10 Celebrity Interracial Couples
by kalyani10
In June 1967 a landmark ruling of U.S. Supreme Court knocked a Virginia statute barring whites from marrying nonwhites. The decision also overturned similar bans in fifteen other states. The ruling not only made inter-racial marriages legal all over America but also enabled both communities to come closer to understanding and appreciating each other. Here are ten celebrity interracial couples who have proved love knows no color.
- Robert de Niro and Grace Hightower
Even though Hightower is a singer, actress, socialite and philanthropist in her own right, she is more widely recognized as wife of longtime Hollywood actor Robert DeNiro. The two met in London in 1987 and after dating for around ten years, got married in 1997. However their early married years saw a lot of ups and downs with DeNiro even filing for divorce in 1999 and a custody case over their son Elliot in 2001. But the divorce was never finalized and the couple renewed their wedding vows in 2004 in front of a crowd of Hollywood celebrities.
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- Alfre Woodard and Roderick Spencer
Another African-American woman who has found long term happiness with a white partner is Alfre Woodard, a Golden Globe Award-winning film, TV and stage actress. She has been married to writer Roderick Spencer for nearly three decades. The couple has two children, Mavis and Duncan. Apart from the fact that Woodard is married to a partner of another race, the very longevity of the marriage in a place like Hollywood where marriages rarely last longer than fashion runway trends, has surprised many. But Woodard is believed to have given credit for her steady marriage to the support from both her and her husband’s families.
- Seal and Heidi Klum
Model, television host, businesswoman and fashion designer, Heidi Klum wears many shoes with flamboyance. And one of them is being the wife of famous English singer Seal with whom she has three biological children. Klum is of German origin and though she became a naturalized American citizen in 2008, she continues to maintain her German citizenship. Klum and Seal renew their marriage vows every year on the day of their wedding anniversary before family and friends.
- Sydney Poitier and Joanna Shimkus
Joanna Shimkus is a former Canadian model and actress though now she is better known as the wife of famous Hollywood actor and diplomat Sidney Poitier. Shimkus was born to parents of Lithuanian origin but was brought up in Montreal, Quebec. She made her debut on the silver screen in 1964, in Jean Aurel's film De l'amour but was soon noticed by film director Robert Enrico and went on to act in several French productions. Shimkus married Poitier in 1976 and went on to have two daughters with him, Anika and Sydney Tamiia, who also is an actress. Interestingly Poitier starred in the groundbreaking film “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” which was a comedy built around parents’ acceptance of an interracial couple.
- Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel
Idina Menzel is an American actress, singer and songwriter who is widely known for originating the roles of Maureen in Rent and Elphaba in Wicked. Menzel is married to actor Taye Diggs, her co-star from the original Broadway production of Rent. The two got married in 2003 and had a son, Walker Nathaniel Diggs, around six years later in 2009.
- Derek Luke and Sophia Adella
Sophia Adella is an actress who is best known for her appearances in films like Spartan, Lying in Wait and Knockout. She is married to actor Derek Luke who besides appearing in various television series like the NBC show Trauma, made his big-screen debut performance in the 2002 film Antwone Fisher, directed and produced by Denzel Washington.
- Ice T and Nicole
Popularly known as Coco or Coco Austin, Nicole is an American model and actress. Apart from appearing in various magazines and publications, Nicole has also made brief appearances in television shows and specials including Hip-Hop Wives, the Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav, The Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Nicole is married to famous rapper and actor, Tracy Marrow who is better known by his stage name Ice T. The two were married on married December 31, 2001 in Las Vegas. Austin and Marrow renewed their wedding vows for their 10th anniversary at a well-publicized event in Hollywood on June 4, 2011.
- Alice Walker and Melvyn Roseman Leventhal
Though not from Hollywood, this is one of the most famous interracial couples from the world of culture and politics. Alice Walker is among the most influential African-American women novelists of the world, besides being an essayist and activist. She has mainly written on issues of race and gender and her novel The Color Purple 1982 won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Walker met Jewish civil rights lawyer Melvyn Roseman Leventhal in 1965. They were married two years later in New York City but soon relocated to Jackson, where they became "the first legally married inter-racial couple in Mississippi". However in Jackson, the couple faced harassment and threats by whites, including the Ku Klux Klan. Walker and Leventhal eventually divorced in 1976 but she later has described their daughter from the marriage, Rebecca, as "a living, breathing, mixed-race embodiment of the new America that they were trying to forge."
- Khloe Kardashian
American television personality and socialite, Khloe Kardashian is married Los Angeles Lakers basketball player Lamar Odom. The two got married on September 27, 2009. Khloe is best known for her appearances on various reality as well as television shows like Keeping Up with the Kardashians even though she also she owns a clothing boutique, D-A-S-H, with her sisters Kim and Kourtney Kardashian.
- Actress Paula Patton and singer Robin Thicke
R&B singer Robin Thicke and Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol are another young celebrity couple for whom love is color blind. In addition to bringing up their two-year-old son Julian, the adorable pair have been keeping busy with their work. "Sweetest Love" crooner is starring on ABC's "Duet's" while the "Jumping the Broom" star already has a full load. She recently became the newest spokesperson for Pepsi NEXT and landed a lead role in two upcoming films. Even then in June 2012, Patton and Thicken were seen heating up the small screen together in the first ever commercial for Remy Martin cognac.
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