NCIS stars’ real-life partners revealed: Eric Christian Olsen, Vanessa Lachey, more

NCIS and its spin-offs NCIS: Hawai’i and NCIS: Los Angeles – which has recently been canceled – have amassed a cult following over the years, and viewers are hooked on the gripping storylines and love lives of the characters. But when the cameras aren’t rolling, many of the shows’ beloved stars, including Eric Christian Olsen, Mark Harmon, and Vanessa Lachey, head home to their real-life partners, many of whom are also in the public eye. Meet them below…

Eric and Sarah wed in 2012

In NCIS: Los Angeles, Eric Christian Olsen’s character Marty Deeks is married to Kensi Blye, played by Daniela Ruah. But in real life, the actor has been married to actress Sarah Wright since 2012.

The couple met in 2006 on the set of the Fox sitcom The Loop. After dating for five years, the two got engaged during a vacation in Mexico in 2011, later tying the knot in 2012 in Wyoming’s idyllic Jackson Hole.

LL Cool J has been married for over 25 years

LL Cool J has starred in NCIS: Los Angeles as Sam Hanna since the early noughties. Away from the cameras, he has been happily married to his wife Simone Smith since 1995. The two met when LL was a young rapper and dated for eight years before tying the knot.

In 2004, Simone was diagnosed with stage 3 chondrosarcoma after discovering a knot in her leg, and LL was by her side throughout her entire recovery. After a 15-hour surgery and over a two-year recovery process where she had to learn to walk again, Simone has been cancer-free for 15 years.

Speaking of their long-lasting marriage, Simone once told Oprah Winfrey the secret to their success. She said: “Putting God first, we both come from a spiritual background. And compromise, a lot of compromise. Picking your battles; respecting each other.”

Daniela Ruah

Daniela is married to her on-screen husband’s real-life brother

After David began work on the show as Eric’s stunt double, he set the wheels in motion to bring his on-screen wife and real-life brother together. 

“I would say something nice about her to him and then say something to him about her, and they’re both like, ‘Really? Really? Really?’ And that was enough to kinda get them started in conversation, and it became this wonderful relationship,” he added. 

Daniela and David married in June 2014, with the actress posting on Twitter at the time: “Just lived the best week of my life; I married my best friend.”

Chris O’Donnell

Caroline appeared on NCIS: Los Angeles with Chris

Since 2009, Chris O’Donnell has starred in NCIS: Los Angeles as G. Callen. While his character isn’t exactly known for being a family man, the actor has been married for over 20 years!

Chris originally met his wife, Caroline Fentress, through her brother Andrew who lived in the same apartment building as Chris in the early 90s. However, it would be three years before he saw her again.

After their next meeting, the couple dated for three years before tying the knot. “I was in the right place earlier than I thought,” he previously told Redbook. “I would think to myself, ‘Could I imagine not marrying her?’ And there was just no way.”

Daniela’s alter-ego Kensi Blye may be married to Eric Christian Olsen’s character on NCIS: Los Angeles, but in real life, she’s married to Eric’s brother, David Paul Olsen – and he was a huge factor in setting the two up.

“[Daniela] was dating this guy that was awful, and [David] was dating this girl that was awful, and they weren’t themselves,” Eric explained on The Queen Latifah Show in 2014.

Sarah has starred in hit movies like The House Bunny with Anna Faris – in which she played a sorority mean girl – and 2017’s American Made, in which she starred opposite Tom Cruise.

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