These Tall Female Celebrities Aren’t Afraid To Stand Out (Even If It Means Towering Over Their Much Shorter Male Partners)
How many times have we heard a woman describe her ideal male type as “tall, dark and handsome”? In the world of dating, it’s fairly common for women to look for the burliest, tallest man to be their knight in shining armor, and it’s almost continued by who we in Hollywood glorify for it. Take actor Chris Hemsworth: we can’t ignore the fact that the handsome actor’s success in playing the mighty god of thunder and son of Odin, Thor, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is not – in any (substantial) way – attributable to it that he is 6 years old. 3″ tall. Face it, the world is obsessed with men who don’t need help reaching things off the shelves at Home Depot.
But nowadays there are women who are celebrated for their impressive size. The days of a couple consisting of a taller man towering over a smaller, petite woman slowly dissipate as even the visual representation of taller women has come to the forefront of the viewer’s experience. Take Princess Peach for example. In the 2023 American computer-animated adventure film The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Peach is not only portrayed (as always) taller than Nintendo’s legendary hero Mario, but she immediately comments on his height (especially the lack of it). how they meet. To top it off, the film presents the perpetual damsel in distress as a dynamic heroine who demonstrates that women can be just as commanding, capable and big as their male counterparts. To back up that notion, here is a list of female celebrities known for being confidently taller than their male partners.
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8th Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden
Cameron Diaz and Good Charlotte guitarist Benji Madden were introduced in 2014 by Diaz’s sidekick, Nicole Richie, who is married to Madden’s twin brother, Joel Madden. When the pair are spotted out in public, it’s hard not to notice that the leggy actress stands a few inches taller than her rocker spouse. Diaz is 5′ 9″ tall while Madden is 5′ 6″ tall.
The actress, who previously retired from acting, is back in action and set to return to the big screen in her upcoming film Back in Action.
7 Eniko Parish and Kevin Hart
Actor and comedian Kevin Hart is known for his small stature, in fact, he’s basically made his career embracing his size. Hart is known for cracking jokes about how small he is before everyone else can, and often makes headlines for how he looks standing next to people much taller than him.
But there’s one person who, when standing next to her, is a slightly “bigger” deal — and that’s his wife, Eniko Hart. While she’s only 5′ 7″, she appears to be drastically taller while standing next to Hart, who is 5′ 5″ by comparison.
6 Erin Darke and Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Radcliffe knows he’s not particularly tall. The Harry Potter actor was even candid when, while reading a script, he looked up the height requirements for being a Marine. While it seems Radcliffe’s height makes him choosy about what roles he can take on, the actor didn’t seem too picky when it came to pursuing a significant other, which would make his small stature less noticeable.
Radcliffe’s girlfriend, actress Erin Darke, is 5′ 7″ compared to his 5′ 5″. The pair are also expecting their first child together — perhaps their child will be a happier median in size between them.
5 Helen Lasichanh and Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Williams is such an iconic figure in the music industry that he only has to use his first name because people will know exactly who he is. The always stylish producer always turns heads alongside his model wife Helen Lasichanh on the red carpet.
Williams could stack his thirteen Grammy Awards, and they probably still wouldn’t compare to the gorgeous woman, who is a staggering 6′ 0″ tall compared to his 5′ 8″.
4 Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban
Actress Nicole Kidman is always taller than her country star husband Keith Urban on the red carpet. The Oscar winner is approximately 5′ 11″ tall compared to Urban’s 5′ 10″. Despite Kidman’s fame, the actress has opened up to people about her childhood insecurities surrounding her tall stature.
“I was a teenager who didn’t want to fit in, but I had a lot of fears and insecurities because I was very tall. When I was 13, I was 5ft 10”, said Kidman, 53.
3 Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond
Tina Fey and her husband Jeff Richmond have been together for over 20 years. True love truly defies all odds, the 30 Rock grad and her husband have whose respective careers have thrived — even if they’re in different states. It seems they cleared every hurdle together – and Richmond might jump a little less high than Fey, who is about 5ft 5in, compared to him, who is about 5ft 2in.
2 Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas
Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner is actually 2 inches taller than her musician husband. Turner is 5′ 9″ tall while Joe Jonas is 5′ 7″ tall. Jonas, who previously dated Taylor Swift, seems to have no problem dating taller women. All appears to be fine between Swift and Turner, however, as both women — with their stunning heights — have taken the high road since Jonas and Swift’s messy split in 2008.
1 Zendaya and Tom Holland
Euphoria star Zendaya and Tom Holland began dating publicly in the summer of 2021, long after working together on the set of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Homecoming. After appearing in the film, the actress faced reactions to the height difference between her and Holland, particularly during their on-screen kissing scenes. Because where Tom Holland stands at 5’8″, Zendaya stands splendidly at 5’10”.
The actress told Variety in August 2017 about her initial apprehensions as she began filming the Spider-Man franchise, as she was nervous about how the public would perceive their height difference.
“I was worried because he’s so much smaller than me. I thought, ‘Damn! It’s going to be weird because I’m super tall.’ But then we ended up auditioning. So that was good.” She said.
Both stars have since brushed off comments about their height differences, especially since going public with the relationship. While promoting Spider-Man: No Way Home at a Sirius XM Town Hall event in December 2021, they closed assumptions about their size difference.
Holland said it was “a silly assumption” to think this would be a problem in their relationship, and Zendaya explained how normal their height difference actually is. “That’s normal, too,” she said. “My mother is taller than my father. My mother is taller than everyone else.”.
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