Did Silver Linings Playbook stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence date in real life?

Many times when actors work together on a project, sparks start to fly. It just works out and results in some of the sweetest relationships! Other times, the talents just have a great friendship and strong onscreen chemistry. But does that translate to real-life? Not always.

Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence both led and starred in the 2012 romantic comedy-drama movie Silver Linings Playbook, which is now streaming on Netflix. In the Oscar-nominated film, the two meet when Cooper’s character Pat returns to his childhood home after being treated for bipolar disorder at a mental health facility. He goes to have dinner at his best friend Ronnie’s home, and Lawrence’s Tiffany is there as she’s Ronnie’s sister-in-law.

Pat is determined to get his wife back after his angry outbursts and mental health challenges. Tiffany, a widower with a disorder herself, offers to help him get his wife back if he’ll partner up with her for a dance competition. Throughout the film we see how the two start to get closer and feelings arise. By the end, Pat and Tiffany live happily ever after after some challenges and misunderstandings.

So did Cooper and Lawrence start dating after their roles in the movie? The answer is, no. Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence have never dated each other. The two are just former co-stars. So who have they dated before? We go through each of the actors’ dating history below.

Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence dating history

Bradley Cooper

Cooper and actress Jennifer Esposito shared that they were engaged in October 2006, and got married just two months later in December that year. However, the marriage didn’t even last six months, and Esposito filed for divorce in May 2007. Following his divorce, the actor dated actress Zoe Saldaña for a little over a year starting in December 2011 to January 2013, then model and actress Suki Waterhouse in March 2013. The two split up after two years together.

From April 2015 to June 2019, Cooper was with Russian model Irina Shayk. In March 2017, the former couple welcomed a daughter, Lea de Seine. As of October 2023, there’s reports that Cooper and Gigi Hadid may be dating as they’ve been spotted together. Though neither of them have confirmed the relationship yet.

Jennifer Lawrence

In 2010, the actress started dating her X-Men: First Class co-star Nicholas Hoult. The couple was together for about four years, with them calling it quits near the end of filming for X-Men: Days of Future Past in 2014. After that, Lawrence and the director of her movie Mother!, Darren Aronofsky, started dating in September 2016. They then broke it off in November a year later.

As of October 2023, Lawrence has been married to art gallery director Cooke Maroney. Their relationship started in 2018 and were married in October 2019. In February 2022, the couple welcomed their son Cy to the world.

Silver Linings Playbook is now streaming on Netflix.