They might be loved up and happily married now, but these eight celebrity couples were once just single high school students trying to get through algebra homework and exams.
While they’re now often spotted walking arm in arm at the biggest events across the globe from the Oscars red carpet to Donald Trump’s inauguration, there was a time when they rocked back-brushed hair and big cheesy grins.
Ahead of Valentine’s Day, DailyMail.com takes a look at celebrity couples in their school days – before they found love with their respective partners.
From legendary Hollywood actor Tom Hanks and actress Rita Wilson, to former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama, it’s time to take a peak at how they appeared in high school.
And there’s one question on our lips: would any of these couples have dated back in high school?
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson both enjoyed participating in school sports in high school
In April 2024, the Hollywood power couple celebrated 36 years of wedded bliss
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson were once doe-eyed teens who both enjoyed participating in school sports.
Forrest Gump star Tom, 68, attended Skyline High School, in Oakland, California, where he was an active member on the track team, while his now-wife, also 68, flourished as a cheerleader at Hollywood High School.
The pair, who have been married since 1988, first met when Rita was cast in an episode of the TV sitcom Bosom Buddies in 1980 and could never have imagined they would end up at one of Hollywood’s most respected couples.
Tom was marred to first wife Samantha Lewes at the time he co-starred in the comedy with Peter Scolari.
The show followed two junior advertising executives who dressed as women so they could live in the one apartment they could afford.
They met again a few years later when Rita was cast as Tom’s love interest in 1985’s Volunteers, in which he starred as a spoiled rich kid who joined the Peace Corps to avoid a gambling debt.
Rita was a cheerleader for the Hollywood High School varsity pom-pom girls
Tom (front and center) was on the track team at Skyline High School in Oakland, California
After he divorced in 1987, Tom began dating his future wife and they married in 1988.
Tom had two children from his first marriage, Colin, 47, and Elizabeth, 42. They expanded their family, welcoming sons Chester, aka Chet, 34, and Truman, 29.
In an interview with Oprah in 2001, The Philadelphia star gushed about his relationship with Rita.
‘The success of our relationship was a matter of timing, maturity, and our willingness to have an intimate connection,’ he said.
‘When I married Rita, I thought, “This is going to require some change on my part.”
‘I won’t deny that providence was part of us finding each other, but our relationship isn’t magic — the way it’s shown in movies.
‘In real life, our connection is as concrete as me sitting here. Not that marriage doesn’t come close to being hell in a handbasket sometimes. But we both know that no matter what, we’ll be with each other — and we’ll get through it.’
In April, the couple celebrated 36 years of wedded bliss.
Will and Jada Pinkett Smith
Jada famously attended school in Baltimore with the late rapper Tupac Shakur
The prominent Hollywood couple married in 1997 (pictured at the Oscars in 2022)
Almost a decade before they married, Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith were finishing up with high school.
The prominent Hollywood couple married in 1997 and share two children together, Willow, 24, and Jaden, 26, as well as son Trey, 32, from Will’s first marriage to Sheree Zampino.
Jada, 53, famously went to Baltimore School for the Arts with the late rapper Tupac Shakur and the pair were inseparable.
Meanwhile, Will, 56, attended Overbrook High School in Philadelphia.
In recent years, the pair have been plagued with marital troubles.
Jada (far right) pictured with the late rapper Tupac Shakur (left) in 1988
While appearing on the Today Show in October 2023, Jada told Hoda Kotb that she and Will made the decision to separate seven years earlier, after feeling ‘exhausted with trying’ to work on their marriage.
‘I think we were both still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be,’ she explained of what caused them to drift apart.
In her memoir book, Worthy, Jada described the separation as a ‘divorce,’ but clarified they never filed any paperwork.
‘It was not a divorce on paper. But it was a divorce,’ she said.
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
Singer songwriter Tim went to school in Louisiana while Faith grew up in Mississippi
The husband and wife duo celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary in October
Although they attended school four decades ago, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill look like they haven’t aged a day.
Singer songwriter Tim was a pupil at Start High School in Louisiana while Faith went to McLaurin Attendance Center in Florence, Mississippi.
The husband and wife duo, both 57, recently celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary in October.
The longtime couple are parents to three daughters Gracie, 27, Maggie, 26, and Audrey, 22.
In 2023, Tim credited his wife Faith for helping him survive.
‘I guarantee you, had I not gotten married to Faith at 29 years old,’ he told Zane Lowe on the Apple Music podcast ahead of Friday’s release of his new album Standing Room Only.
‘A, I probably would have run my career into the ground and B, I would have died or ran my career into the ground, one or the other.
‘It wouldn’t have ever been where it is now.’
The Grammy winner got sober in 2008, but admits his wife had to put up with his wild ways for ‘a while because I was pretty sneaky about it,’ but the Breathe artist put her foot down as their three daughters grew up.
‘When the kids got old enough to notice things is when she finally said “You gotta figure this out.”‘
Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart
Harrison was a student in Illinois while his now-wife Calista went to school in New Jersey
The Hollywood stars wed in 2010 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, one year after Harrison proposed
Long before he became known as archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford was busy getting stuck into after school activities.
The beloved A-lister, 82, was an active member of the Maine Township High School’s social science club in Illinois and his voice was the first student voice broadcast on his high school’s new radio station.
Meanwhile, Harrison’s wife, Calista Flockhart, attended Shawnee High School in New Jersey where she was also an active member of the school community.
Harrison and Calista have been married for 15 years.
Harrison was an active member of the Maine Township High School’s social science club (pictured in 1960)
Calista enjoyed participating in the student council cabinet (pictured in 1983)
The couple met at the 59th Golden Globes in 2002 – but it wasn’t exactly love at first sight when Harrison sidled up to her table.
Speaking to The Times last April, the actress admitted she was initially underwhelmed when Harrison endeavored to introduce himself ‘because I had never seen Star Wars, which I know sounds really crazy.’
She continued to the publication: ‘But I grew up in a small town without movie theatre.
‘I was aware of who Harrison Ford was! But I didn’t think, “Oh this is Indiana Jones.” It was more along the lines of, “This is some lascivious old man and what is he doing at our table?” I was being a smartass.’
The couple would marry in 2010, and she readily admits to being the yin to Harrison’s yang.
Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn
Kurt attended Thousand Oaks High School in California, while Goldie studied in Maryland
The couple – who have never married – have been an item for 42 years
Before he became a household name in the world of cinema, baby faced Kurt Russell played a key role in his school’s baseball team.
The Silkwood actor, now 73, attended Thousand Oaks High School in California.
Meanwhile, his long-term partner Goldie Hawn went to school on the other side of the country in Silver Spring, Maryland.
The couple have been in a relationship since 1983 but have never married.
Lovebirds Kurt and Goldie, 79, initially crossed paths on the set of the 1968 film The One And Only, Genuine, Original Family Band when she was 21 and he was just 16.
However, it wasn’t until they reunited for the filming of Swing Shift in 1983 that they decided to embark on a romance, a move that could have easily gone awry.
Goldie shares children Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson with ex-husband Bill Hudson, with whom she was married from 1976 to 1982.
She and Kurt are parents to actor and former ice hockey player Wyatt Hawn Russell.
Before graduating high school in 1963, Goldie was active in theatre and drama clubs
Kurt is also father to son Boston Russell from his past marriage to retired actress Season Hubley.
Last March, Kurt gushed over his other half in an interview with Esquire, while sharing the secret to their lasting romance.
‘If you’re lucky enough to get with Goldie Hawn, it’s just how long she can put up with you,’ he said with a huge smile.
‘Talk about the whole package,’ he continued. ‘Goldie’s what you think she is: women adore her, men love her.
‘And if you don’t, there’s something wrong with you.’
Joe and Jill Biden
Joe Biden was a keen baseball player during his high school days, while Jill Biden enjoyed lessons in English
The couple, pictured standing on the balcony during an Independence Day celebration at the White House on July 4, married in 1977
Ahead of his political career, Joe Biden attended the private Catholic preparatory school Archmere Academy in Claymont, Delaware, where he played baseball and was a standout halfback on the football team.
And as fate would have it, he even served as class president in his junior and senior years.
Meanwhile, his future wife Jill Biden was a student at Upper Moreland High School in…
