25 Celebrity Couples with Big Age Differences
Beyoncé and Jay Z are more than a decade apart.

If you know Hollywood, then you know that Amal Clooney is not the first to marry someone born in another decade. Love in Tinseltown doesn't see numbers, just all the feel-good, bubbly things that come with being in a relationship with someone as wonderful as you. Here are 25 famous couples who chose to love each other for who they are and not whether the same song gives them middle-school nostalgia.
1. Dennis Quaid and Laura Savoie
2. Eddie Murphy and Paige Butcher
Age difference: 18 years
3. Brian Austin and Megan Fox
Age difference: 13 years
4. Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas
Age difference: 25 years
5. Viola Davis and Julius Tennon
Age difference: 12 years
6. Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy
Age difference: 12 years
7. Alec Baldwin and Hilaria Baldwin
Age difference: 26 years
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8. Solange Knowles and Alan Ferguson
Age difference: 22 years
9. Steven Tyler and Aimee Preston
Age difference: 40 years
10. Jason Statham and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Age difference: 20 years.
12. Beyoncé and Jay Z
Age difference: 12 years.
13. Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds
Age difference: 11 years.
14. Olivier Sarkozy and Mary-Kate Olsen
Age difference: 17 years.
15. Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo
Age difference: 10 years.
16. Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer
Age difference: 13 years.
17. Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Age difference: 23 years.
18. Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor
Age difference: 31 years.
19. Ian Somerhalder and Nikki Reed
Age difference: 10 years.
20. Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves
Age difference: 13 years.
21. George and Amal Clooney
Age difference: 17 years.
22. Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger
Age difference: 10 years.
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23. Ellen Degeneres and Portia De Rossi
Age difference: 15 years.
24. Alicia Vikander & Michael Fassbender
Age difference: 11 years.
25. Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra
Age difference: 10 years.
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