Who Is Vanessa Ray’s Husband? All About Landon Beard

Vanessa Ray and Landon Beard have been together for more than a decade.

The Blue Bloods actress first met her husband at a rehearsal in 2009, and after dating for six years, the couple married in 2015.

“Happy anniversary, Don,” Ray wrote in a 2019 Instagram post celebrating their four years of marriage. “Even in the past few months I’ve just realized more and more ways to love you and accept love from you. You’re a smart, tinkering, weirdo who would do literally ANYTHING for the people in your life. Thank you for keeping our life wonderful. I love you, duh.”

A singer, actor and producer, Beard is best known for touring with Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons and performing with his band Harbor Party.

In March 2024, the couple exclusively told PEOPLE that they welcomed a baby boy, Isaac Ray Beard, via adoption. “We’re just so focused on him right now,” Ray said. “And just showering him with love and trying to absorb every single moment we can of his just littleness, his little life.”

The couple achieved another milestone in June 2024 when Ray wrapped up her decade-long stint on Blue Bloods. “This young lady (2013) just finished her final scene,” Beard wrote in an Instagram post celebrating his wife’s Blue Bloods run. “11 Seasons. More than a decade of her life. A wedding. A home. A child. She’s done it all with grace and joy. Cheers to a job well done. I love you Eddie Janko.”

So who is Vanessa Ray’s husband? Here’s everything to know about Landon Beard and his relationship with the Blue Bloods actress.

He was born in San Diego and is a singer

Beard was born on May 25, 1979, in San Diego, Calif.

A multi-hyphenate talent, his career has spanned singing, acting and producing.

His acting credits include the 2012 film Generation Um… starring Keanu Reeves and the 2005 short film Sacrifice starring Suzan Brittan. Beard also helped with the production of the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, writing about the experience in a 2022 Instagram post, “An honor to be a small part of a bigger cause. Production of the 74th Emmy Awards. New Beginnings.”

Besides acting and producing, Beard primarily works as a singer, having toured with Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. He also is part of the bands Harbor Party and The Modern Gentlemen, a group handpicked by Valli to perform classic tunes.

He proposed to Ray in the winter of 2015

After meeting in a rehearsal and dating for a few years, Beard proposed to Ray on Jan. 23, 2015.

The actress recounted the proposal, which took place by the Hudson River in New York City, to HOLA! magazine, telling the outlet, “[Landon] convinced me to go for a walk to one of our favorite spots — Pier 84 — on the Hudson River in the freezing cold.”

“Thinking about it now, I could feel his heart pounding even through the many layers of clothing we had on out there,” she continued. “He pulled out the ring, we cried and I started asking a million questions. ‘Did you ask my parents? My brother? Does Kelly [Sullivan] know? Does she like the ring?’ ”

Beard flew out Ray’s best friend, actress Kelly Sullivan, from Los Angeles to witness and capture the proposal. “Totally unbeknownst to me, he had Kelly fly out from L.A.,” the Pretty Little Liars actress told the magazine. “She was disguised in a black wig, pretending to be a tourist taking pictures during the whole thing.”

“It took me a long time to realize the lady with the camera was my best friend and that she’d witnessed all of it,” Ray added. “There was a lot of dancing and tears of joy.”

They got married in June 2015

A few months after their engagement, the couple married on June 14, 2015.

Per E! News, Beard and Ray had a relaxed, boho-style wedding at the Condor’s Nest Ranch in Pala, Calif. The ceremony included a singalong with wedding guests who were also given tambourines and shakers to make music. There was even a flower crown station for attendees to enjoy.

Beard’s band Harbor Party played a set during the evening, with Craig Pilo from Frankie Valli’s band joining as a guest musician.

Ray wore two dresses for the occasion, by Shareen and Carol Hannah. Meanwhile Beard ticked off his something borrowed by wearing a tie handed down by his father from 1981.

Sasha Pieterse, Ray’s Pretty Little Liars costar, attended the wedding, along with actresses Kim Matula and Kelly Sullivan.

They share a son

In March 2024, Ray told PEOPLE exclusively that she and Beard welcomed a baby boy via adoption.

“Isaac Ray Beard was born on Nov. 7 and he kind of came into our life, it was quite a whirlwind,” Ray said at the time. “My husband and I weren’t totally sure if we were going to have kids, at what point in our life that made sense and all those things.”

“I was at work one day, honestly, I was about to do a family dinner and I just had this overwhelming sensation of family and what I love about our life and all of these things,” she continued.

Ray remembered calling her husband crying and telling him, “I think we’re supposed to be parents” and “I think we’re supposed to adopt.”

When the couple found out they would be adopting their son, they rallied their friends to create a nursery in 24 hours. “I’m not kidding you, in 24 hours we had a makeshift nursery put together. A crib, pacifiers, bottles, Baby Brezza, all the things,” Ray told PEOPLE.

“We had everything that we needed from our friends. We didn’t have to buy anything,” she added. “We really didn’t right away, at least for the first three months.”

The actress also shared that she and her husband discussed their son’s name almost 12 years ago while on a hike together. The name is inspired by the biblical story of Isaac, who came to Sarah and Abraham later in life.

“My husband was like, ‘Hey remember when we were on that hike and how we were broken up and you had mentioned the name Isaac and how isn’t that the most beautiful thing, the best way to respond is laughing and rejoicing?’ ” Ray recalled.

“He’s like, ‘I think that’s the name.’ I was like, ‘That’s the name,’ ” she continued. “I guess that name has been with us for a long time. We never knew we’d ever have to use it and here we are. He is a lot of laughing and a lot of rejoicing.”

He supported Ray amid her bipolar diagnosis

In a 2020 episode of the Pink Lemonade Stand podcast, Ray revealed that she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and spent three months in a mental health facility. The actress later opened up about her diagnosis and how she and Beard navigated it together in a 2021 interview with Women on Top.

“[After I came back from treatment], Landon and I had to have a ton of therapy as well within that,” she shared in the interview. “Because here I am, changing, starting to take accountability for myself, trying to be present, and all of those things. And my husband is someone who takes care of everything. And so all of a sudden I was like, ‘I don’t need your help.’ ”

“It was difficult in our marriage and it was the question of whether or not either of us wanted to be in a marriage where we completely flipped the script,” she added. Ray said that self-help books and therapy helped the couple work through the challenges they faced in their relationship.

They celebrate each other on social media

Beard and Ray aren’t shy of publicly displaying their love on social media — the pair regularly celebrate their wedding anniversaries and birthdays with sweet posts.

When Ray turned 40 in 2021, her husband posted a photo of them sharing a kiss while hiking, writing in the caption of the Instagram post: “She blesses every person she comes into contact with. It is I who got the gift when she was born. Happy Birthday my love.”

For their fifth wedding anniversary in 2020, the couple both marked the occasion on Instagram, with Ray posting pictures of them posing at the beach and writing, “Happy anniversary @landonbeard 5 years!!!! Still crazy bout ya. Thanks to our friends and family for sticking this out with us. To know us is to KNOW us, ya know?”

Meanwhile, Beard posted a picture of Ray hugging him and captioned it, “5 years married. What a ride!!!”