How did Zoe Kazan and her boyfriend, Paul Dano, meet?

—Jack F., New Haven, Conn.

A:The two actors met in a play, Things We Want, in 2007, and Kazan, 33, and Dano, who turns 33 on June 19, have been a couple ever since. They appeared together in the 2012 movie Ruby Sparks, which Kazan also wrote. Dano has more than 35 TV and film credits, and Kazan’s most recent role is in the romantic comedy The Big Sick, in theaters June 23, based on the real-life courtship of comedian Kumail Nanjiani and podcast host Emily V. Gordon.