Surprise! From Heidi and Tom to Miranda and Brendan: Stars' Secret Weddings

07/12/2019

From secret ceremonies to whirlwind romances, see the couples whose weddings took the world by surprise

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HEIDI & TOM

In July, PEOPLE confirmed the supermodel and rocker Kaulitz were legally married. Public records showed they obtained a confidential marriage certificate in California. TMZ reported they tied the knot in February, just two months after Kaulitz proposed to Klum on Dec. 24, 2018.

Klum — mom to daughters Lou, 10, and Leni, 15, and sons Johan, 12, and Henry, 14 — and the Tokio Hotel musician first sparked dating rumors in March 2018 after they were spotted kissing on set while she was filming America’s Got Talent.

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ED & CHERRY

In July — the same day he dropped his new album, No.6 Collaborations Project — the British singer confirmed in a video interview with iHeart Radio’s Charlamagne Tha God posted to his YouTube channel that he and his longtime love Seaborn had tied the knot.

When Charlamagne Tha God asks about his more personal lyrics on “Remember the Name,” featuring Eminem and 50 Cent, Sheeran references the verse that says, “Watch how the lyrics in the songs might get twisted / My wife wears red, but looks better without the lipstick.”

“It was actually before me and Cherry got married and I knew that we’d be married by the point that the song came out,” said Sheeran. “[I thought] Someone’s gonna hear that and be like, ‘Oh, they’re married!’ I didn’t know how that would be construed, but obviously it’s already come out.”

The Sun reported in February that Sheeran and his longtime girlfriend had tied the knot in December 2018 at their home in Suffolk, England, in front of 40 friends and family members.

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JOE & SOPHIE

Vegas, baby! After the 2019 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on May 1, the stars surprised everyone by saying “I do” at Chapel L’Amour inside A Little White Wedding Chapel. The singer’s brothers were in attendance, an Elvis impersonator officiated, Dan + Shay performed and Diplo shared the whole thing on Instagram Live.

Jonas had previous told James Corden the pair was planning a summer 2019 wedding in France.

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JUDE & PHILLIPA

Law married girlfriend Coan in a low-key ceremony at The Old Marylebone Town Hall in London on April 30, according to The Sun.

In photos obtained by the publication, Law and Coan were seen walking together with Coan dressed in an off-white ruffled dress and carrying a bouquet of flowers. The actor wore a corduroy navy blazer, matching pants and a navy fedora hat.

The two emerged from the town hall wearing wedding bands on their ring fingers, according to the publication.

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MIRANDA & BRENDAN

“In honor of Valentine’s Day I wanted to share some news. I met the love of my life. And we got hitched!” Lambert wrote on Instagram on Feb. 16, 2019, revealing the news of her new relationship for the first time. “My heart is full. Thank you Brendan McLoughlin for loving me for…. me,” she continued alongside two sweet photos from their happy day, adding a red heart emoji and the sweet hashtag “theone.”

A rep for the singer confirmed to PEOPLE that the marriage happened “a while” before Lambert’s post.

McLoughlin is an officer with the NYPD, and has previously earned attention for his good looks.

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MICHAEL & MORGAN

Leap Day 2016 will forever be an especially memorable day for Dexter‘s Hall – it’s his anniversary with new bride Macgregor. The couple tied the knot at City Hall in N.Y.C. that Monday morning.

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CARSON & SIRI

It was an extra special holiday season for The Voice host and his love of 10 years, who were married in a private ceremony on Dec. 23, 2015. The pair, who are parents to Jackson James, 6, Etta Jones, 3, and London Rose, 16 months, tied the knot in a small, intimate ceremony after a two-year-long engagement. “The husband and wife thing is just the bow around something. Our end game is we want to be together forever,” Daly told PEOPLE in 2014.

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DAISY & RICHARD

On Christmas, the happy couple took to social media to reveal that they had tied the knot in Aspen, Colorado. “On December 23rd, 2015, the magnificent @daisyfuentes gave me the honor of becoming my wife,” Marx wrote.
The newlyweds shared a collection of photos from their gorgeous snow-covered winter wedding. “Even for a writer, there are no words to adequately describe the exquisiteness of this woman,” the singer captioned a photo of his veiled bride.

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LUDACRIS & EUDOXIE

From proposal to confirmation in one day! The rapper and his longtime love announced their betrothal on Dec. 26, 2014, and on Jan. 6, 2015, shared that they’d married quietly that day. “Why wait… Did the thing before 2015,” Luda posted on Instagram, with his new wife adding, “Great way to go into the new year!”

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PENÉLOPE & JAVIER

Talk about a Spanish bombshell! Cruz married Bardem in an intimate ceremony in the Bahamas in July 2010. Not one to dish about her private life, the actress – whose chemistry with the Oscar-winning actor in Vicky Cristina Barcelona earned her an Academy Award in 2009 – once gushed that her new hubby is “the best actor in the world.”

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CAMERON & BENJI

What a way to start the year! Diaz and Madden – who hit it off in May and were engaged just before Christmas – put their love on the fast track, marrying at her Beverly Hills home on Monday night, Jan. 5, 2015. “Since she started dating Benji, Cameron has changed in a very positive way,” a source told PEOPLE the year prior. “She can’t stop smiling and seems much happier.”

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JOSEPH & TASHA

Gordon-Levitt ended 2014 with some big news: He got married! The actor and McCauley, co-founder and CEO of robotics company Fellow Robots, exchanged vows in a Dec. 20, 2014, ceremony at their home. Though the two have been together a while, McCauley managed to stay out of the spotlight. “I have a girlfriend but I tend not to really like to talk about it in public,” the Don Jon star said in 2013. “The girl that I’m with, she really doesn’t want to be a part of that.”

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CHAD & SARAH

It seems that Murray found his chosen one: The Agent Carter actor and Roemer, who met filming the Crackle TV series Chosen, tied the knot and have a baby on the way, they confirmed in January 2015. Days before news broke, Murray sparked marriage speculation when he was spotted at ABC’s Winter 2015 TCAs party sporting a gold band. The actors began dating in 2014.

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EDDIE & HANNAH

As if he didn’t have enough going on this year with all the awards nominations he’s earning for The Theory of Everything, British actor Redmayne found time to sneak in a wedding on Dec. 15, 2014. He wed fiancée Bagshawe (the two were engaged over Memorial Day weekend) at Babington House in Somerset, England, surrounded by a “small number of close family and friends,” according to his rep.

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NEIL & DAVID

It would be the perfect ending to How I Met Your Father! NPH and his partner of 10 years said I do in front of family (including their young twins Harper and Gideon) and pal Elton John in Italy during an intimate Sept. 6, 2014, ceremony. “Guess what? David Burtka and I got married over the weekend. In Italy. Yup, we put the ‘n’ and ‘d’ in ‘husband,’” the actor shared soon after on Twitter.

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FRAN & SHIVA

Happily Divorced no more! Drescher and Ayyadurai, who holds the patent for creating email, wed in front of family and friends at their beach home on Sept. 6, 2014. She wore Badgley Mischka, while the groom opted for Ralph Lauren. “Every day is a celebration with Fran,” the groom said. “We’re always laughing, always enjoying ourselves.”

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PIPER & STEPHEN

Here comes the bride, all dressed in … whoa! Perabo slipped on a textured metallic gown, paired with a light yellow veil, to wed director-producer Kay on June 26, 2014, in New York City. It was a noticeable style choice for the otherwise under-the-radar Covert Affairs star, who met her husband on the hit USA spy series. Speaking of covert affairs: While she didn’t chat up her wedding plans, she told Gotham magazine, “Cocktails like the Manhattan are similar to men that I like: really strong, sort of tidy, simple, beautiful and with their hair down.”

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ALEXIS & VINCENT

Can’t be mad about this: The low-key Mad Men costars tied the knot very quietly in California in June 2014, PEOPLE confirms. The two got engaged in March 2013, after Kartheiser hilariously practiced his proposal on his cast mates. But seriously, “They are such a yin and yang,” Mad Men‘s Elisabeth Moss told PEOPLE. “I’ve known Vinny for 12 years and Alexis is just the sweetest. I’ve never seen Vincent like this. It is really cool.”

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ASHLEY & CHRISTOPHER

She’s “The Tiz” no more! The former High School Musical star and her musician fiancé French kept it super-secret when they wed Sept. 8, 2014 in front of family and friends, including HSM costar and bestie Vanessa Hudgens. “Best day of my life!” Tisdale posted on Instagram, along with a gorgeous wedding photo. “Introducing Mr and Mrs French.”

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STACY & JARED

Not even Keibler’s family knew about her plans to tie the knot with her beau of five months, tech entrepreneur Pobre. The two – who were friends for several years before getting together – eloped in romantic fashion on March 8, 2014, on the beach in Mexico. “My happiness is indescribable,” Keibler told PEOPLE, adding that the ceremony itself was “a blend of romance, tranquility, natural beauty, bonding and overwhelming love.”

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KIMORA & TIM

News that the fashion mogul had wed again came from an unlikely source: her ex-husband. On Feb. 19, 2014, Russell Simmons Tweeted, “All of us love @OfficialKimora but the fact is she is happily married.” So who’s the lucky guy? Investment banker Tim Leissner, who “has been in the family for a while now,” Simmons added in his Tweet. Lee and Simmons, who have two daughters, separated in 2006; she eventually moved on with actor Djimon Hounsou, with whom she has a son.

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BRIAN & JENNIFER

There’s twice as many reasons to celebrate for Hewitt, who revealed on Nov. 26, 2013, that she welcomed daughter Autumn earlier in the week and had quietly tied the knot with The Client List costar Hallisay. The pair announced their engagement that June, a day after confirming the star’s pregnancy.

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CHRISTINA & JAMES

While many of her Hollywood peers were dressing up for Halloween, Ricci quietly slipped on a Givenchy haute couture wedding gown to marry Heerdegen in an intimate Oct. 26, 2013, N.Y.C. ceremony. The couple, who met working on the set of the former ABC series Pan Am before taking their relationship public in February 2012, also managed to keep their engagement hush-hush for at least months after the proposal.

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GINNIFER & JOSH

Their love story has almost been out of a fairy tale. After meeting – and falling hard – on the set of their ABC series Once Upon a Time, Goodwin and Dallas announced last fall that they were engaged, then expecting and now, married! The two made it official on April 12, 2014, in an intimate California ceremony, ahead of the May birth of son Oliver.

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DANIEL & RACHEL

Following a brief courtship, Craig and Weisz confirmed they had married a week after their intimate June 22, 2011, New York ceremony. In attendance: only four witnesses – Craig’s daughter Ella, Weisz’s son Henry and a pair of friends.

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CALISTA & HARRISON

After more than eight years together, Flockhart and Ford tied the knot in a no-frills surprise ceremony at Gov. Bill Richardson’s Santa Fe, New Mexico, mansion on June 15, 2010. “I think it is wonderful that they finally made it legit,” Ford’s eldest son Ben told PEOPLE of the elopement. “It is really terrific news.”

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MATT & SIMON

The White Collar and Magic Mike star actually waited three years to tell fans he’d married partner Halls in 2011. “It was very chill. Very small – only our nearest and dearest,” the father of three shared with OUT magazine in 2014. “There’s a security, a validity of knowing that it’s legal. It’s hard to put into words. It’s just a feeling I guess – something about saying vows in front of the people around you who love and support you. I think it was good for our family.

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KELLY & BRANDON

She fooled us! After first dishing on wedding plans and later saying she was going to elope, the singer married fiancé Blackstock in an under-the-radar Oct. 20, 2013, ceremony at Blackberry Farm in Walland, Tenn. Clarkson did stay true to her word on her dress, though, choosing a long-sleeve, lacy number that fit her description of “a little rock ‘n’ roll. A little tattered. Nothing like a princess thing.”

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ZOË & MARCO

Summer 2013 was one of love, indeed, for Saldana, who wed Italian artist Perego in a small ceremony surrounded by family and friends earlier in the season. “They are very happy,” a source tells PEOPLE of the couple, who went public with their relationship that May at the Star Trek Into Darkness premiere.

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KERRY & NNAMDI

“What?!” That was the collective remark uttered by fans of Scandal star Washington when news broke July 3, 2013, that she’d married San Francisco 49ers cornerback Asomugha in Idaho on June 24. Not only did the actress manage to keep her wedding a secret, but her relationship was under wraps, as well: She’d apparently dated the footballer for nearly a year before tying the knot.

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ALEX & MALIA

Aloha! Hawaii Five-O‘s O’Loughlin quietly married his girlfriend Jones on the Pacific islands. The Australian-born actor (who also starred in The Back-Up Plan) and his surfer-model love were first spotted together in November 2011, and now call Hawaii home. While both have children from previous relationships, they welcomed son Lion, their first child together, in October 2012.

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BLAKE & RYAN

Lively and Reynolds’s wedding wasn’t just a shock – it was awe-inspiring too. The lovebirds made it official on Sept. 9, 2012, at South Carolina’s historic Boone Hall Plantation with the help of Martha Stewart and her team of bridal experts, and let the domestic doyenne run a few photos in her Weddings magazine later that year.

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AMERICA & RYAN

A year after announcing her engagement, Ferrera exchanged vows with longtime boyfriend Williams on June 27, 2011, in “an intimate setting amongst close friends and family,” her rep told PEOPLE. Those included Hollywood pals Vanessa Williams, Blake Lively and Rebecca Romijn, who watched the former Ugly Betty actress walk down the aisle in a dress by Amsale’s Christos label.

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CHRISTINA & MARTYN

Applegate picked the right time to marry fiancé LeNoble: Oscars weekend! The two – parents to 2-year-old Sadie – wed under the radar the evening before the 2013 awards, “surrounded by family in a private ceremony at their home in Los Angeles,” her rep told PEOPLE.

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ALANIS & SOULEYE

In a simple Tweet, Morissette confirmed her big news: She and rapper beau Souleye (real name: Mario Treadway) had quietly wed among family in L.A. on May 22, 2010. She told fans in June, “We’re very excited to embark on this journey with each other….sending love…connect soon xo – Alanis.”

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ISLA & SACHA

The Borat star and Confessions of a Shopaholic actress said I do in Paris in 2010, after nearly eight years together. “Sacha and I wanted no fuss – just us!” Fisher reportedly told friends in an email.

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BRUCE & EMMA

Willis wed his model girlfriend Heming in an intimate ceremony in 2009 in Turks & Caicos, just days after turning 54. Surrounded by family – daughters Rumer, Scout and Tallullah attended, as did their mom Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher – Willis said I do after dating Heming for more than a year.

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GISELE & TOM

Bündchen and football star Brady married in February 2009 with a small church ceremony, followed by an intimate gathering at their Brentwood, California, home. And Bündchen is full of admiration: “He has a very pure heart,” she told Harper’s Bazaar of Brady.

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SALMA & FRANCOIS

Hayek and her French billionaire beau Pinault shared a romantic – and surprise – Valentine’s Day wedding in 2009 at City Hall in Paris. The couple said “oui” in front of a dozen guests, including then-17-month-old daughter Valentina. “The bride was extremely beautiful,” a wedding guest told PEOPLE. “Even when she was crying tears of joy.”

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BEYONCÉ & JAY Z

Never ones to publicly discuss their relationship, Beyoncé and Jay Z wed in an appropriately tight-lipped fashion on April 4, 2008, at a posh N.Y.C. penthouse surrounded by only 40 guests.

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JESSICA & CASH

Weeks before welcoming daughter Honor Marie in 2008, Alba and Warren got married at the Beverly Hills Municipal Court by a court staffer. “When I was a little girl, it was all about the princess fairy tale,” Alba told PEOPLE at the time. “But life is changing every day, and I’m just going with it.”

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DESIREE & CHRIS

The whole world watched Siegfried ask Hartsock to marry him on The Bachelorette in 2013, but their wedding day was a more private affair. The pair married at a church in Palos Verdes, California, on Jan. 18, 2015, and “it was a beautiful occasion,” an insider told PEOPLE. Another attendee added, “The day was so filled with love; lots of people shed tears during the ceremony.”

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BILLY BOB & CONNIE

A surprise wedding they managed to keep secret! Thornton and girlfriend of 12 years Angland married on Oct. 22, 2014 – though didn’t go public with the news until February 2015. The two – who have a 10-year-old daughter, Bella – made it official at their Los Angeles home in a private ceremony attended by a few family members.

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BARRY & GARRY

“He’s at a point now where he’s got his career and personal life in a great place and he really doesn’t care what people think,” a source tells PEOPLE of Manilow, whose wedding news went public in March 2015, months after he sealed the deal with longtime manager Kief. “He’s in love and happy.” The couple hosted about 30 guests at their Palm Springs home for the surprise 2014 affair, billed as a lunch. “They have a great relationship,” the source adds. “Garry has always been there for Barry.”

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BRIDGET & ANDREW

Blue Bloods star Moynahan gave her followers quite the shock on Oct. 18, 2015, when she shared a photo from her surprise nuptials to businessman Frankel. The two wed in New York’s Hamptons, “surrounded by friends and family,” a source told PEOPLE. The actress joked about her secret wedding on Instagram, captioning this shot from the wedding, “Oh, by the way, guess what I just did @johndolanphotog #sohappy #perfection #friends #family #forever.”

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MARY-KATE & OLIVIER

The Olsen twin had an extra reason to celebrate Thanksgiving weekend when she tied the knot with her French banker boyfriend of three years in November 2015. According to Page Six, 50 of the couple’s friends and family joined them for an intimate ceremony at a private residence in New York, followed by cocktails and dinner.

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JASON & CHRISTINA

Of course the singer who wrote “I’m Yours” is a total romantic! Mraz quietly tied the knot with longtime love Carano, a former coffee shop owner, on Oct. 25, 2015, in a private, outdoor ceremony surrounded by the swoon-worthy fall foliage. “Today I was made the luckiest man in the world,” Mraz captioned a sweet photo of his bride standing in the middle of the aisle.

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NICK & LILIAN

Chicago Med star Nick Gehlfuss revealed to PEOPLE in May of 2016 that he’d recently tied the knot with girlfriend Lilian Matsuda “in a big wedding in Ohio” and spent part of his honeymoon promoting the NBC franchise of Chicago-set procedural dramas.

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BRIAN & BRITTNEY

Most Florida Georgia Line fans didn’t even realize singer Kelley had a girlfriend, so they were extra shocked on Dec. 16, 2013, when he announced he’d married longtime love (and student) Cole that afternoon at his Nashville home. “The whole process has been non-traditional,” Kelley told PEOPLE of the surprise nuptials. “There was no official proposal or exchanging of rings. We had just fallen in love, and I knew I couldn’t live without her. It sounds like a terrible cheesy movie, but when you know, you know!”

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ZOOEY & JACOB

It’s a double celebration for Deschanel and Pechenik – they secretly tied the knot and also welcomed a baby girl in late July! The couple announced in January that they were engaged and expecting, with the New Girl star telling PEOPLE, “Jacob and I are over the moon. We are so excited to meet our little one.”

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ANTHONY & SHELETTA

Captain America star Mackie quietly married his childhood sweetheart – they met in second grade! – in a small ceremony at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, in December 2014, but didn’t confirm the happy news until June 2015. The couple dated on-and-off following their elementary school meet-cute but have stayed “on” since their son was born in 2009.

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MILA & ASHTON

Nearly 20 years after he was her first kiss on That ’70s Show, Kunis and Kutcher tied the knot in a private ceremony over Fourth of July weekend in 2015. After exchanging vows at the Secret Garden at Parrish Ranch in Oak Glen, California, the laid-back couple – plus 9-month-old daughter Wyatt – celebrated with a camp-themed reception, where guests played outdoorsy games and relaxed in luxury tents.

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LEIGHTON & ADAM

Did Blair Waldorf really marry Seth Cohen? That’s the gossip, girl. PEOPLE first reported that Meester and Brody were an item in early 2013; they were engaged that November and in February 2014, pulled off a “super intimate,” “under-wraps wedding” – confirmed in part by Brody’s shiny new accessory.

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NOAH & SARA

Falling Skies star Wyle managed to keep both his Santa Barbara wedding to actress Wells and their honeymoon quiet until announcing it on The View when they returned in June 2014. “We got married on the ranch in front of the barn and then took a honeymoon,” he said. “We just got back from Paris, which was incredible. Very romantic!” And very hush-hush!

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JODIE & ALEXANDRA

After dating for just less than one year, Oscar winner Foster and photographer Hedison exchanged vows in April 2014. Previously, the notoriously private Foster had only publicly hinted at her sexuality with a 2013 Golden Globes speech that many interpreted as her coming out, despite the actress’s suggestion that it wasn’t. Said Foster, “I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago back in the Stone Age.”

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LACEY & DAVID

Talk about a top-secret operation! Mean Girls star Chabert is so tight-lipped about her personal life that not only did she not announce an engagement, but she also kept the name of her husband a secret – until she spilled a few details at a June 2014 charity event. Speaking about her wedding to longtime boyfriend Nehdar, she called the day “perfect chaos. None of the stuff that you worried about mattering actually mattered in the end. It was just nuts, but it was perfect at the same time.”

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AMY & DARREN

While we were fawning over the royal baby, Adams married Le Gallo in a small, intimate California ceremony in May 2015. Their vows came 14 years after they began their relationship (and, if you’re doing the math, they’d been engaged since 2008).

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NIKKI & IAN

After stepping out together in July 2014, Reed and Somerhalder made it official on April 25, 2015, in an outdoor Malibu, California, ceremony. “I haven’t met two people that were more of soul mates than those guys,” his Vampire Diaries costar Kat Graham told PEOPLE. “I mean, it’s really exciting when you see two people come together that are amazing.”

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RANDY & MARY

Just after making a surprise appearance at the ACM Awards in April 2015, country music legend Travis’s rep confirmed that he and Davis had gotten married a month before. The happy news was a welcome surprise after the singer suffered a debilitating stroke in 2013.

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ALLISON & RICKY

After putting off the festivities in the wake of her dad Brian’s NBC scandal, Williams exchanged vows with College Humor co-founder Van Veen on Sept. 19, 2015, at Brush Creek Ranch in Saratoga, Wyoming. The bride – who wore Oscar de la Renta – and groom were surrounded by lots of high-profile family and friends, including Williams’ Girls co-stars and pals Katy Perry, John Mayer and Seth Meyers.

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MARGOT & TOM

It’s true! Following reports that Robbie had wed her longtime love, Tom Ackerley, the Suicide Squad actress confirmed rumors by posting a photo of herself kissing Ackerly while showing off her pear-shaped diamond ring. Australia’s The Daily Telegraph claims the couple wed in Byron Bay over the weekend before Christmas 2016, although they never announced an engagement. The actress was given away by her mother, and her three siblings were in attendance, according to U.K.’s The Telegraph.

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KATE & JAMIE

Kate Mara and Jamie Bell have some fantastic news — they’re officially married! The former Fantastic Four costars announced that they tied the knot in July 2017 on social media.

Mara posted a photo of her and Bell kissing on what looks like the dance floor at their wedding on Instagram. She captioned the photo “nuptials.” Bell shared the same photo with the caption, “Mr. and Mrs. B.”

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PENN & DOMINO

Former Gossip Girl star Penn Badgley married singer Domino Kirke — sister to Girls star Jemima Kirke and Mozart in the Jungle’s Lola Kirke — in a small courthouse ceremony on Feb. 27, 2017. Lola shared a family snap from the courthouse on Instagram with the caption, “When someone gets married in a courthouse, it’s really an open invitation to everyone but the beautiful bride to explore all that fashion has to offer. Here, I try a look simply called ‘Pants,’ as Cassius goes for ‘That Dude from #incubus’ and Jemima experiments with ‘Off to Therapy!’ Congratulations @dominokirke. We love you.”

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TYRESE & SAMANTHA

In a video posted to Instagram, the Fast and Furious actor revealed he tied the knot during a secret Valentine’s Day 2017 ceremony. Set to Brian Courtney Wilson’s “I’ll Just Say Yes,” the montage included photos with his bride, Samantha Lee Gibson, and video of the couple walking on the beach during sunset.

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FRANKIE & CHRISTINA

The country singer spiced up the quiet night of March 12, 2017, by announcing on Instagram that he’d married girlfriend Christina Murphy earlier that day. Murphy, who previously appeared in Ballard’s “Helluva Life” music video, shared the same photo and a happy sentiment: “My dream just came true @frankieballard MY HUSBAND!!!!” The two had been dating for some time, but never formally announced an engagement.

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DAVE & ALISON

Engaged in August 2015 after three years of dating, Franco and Brie confirmed their marriage in March 2017. Brie had admitted in the past that she didn’t think she was the marrying type; but as for what changed her mind about marriage, she explained to Yahoo! Style, “I just met that person that I was like, ‘Well, I’m really in love with you and would like to grow old with you.’ “

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HILARY & PHILIP

Oscar winner Swank tied the knot with her social venture entrepreneur boyfriend Schneider almost two years after the two were first spotted together in November 2016, Vogue reported. The actress opened up for the first time about her new husband and their romantic wedding in the Redwoods in California.

“It was timeless. There is just no other way to describe it,” Swank told Vogue. “I was overwhelmed with such gratitude and thanks to be marrying the man of my dreams and to see all the people we love together in the middle of such a profound setting. It was truly a dream come true.”

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JUSTIN & HAILEY

Forget the chapel: Bieber and Baldwin went to the courthouse to make it official, quietly marrying in New York City in mid-September 2018 two months after getting engaged (and not long after rekindling their on-again, off-again romance).

“They went ahead and did it without listening to anyone,” a source close to the couple tells PEOPLE.

A religious source spoke to the family and confirmed to PEOPLE that they were legally married at the courthouse, but are going to have a religious ceremony and celebration with family and friends soon. “They’re going to have a big blowout, in front of God and everyone they love,” the religious source tells PEOPLE.

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MICHELLE & PHIL

Michelle Williams has finally broken the news she’s married! The actress tied the knot to indie musician Phil Everum, after a “very sacred and very special” ceremony, she revealed in her Vanity Fair cover story.

The couple got married in a secret ceremony in the Adirondacks with only a few friends and their daughters to watch. Williams’ daughter, 12-year-old Matilda, was from her marriage with Heath Ledger, and Elverum has a 3-year-old daughter from his previous marriage.

“Obviously I’ve never once in my life talked about a relationship,” she said. “But Phil isn’t anyone else. And that’s worth something. Ultimately the way he loves me is the way I want to live my life on the whole. I work to be free inside of the moment. I parent to let Matilda feel free to be herself, and I am finally loved by someone who makes me feel free.”

Elverum, who records under the name Mount Eerie, now lives in Brooklyn with Williams and their daughters.

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DANIEL & CARLY

Suprise: Daniel Tosh is a married man! Tosh secretly married Carly Hallam in a private ceremony in Malibu, California, in 2016, according to TMZ. Hallam has been a longtime writer on Tosh’s hit Comedy Central show Tosh.0. Before joining the writer’s team in 2012, she appeared as an actress on the show in several episodes.

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ILANA & DAVID

Word of actress Glazer and scientist Rooklin’s February 2017 City Hall wedding didn’t hit until March, when friend Phoebe Robinson congratulated them on Instagram (Glazer herself later confirmed). “Love you hard and deep,” Robinson wrote on Instagram. “You’re truly #RelationshipGoals and inspire me.”

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RUPAUL & GEORGES

The TV host casually dropped his bombshell news into conversation on a March 2017 episode of Hollywood Today Live. “I’ve never said this on television before,” he confessed, “but we are married. We got married on our 23rd [anniversary]. I met him on the dance floor at Limelight [club in New York City] in 1994, on his birthday. So we got married on his birthday, the anniversary of when we met, this year — in January.” His partner, LeBar, runs a 60,000-acre ranch that spreads across Wyoming and South Dakota.

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HANNAH & JESSE

New Girl‘s Simone and TV personality Giddings kept their romance mostly private — so private that they got hitched in 2016 and news only broke in April 2017. They are currently expecting their first child together, too, a source confirmed to PEOPLE.

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THOMAS & AMANDA

“We eloped,” Sadoski revealed during a March 2017 appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden. “We just took off into the country with an officiant and, just the two of us, and we did our thing.” Sharing that he and Seyfried wrote their own vows, he added, “It was beautiful. It was everything that it should be … just the two of us talking to each other.” Next up for the former costars: parenthood! Their first baby is due this spring.

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FELICITY & CHARLES

Felicity Jones tied the knot with film director Charles Guard, on July 1. Her rep confirmed the news with ET.

Her Theory of Everything costar Eddie Redmayne, as well as Tom Hanks attended the ceremony at Sudeley Castle in the Cotswolds, Oxforshire in England, according to The Sun.

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JIM & TODD

Jim Parsons married longtime love, graphic designer Todd Spiewak, on May 13, 2017, his rep confirmed to PEOPLE. In November, The Big Bang Theory star had gushed about Spiewak on Instagram on their 14th anniversary. “I met this guy (the one with the mic) 14 years ago today and it was the best thing that ever happened to me, no contest,” Parsons captioned a throwback selfie of him and Spiewak from a memorable karaoke session.

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BEN & MORENA

Of course the Gotham costars got married in Gotham City! Seven months after getting engaged, McKenzie and Baccarin tied the knot in an intimate ceremony on June 2 — Baccarin’s 38th birthday — at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens in Brooklyn, New York. In March of 2016, the duo welcomed their first child together: daughter Frances Laiz Setta Schenkkan.

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KENYA & MARC

The Real Housewives of Atlanta star is a married woman! Moore tied the knot with a businessman named Marc Daly, whom she first met a year ago and began dating a few months later, in an intimate June 2017 beach getaway in St. Lucia surrounded by family and friends, PEOPLE exclusively confirmed. “I’m just ecstatic,” the star told PEOPLE. “This man is the love of my life and I’m so happy to begin our lives together as husband and wife.”

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RYAN & KAYLA RAE

The 12-time Olympic gold medalist wed former Playboy model Reid in Florida on Jan. 9, 2018, PEOPLE confirmed. Lochte popped the question to Reid in October 2016, sharing a photo of the pair kissing in Malibu with her ring on full display. The duo are parents to young son Caiden Zane.

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MICHAEL & NICOLE

Someone give these two a gold medal for secret-keeping! Phelps and Johns managed to get through the Rio Olympics with everyone convinced they were just engaged — turns out, they had actually tied the knot two months before arriving in Brazil, back on June 13, 2016. The couple wed in a secret ceremony in Paradise Valley, Arizona, officiated by agent and close friend Peter Carlisle. Phelps had told PEOPLE in Rio that the ceremony wouldn’t be until later this year; a “small destination wedding.” Hey, it’s never too early for a vow renewal!

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JASON & LISA

Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet have officially tied the knot! While it was assumed that the Game of Thrones actor and Cosby Show alum previously married a decade ago, a source confirmed to PEOPLE that the couple wed in early October 2017 in a very intimate celebration. Representatives for Momoa and Bonet did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

Momoa and Bonet met in 2005 and had their first child, Lola, in July 2007. It was believed that they married later that year in November. Their second child, Nakoa-Wolf, was born the next year. Momoa is also stepdad to Bonet’s daughter, Zoë Kravitz, whom the insider says attended the celebration.

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MICHAEL & ALICIA

Two of Hollywood’s hottest stars were able to get married without a single photo leaking in October 2017, thanks to their exotic wedding destination: Ibiza! Fassbender and Vikander exchanged vows at the luxurious La Granja farmstead resort surrounded by friends and family, according to sources. Fans were tipped off when pics surfaced the next day of the two sporting new rings.

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MICKEY & GRANT

Country singer Mickey Guyton married Grant Savoy in an intimate ceremony in June 2017 at the Kauai Marriott Resort in Kauai, Hawaii, her rep confirmed to PEOPLE exclusively. “Having a big wedding is really not my thing, so when my family decided on a vacation to Kauai, I thought, ‘Why not let it be a family vacation turned wedding?’ ” Guyton told PEOPLE.

“We got married in front of 23 family and friends on the beach. It was absolutely gorgeous!” she added. “My husband has family from Kauai so it was important to him to have a luau at the wedding reception.”

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CARDI B & OFFSET

Yes, Cardi B and Migos’ Offset are married and no, no one knew about it — but the Invasion of Privacy rapper says that’s exactly the way she wanted it.”This why I name my album Invasion of Privacy cause people will do the most to be [nosy] about your life. Well f— it,” Cardi B tweeted in June 2018 after a TMZ report surfaced claiming she and her fiancé secretly tied the knot nine months ago.

“There are so many moments that I share with the world and then there are moments that I want to keep for myself! Getting married was one of those moments! Our relationship was so new breaking up and making up and we had a lot of growing up to do but we was so in love we didn’t want to lose each other, was one morning in September we woke up and decided to get married,” she wrote.

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TORI & ANDRÉ

Tori Kelly and her husband — German-born basketball player André Murillo — surprised fans when they announced they wed in matching Instagram posts on May 20.

“To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known & not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known & truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God,” Kelly captioned a wedding portrait, quoting the American theologian Tim Keller.

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KELLAN & BRITTANY

Kellan Lutz is officially off the market! The former Twilight actor and his now-wife, Brittany Gonzales, announced they were married on Instagram in November 2017. Gonzales shared a snap of herself and her husband smiling at the camera while holding up “Mr. & Mrs.” passport holders.

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JORDIN & DANA

The American Idol alumna and budding model Dana Isaiah were initially (and innocently!) linked up by their parents before the pair began a romantic relationship — weeks before connecting via text. In July 2017, the couple eloped while on vacation in Hawaii with a small group of friends. “It just more solidifies the whole team sentiment of a relationship,” Sparks told PEOPLE. “You know you’re still individuals, but at the same time everything is about ‘we’ and ‘us’ as opposed to ‘you’ and ‘I.’”

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CHRISTINA & PAUL

Expectant parents Christina Perri and Paul Costabile are officially husband and wife. The “A Thousand Years” singer wed her longtime boyfriend, entertainer reporter Costabile, on Dec. 12 in New York City, the couple announced on Instagram.

“On this day four years ago, we met. Today, WE GOT MARRIED!!!” Perri excitedly captioned a photo of them on Instagram.

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ELLEN & EMMA

Ellen Page is married! “Can’t believe I get to call this extraordinary woman my wife,” the Flatliners actress wrote on Instagram in January 2018, tagging her new fiancée, Emma Portner. A representative for Page confirmed the happy news to PEOPLE. The post also included a photo of Page and Portner’s hands, complete with wedding bands, touching against a white background.

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RICKY & JWAN

Ricky Martin and longtime boyfriend Jwan Yosef have secretly tied the knot, the singer revealed in January 2018. “I’m a husband, but we’re doing a heavy party in a couple of months,” the star told E! News. “We exchanged vows, and we’ve swear [sic] everything, and we’ve signed all the papers that we needed to sign, prenups and everything … It feels amazing! I can’t introduce him as my fiancé. I can’t. He’s my husband. He’s my man.”

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AIDY & CONNER

The Saturday Night Live star Aidy Bryant tied the knot with longtime boyfriend Conner O’Malley, her rep confirmed to PEOPLE.

Bryant shared a photo from the big day to Instagram on April 30. In the shot of the happy couple walking down the aisle as family and friends applaud, she wears a white gown that reaches just past her knee along with purple Prada heels. The groom looks dapper in a blue suit and coordinating tie.

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KAT & LEAFAR

Kat Von D is married! The makeup mogul surprised us all when she and Prayers vocalist Leafar Seyer announced they tied the knot by sharing a post on Instagram of themselves wearing their matching wedding bands.

“Today, I married my soul’s mate, my mind’s twin, my best friend: @prayers Juntos en vida y en muerte,” Von D wrote on Instagram.

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EMILY & SEBASTIAN

Emily Ratajkowski caught fans by surprise when she announced the exciting news in February 2018 on her Instagram story after tying the knot to actor Sebastian Bear-McClard, whom she only started cozying up with the past few weeks, at City Hall in N.Y.C.

“I got married today,” Ratajowski wrote on a selfie with her new husband as part of a series of pics she posted right after the quick ceremony.

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CHRIS & AMY

Amy Schumer and chef Chris Fischer tied the knot in a private ceremony in Malibu on February 14, 2018, according to The Blast. The announcement came just days after the Trainwreck star and chef made their relationship social media official with a kissing photo on Instagram.

“Happy Birthday @theellenshow thank you for having us!” the 36-year-old actress wrote alongside a romantic black-and-white picture of the pair sharing a smooch, which was presumably taken during taken during Ellen DeGeneres’ star-studded birthday bash.

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ELIZA & PETER

On Sept. 16, 2018, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum shared the happy news that she married Palandjian in August.

Alongside news of her nuptials, the actress also shared a series of images from the pair’s romantic outdoors ceremony in Boston. In one photo, Dushku appeared to triumphantly raise her hands while the pair walked down the aisle, and in another, the couple shared a sweet kiss on the lips.

Dushku announced her engagement to the businessman on Instagram in June 2017, when she shared a photo from the proposal.

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USHER & GRACE

After months of speculation (an impressively long time to keep the secret), the 37-year-old singer confirmed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in December 2015 that he married his fiancé, Grace Miguel, in Cuba. “You know what’s funny? We put this pic up and we were actually just in Cuba on a cultural exchange and people were like, ‘Hey, they got married.’ But you know, the ring is on the other finger, you guys. But we had a great time,” Usher told DeGeneres.