Hilary Swank and Philip Schneider’s Relationship Timeline

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Hilary Swank and Husband Philip Schneider’s Relationship Timeline: From Secret Romance to Gearing Up for Twins

They’re full of surprises! Four years after they secretly tied the knot, Hilary Swank announced that she and husband Philip Schneider are expecting twins.

“This is something that I’ve been wanting for a long time, and my next thing is I’m gonna be a mom,” the Oscar winner revealed during an October 2022 appearance on Good Morning America. “And not just of one, but of two. I can’t believe it. It’s so nice to be able to talk about it and share it.”

Swank later revealed that she was able to keep the happy news a secret from her Alaska Daily coworkers until she was in her second trimester. “But my clothes started not to fit,” she recalled during an appearance on Live! With Kelly and Ryan that same day. “And then I put a jacket on that wasn’t in continuity. “And [they] came and said, ‘That’s not in continuity.’ I said, ‘Oh, I think it works.’ ‘It doesn’t.’ ‘No, it does. I’m going to make it work.’ She’s like, ‘If you’re an executive producer, you can do it, but this is weird.'”

The Million Dollar Baby star added that she is “so excited” to start this next chapter of her life with Schneider. “It’s such a blessing,” Swank said. “It’s a total miracle. It’s unbelievable.”

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Swank and the entrepreneur have kept their romance out of the spotlight since their first meeting — a blind date arranged by Supernatural star Misha Collins and his wife, Vicki.

Though Schneider popped the question a year and a half later, the Boys Don’t Cry star didn’t share the news until after their August 2018 wedding. “We don’t know why waited that long!” she told Vogue at the time, adding that the props master proposed during a trip to Colorado. “One evening, Philip dropped to his knee in front of the waterfall and proposed — he sweetly made sure my dogs were nearby so they could bear witness!”

The twosome tied the knot in a redwood preserve in Carmel, California. “It was timeless. There is just no other way to describe it,” Swank told the outlet. “I was overwhelmed with such gratitude and thanks to be marrying the man of my dreams and to see all the people we love together in the middle of such a profound setting. It was truly a dream come true.”

Before finding love with Schneider, the Freedom Writers star was married to actor Chad Lowe from 1997 to 2006. Swank began dating her agent, John Campisi in 2007, but the pair called it quits five years later. She moved on with tennis player Ruben Torres in May 2015, and the couple announced their engagement in March 2016. However, just two months later, Us Weekly confirmed that they had split.

Keep scrolling to learn more about Swank and Schneider’s love story:

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Around 2014

The duo were set up on a blind date by mutual friends. “It was a blind date set up by actor Misha Collins’s wife Vicki and another close friend Jean. We met at 10:00 a.m. and parted ways at 11:00 p.m.,” Swank told Vogue in August 2018. “We clearly enjoyed our time!”

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2016

A year and a half after their introduction, the social venture entrepreneur proposed during a trip to Colorado. They managed to keep their engagement a secret for two years.

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August 2018

Swank and Schneider changed vows in front of friends and family at a redwood preserve in California, where Mariska Hargitay served as the P.S. I Love You star’s maid of honor. After the ceremony, the newlyweds performed a Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers–style tap dance Moby’s “In My Heart” for their guests. “I doubt we completely pulled off the modern-day version of Fred and Ginger, but we had fun, and our family and friends seemed to enjoy it,” Swank told Vogue. “We prepared for it with the stellar and unparalleled Chloe Arnold and shocked ourselves and our guests by not stepping on each other’s toes!”

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August 2019

The Nebraska native gushed over her husband while celebrating their first wedding anniversary. “It’s been a year!! The best of my life … besides the first year … and second year together,” Swank wrote via Instagram at the time. “Happy one year wedding anniversary, to the love of my life.”

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September 2020

The Fatale actress shared a rare photo of Schneider on Instagram sharing pictures from a nature-filled getaway for Labor Day Weekend. “It’s been a long time since we sat down and did nothing. Guess that’s why they created #LaborDay 🙌🏽💫,” Swank wrote at the time, alongside a selfie she took with her beloved dogs and a snapshot of her husband from a hike. “Hope you all are doing something you love too? #Nature #WithMyFavoritePerson.”

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October 2022

Swank revealed that she and Schneider are expecting “miracle” twins. “This is something that I’ve been wanting for a long time,” she said during an appearance on GMA. “I can’t believe it.”

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October 2022

Swank showed off her baby bump while wearing a Halloween shirt on the set of Alaska Daily. “#HappyHalloween from me, Pumpkin Moon and my PumpTwins 🤣🎃🎃,” the actress wrote via Instagram alongside a photo of herself wearing a spooky tee that read “My Little Pumpkins” emblazoned with two jack-o-lanterns on the stomach.