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These 17 Celebrities Who Married Normal People Prove That One Of Us Could Still Marry Ryan Gosling

If you've dreamed of marrying Ryan Gosling since your very first viewing of The Notebook, I'm here to tell you that it's totally possible. Famous people may appear to only date within their A-List circles, but these 17 celebrities prove that dating one of us "normals" is the way to go. Check out the celebrities who skipped out on dating fellow famous people and gave us all hope to snag our own celeb.

by Kaitlin Reilly

Elizabeth Banks

Banks met her husband, sportswriter Max Handelman, back when they were freshman at the University of Pennsylvania. They married in 2003 and welcomed a son in 2011.

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America Ferrera

The former Ugly Betty star married Ryan Piers William in 2011.

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Julia Roberts

Nope, it isn’t the plot to Notting Hill — Julia Roberts married her cameraman husband in 2002 after meeting on the set of her film The Mexican.

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Tina Fey

The SNL star met her now-husband Jeff Richmond when they worked together at the Second City theater in Chicago. They married in 2001 and have two daughters together.

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Prince William

You know the story — there’s even a Lifetime movie about it! Will and Kate Middleton met in 2001 while studying together at the University of St. Andrews and married in spring of 2011.

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Seth Meyers

Meyers married Alexi Ashe, a human rights attorney, in 2013.

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Drew Barrymore

Barrymore married her current husband, art consultant Will Koppelman, in June of 2012.

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Chris O'Donnell

The NCIS: LA star and his high school sweetheart, Caroline Fentress, got married in 1997.

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Justin Chambers

The Grey’s Anatomy doctor married his wife Keisha Chambers in 1993, which means that the couple just celebrated their 20th anniversary together. Aww!

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Matt Damon

Damon married his wife Luciana Barroso in 2005 after meeting one night at a bar. They now have four kids together.

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Cynthia Nixon

Miranda met her now-wife Christine Marinoni at a political rally. The two began dating in 2004 and welcomed their first child together in 2011. They married in 2012.

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Jeff Bridges

The star of The Giver married waitress Susan Geston when she was working on the set of his film Rancho Deluxe.

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Tobey Maguire

The former Spiderman married his jewelry designer wife Jennifer Meyer in 2007.

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Meryl Streep

Streep married sculptor Don Gummer in 1978. They have four children, of them actresses Mamie and Grace Gummer.

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Conan O'Brien

O’Brien has said that he knew that his wife, Liza Powell, was “The One” instantly. The couple married in 2002.

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Ellen Pompeo

Pompeo met her husband since 2007, music producer Chris Ivery, in a grocery store.

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Jerry Seinfeld

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