From Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian to classic couplings like Alfre Woodard and Roderick Spencer, a number of Black women have found their happily ever after by being open to falling for someone different. Check out famous Black celebrity women who embraced interracial relationships, as well as Black women who married non-Black stars.
After meeting at a racecar track, the queen of hip-hop Eve married her boo thang Maximillion Cooper last summer.
Rapper Paul Wall has been married to his wife Crystal for the 6 years. They have two children.
The veteran actress is married to writer Roderick Spencer and
the couple have two adopted children together. They have a daughter, Mavis Spencer (pictured, center).
Actor Justin Chambers and his wife, Keisha, have five children together. The former model and “Grey’s Anatomy” star met his wife at a model agency while he was working for Calvin Klein.
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Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck got things cooking when he tied the knot with
handbag designer Gelila Assefa in a fairy-tale wedding in Italy in 2007.
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Chris Noth, the “Sex and the City” star we all love to hate, once had a longtime relationship with model Beverly Johnson. The actor has scored “big” with current girlfriend and mother of his son, Tara Wilson.
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He’s Hollywood rich and she offers advice on getting rich. Together, “Good Morning America” financial contributor Mellody Hobson and Star Wars director George Lucas look like a million bucks.
