Chris Hemsworthand his wife, Elsa Pataky, had awhirlwind romance.

It was just under a year from the time they started dating to the time Hemsworth popped the question.

But Pataky wasn’t just anybody before her life with the handsome actor.

Elsa Pataky smiling

At that point, Pataky had over a decade of acting experience under her belt.

Her mother was a successful publicist while her father worked as a biochemist (perThe Famous People).

She went to CEU San Pablo University, where she studied journalism.

Elsa Pataky smiling

It was while she was there that she decided to pursue acting.

She was on the show from 1997-99, after which she moved on to movies (perYahoo!

Four years later, so much would be changing for Pataky.

Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky

In early 2010, talent agent William Ward introduced Pataky to Chris Hemsworth.

They went public that September and they married by the year’s end.

“There wasno light-bulb moment,” Hemsworth told Elle (perUs Weekly).

“From the first time we met, we just made sense.

In 2012, she and husband Chris Hemsworth welcomed their first child, daughter India Rose.

In 2014, they added twin boys Sasha and Tristan to the mix.

“We did everything very quickly I don’t know how we survived as a couple.

We were married and then a year after we had kids,” Pataky toldVogue Australia.

We make it work.”

“So I think our years together have been great.

Things are working great for their family of four.