Who are the world’s most famous nepo spouses?

Some stars owe their fame to talent, others to their connections…but these celebs have their other halves to thank for their rise to fame. 

Six years ago, Joe Alwyn was a little-known actor, but thanks to his relationship with Taylor Swift, the Conversations with Friends star,  32, became a global name.

Hilaria Baldwin was a humble yoga teacher when she caught the eye of Hollywood leading man Alec in 2011 – but 12 years and seven children later, the actor’s wife now has one million followers on Instagram. 

Meanwhile, Katherine Schwarzenegger’s profile was boosted when she married Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt. She is now promoting the release of her new children’s book, Good Night, Sister. 

Similarly, Ben Falcone, the husband of comedy giant Melissa McCarthy, has also enjoyed a increase in profile thanks to his marriage.

He has appeared in cameos in a number of his wife’s movies, including The Heat, Spy, Bridesmaids and Identity Thief. 

Here, FEMAIL takes a look at the celebs who have their other half partly to thank for their popularity. 

Hilaria Baldwin

Since marrying the actor, Hilaria has released exercise videos and a book and launched podcasts. Pictured with Alex in New York last December 

At 39, Hilaria Baldwin is perhaps one of Hollywood’s most famous wives who has never dabbled in acting or singing. 

The Boston native, now a mother-of-seven, was thrust into the spotlight when she married Alec in 2012.

Up until then, the yoga teacher had been focused on her own craft, opening a studio in new York in 2009. 

She went on to launch a number of other studios shortly thereafter. 

Hilaria was working as a yoga teacher when she met Alec at Sarma Melngailis’ restaurant Pure Food and Wine in 2011, and immediately hit it off with the actor.

They tied-the-knot a year later, with business opportunities opening up for the newlywed.

She became a lifestyle correspondent for the entertainment show Extra in 2012. 

The New York Times alleged in 2014 that she got the gig thanks to her husband, who was a friend of Steve Sunshine, a producer for the show. 

On top of her TV work, Hilaria began to build her fitness empire, releasing in 2013 @ Home with Hilaria Baldwin: Fit Mommy-to-Be Prenatal Yoga, a home exercise DVD where she talked viewers through several routines. 

She now often shares short exercise reels and videos on her Instagram page, where she counts one million followers, dispensing advice on how to achieve the poses. 

She also scored a book deal, releasing The Living Clearly Method in 2016, and launching a website to promote it. 

The mother-of-seven is also an avid podcaster. In 2018, she partnered with Daphne Oz to create Mom Brain, a parenting-focused programme where they discussed all aspects of motherhood. 

However, after allegations arose in 2020 accusing Hilaria of cultural appropriation and of faking her Spanish heritage, she stopped recording episodes. 

She has since bounced back and joined the Today Witches Anonymous podcast iHeart Radio.  

Alec and his wife have been keeping a low profile amid the actor’s Rust shooting legal drama. 

Georgina Rodriguez

Georgina Rodriguez, 29, went from being a Gucci sales assistant in Madrid to an influencer with 48,7million followers on Instagram after she got with Cristiano Ronaldo

The couple met in 2016 and now have two children together. Georgina is also the step-mother of Cristiano’s three other children

One of the world’s most famous WAGs, Cristiano Ronaldo’s other half needs no introduction. 

Georgina, 29, was an unknown working as a sales assistant in a Gucci store when she met Cristiano. 

She was propelled to international fame when her relationship with the footballer was made public in 2017, following the  Portuguese player’s split from Irina Shayk.

Now, she’s the one buying designer gear, enjoying a rumoured £1.2m bag collection. 

The mother-of-two loves to share glimpses of her luxury lifestyle with her 48.7million Instagram followers. 

By comparison, Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy, of Wagathie Christie fame, count 942,000 and 402,000 respectively.  

Her extravagant dressing room homes a 150-strong handbag collection from the likes of Hermès, Prada and Chanel, as well as valuable jewellery and a beauty corner with a dresser lined with light bulbs.

Georgina’s impressive garments are sorted on different racks while her shoes are separated into slippers, trainers, heels and boots.

From designer bags to lavish holidays, Georgina has learned the ins-and-outs of the luxury lifestyle, and of course, shares a healthy dose of loved-up selfies and pictures with her footballer husband. 

She’s now so famous that the Hermes-loving beauty bagged her very own Netflix show, titled I am Georgina, with the second season being released in March. 

Her own net-worth is currently estimated at £8million, thanks to her different brand deals and reality TV series. 

Katherine Schwarzenegger 

The eldest child of Arnold, Katherine Schwarzenegger was a relative unknown when she met Chris Pratt in 2018. She is now promoting her children’s book Good night, sister

The pair met in 2018, with the actor telling Extra they met in church following his split from Anna Farris. Pictured earlier this month in LA 

The eldest child of Arnold, Katherine Schwarzenegger was a relative unknown when she met Chris Pratt in 2018. 

At the time, the actor was at the top of his fame, hot from his success as Starlord in Guardians of the Galaxy and his starring role in the Jurassic World franchise. 

Meanwhile Katherine was working as a self-help author, having written a number of different books.  

The Office actor revealed in Extra magazine that the pair met at church: ‘It was a lot of kismet, and a lot of connections, but that was where we met.’

The couple married in 2019, and have welcomed two children since their nuptials. 

The association with the actor threw camera-shy Katherine into the limelight and she has now seen her follower count on Instagram multiply, reaching 1 million earlier this year.

She has also continued to write, and is currently promoting her second children’s book, Good Night, Sister.

She has been relying on her social media following to document her book tour and recommending the novel online. 

The Hollywood wife is also using her Instagram account to discuss a wide range of parenting issues with experts on her BDA Baby show – Before, During and After Baby – which she hosts via Instagram live. 

She also benefits from several brand endorsements like Elvie, Moshlife and food brands, which she promotes in cooking videos on her Instagram account. 

Chrissy Teigen 

Since meeting John Legend in 2006, Chrissy Teigen has published three cooking books and counts 41.5million followers on Instagram

The couple tied the knot in 2013 after several years of dating. Chrissy became popular online thanks to her sarcastic retorts on social media. Pictured at the the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party

Chrissy Teigen was working as a model when she met future husband John Legend on the video set for his 2006 song Stereo.

The couple have been married since 2013, when they held a destination wedding in Lake Como, Italy.

Luna was born in April 2016 and Miles followed in May 2018. The couple also experienced the loss of a third child, son Jack, in September 2020.

Legend is currently the star of a residency in Nevada called Love In Las Vegas.

It’s anchored at Planet Hollywood and takes fans on a trip through different parts of the superstar’s life.

While she was a relative unknown when she met her husband, Chrissy, has managed to gather 41.5million Instagram fans.

Her very own blend of humour, insights into celebrity life and honest posts about motherhood have meant she has built up a solid following online. 

While she was a model when she met John, the mother-of-three has reconverted herself into a recipe maven who has published three cookbooks and often advertises its recipes on her social media channels. 

In 2016, she released 2016 Cravings: Recipes for All of the Food You Want to Eat and followed up her 2018 with Cravings: Hungry For More. 

The star released her third cookbook, Cravings: All Together: Recipes To Love in 2021, after being ‘cancelled’ for cyber-bullying that year. 

‘Bursting with joy right now, for my third cookbook is finally here!’ Chrissy announced on Instagram. 

‘It is incredibly hard to put into words what this book means to me. 

‘How do you come up with a funny, enticing caption for a book that quite literally saved you,’ she said at the time, announcing the release on Instagram. 

Larsa Pippen 

Larsa Pippen rose to fame after she married the NBA player Scottie Pippen in 1997, and becoming one of the original cast members od The Real Housewives of Miami, but she currently dating Michael Jordan’s son

Scottie and Larsa were together for nearly twenty years, but split in 2016, before reconciling in 2018. They eventually called it quits in 2018 and their divorce was finalised in 2021. Pictured in 2017 

She is currently dating Michael Jordan’s son, but Larsa Pippen’s claim to fame is her relationship with Chicago Bulls’ alum Scottie Pippen, 57.

The TV personality, was married to Pippen from 1997 to 2021. The couple, who have four children together, went through some high and lows, splitting in 2016 before reconciling in 2018, but eventually decided to call it quits. 

While Scottie and Larsa, 48, are still friends and co-parent their children together, the mother-of-two has demonstrated her entrepreneurial spirit several times.

She has been an original cast member of the Real Housewives of Miami since the show debuted in 2011, alongside Lea Black, Adriana de Moura, Alexia Nepola, Marysol Patton and Cristy Rice.

Her popularity on the show has earned her 5 million followers on Instagram, where she shares glimpses of her glamourous life with her fans. 

Larsa has also appeared on several other reality TV franchises, including Selling Sunset and Keeping Up With the Kardashians. 

In 2020, she released her own jewellery line, Larsa Marie, revealing she hoped the brand would encourage ‘self-love and empowering women to feel like their best selves.’

She spoke about her venture to Yahoo News in 2022, saying: ‘The jewelry business is a tough industry so I don’t have room for error. 

‘I go to bed, I wake up, I sketch something. I put so much energy into it, so much love into it.’

In 2021, she graced the cover of Harper’s Bazaar Vietnam and said she was thankful for the life she’s had so far.

‘I feel grateful for the path I have taken and the life I have chosen.

‘Being a public figure has both good and bad sides. But I value my privacy, so what I’m all about is not known to everyone,’ she said. 

Ben Falcone 

Ben Falcone, the longtime husband of Melissa McCarthy, has been called a ‘nepo husband’ by fans, pictured together at the Oscars in 2019

Ben Falcone, the husband of comedy legend Melissa McCarthy, has been called a ‘nepo husband’ by fans. 

The pair, who are both alumni of the Groundlings improvisation theatre troupe based in LA, tied the knot in 2005 and have two daughters together. 

While his wife has enjoyed a steady rise to fame since she appeared in Gilmore Girls, Ben has remained largely behind-the-scenes.

He co-wrote, produced and directed several of Melissa’s project, including The Boss, in which their two daughters make cameos, Life of the Party and Superintelligence.  

Ben also had cameos in several of his wife’s movies, including The Heat, Spy, Bridesmaids and Identity Thief.

Last year, the pair were out promoting God’s Favorite Idiot, an apocalyptic workplace comedy series that debuted its eight episodes in June on Netflix, which was created by Ben.

It stars Ben and Melissa as Clark Thompson and Amaly Luck. 

One thing is for sure, Melissa is a fan, telling People magazine in 2020: ‘He’s nothing but supportive, and he’s super smart

‘He makes me gut-laugh, like crazy gut-laugh, four or five times a day. I hit the jackpot,’ she added.

Joe Alwyn 

Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn have been dating since 2016. Pictured walking around New York together in October 2022

Joe’s breakout role was in Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk in 2016

While their romance is believed to have been cut short in recent months, Joe Alwyn has enjoyed a boost in profile having dated one of the world’s most famous women for a number of years.

Joe, a University of Bristol graduate, was a little-known actor who had only appeared in a handful of independent films when he met Taylor Swift.

The great-grandson of composer William Alwyn, Joe has admitted in several interviews that he always wanted to pursue acting but was a shy child.

‘I wasn’t one of those kids who get up on the table and dance at a young age,’ he told Vogue in 2016. ‘But I always wanted to be an actor. I just never told anybody—I kept it a secret.’

However, Joe was exposed to the arts at a young age as his father Richard was a documentary maker.

Joe was still studying when he bagged his first major film role as the lead in Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.

He told Vogue in 2016: ‘Four weeks earlier, I’d been in drama school.’

Later that year, the exciting young actor bagged an invite to the exclusive MET Gala in New York, which was also attended by his future girlfriend Taylor. 

And thanks to their six year long relationship, the Conversations with Friends star,  32, won a new legion of fans – in the form of her ‘Swifties’.

Over the course of their relationship, the 11-time Grammy Award-winning singer, 33, and the Conversations with Friends actor were pictured together a handful of times – usually hiding hoods or sneaking in back entrances to exclusive restaurants and award ceremonies. 

Meanwhile he bagged a number of higher profile roles in Hollywood – including a supporting role in The Favourite alongside Olivia Colman and Emma Stone and the BBC adaptation of Sally Rooney’s bestseller Conversations with Friends.

However this may be one nepo spouse whose ultra-famous relationship is over.  

Earlier this week, Entertainment Tonight left fans devastated when they reported that the fiercely private couple have called time on their romance.

The publication reports that the pop star – who is currently touring the US with her Eras show – and the UK actor allegedly had an amicable split that was ‘not dramatic.’ 

Although the pair have yet to publicly confirm or deny the split, fans  have insisted they have worked out the reason behind the alleged break-up by looking at clues from her Eras tour.