Matt Damon and Luciana Barroso Relationship Timeline: From Adorable First Meeting to Happy Family of Six

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Matt Damon's 20-year relationship with Luciana Barroso feels so particularly magical.From their too-adorable-to-believe meet cute in a bar in Florida in 2003 to their heartwarming love story that they've managed to keep largely out of the media spotlight, Matt and Luciana have cultivated a romance that has stood the test of time and the challenges of being a celebrity under scrutiny.In celebration of their storybook romance — including a distinctly humble, low-key wedding, four adorable daughters and stunning red carpet date nights — ET is looking back at their relationship, from where it started to where they are now, two decades later.Matt and Luciana's paths first crossed when the actor was filming the comedy in Miami, Florida, in 2003.

Matt was at a bar in South Beach after shooting ended for the day, and he noticed Luciana, who was a bartender. Luciana recounted the night in an interview with in 2018, and explained how Matt hid behind the bar after getting a bit too much attention from locals and gawkers.«He says, 'Oh I saw you and I really wanted to talk to you,' So I put him to work with me!

I said, 'You know, if you’re going to be back here, you can’t just be standing there!'» she explained. «He had trained as a bartender for a film years before, so he started making drinks… It turned into a really fun night.»“We definitely had a connection right away, it was so easy to talk to each other, we were very comfortable… and by the end of the night, he invited me to go out with his friends," she remembered. «But I was like, 'I can't, I have a four-year-old daughter, I'm not going anywhere.'»«That was one of the things he loved, that I had a daughter,» she added. «Some guys might have been different, they might think.