6 INTERRACIAL COUPLES YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT

Essence Atkins & Jamie Mendez

Best known for her roles as Yvette Henderson on "Smart Guy" and Dee Thorne on "Half & Half" Essence Atkins married Jamie Mendez in 2009 after meeting him online through Match.com.  The two welcomed a son, Varro Blair Mendez into their lives on December 25, 2011.

Chris Noth & Tara Wilson

Chris Noth of "Sex and The City,""The Good Wife" and "Law and Order" met his wife Tara Lynn Wilson, in 204 at a music venue he owned called The Cutting Room.  Noth and Wilson had their son, Orion Christopher in January 2008, and they just recently wed on April 6, 2012.

Chris Ivery & Ellen Pompeo

Best known for her leading role on the mega-popular medical drama, "Grey's Anatomy," as Meredith Grey, Ellen Pompeo met her husband of five years, Chris Ivery, at a grocery store in Los Angeles, of all places.  Since the two have been fairly inseparable, often spotted sitting courtside at Boston Celtic games.

George Lucas & Mellody Hobson

Sci-Fi god George Lucas, known for producing gems such as Star Wars and Indiana Jones, met his longtime partner, Mellody Hobson, the president of Ariel Investments, LLc (multi-billion dollar organization) in 2006.  The independently successful couple is photographed all around Hollywood, and can even be seen vacationing in St. Barths from time to time.

Roderick Spencer & Alfre Woodard

Alfre Woodard, the Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild award-winning actress, married screenwriter, producer, and comedian, Roderick Spencer on October 13, 1983.  The low-key couple has two children, Mavis and Duncan, who are adopted.

Tim & Amy Duncan 

Duncan married his wife Amy in 2001 and the couple had their first child, daughter Sydney, in the summer of 2005. They had a second child, a son, during the summer of 2007. Amy oversees the Tim Duncan Foundation, which has been established to serve the areas of health awareness/research, education, and youth sports/recreation in San Antonio, Winston-Salem, and the United States Virgin Islands.