Celebrities Who Made Their Second Marriages Last

Tom Hanks was still married to his college sweetheart Samantha Lewes when love bloomed for him and co-star Rita Wilson on the set their 1985 comedy Volunteers. “Rita and I just looked at each other and — kaboing — that was that,” Hanks said in an interview. “I asked Rita if it was the real thing for her, and it just couldn’t be denied.” Married in 1998, the couple recently celebrated their 31st anniversary.

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Director Steven Spielberg and actress Amy Irving married in 1985, but the marriage ended when Spielberg began a romance with actress Kate Capshaw on the set of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Spielberg's 1989 divorce from Irving has been described as one of Hollywood’s most expensive, with a judge awarding Irving $100 million. In 1991, Capshaw converted to Judaism and married Spielberg. They share seven children — one each from previous marriages, three between the two of them and two they adopted.

Will Smith first laid eyes on Jada Pinkett when she auditioned for a role on his hit sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel Air and the two felt an immediate attraction. However, due to a series of romantic hits and misses, Smith wound up marrying Sheree Zampino in 1992. The union was short-lived and they split in 1995. Shortly after the divorce was finalized, Smith called Pinkett. “I literally walked right out [from signing the divorce papers and] I called Jada,” Smith told People magazine. “I said ‘Hey Jada, what’s up? It’s Will.’ She said ‘Hey, how you doing?’ I said, ‘Good, are you seeing anybody?’ She said, ‘Uh, no,’ and I said ‘Cool, you’re seeing me now.’” The couple married in 1997, and share two children.

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New Jersey rock icon Bruce Springsteen had known future wife Patti Scialfa since she was a teenager, but they didn’t become romantically involved until much later. Scialfa auditioned to be a backup singer for Springsteen’s Born in the USA tour in 1984, shortly before Springsteen wed actress/model Julianne Phillips in 1985. By 1988, the marriage had broken up and Springsteen began to see Scialfa. They had their first child in 1990, were married in 1991, and have remained wed ever since.

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Few Hollywood romances were as public as Nicole Kidman’s marriage to mega-star Tom Cruise, meeting on the set of their 1990 film Days of Thunder. After a whirlwind romance, the two were married in 1990, and went on to star together in two more movies before they divorced in 2001. Kidman later began dating fellow Australian Keith Urban — and she married the country music superstar in 2005. Still going strong, Kidman and Urban share two daughters.

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Julia Roberts has been romantically linked to some of Hollywood’s most famous actors, with her former boyfriends including Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric, Matthew Perry, Liam Neeson and Dylan McDermott. She married country singer Lyle Lovett in 1993, only to separate two years later. Roberts subsequently dated actor Benjamin Bratt, whom she was still dating when she met her current husband, cameraman Danny Moder, on the set of her 2000 film The Mexican. Moder, who was married at the time, divorced his wife and subsequently wed Roberts in 2002. Still going strong, they have three children together.

In 1995, Michael Douglas divorced wife Diandra after 23 years of marriage (he later admitted in in interview he regrets not ending the marriage sooner). In 1999, he met actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, who is 25 years his junior, and they wed in 2000. Despite some rocky patches (the couple reportedly separated in 2013 but later reconciled), the couple share two children and remain married.

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Country singer Faith Hill was married to music executive Daniel Hill from 1988 until 1994, and was engaged to producer Scott Hendricks when she met fellow country artist Tim McGraw in 1996 when they teamed up for their Spontaneous Combustion tour. Their music wasn't the only thing to combust — and the pair quickly fell in love, leading Hill to break off her engagement. They married in 1996, and after more than 20 years they remain one of country music’s most enduring couples.

Lisa Bonet was 20 years old and still playing middle daughter Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show when she eloped with aspiring young rock musician Lenny Kravitz in 1987. They had one daughter, actress Zoe Kravitz, before splitting up in 1993. Subsequently, Bonet has been in a relationship with Game of Thrones/Aquaman star Jason Momoa since 2005, and although he frequently referred to her as his wife in interviews, the couple — who share two children — didn’t officially get hitched until 2017.

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Tina Turner married musician Ike Turner in 1962, and the pair were one of music’s most popular acts until she filed for divorce in 1978 (the reasons behind the split are evident in the Oscar-winning 1993 biopic What’s Love Got to Do With It). In 1985, Turner began dating German record executive Erwin Bach, who is 16 years her junior. They finally wed in 2014 after being together for 27 years.

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