Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello’s Love Story Is Pure Magic! See the Couple’s Relationship Timeline

May 2014

Their love story first began when Sofia met the handsome hunk at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in May 2014. Although she was with ex-fiancé Nick Loeb at the time, Joe dished he had a hard timing keeping his eyes off the actress. That night, he even managed to muster up the courage to ask her to take a photo with him!

Joe then reached out to Sofia’s costar Jesse Tyler Ferguson and asked for her number after she called off her engagement with the American businessman. Just weeks after they first met, the two secretly went on their first date.

June 2014

Joe and Sofia went on their first date in June 2014. However, the actor noted she had her guard up.

“Our first date was her giving me every reason why it would never work out,” he explained to Haute Living. “Like, ‘You’re too young, you’re an actor, you’re this, you’re that,’ and she was just doing it to hear herself say it. She was trying to talk herself out of going there.”

August 2014

At the time, it didn’t take long for fans to catch on to their budding romance. Although they tried to be low-key — meaning weekend getaways, candid Instagram pics and lavish birthday celebrations  — fans easily pieced together that the two were romantically linked.

In August 2014, Sofia happily confirmed she and Joe were officially exclusive. “You know, I’m just having a great time. It’s a special time in my life, and I’m trying not to think too much about it,” she gushed to Extra. “It’s something very new, so we will see what happens.”

November 2014

Things really started heating up when the couple moved in together in November 2014. The Hot Pursuit star opened up about the exciting life change during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

“I left him home packing my things,” Sofia quipped. “We’ve had help, and he’s doing his stuff. He has a lot of books that I don’t know where I’m going to put. We have a wine cellar and I was like, oh, maybe that’s where we should put them instead of wine.’ He doesn’t want to put them in storage!”

December 2014

Joe proved meeting Sofia was love at first sight after getting down on one knee during their trip to Hawaii over their Christmas vacation in December 2014. “Our first date was in June, and then I proposed to her on Christmas Eve; [we dated for] about six months. When you know, you know, and we knew right away — like, very quickly,” he told Haute Living.

Joe also dished the romantic way he asked for Sofia’s hand in marriage. “We had this big bay window [that I opened up], and the sun was going down pink over the mountains and over the bay, and I had this ring,” he explained. “I had looked at every ring in the world, and this is the ring that I wanted. I had a whole speech prepared in Spanish. I proposed to her on one knee in Spanish with the sun going down. It was awesome.”

November 2015

The dynamic duo made things official one year later on November 22, 2015. Sofia and Joe threw an immaculate, fairytale wedding at The Breakers resort in Palm Beach, Florida, surrounded by hundreds of their closest friends and family. Following their nuptials, the newlyweds celebrated with a romantic honeymoon at the Parrot Cay Resort in Turks and Caicos.

November 2019

Sofia and Joe proved they’re living a life of wedded bliss as they celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary in November 2019. The twosome commemorated the special day by sharing touching tributes on social media.

“Happy anniversary, mi amor!” Sofia gushed alongside a pic of the pair at their wedding, while Joe shared another snapshot from their special day and offered the same sweet sentiment. “Happy fourth anniversary, mi amor!” he sweetly penned.

June 2020

The enviable pair honored the sixth anniversary of their first date. Aside from doting on each other with heartwarming posts on Instagram, Sofia revealed how they marked the milestone.

“Thank you Manolo, Claudia and others for our surprise anniversary dinner date in quarantine,” she captioned a photo of her and Joe at the dinner table set with a lavish meal and romantic candles.

Sofia and Joe’s seemingly permanent smiles prove they’re going to be together forever!