Riley Keough and Husband Ben Smith-Petersen: A Timeline of Their Relationship

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Riley Keough and Husband Ben Smith-Petersen: A Timeline of Their Relationship

Burning love! Riley Keough’s romance with stuntman Ben Smith-Petersen is a Hollywood fairy tale come true after they met on the set of Mad Max: Fury Road.

“We only started dating after we did re-shoots in Australia because the crew is smaller and I got to meet him,” Keough — the daughter of the late Lisa Marie Presley and ex-husband Danny Keough, who also shared late son Benjamin Keough — recalled to USA Today in April 2016. “Two weeks into dating him, we were at a gas station and I was like, 'I could see myself having kids with this person.’ It was kind of like I knew I was meeting my husband. It was very cool.”

She added at the time: “We’re obsessed with each other, but it was deeper than that. I always felt comfortable around him. You know when you feel weird when you first start dating someone, or like you don’t want to eat in front of them, you wake up and put make up on or something weird? I just always felt very comfortable with him, always wanted to be near him, even from the beginning.”

Nearly two years later, Smith-Petersen proposed and shared the happy news via Facebook. “So that happened,” the Australia native wrote in August 2014, sharing a selfie of his then-fiancée wearing her engagement ring, which he had made from a diamond gifted from his mother.

The Daisy Jones & The Six actress and Smith-Petersen tied the knot nearly one year later in February 2015 in a romantic Napa, California, ceremony, surrounded by their celebrity pals including Kristen Stewart, Dakota Johnson and Cara Delevingne.

“I'm so excited! He's the one! We're going to be together forever,” Riley — who was briefly engaged to Alex Pettyfer in 2012 — gushed to Town & Country in March 2015. “[Marriage is] the right thing [for us] to do right now. Like, I want to have children with Ben, and I know we'll always be close. That's what you want anytime you get married.”

The Zola star and the filmmaker quickly settled into newlywed bliss — along with their French bulldog Grubs.

“Ben got his black belt today in BJJ. He always wanted to get his black belt before he turned 30 and he did it!!! I’m so proud of you,” the War Pony actress wrote via Instagram in April 2021, praising her man’s Jiu-Jitsu accomplishment.

Smith-Petersen also frequently shares loved-up snaps of the married couple via social media.

“7 years of RAD luck. I love you to the moon & back. 7,000 more years please,” he wrote via Instagram in February 2022, celebrating their anniversary with a throwback wedding portrait.

Scroll below to see Riley and Smith-Petersen’s complete relationship timeline:

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2012

Riley played one of the wives of Hugh Keays-Byrne’s Immortal Joe in Mad Max: Fury Road, where Smith-Petersen was hired as a stuntman. When the production did reshoots in Australia, the twosome quickly bonded during downtime.

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August 2014

After Smith-Petersen confirmed their engagement, a source exclusively told Us Weekly that they are “perfect for each other.”

A second insider added at the time: “[I am] so happy for them. They joked about having a dog 'baby' together now and how it was just a matter of time until they made it official.”

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February 2015

Us confirmed the pair wed on February 4.

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February 2017

“Everything is better coz of u,” Smith-Petersen captioned a selfie with his wife.

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May 2019

The couple shared a smooch during a beach getaway.

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December 2019

After the Triple Frontier stuntman needed hip surgery, he praised his wife for taking charge of his recovery. “I’m so thankful to have you every day but especially today. Appreciate was. I love you,” he captioned hospital selfies via Instagram.

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May 2021

“Hippy borfday, you are very sweet & I am very stupid & we are both borderline old now & I love you a lot,” Smith-Petersen captioned a birthday tribute to Riley.

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December 2021

The married pair were all smiles during a London vacation.

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February 2022

“Me ❤️ u,” the actress captioned an Instagram post as she cuddled her man.

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May 2022

They took in the sights on a Grecian getaway.

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January 2023

Us confirmed on January 22 that the twosome had secretly welcomed their first child, a baby girl, after Smith-Petersen hinted at her arrival during Lisa Marie’s Graceland funeral.

“Thank you for showing me that love is the only thing that matters in this life. I hope I can love my daughter the way you loved me, the way you loved my brother and my sisters,” the athlete said at the time, reading aloud Riley’s eulogy. “Thank you for giving me strength, my heart, my empathy, my courage, my sense of humor, my manners, my temper, my wildness, my tenacity. I’m a product of your heart.”

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February 2023

The married couple stepped out at the Los Angeles premiere of Daisy Jones & The Six, their first red carpet since Lisa Marie’s death.

Riley confirmed at the time that her spouse will make a brief cameo in the series. “I don't want to spoil it, but the producers thought it would be funny if he was in that scene,” she gushed to Entertainment Tonight. “They were like, 'Do you want Ben to do this?' And I was like, 'Yeah, that's hilarious.’”

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March 2023

While joking about a premonition she had about her role as the title character of Daisy Jones & the Six, the actress recalled other moments she's predicted successfully. "I don't see the future, but I know certain things are going to happen," she said on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. "Like, when I met my husband, he came out of the gas station on our second date and I thought, 'I'm going to marry him and have kids with him.'"

She added: "I just knew. We didn't even say 'I love you' yet. ... I thought, 'If I tell him now, he will leave me here in Australia at the gas station.'"

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March 2023

Keough looked like an Oscars trophy in a glittered cutout dress as she stepped out with her husband at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party. While Elvis didn’t take home any awards at the 95th annual Academy Awards, the couple were all smiles while celebrating the big night. She got ready for the festivities with Daisy Jones and the Six costars Suki Waterhouse and Camila Morrone.