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:
January 2026: McCary and Stone attend the Golden Globe Awards.
February 2025: Stone and McCary attend the SNL 50th anniversary special together.
April 2024: Stone is reportedly considering starring in her husband’s next sinema, per The Hollywood Reporter.
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.
June 2021: The new parents attend a San Diego Padres game to support McCary’s hometown team.
March 2021: The family welcomes their daughter Louise Jean.
January 2021: Stone is spotted with a baby bump, and sources later confirm that the pair are expecting their first child.
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.
August 2020: From life partners to business partners. Stone and McCary cofound their production company, Fruit Tree.
March 2020: Like many couples, the Stone-McCarys postpone their wedding due to the pandemic.
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.
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January 2019: Stone and McCary go public, or at least, their version of public, attending a Clippers game and the SAG Awards together.
October 2017: A source confirms to People that the pair are dating.
July 2017: Stone attends the premiere of McCary’s sinema 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.
This post will be updated.
