Hollywood Husbands: What Do the Spouses of These Leading Ladies Do for a Living?

These ladies may be powerhouses in the entertainment industry, but their lesser-known husbands certainly match their star power

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When it comes to keeping their personal lives hush-hush, nobody beats out stars such as Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway, Kerry Washington or Emma Stone. In fact, they're among the most elusive in Hollywood, conducting their marriages and journeys into motherhood away from the spotlight and off social media.

However, every now and again, these stars share a morsel of their home life, attending high-visibility events and walking the red carpet with their spouses.

And though these ladies may be powerhouses in the entertainment industry, their husbands match their star power — even if it's behind the scenes. Below, find out what the husbands of these super-famous celebrities do for a living.

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Emma Stone's Husband Dave McCary

Emma Stone, winner of the Best Actress in a Leading Role award for 'Poor Things,' and Dave McCary attend the Governors Ball during the 96th Annual Academy Awards
Dave McCary and Emma Stone.

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Emma Stone and Dave McCary's talents are the reason they got together. The Easy A actress was hosting Saturday Night Live for the first time in 2016. On her docket? One of the sketches McCary — who was a segment director and writer for SNL at the time — had written.

Needless to say, sparks flew and the two were engaged two years later. They got married in 2020 and welcomed their baby girl, Louise Jean, in 2021.

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Jessica Chastain's Husband Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo

Jessica Chastain (L) and Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo are seen in Midtown on June 11, 2023
Jessica Chastain and Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo.

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Many may not even know that actress Jessica Chastain is married, but the Oscar-winning actress has been with her Italian husband Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo since 2012. They wed in 2017 at the Passi de Preposulo family estate, Villa Tiepolo Passi in Italy.

They quietly welcomed daughter Giulietta in 2018 and then son Augustus in 2020.

Though Passi de Preposulo comes from one of the oldest aristocratic Italian families — his lineage dates back to 973 — he has forged his own path, working in high fashion. He got his start at Armani, where he worked as the director of public relations, before moving on to Moncler.

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Kelly Rowland's Husband Tim Weatherspoon

Kelly Rowland, Titan Jewell Weatherspoon, and Tim Weatherspoon attends amfAR Gala Los Angeles 2022 at Pacific Design Center on November 03, 2022 in West Hollywood, California
Kelly Rowland, Tim Weatherspoon and son Titan. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

Though you might see Kelly Rowland's husband around whenever she makes a public appearance, for the most part, Tim Weatherspoon stays out of the limelight.

The two first met back in the early aughts but didn't start dating until much later. They were engaged in 2013 and wed in 2014 in a private ceremony in Costa Rica.

Weatherspoon, who shares two sons with Rowland — Titan Jewell, 9, and Noah Jon, 3 — works in the entertainment industry as a talent manager.

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Jennifer Lawrence's Husband Cooke Maroney

Jennifer Lawrence and Cooke Maroney head to dinner in New York City
Cooke Maroney and Jennifer Lawrence. Robert O'Neil / SplashNews.com

Jennifer Lawrence and Cooke Maroney have yet to walk a red carpet together, but the couple has been spotted donning coordinating outfits on various date nights since they got together back in 2018.

They wed in 2019 and welcomed their first bundle of joy, a baby boy named Cy, in 2022.

Maroney, who is a noted art dealer, was previously listed as the Director-at-Large of Gladstone Gallery, a collection of galleries that carries art from the likes of Richard Prince, Anish Kapoor, Matthew Barney and Lena Dunham's father, Carroll Dunham.

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Kerry Washington's Husband Nnamdi Asomugha

Kerry Washington and Nnamdi Asomugha attend the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Kerry Washington and Nnamdi Asomugha.

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At the height of her Scandal fame, Kerry Washington managed to sneak away and marry former NFL player, Nnamdi Asomugha, in the summer of 2013. At the time, the pair's relationship was so low-key, people didn't even know they were dating.

Ten years later, not much has changed, except the pair have welcomed two kids — Isabelle Amarachi, 9, and Caleb Kelechi, 7 — and Asomugha has successfully transitioned from football player to Hollywood producer and actor. The father of three (he has a daughter from a previous relationship) has producing credits on films such as Beasts of No Nation, Harriet and The Banker. And in 2020, he starred in Prime Video's critically acclaimed romantic drama, Sylvie's Love.

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Tina Fey's Husband Jeff Richmond

Tina Fey and husband Jeff Richmond attend the Tribeca TV panel premiere during the 2021 Tribeca Festival at Spring Studios on June 11, 2021 in New York City
Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond. Jim Spellman/Getty

Tina Fey's husband Jeff Richmond might not be one for the spotlight, but he's certainly never too far away. In fact, the composer has lent his talents to several of her projects, including Baby Mama, 30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and the Mean Girls reboot. Richmond's latest credit is composing part of the score for Netflix's Girls5Eva.

Fey and Richmond have two daughters: Alice Zenobia, 18, and Penelope Athena, 12.

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Sofia Richie's Husband Elliot Grainge

Sofia Richie and Elliot Grainge at the Ralph Lauren Spring 2024 Ready To Wear Fashion Show at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Sofia Richie and Elliot Grainge.

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Sofia Richie and Elliot Grainge said, "I do" in a lavish ceremony held in the south of France last spring. In January 2024, the star announced that she and her new husband would be welcoming their first baby together — a girl — later this year.

Grainge's father is Universal Music Group chairman and CEO Sir Lucian Grainge and it seems the business prowess has been passed on. Richie's husband is the owner of the 10K Projects record label, which has 18 gold and eight platinum/multi-platinum singles under its belt and garnered Grainge a spot on Forbes' 30 Under 30 list in 2020.

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Margot Robbie's Husband Tom Ackerly

Margot Robbie and Tom Ackerly attend the 33rd Annual Gotham Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on November 27, 2023 in New York City.
Margot Robbie and Tom Ackerly.

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Margot Robbie and her husband Tom Ackerly are part of a producing team that brought you Barbie.

The two met back in 2013 but didn't start going steady till much later, though they maintained a friendship. They co-founded LuckyChap Entertainment — the production company behind I, Tonya, Birds of Prey and Barbie  — in 2014 alongside their friends Josey McNamara and Sophia Kerr.

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Issa Rae's Husband Louis Diame

Issa Rae and husband Louis Diame arrives for the 75th Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theatre at L.A. Live in Los Angeles on January 15, 2024
Issa Rae and Louis Diame.

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Much like those of her fellow leading ladies, Issa Rae's marriage is also shrouded in mystery — on purpose.

Of the little that's known about her husband, Louis Diame, whom she married in 2021 in the South of France, is the fact that they go way back. He appeared on her web series The MisAdventures of Awkward Black Girl back in the day and, according to ESSENCE, he was once listed as an international banker on a now-deleted LinkedIn account.

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Jamie Lee Curtis' Husband Christopher Guest

Christopher Guest and Jamie Lee Curtis arrive at a screening of Netflix's "Mascots" on October 5, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.
Christopher Guest and Jamie Lee Curtis.

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Jamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Guest have been together for a whopping 40 years and outside of their children and their unwavering love and support for each other, these two lovebirds are bound together by their talents.

Like his famous wife, Guest is also a revered writer/director in his own right with quite the cult following. He previously starred in the 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap and directed films such as Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, Mascots and For Your Consideration.

The stars got married on Dec. 18, 1984, and after experiencing infertility, welcomed two daughters —Annie, 34, and Ruby, 25 — through adoption.

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Julia Roberts' Husband Danny Moder

Danny Moder and Julia Roberts attend the 3rd annual Sean Penn & Friends HELP HAITI HOME Gala benefiting J/P HRO presented by Giorgio Armani at Montage Beverly Hills on January 11, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California
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When Julia Roberts met her forever love, Danny Moder on the set of The Mexican, they both were spoken for. She was dating fellow actor Benjamin Bratt and he was married to celebrity makeup artist Vera Steimberg.

After ending their respective relationships, the two would get together, get hitched on July 4, 2002, and welcome three kids: twins Hazel and Phinnaeus in 2004 and son Henry in 2007.

Unlike his wife, Moder mainly stays behind the camera as a cinematographer and director of photography, lending his talents to films such as Deja Vu, The Mexican, Secrets in Their Eyes and more.

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Lisa Kudrow's Husband Michel Stern

Lisa Kudrow (R) and her husband Michel Stern arrive at the Petersen Automotive Museum Grand Re-Opening at the Petersen Automotive Museum on December 5, 2015 in Los Angeles, California
Lisa Kudrow and Michel Stern. Amanda Edwards/WireImage

Michel Stern's occupation is completely different from that of wife Lisa Kudrow. Though he's managed to keep his life supremely private, according to The New York Times, he was born in France and later moved to the U.S. in pursuit of a career in advertising and has been an executive for a while.

The two share son Julian Murray, 25.

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Zoe Saldaña's Husband Marco Perego

Zoe Saldana and Marco Perego attend the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Zoe Saldana and Marco Perego.

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From the moment Zoe Saldaña saw the back of her husband's head on a flight to New York in 2013, she was smitten. Clearly, the feeling was mutual as she and Marco Perego tied the knot a few months later, in the summer of 2013.

And while his wife has starred in blockbusters such as Avatar, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Adam Project and more, Perego has made a name for himself as a visual artist, with works featured at Art Basel, the Royal Arts Academy in London, Zurich’s Galerie Gmurzynska and the Museo Tuscolano in Rome, according to ELLE. He is also a producer and writer, having worked on The Absence of Eden, Burn to Shine and Days of Abandonment.

He and Saldaña share three kids: twins Cy Aridio and Bowie Ezio, 9, and another son, Zen Anton Hilario, 7.

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Amanda Seyfried's Husband Thomas Sadoski

Thomas Sadoski and actress Amanda Seyfried attend the premiere of "Twin Peaks" at Ace Hotel on May 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California
Thomas Sadoski and Amanda Seyfried. Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic

Marrying your costar might be cliché in Hollywood, but Amanda Seyfried and her husband Thomas Sadoski worked together twice before they became an item. The actors first met while starring in an Off-Broadway play in 2015 and they were later reunited for the film The Last Word that same year. They began dating in March 2016, before saying "I do" in 2017.

And while Seyfried is easily recognizable for her work in Mama Mia!, Mean Girls, Dear John and more, Sadoski is an established actor himself, with credits in John Wick, Wild, The Newsroom, Life in Pieces among other films and TV shows.

The two thespians have two kids: daughter Nina, 6, and son Thomas, 3.

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Jessica Alba's Husband Cash Warren

Cash Warren and Jessica Alba attend the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg
Cash Warren and Jessica Alba.

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Jessica Alba met her husband Cash Warren when she was working on Fantastic Four back in 2004. At the time, he was serving as the director's assistant and was tasked with the job of taking photos of Alba in different contact lenses. (Was it all that gazing into each other's eyes that had them smitten?)

Warren has since evolved into film and television producing and has worked on projects such as Crips and Bloods: Made in America, Being Terry Kennedy and In the Blood.

Warren and Alba have three kids: Honor Marie, 15, Haven Garner, 12, and Hayes Alba, 6.

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Heidi Klum's Husband Tom Kaulitz

Tom Kaulitz and Heidi Klum attend the amfAR Cannes Gala 2023
Tom Kaulitz and Heidi Klum.

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Heidi Klum's husband Tom Kaulitz is not only a twin, but a talented one at that. Tom and his twin brother Bill formed their rock band, Tokio Hotel, when they were teenagers, and they've been dedicated musicians since. (Gustav Schäfer serves as the drummer, while Georg Listing plays the bass.)

Klum and Kaulitz first sparked rumors they were an item back in 2018, before making their relationship publicly official on the Cannes amfAR Gala red carpet together that same year.

The lovebirds got married in 2019.

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Amy Schumer's Husband Chris Fischer

Amy Schumer and Chris Fischer attend the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 27, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California
Amy Schumer and Chris Fischer. Arturo Holmes/FilmMagic

Amy Schumer kept her courtship with Chris Fischer fairly private. By the time she made their relationship Instagram official in February 2018, they were already headed down the aisle and would marry a couple of days later in a secret ceremony in Malibu.

Schumer and Fischer — who's a professional chef — welcomed their bundle of joy, a baby boy named Gene David, on May 5, 2019.

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Serena Williams' Husband Alexis Ohanian

Alexis Ohanian, Serena Williams, and Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. at the AFI Fest premiere of "King Richard" in 2021
Alexis Ohanian, Serena Williams and daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr.

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Alexis Ohanian is not only the man who stole Serena Williams' heart, but he's also a super successful tech entrepreneur. He is known for being one of the founders of Reddit, but has also invested in companies such as Instacart, Patreon, Daily Harvest and Clubhouse.

Ohanian and Williams share two daughters: Alexis Olympia, born on Sept. 1, 2017, and Adira River, born in August 2023.

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Aubrey Plaza's Husband Jeff Baena

Jeff Baena and Aubrey Plaza attend Lisa Edelstein's Birthday Party at Private Residence on May 21, 2016 in Silverlake, CA
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Aubrey Plaza struck the jackpot when she got together with Jeff Baena back in 2011 as the two are not only husband and wife, but frequent collaborators. Plaza has worked with her writer/director hubby on projects such as Life After BethJoshy, The Little Hours and Spin Me Round.

The two got married in 2021.

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Anne Hathaway's Husband Adam Shulman

Adam Shulman and Anne Hathaway attend the Valentino Haute Couture Spring Summer 2023
Adam Shulman and Anne Hathaway.

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Anne Hathaway's husband Adam Shulman is also an actor, but it's his talents as a jewelry designer that'll make you swoon. When proposing to the Princess Diaries actress back in 2012, Shulman decided to make the engagement ring personal by designing it himself.

"He had a very strong vision for what he knew Anne would love," Greg Kwiat, owner of diamond jewelry company Kwiat and Shulman's collaborator, told PEOPLE.

The pair share two children, sons Jonathan 7, and Jack, 3.

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Adele's Beau Rich Paul

Rich Paul and Adele attend a basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks
Rich Paul and Adele.

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Though Adele has never confirmed if she and longtime partner Rich Paul are husband and wife, the "Rolling in the Deep" singer referred to him as such during her Las Vegas residency back in September.

Regardless, the two have been super tight-lipped about their relationship, but they first popped up at an NBA game together back in 2021 and shortly confirmed they were an item thereafter.

Paul is a sports agent. Among his top-tier clientele is his longtime friend LeBron James, as well as Ben Simmons and Trae Young. He is the founder of Klutch Sports Group.

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