Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart Relationship Timeline, Love Story
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A Comprehensive Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart Relationship Timeline

The private couple have been together for over two decades. Here, a look back at their love story.

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Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart's love story is one for the ages.

After meeting at the Golden Globes in 2002, they began dating. And despite their 22 year age gap (Ford was 59 when they began dating, Flockhart was 37), they have made their blended family work. Ford would go on to propose to Flockhart in 2009 (on Valentine's Day!) and they married in 2010 in New Mexico.

"I'm in love," Ford said in 2003, a year after they began dating. "Romantic love is one of the most exciting and fulfilling kinds of love and I think there is a potential for it at any stage of your life." They're still in love to this day, and going strong in 2023—in June, Flockhart joined Ford at the premiere of his newest (and probably final) Indiana Jones film.

Here, take a look back at Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart's relationship, from 2002 up until present day:

January 20, 2002

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Flockhart and Ford first met at the 2002 Golden Globes, when he received the Cecil B. DeMille Award and she was nominated for her role in Ally McBeal. During their first meeting, Ford spilled wine on Flockhart.

2002

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One of their earliest dates takes place in the company of James Marsden, Flockhart's Ally McBeal costar. "I'm a harbinger of a wonderful, long relationship, I take the credit for that," Marsden joked on The Late Late Show with James Corden. Here, the couple was snapped by paparazzi in summer 2002.

2002

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"I watched Ally McBeal from time to time before I met her, but now she won’t let me watch it," Ford said early into their relationship. "She doesn’t like to see herself."

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2002

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The 22-year-age gap was the subject of a lot of tabloid news, but it didn't bother Flockhart. "It doesn't faze me," she said. "Sometimes I even say, 'Wow, I keep forgetting that he's 22 years older than me.' It doesn't factor into our relationship at all."

2003

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Sometime in early 2003, they move in together. The two are pictured here at the Golden Globe Awards, a year after they met.

2003

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A year before they met, Flockhart adopted Liam, and Ford would later adopt him, too.

"She's a mother by choice — she adopted Liam before we met, as a single parent, which is an awesome responsibility to take," Ford said. "She's devoted herself to Liam and has done a really wonderful job raising him. I'm happy to now have a part of the job."

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2004

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They continue to date and keep a low profile throughout the next few years.

That year, they took a trip to Llangollen, Wales. "It was just the three of us – Calista, myself and Liam – and it was really fun and a real pleasure," Ford reminisced. "I’ve often taken narrowboat journeys in France and England too – it’s something I like to do. There’s nothing quite like it to slow your life down."

2005

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The couple attends Venice Film Festival together, and look very in love as they arrive by boat.

"I like the way he looks first thing in the morning," Flockhart once said. "It’s not handsome. It’s more cute. He looks like a little boy. You know how when you wake up in the morning and you’re kind of puffy and rumpled and you look kind of vulnerable? That’s what he looks like."

2006

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Ford, an avid pilot, is glad Flockhart supports him in his hobby. "I'm thrilled because it's so important to me and it's the kind of thing that's so much more fun with somebody who really enjoys it," Ford said. "Liam loves to fly. Calista likes the process, she likes what she sees from the air, she likes seeing me happy. I think a lot of it has to do with that she loves to see me doing something that I love."

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2007

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Ford and Flockhart step out with Liam to participate in serving Thanksgiving dinner to the Skid Row homeless at the Los Angeles Mission.

2008

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The couple can always be counted on for a glamorous red carpet moment. Here, they're pictured at the Oscars.

2008

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Flockhart joined Ford at the Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, his first Indiana Jones film in two decades.

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2009

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Ford proposes to Flockhart on Valentine's Day 2009. In September, you could see her engagement ring at a screening of The Proposal (how fitting!) in September (pictured here).

2010

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In 2010, they tie the knot in New Mexico, while Ford was filming Cowboys & Aliens. Their wedding ceremony took place at the New Mexico Governor's Mansion and was officiated by then-Governor Bill Richardson. Ford apparently wore jeans on the big day.

2011

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Here, they are pictured in Los Angeles hugging. Now, their home base remains L.A. but they also spend time on a ranch home in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

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2011

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"On the weekends, I do whatever Calista and Liam want to do," Ford shared about his family routine while not filming. "We’ll take a couple of hours on Sunday morning to go motorcycle riding or go for a hike. I just made a birdhouse with my son."

2012

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"I think retirement’s for old people," Ford said of his ongoing career. "I’m still in the business, thank you. I have a young child of nine years old, and I want to live as long as I can to see him grow up."

2013

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The two look like regular proud parents at an event for their son Liam. A decade later, Ford reflected, "If I’d been less successful, I’d probably be a better parent."

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2014

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Ford, Flockhart, and Liam (sitting next to Ford) attend a hockey game together.

2014

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Though he's one of our biggest movie stars, Ford has admitted he's not a movie lover. "I should be watching more, just out of respect for what the business has given me. I love being transported by a movie. A great story," he told Esquire. "But I do other stuff. I do the dishes instead of watching the movie."

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