Hollywood Star Darren Criss’s Wife, Mia Swier, Is a Seriously Cool Rocker
The Emmy Award-winning actor married Mia Swier in 2018, after being together for over seven years.
Swier is a producer, director, musician, and owner of a piano bar in Los Angeles.
In the new Netflix show Hollywood, Darren Criss plays Raymond Ainsley, an up-and-coming director with a revolutionary vision.
Most of Criss's screen time in Hollywood is spent charming the costumes off of Laura Harrier, who plays actress Camille Washington. But there’s a leading lady in Criss's real life who we’d like you to meet: Mia Swier.
After dating for seven-and-a-half years, Criss, 33, and Swier, 34, decided to "kick those adventures up a notch" and get engaged in 2018. They met long long before Criss became a leading man in Ryan
Murphy's shows, like Glee and The Assassination of Gianni Versace. In addition to starring in Hollywood, Criss served as an executive producer. Unfortunately, Criss lost his father just days before the show's premiere.
Like her multi-hyphenate husband, Swier has many talents: She's a producer, writer, bassist, and vocalist, who loves singing the music of Guns N’ Roses. The couple joins
creative forces with their piano bar, Tramp Stamp Granny's, in Hollywood. Read on to learn more about Swier, the woman who turns “the music up” in Criss’s life, per his Emmys acceptance speech.
Darren and Mia began dating before he was famous.
According to Criss's Instagram post announcing their engagement, the couple met in 2010. Criss and Swier haven't shared the details of their origin story, but we know this much: Swier has witnessed Criss's ascent to fame first-hand.
"We met before I knew I was going to be on TV," Criss said on The Roz & Mocha Show. Unfortunately, the couple has had to deal with the downside of fame. Swier has been the frequent target of hate from Criss's fans. "It's the worst. People are so mean," Criss continued.
She graduated from NYU.
According to Marie Claire, Swier got her bachelor’s degree from New York University, then attended New York Film Academy. She also was an intern at Saturday Night Live, per her IMdB page.
Criss, on the other hand, studied at the University of Michigan. While there, he made national headlines for starring in a famous musical parody, A Very Potter Musical.
She's been a director and producer for a decade.
According to her IMdB page, Swier currently works as a producer for Fox. Over the course of her career, Swier has directed promotional content for many Fox and
Showtime shows, including Scream Queens, Glee, Homeland, and Shameless. Fun fact: She also directed Keke Palmer's first-ever music video for "I Don't Belong to You."
