Julia Stiles and her husband, Preston Cook, have ensured that their relationship was private for nearly a decade.
The actress and Cook, a camera assistant, began dating in 2014 after meeting on the set of her film Blackway and quietly got engaged one year later.
“It was a total surprise,” Stiles said during a July 2016 appearance on Live With Kelly! “Mostly because I talked myself out of it. We went on a trip to Colombia with his entire family over Christmas and New Year’s. So, because I’m a lady, I was like, ‘Do not ruin a perfectly good vacation by getting your hopes up. Just let it go. Be in the present moment.’”
However, Cook tipped off the 10 Things I Hate About You star before popping the question. “We had had a conversation waiting for an elevator one day, where he was randomly like, out of nowhere, ‘With jewelry, you don’t really wear silver or platinum. You’re more into gold,’” she recalled. “And then I went, ‘What is up with this conversation?’”
The pair tied the knot in September 2017 before welcoming three children.
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