All the Best Red Carpet Debuts From Celebrity Couples Over the Years
If you love keeping up with celebrity couples as much as we do, you know how special red carpet debuts can be. From unexpected PDA to loving smiles, it's the first time the world gets to observe a couple officially together, and it's always a sight to see. Not to mention red carpet debuts can serve a purpose too — they let the couple tell their story, confirm their relationship, and put an end to all the rumors and speculation.
One of our favorite Hollywood power couples Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, for example, only made their debut at the 2014 Met Gala when they were already married and shared their first daughter together.
'It was the first time we were ever on the red carpet together,' Lively told Us Weekly of the moment. 'It was scary to put yourself out there like that, but then it also seems really silly to be standing five feet from each other and refusing to stand together. It's always that tricky balance of keeping your privacy but then also not being absurd. And then there's also that thing where you think, 'It would be nice for our kids to see a photo of Mommy and Daddy dressed up together.'' Indeed it was! The two looked absolutely dazzling on the carpet.
Check out some of our favorite red carpet debuts over the years below!
A version of this article was originally published in April 2023.
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After two years of dating, Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet made their long-awaited red carpet debut at the 70th David Di Donatello photocall on May 7, 2025. Jenner looked stunning in this plunging Schiaparelli gown while A Complete Unknown star wore this black double-breasted suit.
Callum Turner and Dua Lipa looked so adorable together at the 2025 Met Gala. The 'New Rules' singer first walked the carpet solo before being joined by her actor boyfriend.
Bridgerton icon Nicola Coughlan and her boyfriend Jake Dunn made their red carpet debut at the BAFTA Television and Television Craft Nominees' Party in April 2025, two months after confirming their romance!
Jason Momoa and Hit Man star Adria Arjona celebrated Valentine's Day in style! On Feb. 14, they made their long-awaited red carpet debut at the SNL50: The Homecoming Concert at Radio City Music Hall. The couple, who confirmed they were dating back in May 2024, matched in cool black looks.
'Off to the next journey with mi amor,' Momoa wrote on Instagram of the star-studded night.
Bill Hader and Ali Wong made their long-awaited red carpet debut at the 77th Annual DGA Awards on Feb. 8, 2025.
The comedians have been dating off and on since 2022.
After keeping their romance off the grid, Hailee Steinfeld couldn't help but support her fiancé Josh Allen at the 14th Annual NFL Honors on Feb. 6, 2025. That night, Allen, who's the quarterback for the Buffalo Bills, won the 2024 AP NFL Most Valuable Player.
'And last, but not least, my fiancée, Hailee, who…you've been my rock,' Allen said to Steinfeld as he accepted his award. 'You are my best friend. I would not be standing on this stage if it weren't for you.'
Allen and Steinfeld, who have been dating since 2023, announced their engagement in November 2024. '♾️ 11•22•24 ♾️,' they wrote on Instagram.
After seven years together, Bryana Holly and Nicholas Hoult made their red carpet debut at the Nosferatu premiere on Dec. 12, 2024.
For the 2024 Grassroot Soccer World AIDS Day Gala, Marilee Fiebig and Andrew Shue made their red carpet debut together after a year of dating. (Yes, these are Amy Robach and TJ Holmes' exes who got together!)
Sean Penn made his relationship with model and actress Valeria Nicov official as they attended the Ceremony Tribute to the actor at the Marrakech International Film Festival on November 30, 2024, together.
Penn, 64, and Nicov, 30, first sparked dating rumors after being caught seriously packing on the PDA in Spain in September 2024.
The ultra-private Saoirse Ronan and Jack Lowden made their red carpet debut at the 76th Primetime Emmys.
The couple secretly married in a July 2024 ceremony.
Lady Gaga made quite a splash at the Joker: Folie à Deux premiere at the 2024 Venice Film Festival as she was joined by her fiancé, Michael Polansky, on the carpet. While Gaga wowed in this structured Christian Dior Haute Couture plunging dress and a lace Philip Treacy headpiece, Polansky looked dapper in a classic black tux and bowtie.
Gaga and Polansky, who have been dating since 2020, got engaged in the spring of 2024.
Brad Pitt and his girlfriend Ines de Ramon made their relationship official at the premiere of Wolfs at the Venice Film Festival on Sept. 1. Pitt wore this black suit and matching t-shirt while Ramon showed off her lean physique in this ruched white one-shoulder dress.
The pair have been together since November 2022.
Hollywood's former power couple, Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum, made their long-awaited red carpet debut at the Blink Twice premiere on Aug. 8, 2024.
The moment, of course, meant a lot for the couple. Not only did Kravitz direct and write the movie and Tatum star, but the movie is where their connection blossomed from friendship to a full-fledged romance.
Kravitz and Tatum began dating in 2021 and got engaged in October 2023.
NBA champion Jaylen Brown and WNBA star Kysre Gondrezick confirmed all the rumors of their relationship as they stepped out together at the 2024 ESPY Awards and made their red carpet-debut. The two even matched in cool black looks. Talk about a power couple!
Exes Valerie Bertinelli and Mike Goodnough made their red carpet debut atthe 51st annual Daytime Emmys Awards!
Right after Sophia Bush confirmed their relationship, she and Ashlyn Harris arrived at the 2024 White House Correspondents' Dinner to make their debut as a couple.
Nicole Brydon Bloom and Justin Theroux confirmed their romance and made their red carpet debut at the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.
The Boys co-stars Claudia Doumit and Jack Quaid have been dating since 2022 and did pose together inside the Vanity Fair Oscars party last year but the 2024 Oscars marks the first time they have walked a red carpet as a couple.
Calvin Harris and wife Vick Hope keep their romance very low-key before and since their private 2023 wedding but treated us to a debut at the 2024 Grammys.
Kelly Osbourne and Sid Wilson of Slipknot have been together since early 2022 and share a one-year-old but the 2024 Grammys was the very first time we saw the couple pose on the red carpet.
Singer Zach Bryan and influencer Brianna LaPaglia often document their romance on Instagram but the Grammys was the first time the duo walked a red carpet together.
Singer Dove Cameron and Måneskin frontman Damiano David began dating in 2023 and made their red carpet debut at the Pre-GRAMMY Gala on Feb. 3.
John Mulaney and Olivia Munn, who have been together since 2021, made their red carpet debut last night at the 14th Governors Awards. The pair, who share their son Malcolm Hiệp, 2, looked totally in love as they posed holding hands and even shared some sweet PDA.
After months of speculation, former couple Dua Lipa and director Romain Gavras confirmed their relationship at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
However, the couple parted ways by the end of 2023.
Kelsea Ballerini and Outer Banks star Chase Stokes made their redcarpet debut at the 2023 CMT Music Awards. So sweet!
Newly engaged couple Justin Long and Kate Bosworth looked as cute as can be in their red carpet debut at this year's Vanity Fair Oscar Party.
Kaia Gerber and Austin Butler joined many other celeb couples when they made their red carpet debut at the 2022 Met Gala.
Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi made their relationship red carpet official at the 2022 BAFTAs in these elegant black matching outfits.
Formerly engaged couple Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande couldn't get their hands off each other during their red carpet debut at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards.
Joining the list of couples who were together for a long time before attending a red carpet together, Suki Waterhouse and Robert Pattinson made their debut after four years of dating at the Dior Fall 2023 Menswear Show. Looking at these two together, it's safe to say the wait was totally worth it.
Although Tom Holland and Zendaya have attended their fair share of events together through the years, this December premiere of Spider-Man: No Way Home was their first as an official couple. 'That was their big thing as a couple,' their stylist Law Roach confirmed to Access Hollywood.
Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton's red carpet debut at the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party was a blend of elegent and low-key: Stefani wore a sheer floral gown while Shelton kept it casual with jeans and a black blazer.
Rita Ora and Taika Waititi finally confirmed their relationship as they perfectly matched during the premiere of The Suicide Squad in 2021.
Though they might be on the rocks right now, there's one thing Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly could always do: command a red carpet. Their debut was at the 2020 American Music Awards.
Just when the world expected Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian to make their red carpet debut together at the 2022 Met Gala, the former couple surprised everyone by walking the carpet together two days earlier at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.
Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker looked like the perfect match in matching black looks at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards during their first carpet together.
Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor held each other tightly as they walked the 2017 TIME 100 Gala together in matching black looks.
Angelina Jolie and her ex-husband Brad Pitt walked their first red carpet together at the World Premiere of The Good Shepherd in 2006.
Almost three years after the beginning of their relationship, Jay-Z and Beyonce attended their first carpet together at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards.
Back in 1995, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith attended their very first event together at the premiere of Devil in a Blue Dress.
Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston gave all kinds of '90s vibes during their red carpet debut together at the 1999 Primetime Emmy Awards.
At the 2018 premiere of Avengers: Infinity War, Scarlett Johansson and her then-boyfriend Colin Jost made their red carpet debut looking ultra-cute together.
Ever since their red carpet debut at the 2008 Grammy Awards, we've loved to keep up with John Legend and Chrissy Teigen over the years.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck made their debut more than two decades ago at the 2002 premiere of Maid In Manhattan.
Over a year after Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds tied the knot, the two finally graced the carpet together at the 2014 Met Gala.
Harrison Ford and then-girlfriend Calista Flockhart were all smiles during their red carpet debut at the 2002 premiere of K-19: The Widowmaker.
Hollywood power couple Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar made their red carpet debut at the MTV Movie Awards in 2000.
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