At the first table reads for Hamilton back in 2015, hip-hop tracks that made the musical a cultural phenomenon were taking shape. Another development happening? A romance between two of its original cast members, Anthony Ramos and Jasmine Cephas Jones. Both actors originated dual roles in the production. Ramos played John Laurens and Philip Hamilton, while Cephas Jones inhabited both Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds.
Ahead, everything we know about the certified “Hamilcouple” and their path from co-stars to fiancées.
2014
During a recent Radio Andy interview with Bevy Smith, Cephas Jones confirmed that she and Ramos met during rehearsals of Hamilton back in 2014. A grainy New Year’s Eve photo from that year proved the pair was hanging out in the lead-up to the show’s Off-Broadway premiere at the Public Theater in early 2015. The show’s creator Lin-Manuel Miranda jokingly tweeted about Ramos “sneaking glances” at Cephas Jones during their initial table read.
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First table read, Hamilton, 2015, Off-Broadway:*Anthony keeps sneaking glances at our newest cast member, Jasmine*Me: Ruh-roh. 2019: 💍Me: 😭 pic.twitter.com/W4aAvjXV7Q
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) January 12, 2019
February 2015
The couple eventually got together around Valentine’s Day, as evidenced by a Ramos Instagram post commemorating their two-year anniversary on February 16, 2017.
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The co-stars shared backstage photos from their Off-Broadway run, which concluded in the spring of that year.
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August 2015
Hamilton premiered on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in August 2015 after 26 preview performances the month prior.
Cephas Jones later shared photos with Ramos from the beginning of the run, captioning one, “From the beginning we knew we could take the world. 💞✨.”
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March 2016
About seven months into performances of Hamilton, the White House came calling. The cast performed songs from the musical for the Obamas’ and Cephas Jones posted a photo of the couple inside.
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Three years later, Ramos would reflect on that day in a video for his YouTube channel. “It was one of those moments…it’s like two kids from Brooklyn just in the White House, in love, chilling,” Ramos remembered, later adding, “That’s a moment in time.”
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May 2016
Two months later, Ramos and Cephas Jones made their red carpet debut as a couple at the production of Daphne’s Dive in New York City.
June 2016
Then came the couple’s outing at the Tony Awards, where the cast performed and the show won 11 awards, including Best Musical.
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November 2016
Ramos was the first to depart Hamilton, leaving on November 20. Cephas Jones commemorated her partner’s exit, writing on Instagram, “Happy Trails to the love of my life @anthony_ramos_nyc. You give your heart and soul every night 8 times a week and I’m going to miss sharing the stage with you 🙂 Now go on and be the shining bright star that you are!!! #original #straightothetop.” Cephas Jones left the musical the following month.
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November 2017
About a year later, the couple attended the premiere of Netflix’s She’s Gotta Have It, which Ramos co-starred in.
That same month, they made an appearance at the Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York City.
January 2018
Cephas Jones and Ramos also attended the Sundance Film Festival together. They celebrated the premiere of their new film Monsters and Men, a project which reunited the co-stars.
February 2018
In honor of their third anniversary, Ramos shared a photo of the couple sipping wine on a hilltop together. He captioned the post, in part, “This face forever.. Happy Valentines Day. You literally are a Dream.”
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July 2018
The couple enjoyed date night at an event for Blindspotting, Cephas Jones’s film co-starring their Hamilton cast mate Daveed Diggs. They posed inside the party with the musical’s director Thomas Kail, who also helmed the filmed version of Hamilton on Disney+.
September 2018
Cephas Jones and Ramos then headed to the Toronto International Film Festival.
The couple also toasted to the premiere of Ramos’s new film A Star Is Born, where he co-starred alongside Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga.
October 2018
The following month, news broke that Ramos had been cast as Usnavi, the lead role in the movie version of In the Heights, Miranda’s first Tony-winning musical. Cephas Jones congratulated him on the gig, writing on Instagram, “My love, You deserve the world and more. All I have to say is….they ain’t ready.💫 #USNAVI.”
November 2018
Cephas Jones and Ramos also found time to work on another project together. On November 16, Ramos shared an on-set snap of the couple filming the Liam Neeson-led crime thriller Honest Thief to Instagram.
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December 2018
Following more than three years of dating, Ramos proposed to Cephas Jones on Christmas Eve in front of a castle in England. Her mother, grandmother, and close friend Cynthia Erivo were present for the special moment. The couple announced their engagement on Instagram several days later, posing in front of the Eiffel Tower.
“Thank you for saying yes to writing stories together for the rest of our lives. I’m honored and Blessed to marry you. LEGOOO 💍🕺🏻💃🏽,” wrote, in part, on Instagram.
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Meanwhile, Cephas Jones began her lengthy recap of the moment:
“My beloved Anthony,On Christmas Eve you got down on one knee and proposed to me in front of my favorite castle in Arundel that I used to visit all the time as a child. It brought tears to my eyes because I don’t get to see my family in England that I’m so close with that much because we are an ocean away, but they got to witness this amazing event in our lives. And what a moment it was!!”
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Ramos also shared a video of the lead-up to the proposal and the big moment itself on his YouTube channel.
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January 2019
The couple made their first public outing as an engaged couple at the 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, where Ramos was nominated as part of the cast of A Star Is Born.
February 2019
Ramos celebrated their fourth anniversary as a couple with a few photos on the ‘gram. Home. I love you so much, Best 4 Yearz a my life,” he captioned the post.
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October 2019
Later that year, the couple posed alongside fellow Hamilton OG cast member Emmy Raver-Lampman (who is linked to Diggs in real-life) at the premiere of the musical The Wrong Man.
A few days later, the couple debuted the sensual music video for Ramos’s song, “Mind Over Matter,” which Cephas Jones co-starred in.
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Ramos also celebrated the release of his album by paying homage to Cephas Jones, writing, “‘Only feel the ground under my feet when Jazzy standing right there next to me…’ Ya’ll listen to ‘Come Back Home’ yet? The Good & The Bad Album Out Now.”
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Cephas Jones honored her fiancé’s album release with a post of her own. “Whats wild is this billboard is on the same block of the show where we first met almost 5 years ago!! Full circle!!! Man oh man, you deserve it all and more. What an incredible moment in time for you my love. @anthonyramosofficial debut album The good & The bad is officially out now on all platforms!!! GO COP DAT SHIT!!!” she wrote on Instagram.
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Vogue interviewed Ramos about his forthcoming wedding plans with Cephas Jones around that time. “Jasmine and I both love music, so the DJ’s gotta be on point,” he said when pressed for any definite plans. “I want people sweating, suit jackets off, chancletas on.”
Several songs on Ramos’s album are reportedly about Cephas Jones. For instance, he’s spoken about how the track “One More Hour,” is about the first time the couple kissed. And he’s serenaded his future wife in concerts since.
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November 2019
“You start your first tour today and it’s your birthday!!!” Cephas Jones wrote in an Instagram post for Ramos’s 28th birthday. “Happy birthday to the hardest working man out there. We are all so Grateful that you were born to spread positivity and love as a human and through your art. We Love you . Now, go get ‘em. @anthonyramosofficial ❤️”
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A few days after his birthday, Ramos supported Cephas Jones at the opening night of her next stage show Cyrano, a production which starred Peter Dinklage.
February 2020
Earlier this year, the couple attended the 2020 Oscars, where Ramos’s film A Star Is Born was nominated for seven awards. Ramos wore a Dolce & Gabbana suit, while Cephas Jones sported a dark Yanina Couture gown.
Ramos and Cephas Jones headed to the Vanity Fair after party following the telecast, which involved Miranda presenting a performance from Miranda.
July 2020
Last week, Ramos posted an update from he and Cephas Jones’s quarantine. “Got away for a second. We back in da mix,” he captioned an Instagram photo of them curling up together near a row of boats.
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In anticipation of the filmed version of Hamilton hitting Disney+ this month, the original cast has been speaking about the musical again. In a recent BroadwayWorld interview Cephas Jones said, “I watched it with my fiancé Anthony, who is also in the show. We watched it together and my jaw was on the floor the whole time. You watch something like that and all your memories just flood through your brain.”
During a radio conversation with Bevy Smith, the actress was asked about any challenges being in a relationship with a fellow artist. “I think it would be challenging if you don’t let yourselves have the freedom and understand that you both are creative people,” Cephas Jones explained. “I think support and trust and love and constantly supporting that person and treating them loved in what they believe in and what they wanna do artistically. I think that’s the key when you’re artists. When ego gets thrown in there and all of that competitiveness, that’s where it can go downhill. But Anthony and I, we met working together and we love to work together.”
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