Alexis Bledel and Vincent Kartheiser divorce after 8-year-long marriage

Alexis Bledel and Vincent Kartheiser are going to end their 8-year journey together.

After eight years of marriage, the Mad Men actor and The Handmaid's Tale actress filed for divorce on August 10.

The Putnam County Court in New York and a spokeswoman for Bledel confirmed the information to PEOPLE.

The low-key pair, who originally became acquainted while filming season five of Mad Men, announced their engagement in 2013 and later wed in a quiet ceremony the following year.

One son, who Bledel, 40, and Kartheiser, 43, both share, was born to the couple in the fall of 2015, according to Bledel's Gilmore Girls co-star Scott Patterson.

Throughout their careers, Bledel and Kartheiser have been in a number of prominent TV shows and movies.

Kartheiser's and her resumes each list the DC's Titans and the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants films among their credits. However, they mostly kept their relationship private as a couple.