High School Sweethearts: Gaten & Elizabeth's Decade of Love

Gaten Matarazzo and Elizabeth Yu, prominent young stars in Hollywood, have been high school sweethearts since meeting as teenagers on July 4, 2017. They officially began dating in March 2018, marking nearly a decade of their enduring relationship.

The couple, who attended Pinelands Regional High School in Ocean County, New Jersey, together, have supported each other's careers. They made their red carpet debut at the Stranger Things 4 premiere on May 14, 2022, and have since attended various premieres and events together.

Matarazzo and Yu live together and share a unique passion for collecting fan art, which they display around their apartment. Yu stars as Princess Azula in Netflix's "Avatar: The Last Airbender," while Matarazzo is known for his role as Dustin Henderson in "Stranger Things."

In a 2026 interview on the "Dear Chelsea" podcast, Matarazzo shared that thriving through distance and maintaining a strong home base have been keys to their relationship's longevity. Yu also spoke about the importance of separating personal and professional lives, a lesson learned from Matarazzo, especially given their public profiles as actors.