The Rookie‘s Eric Winter and Roselyn Sánchez show that it’s attainable to have a long-lasting marriage in Hollywood.
Earlier than assembly one another, Winter was married to actress Allison Ford from 2001 to 2005 whereas Sánchez was married to Gary Stretch from 1998 to 2001. The couple subsequently crossed paths in 2005 and the remainder is historical past. After getting married in 2008, Sánchez and Winter expanded their household with youngsters Sebella and Dylan.
The pair additionally continued to find success in their respective careers — however they weren’t in a rush to share the display screen.
“It needed to be the fitting factor and one thing enjoyable and cute that was a household affair,” Winter instructed MediaVillage in 2019 about their Hallmark film A Taste of Summer. “And that’s what this was like. Our son and daughter might be part of us, in order that they had been on set and capable of be part of the expertise.”
Winter recalled studying new issues about his spouse.
“We had a blast however our course of could be very completely different. This was a lighthearted romantic comedy, so there was no level in us being all loopy critical,” he completely instructed Us Weekly on the time. “I goof round on set and have enjoyable with all people.”
He continued: “Roselyn was so critical. I used to be taking a look at her like, ‘Why do you seem like you wish to kill me? We’re working collectively, we’re alleged to be falling in love!’”
Sánchez, in the meantime, loved starring in a film about some pleasant competitors turning to like as a result of it felt close to home.
“In actual life, it’s simply our personalities. We’ve got recreation nights with our buddies, and Eric is rather more aggressive than me in relation to that sort of factor,” she instructed MediaVillage. “So, we do get into loopy banter and combat over that, however solely as a result of he will get loopy uncontrolled. It’s at all times in enjoyable.”
Through the years, Sánchez and Winter have continued to seek out methods to collaborate on new tasks and assist one another’s skilled endeavors. Hold scrolling to relive their romance:
2005
The duo met at a celebration however it took three extra months before Winter asked Sánchez out. Throughout an interview with InStyle, Sánchez and Winter recalled going for sushi earlier than going away for the weekend for his or her second date.
2007
After two years of courting, Winter proposed to Sánchez on a midnight kayak trip in Puerto Rico, the place she was born.
“I used to be petrified she would drop the ring,” he instructed InStyle about popping the query. “It by no means left the field. She accepted. I shut the field and instructed her she might see it once more on land.”
2008
Sánchez and Winter tied the knot with a ceremony in Puerto Rico at Castillo de San Cristóbal.
2012
Sánchez welcomed her and Winter’s first baby, daughter Sebella.
“Welcome to the world stunning Sebella Rose Winter! Mami and Daddy adore you! This pleasure is overwhelming. Thanks for all the effectively needs!” she wrote by way of X on the time.
2017
Their son, Dylan, was born two years later, with Sánchez telling Folks en Español, “After a few years of dreaming about you, you got here into our lives in good situation! We’re all so comfortable together with your arrival. Your sister Sebella Rose seems at you with indescribable tenderness. Thanks for selecting our household to start out your life. We love you.”
Sánchez and Winter later opened up about conceiving their kids via IVF.
“Thank God that we have now human beings that dedicate their lives to be fertility docs. They’re making miracles occur and so they’re [helping] girls like me who wish to be mothers so badly,” the actress mentioned. “I feel it’s a beautiful factor.”
Sánchez known as the method “fairly intense and fairly brutal” earlier than revealing she misplaced daughter Sebella’s twin “very early on.” She subsequently went by means of greater than six rounds of therapy earlier than getting pregnant with Dylan.
2017
After changing into mother and father, Sánchez and Winter collaborated professionally on a kids’s guide titled Sebi and the Land of Cha Cha Cha. The bilingual enterprise was impressed by their want to show their daughter about her Puerto Rican heritage.
2019
Throughout an interview with Hallmark’s House & Household, Sánchez gushed over Winter as a dad, saying, “He’s a tremendous father. As a girl, when you consider being a mom in some unspecified time in the future, you’re very blessed and really fortunate in case you discover somebody who’s going to be a tremendous dad.”
Winter had related reward for Sánchez. “I like her drive and dedication to something she needs to do,” he mentioned. “She tells me on a regular basis, ‘I wish to do that, I do not know how I’m going to do it, however I wish to do that.’ And she or he makes it occur. It’s a real inspiration to me.”
2019
“We’re full opposites on virtually every little thing, which is basically ironic,” Sánchez quipped throughout a joint interview with Us. “We’re at all times looking for methods of collaborating, working collectively. If we work collectively, it implies that we’re going to be situated on the identical place and that the household stays collectively.”
Sánchez even recalled pitching a reality TV present. “For a second, I used to be like, ‘Oh.’ Then he’s like, ‘Completely not. We’re not doing actuality TV.’ In order that’s not going to work,” Sánchez mentioned earlier than joking that her husband was scared they’d find yourself divorced in the event that they made their lives that public, to which Winter added, “I don’t suppose I might put all our life on the market each week. We argue sufficient about what she posts on Instagram!”
He continued: “People who know us have been saying this to us for some time. They’re like, ‘You guys are nuts! You combat about every little thing, in a enjoyable approach. You giggle about it collectively.’”
2019
Along with starring in A Style of Summer time, Sánchez and Winter branched out with their “He Mentioned, Ella Dijo” podcast.
“Roselyn Sánchez is quirky, fiery and sassy. She met her match with straight-laced, kind A, perfectionist actor Eric Winter,” learn the official present description. “Aries and Most cancers don’t make the right match, however they’re combating the indicators and have been collectively for 15 years.”
2020
Sánchez made an look on Winter’s hit ABC sequence The Rookie. The hit sequence adopted police affords from a precinct in Los Angeles. Winter’s efficiency as Tim Bradford left an impression — particularly as soon as the present began to explore his onscreen chemistry with Melissa O’Neil, who performs Lucy Chen.
2021
Continuing their trend of sharing the display screen, Winter made a visitor look on Sánchez’s Fox sequence Fantasy Island, which took inspiration from the unique 1977 sequence.
2022
“We’re like opposites and no one understands how we — with now 17 years collectively, two youngsters later — individuals at all times go, ‘How on earth do you guys make it work? Since you guys disagree on every little thing,’” Sánchez instructed Us. “However it’s humorous, you realize? We do it with respect, we do it with honesty.”
Sánchez went on to joke that their podcast is “virtually like a remedy session” as they proceed studying life classes about parenting whereas having “amusing doing it.”
2023
Deadline reported that comedy sequence El Patio, which might star Winter and Sánchez, was within the works at Fox.
2024
Winter celebrated his and Sánchez’s anniversary, writing by way of Instagram, “16 yrs in the past I requested you to marry me, and I can truthfully say these have been the most effective years of my life! 19 yrs collectively and counting, and I’m excited for the reminiscences we are going to proceed to make. Te amo mucho and 🥂 to the life we proceed to construct collectively. Glad Anniversary @roselyn_sanchez ❤️.”