Minka Kelly and Dan Reynolds Relationship Timeline
Minka Kelly and Dan Reynolds began their romance over the phone — and the rest is history.
Reynolds shared that he was introduced to Kelly by a mutual friend in 2022 following his divorce from Aja Volkman. The twosome spoke over the phone for a while eventually agreeing to send each other what they were working on. Kelly was in the midst of writing her Tell Me Everything memoir while Reynolds, who is the frontman of rock band Imagine Dragons, was busy with his Loom album.
“She’s like, ‘Well, if you’re going to share your art, I can share something with you, but it’s very vulnerable for me,’” Reynolds recalled to People in July 2024. “‘Do you want to do this or not?’”
Reynolds explained that they ended up sharing their work with each other, which “ended up being a really beautiful thing and brought [them] a lot closer.”
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The couple were spotted in public for the first time in November 2022 at an Italian restaurant in Los Angeles.
“These are obviously early days for Minka and Dan but it’s going great and they’re both incredibly happy,” a source exclusively told Us Weekly in December 2022.
More than two years later, Reynolds and Kelly are still going strong with Reynolds even making a cameo in Kelly’s Netflix series Ransom Canyon.
“He came to visit and everyone, all the producers and writers, just naturally fell in love with him, like you do. It’s easy to love Dan,” she gushed to People in April 2025, noting that he was “such a good sport” about the cameo and “down to play.”
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Minka Kelly and Dan Reynolds Relationship Timeline Reynolds explained that he began talking to Kelly on the phone after being introduced by a mutual friend. The twosome agreed to exchange each other’s work as Kelly was working on her Tell me Everything memoir and Reynolds was preparing music for his Loom album.
“I think it helped us both kind of understand each other on a deeper level quickly,” he shared with People in July 2024. “It was a really strange and awesome way to meet someone because I was hearing all her life stories from youth to now, and she had a really hard, colorful, beautiful life. Getting to read it all before you even meet somebody … I’ve never had that kind of introduction to someone.”
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“Being back on the singles’ scene after long relationships has been a challenging adjustment for each of them, so they’re taking their time and easing into it as opposed to running before they can walk, so to speak,” the insider explained. “But so far, so good, and they’re having fun, getting along great.”
June 2023
The couple were seen packing on the PDA in Los Angeles, per photos obtained by the Daily Mail. That same month, a source told Us that Kelly and Reynolds were “so in love.”
“Things are going amazing for them both,” the source shared, adding that their relationship “started out slowly,” but they have “gotten much more serious” over the past couple of months.
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“He and Minka spend as much of their free time together as possible,” the insider noted. “When they can’t be together, oftentimes they’re texting, FaceTiming and calling each other.”
October 2024
Reynolds and Kelly attended a special screening of Gladiator II in Los Angeles.
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March 2025
The lovebirds were seen cuddling up with each other while stepping out for a coffee run in Los Angeles, per Just Jared.
April 2025
Reynolds made a surprise cameo on Kelly’s Netflix show, Ransom Canyon. Kelly later revealed that Reynolds re
ally helped her prepare for the role by teaching her piano.
“He helped me a lot,” she said on an episode of Today with Jenna & Friends at the time. “Because at home he’d help me translate — I can’t read music — so he would show me how it’s done.”
