Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, George Clooney: These 25 celebrities married normal people

From the outside, it seems like Hollywood stars have a never-ending dating pool. While actors could get together and form gorgeous couples, the celebrities here chose to marry 'normal' people.

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We love a good Hollywood wedding and relationship! The glamour, the guest list, the gorgeous dress... there is so much more. However, sometimes Hollywood superstars choose not to marry in the industry.

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Many of the people in the list above have met their special someone through friends while others have stories that could be in a movie. That is the case for Riz Ahmed and Fatima Farheen Mirza who met at a café.

People reports what Ahmed said about their meeting on The Tonight Show in 2021:

We just both sat down at the same table in a cafe, where we both turned up to write. We were both jostling over the same laptop plug points, like a very modern way of meeting.

The two were friends for a few months before they started dating.

Here are other celebrities who chose to date outside their field.

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Sources:

Vogue: 20 Times Celebrities Married Normal People

British Vogue: The Celebrities Who Married “Normal” People

People: Riz Ahmed and Fatima Farheen Mirza's Relationship Timeline

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