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LaKeith Stanfieldfound “someone great"in Kasmere Trice Stanfield.
TheAtlantastar and Kasmere got engaged in late 2022 and revealed to PEOPLE in July 2023 thatthey are now married. The couple also shared that they’d welcomed their first child together.
LaKeith is also a dad to two daughters from past relationships.
So, who is LaKeith Stanfield’s wife? Here is everything to know about Kasmere Trice Stanfield and her relationship with the actor.
She went to Spelman College
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Kasmerestudied political science at Spelman College, a historically Black women’s college in Atlanta, and graduated in 2015
In 2022, the Spelman alum appeared in the campaign for Polo Ralph Lauren’sMorehouse and Spelman Colleges capsule collection, which was the first Ralph Lauren collection or campaign “featuring an all-Black cast and suite of creators, largely sourcing from students, faculty and alumni” from Morehouse and Spelman.
She is a model
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Kasmere is a model signed toSelect Model Management’s Atlanta agency. She has modeled a range of styles, including swimwear, vintage looks and bridal gowns.
She and LaKeith met in Canada
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LaKeith, who previously datedThe Mindy Projectactress Xosha Roquemore (with whom hewelcomed a daughterin June 2017), revealed to PEOPLE in July 2023 that he met Kasmere in Canada while he was there for work, and the two instantly connected.
“We just met and we’re just feeling each other out and it was like, maybe this person will be a cool friend? And as love does, it just smacked us out of nowhere,” LaKeith said. “I was like, ‘What is this? What’s happening? Why do I feel this way? Why do I want to be next to this person?’ "
He continued, “And it just happened and grabbed us, and then I just knew that this person was important. And it seemed like the person that I had been waiting to come into my life had finally come into my life.”
Kasmere added that the two immediately felt comfortable with each other and dived into deep conversations about topics like marriage and parenting quickly. LaKeith also said that playing relationship card games together “accelerated” their relationship.
“We were able to learn a lot about each other very quickly,” he said. “We cried real tears in these games, oftentimes just me and her.”
LaKeith proposed in December 2022
On Instagram, Kasmereshared photos of her dazzling ringand another shot of herself placing a kiss on LaKeith’s cheek in Nassau, Bahamas. “Happy birthday, mrs. Stanfield ☺️💍🥳#priceyiceyWIFEY 😝😍,” she captioned the post.
The proposal took place during a dinner complete with roses and a singer singing Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” one of Kasmere’s favorite songs.
“He came in and I’m just thinking, ‘Okay, we’re chilling. We’re going to eat,’ " Kasmere reflected. “And then all of a sudden there’s all this fanfare and roses and this woman singing. And I’m like, ‘What is happening?’ And then he looks at me and he talks to me for a while … and he asked me to marry him.”
She and LaKeith got married privately
The couple went on to tie the knot in private. Kasmere referred to herself as LaKeith’s wife for the first time inan Instagram tributeto him on Father’s Day in 2023, where he posed in a sweater that read “husband.” The following month, PEOPLE confirmed their marriage exclusively.
LaKeith told PEOPLE that his and Kasmere’s love is rooted in Black love, what he called the “oldest love.”
“A lot of people did a lot of hard things so we could be in the position to love out loud and that’s why we do that, that’s why we love out loud, because what those people sacrificed wasn’t in vain,” he said. “And a lot of times we have to sacrifice in life in order to allow love to grow and flourish. And so that’s what we’ve done. We’ve tried to learn from our mistakes, we’ve tried to be better every single day.”
In January 2024, LaKeith spoke with PEOPLE again, sharing that his marriage to Kasmere has changed him “for the better.”
He added: “I mean, I feel like it’s something that calls to you to be your best and highest self whenever, wherever you can. I got my ring on right now. I take it with me everywhere, and I feel my wife’s presence with me everywhere.I’m really, really grateful to have her.”
She shares one child with LaKeith
“Sometimes you have to protect yourself. That means you have to protect your family. That means you have to protect your children,” he said. “There need to be things that exist in the world that are sacred and that are not for consumption for everybody.”
She and LaKeith have a caring relationship
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Kasmere and LaKeith are pros at taking care of each other — and being there for each other through thick and thin.
Kasmere shared how LaKeith always looks out for her as she manages her type 1 diabetes, whether he is in the next room over or across the world.
“I’m a type one diabetic and he has an app on his phone from day one that would tell him what my sugars are,” she said. “And he’s like, ‘Babe, you’re a little low. Let’s get some juice.’ And I’m like, ‘You’re in Italy right now. What is going on?’ Or in the next room, ‘Okay, I’m bringing you the juice.’ "
LaKeith said he does his best to be a helpful partner for Kasmere. “All I ever tried to do is in those really crazy moments like when she was in labor is try to be a support system and figure out how many ice chips I need to give her and what I can do to be there and be a support,” he said.
source: people.com
