Behind every happy individual stands a loving significant other. One can find happiness in lots of different things, but any successful couple in the world will tell you that there is no substitute for love.

These famous couples endured against all odds, despite the ill-intended rumors, the envy, and every other obstacle that came their way. Some of them are quite known to the world; others not so much. In some of these couples, both parties are famous, and in others, only one carries the burden of balancing two lives, the public and the private. Let's see if you know them all.

Kelly Ripa & Mark Consuelos

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos have been married since 1996. Almost twenty-five years and three kids later, they are as fresh, as hard-working, and as present as ever. Their faces are familiar to many TV watchers, which is the primary medium from which the audiences know them.

In the '90s, Ripa won her first points with broad audiences through her role on All My Children TV show. She was on the show right from the start. When Consuelos joined in 1995, it took them less than a year to become an item. Ripa was later seen in The Stand-In as herself, while Consuelos is a regular on Riverdale.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus & Brad Hall

Julia Louis-Dreyfus needs little introduction, as anyone who's had a TV since the '80s was in love with her. She is perhaps best known for Seinfeld and Veep, although she's had countless other roles. Soon after Louis-Dreyfus rose to fame, there was a nation-wide sigh when she married Brad Hall in 1987.

Hall is an actor, director, writer, and has a flair for comedy, just like his wife. In fact, the two worked on Saturday Night Live at the same time. He has fewer appearances on camera but has often worked behind it. Recently, he wrote and produced Picture Paris, while Louis-Dreyfus was seen in Downhill in 2020.

Don Lemon & Tim Malone

Lemon rose to fame through Pennsylvania and Alabama local TV stations, where he anchored various programs. But, it was the NBC Nightly News and the Today show that made his name. Throughout his career, Lemon won three regional Emmys and one Edward R. Murrow Award.

Now, he and Tim Malone met only recently, in 2017. Malone is an animator renowned throughout the cartoon world for his work on Todd McFarlane's Spawn in the late '90s and on He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword from 1985. He is also an actor and is currently filming Idol Madness II: Revenge of Raja. The couple's engagement happened in April 2019.

Eddie Murphy & Paige Butcher

Eddie Murphy is one of the most famous people on the planet, known for Beverly Hills Cop, The Nutty Professor, the first live-action Dr. Dolittle, and countless more. His voice is also heard in Shrek, Mulan, and his unique talent is playing multiple roles in the same movie as he did in Coming to America and Brooklyn.

Murphy's love was always the stuff of gossip and controversy, as is his relationship with his ten children. However, he seems to have settled down with Paige Butcher since 2012, an actress and a model. His two youngest children are with Butcher, to whom he's engaged since 2018.

Ron Howard & Cheryl Alley

Ron Howard and Cheryl Alley are some of the most prominent figures in the movie business. Married since 1975, they are both actors, although Howard is maybe even more celebrated as a filmmaker. He spent the early part of his career primarily as an actor, appearing as a child in The Andy Griffith Show and The Twilight Zone.

Ron's filmmaking achievements include A Beautiful Mind, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Splash, and many more. He recently directed Pavarotti in 2019 and is currently working on several projects. Alley was seen in Hillbilly Elegy in 2020, although she has had a few roles since the beginning of the new Millenium.

Tucker Carlson & Susan Andrews

Tucker Carlson and Susan Andrews are among the very few who have achieved the impossible. They are childhood sweethearts, and their relationship has even endured long distance. In fact, he proposed even before he graduated from college. That was well before Carlson became famous on TV.

Roughly ten years into their marriage, he became a TV presenter and commentator, probably best known for his own Tucker Carlson Tonight talk show on Fox News. He was also hosting 'Tucker' in the late '00s, and more. He and Andrews have four children and are now entering their fourth decade of marriage.

Pat Sajak & Lesly Brown

Patrick Leonard Sajdak and Lesly Brown-Sajdak tied the knot in 1989, so their marriage has entered its fourth decade. This fruitful union bore two kids, one of whom is Maggie Sajak, a prominent country music singer. Sajdak is, of course, best known for hosting the Wheel of Fortune.

He is perhaps the most-nominated TV personality today, with nineteen Daytime Emmy Award nominations! Brown-Sajdak is a photographer. The two live in Maryland and also have a home in L.A., California. Sajdak is still hosting Wheel of Fortune, but he skipped several episodes in 2019, during his intestinal surgery recovery.

Tiger Woods & Erica Herman

Tiger Woods, one of the world's best golfers, has been dating a restaurateur named Erica Herman since 2017. The two have been together for three years now and are often seen together in his competitions.

Tiger is currently tied for the number one spot in the PGA Tour, ranks second in the men's major golf championships, and has numerous other accolades. His love life was frequently a target of media controversy, with speculations about an affair with Rachel Uchitel and many more women. He was married before, to Elin Nordegren, and has two kids with her.

Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are often seen at the Golden Globes and many other red carpet events. They are Hollywood's power couple, with them enjoying fame, fortune, and successful marriage.

Hanks needs little introduction, as his roles in Forest Gump and Philadelphia made sure of that, and both won him an Oscar each. Wilson is famous for Sleepless in Seattle, a movie most couples in the world watch at least once, Runaway Bride, Girls, The Good Wife, and more. The pair have been married since 1988 and have two children. Wilson is also stepmom to Tom's two kids from his first marriage.

Sarah Jessica Parker & Matthew Broderick

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick disappointed their admirers when they married in 1997 if you would believe the headlines in those times. And, their popularity was quite up high back then. Footloose, Honeymoon in Vegas, and Firstborn are only some of Parker's famous performances, while TV audiences do not even need a reminder of her famous show.

Broderick rose to fame in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, was in The Cable Guy, Godzilla, and many more, and he even voiced Simba in The Lion King animation. The couple has three kids together. Recently, Parker was in a TV show called Divorce (2016-2019), and Broderick was a regular on Daybreak.

Keith Urban & Nicole Kidman

Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman are two of the most famous peoples on our list, each known in their own fields and as a couple. Urban's love songs like Gemini, dedicated to Kidman, made sure of that. Of course, Kidman was born on June 20, the last day of the zodiac sign.

He is a world-renown country singer active since the '90s, with hits like You'll Think of Me, Days Go By, and Stupid Boy. Kidman is a world-class actress seen in such hits as Moulin Rouge!, The Hours, Dogville, and others. She is currently working on Nine Perfect Strangers, while Urban released a single titled God Whispered Your Name.

Gordon Ramsay & Tana Ramsay

Gordon and Tana Ramsay are a cooking duo who have elevated the craft to an art form. They married in 1996, a few years before Gordon rose to prominence through his TV show in 1998 called Boiling Point. Today, he is one of the top chefs of the globe.

He is not alone in this, as his wife is also a renowned culinary expert and an author of a couple of cookbooks, Family Kitchen: Simple and Delicious Recipes for Every Family. Gordon is currently traveling the world, testing and roasting bad restaurants in his Hell's Kitchen TV show.

Elton John & David Furnish

Elton John and David Furnish married in 2014 and are both praised as champions of their cause: equal rights, acceptance, and forward-thinking for all. John is one of the world's most famous composers, pianists, and singers.

Since 1969, he has recorded 30 studio albums. He has also worked on numerous collaborations and was featured in many soundtrack albums. Furnish, on the other hand, is an advertising executive and a filmmaker from Canada, known for producing films like It's a Boy Girl Thing, Gnomeo & Juliet, and many more.

Brian Williams & Jane Stoddard Williams

Brian and Jane have been married for nearly forty years and have two children, one of whom is Allison Williams, a famous singer and actress. Audiences will recognize Brian Williams straight away from his appearances as an anchor on NBC Nightly News. However, Jane Stoddard Williams is a broadcaster and journalist in her own right.

She currently hosts and executively produces a radio show on Bloomberg EDU, and she has a bachelor's in political science. While Brian is in front of cameras more, his wife is a journalist in her own rights who hosts the Bloomberg EDU radio show, where she discusses education and other related topics.

Jason Statham & Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

Jason Statham and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley are perhaps a bit younger than most are on our list, but their relationship is every bit as exemplary. The two started dating in 2010, so "only a decade" and are currently engaged to be married. Huntington-Whiteley is a famous model and actress, seen in Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Mad Max: Fury Road.

However, she is also a designer and quite a successful businesswoman. Statham is a world-famous actor who rose to fame thanks to his roles in Guy Richie's Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch. He was also in the Transporter trilogy, The Italian Job (2003), The Expendables, and numerous more.

Jeremy Irons & Sinead Cusack

Jeremy Irons and Sinead Cusack are both very prominent actors who have been married since 1978. After four decades together, the couple has two children, including Max Irons, an actor known for Red Riding Hood and other movies. Cusack had a son before marrying Irons, who she had given up for adoption. The two have reunited later.

Audiences know Cusack from Stealing Beauty, Eastern Promises, and many more, while Irons is a star in his own right. Active in theater, movies, and TV since 1969, he was in Dead Ringers, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Lolita, countless more, and recently in the TV adaptation of Watchmen.

Beyoncé & Jay-Z

Beyoncé and Jay-Z, or Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter and Shawn Corey Carter, are among the world's most affluent couples today. Together, their combined net worth fairs well over $1 billion. Of course, they are both music stars but have long expanded onto other branches of the industry.

Besides being one of the most successful rappers of all time, Jay-Z is also a record producer who holds two records as a rapper, 22 Grammys, and the most #1 Billboard 200 solo albums. Beyoncé also has the record for her first six solo albums debuting at the number one spot, the first and only solo artist ever to achieve that.

Sting & Trudie Styler

Sting, the world-famous musician, and Trudie Styler, an actress, and filmmaker, married in 1992, nearly a decade after a controversial ending of Sting's first marriage. He had just welcomed his second child with his first wife, Frances Tomelty, in 1982 when the affair with Styler broke the news.

He divorced two years later, in 1984, and then married Trudie in 1992. They have four children together, making Sting the father of 6. Now, Trudie is best known for her roles on Empire, Falling Water, and some others, while Sting has been a household name for decades. He is an actor and has recorded 14 solo albums, five with The Police before that.

Mark Cuban & Tiffany Stewart

Mark Cuban and Tiffany Stewart are among the world's wealthiest couples, with the former being a world-renowned businessman, TV personality, investor, and billionaire. Their fortune is estimated at around $4.3 billion. Cuban owns the Dallas Mavericks NBA team, as well as a couple of TV stations.

Cuban is known for his appearance on the Shark Tank reality TV show, whereas Tiffany has her own career as an advertising executive, a TV personality, and a philanthropist. The two married in 2002 and have three children together. The family of 5 is often seen during Dallas Maverick games, while Mark is now also executively producing the TV series, NBA, on ESPN.

Dwyane Wade & Gabrielle Union

Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union began dating in 2008, later marrying in 2014. They have one daughter born in 2018 via surrogate. Wade is now a retired NBA pro, who spent most of his career in Miami Heat.

Union, who is also stepmom to Wade's previous three kids, is a well-known actress. She was in Bad Boys II, 10 Things I Hate About You, Deliver Us from Eva, Bring It On, and more. She was married to Chris Howard before, a pro-NFL player, from 2001 to 2006, but had no kids. She recently starred in L.A.'s Finest, both the 2019 and 2020 seasons, alongside Jessica Alba.

Carmelo Anthony & La La Anthony

Carmelo Anthony is an NBA player, currently Portland Trail Blazers' winger, whereas La La Anthony is a best-selling author, actress, TV personality, and a businesswoman. The two were engaged in 2004, had a son in 2007, and married in 2010.

The event was featured on La La's Full Court Wedding reality TV show, which gave the audience a look into their life together. Besides that, she was also seen on Power, Unforgettable, and is currently a regular on The Chi. La La's success is, of course, matched by Carmelo's three gold medals and two basketball records with his 64 points-per-single-game scored.

Russell Wilson & Ciara

Russell Wilson and Ciara Princess Harris married in 2016 after the media announced that the two had an affair earlier, while Ciara was with Future, her first child's father. She now has two more with Russell, a girl, born in 2017, and another son, born in 2020.

She is a famous singer, actress, and TV personality. You may have seen her in a movie called That's My Boy, while she is credited for numerous movie soundtracks. Wilson is a very successful football quarterback, currently playing for the NFL's  Seattle Seahawks. He was named for 7 Pro Bowls and 2 Super Bowls, of which he has won the Super Bowl XLVIII.

Cristiano Ronaldo & Georgina Rodriguez

Christiano Ronaldo, often considered one of the best footballers globally, is currently dating Georgina Rodriguez. According to tabloids, the two met in a shop she worked in Madrid. They were first noticed together in public in 2016, a year after Ronaldo broke up with Irina Shayk, after a 5-year relationship.

Ronaldo has one child with Rodriguez, a daughter born in 2017, while he also has three more children from previous relationships. His first son's mother has chosen to stay anonymous, as per the agreement Ronaldo disclosed. He also welcomed twin daughters via surrogacy in 2017. In 2020, Ronaldo was tested positive for Coronavirus but soon recovered.

Derek Jeter & Hannah Jeter

Derek and Hannah Jeter are another one of the famous athlete-model couples on our list. They married in 2016 after four years of dating and now have two kids. Hannah graced the cover of the 2015's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and has donned the creations of Tommy Hilfiger, Levi's, Victoria's Secret, and other prominent names.

Derek is a retired baseball player, with five World Series championship wins under his belt and numerous other accolades. His professional career lasted from 1995 to 2014, spent entirely with the New York Yankees. Derek is now a part-owner of the MLB's Miami Marlins and, as of 2020, he is a Baseball Hall of Famer.

Lionel Messi & Antonella Roccuzzo

Antonella Roccuzzo has proudly shared photos of her three kids with Lionel Messi on her Instagram account. Yes, she is the wife of the world-famous football player, Messi, whose name is not just on the lips of every football fan but also carried by each of their children.

The two knew each other since they were kids and were good friends before they started dating. They have three boys; Thiago, Mateo, and Ciro. Antonella is also a model and entrepreneur. We all know Messi as one of the world's greatest forwards, and captains of Barcelona FC and the national team of Argentina.

Salma Hayek & Francois-Henri Pinault

Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault confirmed their engagement in 2007, welcoming their daughter later that same year. The couple married in 2009 on Valentine's Day in a lavish two-part ceremony, one in Paris and one later in Venice.

Hayek's many film roles in Desperado, Four Rooms, From Dusk till Dawn, Dogma, and Frida have made her a household name in Hollywood. She will appear in the upcoming Marvel Studios movie titled Eternals, while Pinault is a famous businessman and the chairman of Kering, president of Groupe Artemis. He and Hayek donated around $113 million in 2019 to help repair the Norte-Dame de Paris after the fire.

Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russell

Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell are often considered to be a prime example of a loving relationship. And, interestingly enough, they are not married even though they have been together since 1983.

Of course, both are quite famous and celebrated actors. Hawn was in Cactus Flower, a role that won her both an Oscar and a Golden Globe, and she is known for many more movies. Russell is a hero to those who grew up in the '90s, with roles in Escape from New York, The Thing, and Big Trouble in Little China. In 2020, they were both seen in The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two.

Denzel Washington & Pauletta Washington

Denzel and Pauletta Washington are both actors who got married in 1983. In fact, they met while they were both working on Wilma, Denzel's first screen project. In their four decades together, they've welcomed four children.

Their first son, John David Washington, is just becoming a star after starring in Christopher Nolan's Tenet in 2020. Denzel has won two Oscars in his career, the first for Glory and the second for Training Day. In 2021, we will be seeing him in Macbeth and The Little Things while his wife recently starred in She's Gotta Have It TV series.

Maggie Gyllenhaal & Peter Sarsgaard

Peter Sarsgaard and Maggie Gyllenhaal are another celebrity couple on our list, both quite prominent in their own right. They began their relationship in 2002, according to online sources, and were engaged in 2006, right about when their first daughter arrived. Their wedding took place in 2009.

In 2012, the couple had another daughter, and their family resided in Brookly, but recent reports say that they are selling their New York residence. Younger audiences know Maggie from The Dark Knight, while Peter is known for Jarhead, Shattered Glass, and more.

Seth Rogen & Lauren Miller

Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller got married in 2011 but have been together since 2004. They are both actors who met through their work, according to reports. However, aside from being actors, both also delve into writing, directing, and stepping behind the camera.

In fact, many currently popular shows on Netflix, HBO, and others have Seth involved in some part of the creative process, like The Boys, Preacher, Future Man, and more. Lately, he's been doing voice work mostly, and we will hear Seth in an upcoming TV series called Santa Inc., also produced by him. Lauren's latest role was in Phobias, in 2020, while the couple both worked on Sausage Party.