Praise Rao for onset romance! Melissa Benoist and Chris Wood fell in love after costarring on Supergirl, and thankfully, their relationship had a happier ending than their onscreen alter-egos’.
The actor joined the CW series in season 2 as Mon-El, a love interest for the leading lady’s Kara Danvers (a.k.a. the titular superhero). As their characters’ romance blossomed on the show, so too did a spark develop between the portrayers.
The duo were first linked in March 2017 after they were spotted at Los Angeles International Airport together. A week later, the twosome confirmed their relationship by showing PDA at the beach in Mexico.
Things turned serious in February 2019 when Benoist and Wood announced their engagement. In six months’ time, the couple walked down the aisle, making their union official.
They waited until November 2019 to share photos from their wedding. “I’m always going to remember looking at you every five minutes on this day knowing both of us were thinking ‘how in the world did we get so lucky?’” Benoist gushed via Instagram at the time. “I still don’t understand how, but you prove to me every day that I’m one of the damn luckiest out there.”
The Glee alum briefly opened up about the nuptials during a November 2019 appearance on The Late Late Show With James Corden. “It’s great,” she said of married life. “We had a really, really nice day. It was very special.”
She added that she didn’t remember the highlight of the day, noting: “They don’t lie when they tell you it goes like [snaps fingers] that.”
In March 2020, the Vampire Diaries alum and the Whiplash star surprised fans with news that they were expecting their first child. “A non-canine child is coming to our family very soon!!!” she wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of her holding up a baby shirt and Wood cradling one of their dogs. “@christophrwood has always been an old dad by nature but now he’s going to be a real one!”
Scroll to revisit Benoist and Wood’s relationship, from Supergirl costars to married with a baby on the way!
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July 2016
The Waco alum met the Legacies star after he joined season 2 of Supergirl in 2016. Their characters, Kara and Mon-El, dated, spawning the ship name Karamel. Wood left the show after season 3 in 2018. However, Mon-El returned for the series’ 100th episode in February 2020.
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March 2017
After sparking dating rumors, Benoist and Wood confirmed their relationship by kissing while on vacation in Mexico.
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May 2017
The two made their romance Instagram official in May 2017. “Antelopes,” she captioned a photo of them in Arizona’s Antelope Canyon.
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June 2018
Wood and Benoist proved they were still going strong, making their red-carpet debut as a couple at the 2018 Tony Awards.
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February 2019
“Yes yes yes it will always be yes,” the actress wrote via Instagram, announcing their engagement. The Carrie Diaries alum, for his part, captioned his post: “The happiest.”
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September 2019
Us Weekly confirmed that Benoist and Wood married on September 1 — six months after he popped the question.
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November 2019
The Patriots Day actress revealed in an Instagram video that she survived an abusive relationship. “Everyone deserves to be loved void of violence, fear and physical harm,” she wrote at the time.
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March 2020
Wood and Benoist announced that she was pregnant with their first child together. “The photo is a joke but the news is real…!!!” he captioned an Instagram pic of the Colorado native holding his stomach.
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