By Iris Goldsztajn
7:06pm PST, Feb 23, 2026
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Actors and singers often date within their own circles. But every so often, one of them pairs up with a celebrity from a completely different world.
Here are 19 celebrities who dated or married politicians…
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Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau
Perhaps the most high-profile politician/celeb couple of the 21st century,
Katy Perry and former Canadian Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau shocked onlookers when they first
began dating in 2025, shortly after the singer's breakup from
Orlando Bloom.
Barbra Streisand and Pierre Trudeau
The Trudeau family has always been a pretty glamorous bunch: The elder Mr. Trudeau,
Pierre Trudeau — who was Prime Minister of Canada between 1968 and 1978 and between 1980 and 1984 —
dated the performer
Barbra Streisand in the late '60s.
Kim Cattrall and Pierre Trudeau
Pierre Trudeau had a thing for blonde actresses who were much younger than him: In the early '80s, the former Canadian Prime Minister briefly
dated actress
Kim Cattrall.
Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden
The beloved actress and activist
Jane Fonda was married to the late
Tom Hayden between 1973 and 1990. Hayden was a California
State Senator and a prominent
political activist.
Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger
Technically,
Maria Shriver and
Arnold Schwarzenegger are both in show business. But Schwarzenegger left the world of
Terminator behind to become the governor of California between 2003 and 2011, making Shriver his first lady at the time. The two officially
divorced in 2021, but had separated a decade before.
Mindy Kaling and "Will"
In her memoir
Why Not Me?,
Mindy Kaling detailed a fling she once had with a White House staffer she only referred to as "Will." Though
WaPo did its best to identify the person in question, it has still not been confirmed.
Carla Bruni and Nicolas Sarkozy
When
Carla Bruni started dating former French president
Nicolas Sarkozy, the news totally rocked the country. The Italian-French singer had previously been best known for her moody ballad
"Quelqu'un m'a dit." The pair has been married since 2008.
Sheryl Lee Ralph and Vincent Hughes
The
Abbott Elementary actress
Sheryl Lee Ralph has been married to Pennsylvania State Senator
Vincent Hughes since 2005 — though they have
never lived together, an arrangement that works well for them.
Montel Williams and Kamala Harris
In 2019, the TV personality
Montel Williams wrote on
X, "[
Kamala Harris]
and I briefly dated about 20 years ago when we were both single. So what? I have great respect for Sen. Harris. I have to wonder if the same stories about her dating history would have been written if she were a male candidate?" Mic drop!
Rosario Dawson and Cory Booker
Men in Black II actress
Rosario Dawson was in a long-term relationship with Senator
Cory Booker between roughly 2019 and 2022, when a source confirmed to
People that the two were no longer an item.
Sandra Lee and Andrew Cuomo
The
Food Network star
Sandra Lee was in a relationship with former New York Governor
Andrew Cuomo for a whopping 14 years — until 2019. Sadly, their union
ended in "heartbreak" during an already difficult season of Lee's life.
Marilyn Monroe and John F. Kennedy
There are persistent allegations that
Marilyn Monroe had affairs with both President
John F. Kennedy and his brother
Bobby Kennedy, with one biographer fully believing these allegations were grounded in truth, per
People.
Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan
The legendary actress
Rita Hayworth was married to
Prince Aly Khan between 1949 and 1953. Though he was the son of a sultan, Khan's status as a politician came from his role as
ambassador to the United Nations for Pakistan.
Elizabeth Taylor and John Warner
Elizabeth Taylor is as famous for her acting career as she is for her eight marriages — two of which were to the same man. One of these many husbands was Senator John Warner, between 1976 and 1982.
Jemima Khan and Imran Khan
TV personality
Jemima Goldsmith, a.k.a.
Jemima Khan, was one of the most recognizable figures in the British and Pakistani pop culture landscapes in the 1990s — thanks in large part to
her marriage to the former Prime Minister of Pakistan,
Imran Khan, between 1995 and 2004.
Cheryl Hines and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Cheryl Hines, the actress best known for Curb Your Enthusiasm, has been married to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — Donald Trump's Secretary of Health and Human Services — since 2014. She is his third wife, while he is her second husband.
Kate Mulgrew and Tim Hagan
Star Trek and
Orange Is the New Black actress Kate Mulgrew was married to
Tim Hagan,
a politician from Ohio, between 1999 and 2014.
Linda Ronstadt and Jerry Brown
The iconic singer
Linda Ronstadt dated former California governor
Jerry Brown in the 1970s, when they were nicknamed "the governor and the rock queen."
Daryl Hannah and John F. Kennedy Jr.
Before there was Carolyn, there was Daryl — did
John F. Kennedy particularly like women with a Y in the middle of their names?
Daryl Hannah dated the would-be politician in the '80s and early '90s, per
People.
