America Ferrera discovered her Ken in now-husband Ryan Piers Williams after they met as movie college students on the College of Southern California.
Throughout the Barbie actress’ collegiate tenure, Williams cast her in his debut short film, Muertas, in 2005. The pair shortly sparked an offscreen romance and ultimately moved in collectively two years later, resulting in widespread engagement hypothesis.
“It’s completely not true!” Ferrera instructed W journal in 2007, denying the rumors. “And his mother known as me and my sisters had been calling me, and I used to be like, ‘Are you kidding? Did you not assume I might inform you first?’ After which I put out a press release that it wasn’t true, and that turned a complete information story. So now it’s information when one thing doesn’t occur? Like, information flash: California didn’t get hit by a hurricane as we speak.”
Williams finally did propose in June 2010, they usually wed one yr later. The twosome have continued sharing the screen since their nuptials.
“We met working, and dealing collectively has all the time been an enormous a part of our relationship,” Ferrera — who shares two youngsters with Williams — instructed Metro U.S. in March 2015. “Typically once we’re working collectively we’re fully consumed by what we do anyway. To be fully consumed by the identical mission and be on set collectively in the long term turns into fairly a bonding expertise. When it got here to discussing taking part in a pair in [his movie, X/Y], we thought there could be a built-in intimacy and historical past by way of physique language — the type you see in individuals in a long-term relationship that’s exhausting to pretend.”
Hold studying for Ferrera and Williams’ full relationship timeline:
2005
The 2 USC college students met when Williams forged Ferrera in his quick movie a few string of murders in Juarez, Mexico. Whereas Williams directed the mission, he additionally starred in it reverse main girl Masiela Lusha. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants star, for her half, portrayed a supporting character named Rebecca.
After filming wrapped, Williams and Ferrera began courting.
2010
Ryan Piers Williams and America Ferrera. Alan Davidson/Shutterstock
Almost three years after dodging engagement hypothesis, Ferrera’s rep confirmed to Us Weekly in June that Williams had popped the query.
2011
They wed one yr later on the New York residence of her Ugly Betty costar Vanessa Williams.
2018
Ferrera introduced in December 2017 that she was pregnant with the pair’s first baby. Son Sebastian arrived in May 2018.
“She loves that youngster a lot, she adores [him] so a lot, however she hasn’t misplaced herself if that makes any sense,” Ferrera’s Superstore colleague Lauren Ash exclusively told Us in January 2020 of watching Ferrera together with her son. “She nonetheless takes the time that she must do her job, to [do] self-care. I actually admire how a lot she has continued to deal with herself as a result of I believe that allows her to be as present for her child as potential. That’s one thing I’ve all the time regarded as much as.”
2020
The couple welcomed their second baby, daughter Lucia, in Might 2020 — in time for Mom’s Day. “Mama, Dada & Huge Brother are over the moon to welcome her brilliant gentle to our household. 💫,” Ferrera gushed through Instagram on the time.
2023
Ryan Piers Williams and America Ferrera. Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock
As Williams continuously joined his wife on the red carpet to advertise her function as Gloria in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, additionally they reached a powerful relationship milestone.
“Pleased Anniversary to my emergency contact. My individual and residential for 18 years,” Ferrera wrote through Instagram in June, sharing a photograph from their wedding ceremony. “Rattling we glance younger right here @ryanpierswilliams ❤️#12married.”
