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Amanda SeyfriedandThomas Sadoskiwent from costars to spouses in less than two years.
The actors first met in 2015 while starring in an off-Broadway play. They went on to costar in the filmThe Last Words, where their on-screen romance quickly turned real.
After a few months of dating, the couplegot engagedin 2016 andeloped in a private ceremonythe following March. They have since welcomed two children, whom they are raising on their farm in upstate New York.
“She’s the person that I love, admire, respect most in the world,” Sadoskisaidof his (then-newlywed) wife in 2017.
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From meeting on set to living a quiet life together on a farm, here’s everything you need to know about Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski’s relationship.
May 2015: Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski costar inThe Way We Get By
Seyfried and Sadoski first met while working on the off-Broadway playThe Way We Get Byin May 2015. The pair starred as two strangers who had a drunken one-night stand after meeting at a wedding reception. At the time, Seyfried was dating actorJustin Longand Sadoski was married to Kimberly Hope.
November 2015: Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski reunite inThe Last Word
March 2016: Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski are officially dating
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Shortly after the pair reunited on the set ofThe Last Word, Seyfried and Sadoski took their romance off-screen, withPEOPLE confirmingtheir relationship in March 2016.
EarlySeptember 2016: Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski get engaged
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A few months later, Seyfried was pictured wearing a silver band on her ring finger while out and about in New York City, sparking engagement rumors.PEOPLE then confirmedthat she and Sadoski were engaged.
September 28, 2016: Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski make their first public appearance as an engaged couple
Seyfried and Sadoski stepped out publicly for the first time since the news of their engagement broke at a dinner reception in Los Angeles for the nonprofit organization No Kid Hungry. While the newly engaged couple walked the red carpet separately, PEOPLE noted that they showed plenty of PDA once inside the event and were spotted sharing kisses throughout the night.
November 29, 2016: Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski announce their pregnancy
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March 1, 2017: Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski celebrate the release ofThe Last Word
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March 12, 2017: Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski elope
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The coupleofficially tied the knotin March 2017 in a private and intimate ceremony. Sadoski announced the news himself, showing off his wedding band and declaring Seyfried his wife during an appearance onThe Late Late Show with James Corden.
“We eloped. We just took off into the country with an officiant and, just the two of us, and we did our thing,” Sadoski said. “It was beautiful. It was everything that it should be. It was just the two of us talking to each other.”
Sadoski also shared his eagerness to become a father. “I’m more excited about this than I’ve ever been about anything in my life. And I’m also more terrified about it than anything I’ve ever been in my entire [life,]” he said.
March 24, 2017: Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski welcome a daughter
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One week after they shared the news of their secret wedding,Seyfried and Sadoski welcomed their first child, a daughter named Nina.
April 19, 2017: Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski make their first red carpet appearance as a married couple and parents
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Seyfried and Sadoski stepped onto the red carpet for the first time since the birth of their daughter at the 2017 World of Children Hero Awards. The couple were all smiles as they held hands and posed for pictures. The event marked their first public appearance as both a married couple and parents.
September 14, 2017: Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski foster kittens
The couple added some fur babies to their family in September 2017 — taking in an entire litter of foster kittens along with the mom on behalf of Best Friends Animal Society. Seyfried and Sadoski are both animal lovers and view fostering as a way to help make room at the shelters for other needy animals. Seyfried spoke about their experience fostering the kittens toPEOPLEand compared it to motherhood.
“It’s such a truncated version of what I’ve gone through with my daughter,” Seyfried explained. “They grow up so fast.”
April 2018: Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski have a date night at theBachelormansion
In April 2018, Seyfried revealed that she and Sadoskihad spent a special date nightat theBachelormansion from ABC’s hit franchise,TheBachelor. Seyfried, a longtime fan of the series, posted a sweetphotoof her and Sadoski holding hands in front of the house.
July 15, 2018: Amanda Seyfried discusses what Thomas Sadoski thinks about her working with her ex
TheMamma Mia!actress reunited with ex-boyfriend and former costar, Dominic Cooper, on the set of the film’s sequel,Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. In a 2018 interview withThe Mirror, Seyfriedshared how Sadoski felt about her working with her ex. “I think he has the same kind of issues that I would have if we were hanging out with his ex-girlfriend from long ago,” she said. “I think it’s always like, ‘I’m so in love with this person, so that person must be so in love with her too.’ "
She continued, “I’d guess he assumed Dominic is in love with me the way he’s in love with me. And it’s just not the case, it’s sweet … I’d rather he be jealous than completely fine with it.”
May 24, 2019: Amanda Seyfried shares a rare family photo
August 7, 2019: Amanda Seyfried discusses having more kids with Thomas Sadoski
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In anexclusive interview with PEOPLE, Seyfried opened up about her and Sadoski’s plans to expand their family.
She shared that she wants to have more kids, but doesn’t feel quite ready, adding that their first pregnancy was a surprise. “I just happened to get pregnant,” she said. “If it happens to you, you just make it work.”
July 1, 2020: Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski give back
“I think any parent, all parents should be able to relate to the suffering of innocent children,” Sadoski told PEOPLE. “It’s just something that’s deeply, inherently part of who we are — that we want to protect our little ones.”
August 13, 2020: Amanda Seyfried discusses life with Thomas Sadoski on their farm
“These days, it’s been me waking up and going downstairs and drinking coffee and hanging out with my daughter and then Tommy feeding [the animals]. And you know what? Our family’s still together,” she said.
She also shared that her mother, Ann, lives with them and helps take care of Nina, which has made balancing her busy career with motherhood much easier.
“She’s our nanny,” she said. “My life is awesome because she is the third parent for us. I am so lucky — I know I am.”
September 28, 2020: Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski welcome a second child
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April 16, 2021: Amanda Seyfried jokes about not having more kids with Thomas Sadoski
The actress also said she would rather film anotherMamma Mia!movie than have another child.
October 24, 2021: Amanda Seyfried opens up about her son’s difficult delivery
She shared that the delivery had also caused some spinal issues for her, which made taking care of a newborn and her 4-year-old daughter difficult. “At that point, I’m very freshly out of the hospital, I had to feed him, my husband was with my daughter and I had people that could drive me back to the hospital,” she told PEOPLE.
March 12, 2022: Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski celebrate five years of marriage
In March 2022, Seyfried and Sadoski celebrated their fifth anniversary. Seyfried marked the occasion with aselfieof the couple, captioned, “Five f*cking years.”
September 12, 2022: Amanda Seyfried thanks Thomas Sadoski in her Emmys acceptance speech
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Seyfried was awardedher first Emmyat the 74th PrimetimeEmmy AwardsforThe Dropout, where she called the win “a really nice feeling.”
After thanking the show’s creator, an executive producer, and others, she gave a shout-out to her loved ones. “And last but not least, [thank you to] my family,” the actress said. Addressing her two children with Sadoski, she added, “Hi, bubs, you gotta go to bed now, but thanks!”
“Thank you to my family, my mom, my husband, my dad and my kids, and my dog, Finn,” she continued. “Thanks so much.”
January 8, 2023: Amanda Seyfried looks back on meeting Thomas Sadoski
Seyfriedposted on Instagramto mark eight years since she and Sadoski first met. She included a picture of the couple smiling while admiring four adorable kittens.
“I met Tommy 8 years ago on this day for a play reading and remember feeling calm in a space that usually felt very vulnerable and scary,” the actress wrote in the caption. “He still has that effect two kids and 27 pets later.”
April 18, 2023: Amanda Seyfried says parenting with Thomas Sadoski is like “yin and yang”
During an interview with PEOPLE, Seyfried said she and Sadoski are like “yin and yang” when it comes to parenting.
“[One day], I looked at my husband Tom and said ‘God, that was good parenting. You stopped [the behavior] with your tone,’ then I came in … it was a gorgeous moment,” theMama Mia!star said.
June 1, 2023: Thomas Sadoski supports Amanda Seyfried at New York City premiere ofThe Crowded Room
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November 14, 2023: Thomas Sadoski says he’s “proud” to help children in combat zones alongside Amanda Seyfried
“I’m so grateful and I’m really proud that we’re able to do this together and that we are both unified in making a difference in a way that isn’t easy and isn’t performative,” he said, referring to Seyfried. “I feel very, very proud of the fact that I have that in my partner.”
source: people.com
