Pompeo married music producer Chris Ivery in 2007 after four years of dating. Her interracial relationship seemingly inspired her to push for a 2011 storyline on the show that saw her character striving to adopt an African baby.

#10 John Legend & Chrissy Teigen

The popular R&B musician who gave us instant classics like “All of me” (which just happens to be about his wife!), “Tonight” and “Made to Love”, married supermodel Chrissy Teigen in 2013. The couple saw each other first on the set of the music video shoot for “Stereo” back in 2007, and they have enjoyed a steady relationship ever since.

#11 Matthew McConaughey & Camila Alves

Model Camila Alves did not recognize the star when she first met him at the Hyde Lounge in West Hollywood. “The first interaction, I did not know who he was. At the time he had a really long beard, and he had this Rasta hat,” she said. Apparently, McConaughey made himself known. The two married in 2012 and have three children together.

#12 Ol Parker & Thandie Newton

Filmmaker Ol Parker married fellow Brit and actress Thandie Newton in 1998 after meeting on the set of a TV drama he wrote. “Thandie has no interest in race,” he told London’s Evening Standard in 2012. “She thinks it’s just a Freudian concept by definition.”

#13 Robin Thicke & Paula Patton

High school sweethearts Robin Thicke and Paula Patton were married in June of 2005. The couple started dating when Thicke was only 16. In 2010, they had a son named Julian Fuego Thicke. In February of 2014, the couple officially separated after nearly nine years of marriage. On October 9th, 2014 Patton finally filed for divorce. The couples divorced was finalized in March of this year.

#14 Joanna Shimkus & Sidney Poitier

African American actor and director Sidney Poitier married Canadian former actress Joanna Shimkus in 1976. He has had two daughters with Joanna Shimkus, one of who is Sydney Tamiia Poitier who has played a number of roles in movies and television series. The actor had four daughters with his first wife Juanita Hardy before ending the relationship in 1965.

#15 Maximillion Cooper & Eve

Gumball 3000 founder and creative type Maximillion Cooper wed rapper Eve in 2014 after dating for four years. In 2013 Eve told Katie Couric that when they first went public she “got so many hateful tweets about it” that she “just really couldn’t believe it.”

#16 Ashlee Simpson & Evan Ross

Singer Ashlee Simpson married second husband Evan Ross, son of the legendary Diana Ross, in August 2014, a year after they began dating. The couple had their first child together, daughter Jagger Snow, in July 2015.