Robbie Amell and Italia Ricci Are Engaged!

Tomorrow People star proposed to Chasing Life actress after six years of dating

By Zach Johnson Aug 20, 2014 5:41 PMTags
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It happened in a flash!

Robbie Amell proposed to longtime love Italia Ricci. He shared a photo of the proposal via Instagram Wednesday, writing, "She said yes!!!...I think. I can't really be sure. I'm going marry my best friend."

The engaged actors popped a bottle of bubbly to celebrate. The future spouses began dating in 2008.

The duo already received congratulatory messages from The Vampire Diaries' co-creator Julie Plec and The Tomorrow People's Luke Mitchell. "ABOUT TIME!! Haha!" Mitchell tweeted. "Congratulations guys!"

Robbie, who starred in The CW's The Tomorrow People, will next play Firestorm in the network's Flash series. Premiering on Oct. 7 and based on the DC Comics hero of the same name, it was spun off of Arrow, which star's Robbie's cousin, Stephen Amell. Italia, meanwhile, currently stars in ABC Family's Chasing Life. The actress plays a young reporter named April Carver who gets diagnosed with Leukemia.

This will be the first marriage for both Robbie, 26, and Italia, 27.

Congratulations to the happy couple!