Melissa Benoist and Chris Wooden. (Picture by Albert L. Ortega/Getty Pictures)
Married couple Melissa Benoist and Chris Wooden are teaming as much as star in a brand new present.
The actors are reuniting to play an on-screen couple in upcoming NBC undertaking, Duo, in response to a Deadline report revealed Thursday, December 5.
The outlet reported that Wooden, 36, will play a “soft-spoken, blue-collar employee” whereas Benoist, 36, will painting a “magnetic performer in search of her subsequent break” and the pair “unexpectedly cross paths.”
Duo, which is written by Wooden, is described by Deadline as being harking back to Daisy Jones and the Six and can showcase each the actors’ musical skills.
It’s not day by day that one will get to work alongside their vital different, however a number of superstar {couples} have been fortunate sufficient to do exactly that over time — even after tying the knot! John Krasinski and Emily Blunt, for instance, have appeared in a number of of the identical tasks. The primary time they labored […]
Benoist and Wooden met whereas engaged on CW’s Supergirl, when Wooden joined the sequence in season 2 in 2016 as Mon-El. Benoist was already taking part in the main girl’s Kara Danvers (a.ok.a. the titular superhero).
Their characters started up to now on-screen – a romance which then transcended right into a real-life romance.
Rumors of a spark between Benoist and Wooden first emerged in March 2017 once they have been noticed at Los Angeles Worldwide Airport collectively. Per week later, the pair confirmed their relationship by displaying PDA on the seaside in Mexico.
Their romance continued to blossom and in February 2019, the actors introduced their engagement.
“Sure sure sure it should at all times be sure,” Benoist wrote through Instagram to announce the engagement, whereas Wooden captioned his put up: “The happiest.”
Melissa Benoist and Chris Wooden. (Picture by Phillip Chin/Getty Pictures for Warner Brothers Tv)
They tied the knot six months later and shared images of their special occasion through Instagram in November 2019.
“I’m at all times going to recollect you each 5 minutes on today understanding each of us have been pondering ‘how on the earth did we get so fortunate?’” Benoist gushed through Instagram on the time. “I nonetheless don’t perceive how, however you show to me day by day that I’m one of many rattling luckiest on the market.”
Their relationship hit the subsequent milestone in March 2020 when Benoist and Wooden introduced they have been anticipating their first baby collectively.
It’s not day by day that one will get to work alongside their vital different, however a number of superstar {couples} have been fortunate sufficient to do exactly that over time — even after tying the knot! John Krasinski and Emily Blunt, for instance, have appeared in a number of of the identical tasks. The primary time they labored […]
“A non-canine baby is coming to our household very quickly!!!” Benoist wrote through Instagram alongside a photograph of her holding up a child shirt and Wooden cradling considered one of their canine. “@christophrwood has at all times been an outdated dad by nature however now he’s going to be an actual one!”
Taking to Instagram, Benoist and Wooden introduced the arrival of son Huxley in September 2020.
“Huxley Robert Wooden received right here a number of weeks in the past and this little boy is all the things,” Benoist captioned a photograph of their son’s hand, whereas Wooden wrote of the identical pic: “Our son was born his title is Huxley he’s wonderful and no it’s in all probability none of your small business xo brb see you in 18 years.”
