Who is Dave Franco’s famous wife and ‘confusing’ proposal that was meant to be romantic
Day Shift star Dave Franco is married to a fellow Hollywood star, but the pair have a notoriously low-key relationship — here’s everything you need to know about their romance
Dave Franco and Alison Brie have been married for five years
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Dave Franco is a well-known name in Hollywood, and so is his wife Alison Brie, but many are still surprised to hear that the pair are married.
Not only are they married, but they celebrated their five-year wedding anniversary earlier this year and first crossed paths in a romantic meeting over a decade ago.
But unlike many other Hollywood star couples, the pair have a famously low-key relationship and even kept their romance almost entirely under wraps until they revealed their engagement in 2015.
In 2017 they officially tied the knot in a secret ceremony that Franco described to Entertainment Tonight as being “intimate” and “really fun”.
Here’s everything you need to know about Dave Franco’s wife, including their “confusing” engagement.
Who is Dave Franco’s wife?
Dave Franco’s wife is Mad Men actress Alison Brie
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Dave Franco’s wife is Alison Brie and like Franco, she also has an acting career.
Alison was born in Hollywood and grew up in Los Angeles, where she began acting at young age.
As well as being an actress, Brie is also a comedian, writer and producer.
Alison’s breakthrough in acting came in 2007 with her role as Trudy Campbell in the hit drama series Mad Men, which she went on to win a Screen Actors Guild Award for.
She starred in the show until 2015 and has continued to have a successful acting career since.
She’s gone on to secure roles in TV series Community, Doctor Thorne, GLOW and BoJack Horseman, and has also starred in a number of films including Definitely Maybe, Promising Young Woman and The Rental.
How did Dave Franco meet Alison Brie?
The couple met in 2011 at Mardis Gras
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Day Shift Franco and Brie first met over a decade ago while at Mardi Gras in 2011, and Brie has described their first meeting as “very sweet”.
The actress previously opened up about how she met her husband on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
She said: “It’s a very romantic story and very sweet and it starts off in New Orleans at Mardi Gras where all great love stories begin.”
Alison and her friend Jules ran into Franco at the airport and had dinner later that night, her friend started playing match-making and the couple subsequently spent a romantic weekend together at Mardi Gras.
After that, Franco took Brie on a dinner date in New York City, after leaving a secret note in her jumper asking her to come to Paris with him while he filmed a movie.
How did Dave Franco propose?
Their engagement was revealed when Alison was spotted with her ring at a film screening
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Franco and Brie’s first meeting also plays a key part in their proposal story four years later, which didn’t go quite to plan.
Franco explained the unusual proposal on an episode of The Late Show, as he revealed that while it was supposed to be “romantic”, it ended up being more “confusing”.
During their Mardi Gras meeting in 2011, Alison had worn a silver mask the whole weekend.
Franco explained: “I would try to take it from her, she wouldn’t let me take it. It was this playful back-and-forth.”
At the end of their trip, Brie left Franco the mask alongside a note and he sweetly saved it.
In 2015 Franco decided to propose and bought Alison a $10 “placeholder ring” from a vintage store because he knew she wanted to choose her own ring.
He also came up with a plan to use the mask from when they first met.
He recalled: “So, we go up to Big Sur, we’re on the back patio, she’s out overlooking the ocean.
“She turns around, I’m on one knee, I’m wearing the mask, I’m holding up the ring. And because it had been five years, she couldn’t place the mask. She didn’t know what it was.
“So, what she sees is me wearing this weird, stupid mask, holding up this janky stone ring. And so, the entire proposal is her saying, ‘What is happening right now?’ And it’s me trying to explain how sweet it is that I kept the mask for five years.”
While the proposal ended up being pretty awkward, Brie said yes and the couple have been happily married since 2017.
*Dave Franco stars in Day Shift, which is streaming on Netflix now
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