Celebrity couples' yearbook photos: From Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson to Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart

Celebrity couples' yearbook photos: From Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson to Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart
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Celebrity couples' yearbook photos: From Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson to Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart
Published: Feb, 08 2025 19:14

They might be loved up and happily married now, but these eight celebrity couples were once just single high school students trying to get through algebra homework and exams. While they're now often spotted walking arm in arm at the biggest events across the globe from the Oscars red carpet to Donald Trump's inauguration, there was a time when they rocked back-brushed hair and big cheesy grins. Ahead of Valentine's Day, DailyMail.com takes a look at celebrity couples in their school days – before they found love with their respective partners.

 [In April 2024, the Hollywood power couple celebrated 36 years of wedded bliss]
Image Credit: Mail Online [In April 2024, the Hollywood power couple celebrated 36 years of wedded bliss]

From legendary Hollywood actor Tom Hanks and actress Rita Wilson, to former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama, it's time to take a peak at how they appeared in high school. And there's one question on our lips: would any of these couples have dated back in high school?. Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson both enjoyed participating in school sports in high school. In April 2024, the Hollywood power couple celebrated 36 years of wedded bliss.

 [Rita was a cheerleader for the Hollywood High School varsity pom-pom girls]
Image Credit: Mail Online [Rita was a cheerleader for the Hollywood High School varsity pom-pom girls]

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson were once doe-eyed teens who both enjoyed participating in school sports. Forrest Gump star Tom, 68, attended Skyline High School, in Oakland, California, where he was an active member on the track team, while his now-wife, also 68, flourished as a cheerleader at Hollywood High School. The pair, who have been married since 1988, first met when Rita was cast in an episode of the TV sitcom Bosom Buddies in 1980 and could never have imagined they would end up at one of Hollywood's most respected couples.

 [Tom (front and center) was on the track team at Skyline High School in Oakland, California]
Image Credit: Mail Online [Tom (front and center) was on the track team at Skyline High School in Oakland, California]

Tom was marred to first wife Samantha Lewes at the time he co-starred in the comedy with Peter Scolari. The show followed two junior advertising executives who dressed as women so they could live in the one apartment they could afford. They met again a few years later when Rita was cast as Tom's love interest in 1985's Volunteers, in which he starred as a spoiled rich kid who joined the Peace Corps to avoid a gambling debt.

 [Jada famously attended school in Baltimore with the late rapper Tupac Shakur]
Image Credit: Mail Online [Jada famously attended school in Baltimore with the late rapper Tupac Shakur]

Rita was a cheerleader for the Hollywood High School varsity pom-pom girls. Tom (front and center) was on the track team at Skyline High School in Oakland, California. After he divorced in 1987, Tom began dating his future wife and they married in 1988. Tom had two children from his first marriage, Colin, 47, and Elizabeth, 42. They expanded their family, welcoming sons Chester, aka Chet, 34, and Truman, 29.

 [The prominent Hollywood couple married in 1997 (pictured at the Oscars in 2022)]
Image Credit: Mail Online [The prominent Hollywood couple married in 1997 (pictured at the Oscars in 2022)]

In an interview with Oprah in 2001, The Philadelphia star gushed about his relationship with Rita. 'The success of our relationship was a matter of timing, maturity, and our willingness to have an intimate connection,' he said. 'When I married Rita, I thought, "This is going to require some change on my part.". 'I won't deny that providence was part of us finding each other, but our relationship isn't magic — the way it's shown in movies.

 [Jada (far right) pictured with the late rapper Tupac Shakur (left) in 1988]
Image Credit: Mail Online [Jada (far right) pictured with the late rapper Tupac Shakur (left) in 1988]

'In real life, our connection is as concrete as me sitting here. Not that marriage doesn't come close to being hell in a handbasket sometimes. But we both know that no matter what, we'll be with each other — and we'll get through it.'. In April, the couple celebrated 36 years of wedded bliss. Jada famously attended school in Baltimore with the late rapper Tupac Shakur. The prominent Hollywood couple married in 1997 (pictured at the Oscars in 2022).

 [Singer songwriter Tim went to school in Louisiana while Faith grew up in Mississippi]
Image Credit: Mail Online [Singer songwriter Tim went to school in Louisiana while Faith grew up in Mississippi]

Almost a decade before they married, Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith were finishing up with high school. The prominent Hollywood couple married in 1997 and share two children together, Willow, 24, and Jaden, 26, as well as son Trey, 32, from Will's first marriage to Sheree Zampino. Jada, 53, famously went to Baltimore School for the Arts with the late rapper Tupac Shakur and the pair were inseparable.

 [The husband and wife duo celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary in October]
Image Credit: Mail Online [The husband and wife duo celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary in October]

Meanwhile, Will, 56, attended Overbrook High School in Philadelphia. In recent years, the pair have been plagued with marital troubles. Jada (far right) pictured with the late rapper Tupac Shakur (left) in 1988. While appearing on the Today Show in October 2023, Jada told Hoda Kotb that she and Will made the decision to separate seven years earlier, after feeling 'exhausted with trying' to work on their marriage.

 [Harrison was a student in Illinois while his now-wife Calista went to school in New Jersey]
Image Credit: Mail Online [Harrison was a student in Illinois while his now-wife Calista went to school in New Jersey]

'I think we were both still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be,' she explained of what caused them to drift apart. In her memoir book, Worthy, Jada described the separation as a 'divorce,' but clarified they never filed any paperwork. 'It was not a divorce on paper. But it was a divorce,' she said. Singer songwriter Tim went to school in Louisiana while Faith grew up in Mississippi.

 [The Hollywood stars wed in 2010 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, one year after Harrison proposed]
Image Credit: Mail Online [The Hollywood stars wed in 2010 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, one year after Harrison proposed]

The husband and wife duo celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary in October. Although they attended school four decades ago, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill look like they haven't aged a day. Singer songwriter Tim was a pupil at Start High School in Louisiana while Faith went to McLaurin Attendance Center in Florence, Mississippi. The husband and wife duo, both 57, recently celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary in October.

 [Harrison was an active member of the Maine Township High School's social science club (pictured in 1960)]
Image Credit: Mail Online [Harrison was an active member of the Maine Township High School's social science club (pictured in 1960)]

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