The two met in a jazz bar in 2017 while Elba was working on "The Mountain Between Us" in Vancouver and it seemed to be a case of art imitating life. The film, which is about a man and woman who fall for each other while stranded from a plane crash, paralleled his personal life as Elba told People in 2017, "Falling in love while making a movie about falling in love is pretty special."
Dhowre Elba was in the bar celebrating a friend's birthday and even admitted on the Just the Sip podcast that she actually started chatting as a wingwoman for her friend, but they ended up having "the best conversation. We talked all night, all the next day." Since that moment, the couple have been more loved-up than ever.