How Joe Keery, Wearer Of Great Hair, Found Love With His Longtime Partner, Maika Monroe (2024)

He was a cult television actor with iconic one-liners and a penchant for action sci-fi. She was a film actor who made her break in horror and suspense. Together, they made the perfect couple.

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We are of course talking about Joe Keery and Maika Monroe, who first went public as an item in 2017 and never looked back. And while the pair, aged 30 and 29 respectively, both had their own romantic history prior to meeting, it seems they’ve now found a soul mate in each other.

From their unexpected film together to the meaningful gold necklace Keery always wears for her—below, we deep dive into the pair’s relationship timeline.

2016: Monroe is linked to ‘Narcos’ star

In 2016, Monroe sent the rumour mill spinning when she was seen with Narcos star Boyd Holbrook. According to ET Online, the pair had dinner in West Hollywood where they were spotted “leaning over the table looking at each other, speaking very closely, laughing a lot,” sources claimed.

But if the romance was ever real, it didn’t last for long. The following year, Monroe went public with another up and coming actor…

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Early-mid 2017: Filming ‘After Everything’

In 2017, Keery and Monroe were cast in romantic drama After Everything. While the pair didn’t play each other’s main love interest onscreen, something was clearly bubbling offscreen—and it wasn’t long before they struck up a romance.

October 2017: Keery and Monroe go red carpet official

Barely giving time for the rumours to start swirling, Keery and Monroe beat the tabloids to the punch by outing their relationship on their own terms by attending the Stranger Things season two premiere together.

In a later profile with GQ, Keery revealed the pair had met earlier that year at a party before they filmed After Everything.

The premiere was the first time the pair had been pictured in public together, and to cement the relationship revelation for the world, Monroe planted a sweet kiss on Keery’s cheek in front of the cameras.

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January 2018: The SAGs

Monroe supported Keery at the 2018 SAG Awards where Stranger Things was nominated four times. The pair looked glamorous and at ease—a true Hollywood power-couple in the making.

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September 2018: The Emmys

In September that year, the pair nailed another red carpet at the Emmy Awards, with Keery in a dapper Dolce and Gabbana suit and Monroe in a striking Stella McCartney jumpsuit.

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June 2019: ‘Stranger Things’ 3 premiere

The low-key pair were doing a great job at keeping their private lives, well, private. Their next public appearance came almost a year later when they attended the Stranger Things season three premiere. Just under two years since they first went public at the last Stranger Things event, they were stronger than ever.

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February 2020: Paris Fashion Week

A power couple in entertainment and fashion, the pair travelled to Paris in early 2020 where they were spotted at an event wearing custom Salvatore Ferragamo. Only the best for these two.

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September 2020: Monroe photographs Joe

In a special ode to her beloved, Monroe photographed Keery for a spread in Interview Magazine in late 2020. She also snapped him with a face full of white makeup to promote his new musical endeavour, where he goes under the stage name Djo. Keery was previously part of a Chicago-based garage and psych-rock band called Post Animal.

Monroe shared her snaps to Instagram—raw and unfiltered, they showed another side to the beloved actor.

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August 2021: Keery opens up about his relationship

In an interview with GQ, Keery made a rare comment about his relationship with Monroe, explaining how the pair had grown closer over the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020.

“Over quarantine, it was like we spent so much time together, which was rare,” Keery explained.

“I mean, that’s one of the disadvantages of dating someone else in the industry. There are advantages as well: somebody who kind of understands what’s going on with you in a pretty deep way. But yeah, I think she’s like me. She doesn’t take it all too seriously.”

Keery also explained the origins of the gold necklace he frequently wears, revealing that it was a gift from Monroe.

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“I found it while we were traveling, and then it busted. For Christmas, she got it remade for me,” Keery explained.

November 2021: Matching moments

The couple were pictured out and about in New York City wearing matching sunglasses in November 2021. In the case of Keery and Monroe, it appears couples that match together, stay together. See the pictures here.

March 2022: Vanity Fair Oscars After-Party

The most recent sighting of Keery and Monroe was at 2022’s Vanity Fair Oscar’s After Party, where they were snapped on the red carpet looking glamorous as ever. Keery wore a smart black tuxedo while Monroe oozed elegance in a silver strapless dress, complete with a wet-look hairstyle.

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