Emma Stone and Dave McCary: A complete relationship timeline
She's got two Oscars and no social media. He's a comedy director who doesn't really do press. Emma Stone and Dave McCary are one of the most low-key yet successful couples in Hollywood, and to put it simply, we want what they have.
Here's how they got it, or their complete relationship timeline, starting with the latest updates:
Emma Stone and Dave McCary: A Complete Relationship Timeline
March 2024: Stone thanks McCary and their daughter after winning her second Oscar, saying, “I really just want to thank…My husband, Dave. I love you so much. And most importantly, my daughter, who's gonna be three in three days and has turned our lives technicolor. I love you bigger than the whole sky, my girl.” He is in the audience that night. She also thanked him at the Golden Globes that year.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 7: Emma Stone and Dave McCary pose for a photo before the San Diego Padres face against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on May 7, 2025 in the Bronx borough of New York, New York. (Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images)
March 2021: The family welcomes their daughter Louise Jean.
September 2020: A source confirms that Stone and McCary married “in secret,” and to this day basically nothing is known about their wedding, except that she re-wore her wedding after-party dress to the 2022 Met Gala, and it's from Louis Vuitton.
December 2019: Three years after meeting, the couple announce they are engaged, sharing a photo (seemingly taken in the SNL offices) of Stone showing off her pearl ring.
August 2019: The pair are spotted on a date night in Santa Monica. This is the same summer they buy a home together in Malibu.
April 2019: Stone returns to host SNL again. McCary, who has left the show by this time (but occasionally returns to direct segments) helms the iconic “The Actress.”
February 2019: McCary accompanies his girlfriend to the Oscars.
January 2019: Stone and McCary go public, or at least, their version of public, attending a Clippers game and the SAG Awards together.
July 2017: Stone attends the premiere of McCary's film Brigsby Bear. She doesn't walk the carpet, but a fan captures footage of her leaving the event with McCary.
December 2016: Emma Stone meets McCary when she hosts Saturday Night Live for the third time. He's a writer and director on the show, and directs Stone in the (very good) pre-taped commercial parody “Wells for Boys.” Don't just give him a Barbie.
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