Wow!
There’s as much drama on the set of Chicago Fire as in the actors real-lives!
Find out what the main cast of the show has dealt with before the show and what crises
have been going on in their lives during the show as well.
Get ready for some surprising facts!
Jesse Spencer as Lieutenant Matthew Casey
Matthew Casey is very discreet and aloof, but that makes us love the character even more.
We know for sure that Jesse Spencer is nothing like his character in real-life.
Just look at his relaxed and gorgeous Australian smile!
Before Jesse became known as the Captain in charge of Truck 81, we knew him, for quite
a long time, as Doctor Chase.
Yep, the indulgent henchman of Doctor House, who we saw bend over backwards for him for
8 years on screen.
Captain Casey has much more respect from his co-workers than Chase did.
But the sweet moment when Chase gave flowers to Cameron, restored out faith in love.
Before Jesse won the hearts of an American audience he made a career back in Australia
playing in the sitcom The Neighbors.
Jesse portrayed Billy Kennedy, a teenager dealing with his love triangles for 6 years.
Spencer is not just an actor, he is also a musician.
He started performing with the Australian Boys Choir way back in 1998.
But his most famous performance that you may have seen was with the Band from Tv, where
Jesse played the violin, right next to Hugh Laurie.
Just like Captain Casey, Jesse had his heart broken.
Jesse was engaged to his co-star Jennifer Morrison aka Doctor Cameron,
They were a month away from their wedding when they unexpectedly called it quits, and
the reason for it has still not been made public.
He later dated pro surfer Maya Gabeira, but that didn’t work out either.
It’s believed Jesse is currently on the market ladies!
Monica Raymund as Gabriela Dawson Casey Dawson was one of the few women in Engine Company 51.
We did not see it coming when the news reported that she was leaving the show after six seasons.
Raymund is an avid supporter of LGBT rights, in fact after leaving the show she signed
on to the new LGBT-centric drama series P-Town.
Monica learned from her parents, that thriving comes through hard work.
She grew up being led by the example of her successful parents, as her father is a CEO
and a chairman of Tech Data Corporation and her mother the co-founder of a prominent dance
studio in Florida.
Her parents wanted the best for Monica, so she went to the finest schools that the family's
money could afford.
The future TV series star, studied at Julliard for four years.
"And after graduating from Juilliard, Monica got some small roles in series like Law and Order.
" But in 2009 she finally got a big role on Lie to Me.
Do you still remember the hard-core Ria Torres?
Monica also had a recurring role in the third season of the CBS legal drama The Good Wife,
as an assistant state's attorney.
She always plays charismatic ladies, that look stunning both in a suit and in a fire
fighting uniform.
Do you miss Gabby on Chicago Fire?
Monica has also gone through the divorce, just like Gabby.
Perhaps it was more painful for her than for Dawson, as her ex-husband Neil Patrick Stewart
allegedly cheated on her.
In 2014 Monica came out as bisexual on her Twitter account posting a tweet with her sweetheart
- Tari Segal.
The couple has been dating since 2014.
Taylor Kinney as Lieutenant Kelly Severide
Kelly is nothing like Casey - he is charismatic and some kind of a ladies’ man,
It looks like that's very much what Taylor is like in real-life as well.
Can you believe that after his junior year, Taylor left school and moved to Hawaii?
There, he embraced all of the delights of life in Hawaii by learning how to surf and skydive.
And even worked on framing houses.
As you see he wasn’t planning to become an actor at first.
A year later he moved to LA and studied business management.
But the attraction to acting turned out to be stronger and Kinney decided to pursue an
acting career.
And definitely didn't fluff on that!
Taylor first appeared in a recurring role on The Vampire Diaries.
We still cannot believe it that just a year later we saw him in a fire fighting suit.
Meanwhile, trying something different, Taylor featured in Lady Gaga’s music video for
the song You and I.
They fell in love right away on the set and got engaged 5 years later.
But the engagement was called off in 2016.
Taylor is rumoured to have cheated on Lady Gaga and her song the Diamond heart, referring
to her engagement ring, is about that incident.
Taylor also appeared on the big screen in war drama Zero Dark Thirty and in the comedy
film The Other Woman.
Let us know in the comments, whom do you like more - Casey or Severide?
Lauren German as Paramedic Leslie Elizabeth Shay
We loved Leslie for her hilarious self-deprecating jokes about being gay.
It was heartbreaking to see Shay being killed off the series in season 3.
Even though it's already season 7, we still miss Leslie a lot.
Anyways, before Chicago Fire, Lauren had her first major role in teenage iconic drama - A
Walk to Remember.
It was followed by her work in the horror movie The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Lauren was going for a bigger part, like the role of Erin, but did not get it as it went
to Jessica Biel.
The disappointment of not getting the major role wasn't her only one.
Lauren always wanted to play in comedies.
Instead mainly received offers to play serious characters, like a suicidal girl or a girl
planning a murder.
German also played in another horror movie called Hostel Part 2 and she did all her own
stunts throughout the film.
Despite being brave enough to do the stunts on her own, Lauren says she's super accident inclined.
She is well known for falling off horses and in her high heels.
You have probably also seen Lauren in Hawaii Five-0 as well, playing the main role of Lori Weston.
Since she left Chicago Fire, German is now playing a detective in the FOX fantasy comedy-drama Lucifer.
But did you know that before starting her acting career, Lauren enrolled at the University
of Southern California, to study anthropology?
We know little about Lauren's private life.
Before Chicago Fire, she was dating her co-star Ashton Holmes, whom she met on the set of The Divide.
And that’s pretty much her entire public dating list.
But it cannot be true that such a beauty is still single!
Eamonn Walker as Battalion Chief Wallace Boden
We all admired Wallace for protecting his workers and even putting his career on the
line to do it several times.
In real-life Eamonn is British.
Before 1997 he had a pretty good career on British television, playing in The Detectives
and Goodnight Sweetheart.
But before starting his career as an actor, Eamon was fond of dancing.
He even joined a dancing theatre company in London.
Turned out he wasn't muscular enough and was forced to leave.
Just look at him now, can you believe that?!
After that, he won a major role on the HBO drama series - Oz, about the experimental
unit of a prison, where Eamonn plays one of the most powerful prisoners Kareem Saïd.
He even received CableACE Award for this role.
It was a major moment in his career, and he admitted, that: "Not since “Oz” have I
worked with a cast like this that’s willing to be supportive."
The chemistry between the crew was so perfect, that Walker still misses it 20 years later.
Eamonn also appeared on big screen in Unbreakable, alongside Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson,
and Once in the Life with Laurence Fishburne.
Long before Chicago fire, Walker married the love of his life Sandra and the two have three kids.
Their relationship remains strong even after 20 long years.
Kara Killmer as Sylvie Brett
Sylvie joined the cast in 2014 in the third season to replace Leslie.
Kara started her career off with Hulu original reality web series If I Can Dream but the
show didn’t live for long.
She had some small parts in TV shows until she joined Chicago fire.
Kara is married to actor Andrew Cheney, with whom she acted in Beyond the Mask in 2015.
David Eigenberg as Lieutenant Christopher Herrmann
In the 7th season, Christopher got finally promoted to Lieutenant for his credits after
passing a test!
David Eigenberg's list of real-life acting credits is pretty impressive as well.
You probably know him best for his role of Steve Brady on the HBO sitcom, Sex and the City.
Yep, the one Miranda Hobbs was dating on and off again, before they eventually got married.
David has also appeared in many episodes of our other favourite shows, including Criminal
Minds, NCIS alongside Mark Harmon, Castle and even Law and Order.
Though he generally plays serious characters, he definitely has lots of comedic potentials,
as he was named "class clown" of his graduating high school class.
David got kicked out of college just five weeks into his freshman year.
We are still wondering what was the reason.
But he still managed to find his way to success!
He’s been married for 16 years and has two kids.
Joe Minoso as Firefighter Joe Cruz
Finally being transferred to Squad 3 in the 3rd season, Joe had his fair share of troubles.
Joe’s real life had some ups and downs too.
His first high school girlfriend, who was a theatre performer at the time, once took
him backstage to show him around.
Right at this moment, Joe realized he wanted to be an actor.
After receiving a Masters degree in Fine Arts, Joe worked hard to pursue his career.
He was given a recurring role on the Starz series Boss and also appeared on Shameless
and The Beast next to Patrick Swayze.
But in 2010, his career went down: he was out of work, got overweight and depressed.
He was living in Chicago at this time by the way.
But when his friend advised him to try Zumba, his life changed forever.
That is why Cruz is so fond of Zumba on the screen too.
When Joe was the first cast for Chicago Fire he moved in with his co-stars Charlie Barnett
and Yuri Sardarov.
On the set of Chicago Fire Minoso met his wife Caitlin, who is a makeup artist on the show.
It looks like Chicago Fire changed his life more than anyone else on the cast.
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