Carell met Nancy Walls when she took a class he was teaching at The Second City; she was his “
star student,” he said in a red-carpet interview, “incredibly smart, funny. I couldn’t resist!” The two have been married for 17 years and have two children. Nancy, who now uses her husband’s last name, spent a season on
Saturday Night Live (
that’s her as Bobby Battista) and has appeared in several of Steve’s projects, including
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (a health clinic counselor) and
The Office (Michael’s ill-fated love interest Carol Stills).