19 Celebrity Couples Who Pulled Off Secret Weddings
These stars all managed to tie the knot away from the prying eyes of the paparazzi.
By Kaitlin Menza
These stars all managed to tie the knot away from the prying eyes of the paparazzi.
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Alison Brie and Dave Franco
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The actors, who have been dating since 2012 and got engaged in 2015, secretly married in 2017. Their reps confirmed to People that a wedding did take place, though no details have been released about the where, when, or number of guests.
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Ilana Glazer and David Rooklin
The Broad City comedienne–who has a role in the upcoming star-studded comedy Rough Night–and her longtime boyfriend reportedly tied the knot, though neither officially announced it. News of their secret marriage surfaced when several of their friends (including fellow comedian Phoebe Robinson) posted on Instagram congratulating the two. A source told Metro that the wedding took place at City Hall in late February 2017.
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Allison Williams and Ricky Van Veen
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Here's one way to make sure you're wedding ceremony goes unnoticed: hold it at a ranch in Wyoming, as the Girls actress and College Humor founder did in 2015.
The Green Lantern co-stars opted for a private ceremony with just 35 guests in South Carolina in 2012. They've since been pretty great at hiding their kid from the spotlight as well (with a notable exception).
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Busy Philipps and Marc Silverstein
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The wedding of actress Philipps and writer-producer Silverstein was a surprise even to the guests. "Marc & I invited our friends to what they thought was my surprise birthday party. When I showed up, everyone yelled surprise and Marc & I yelled it right back- since they had ACTUALLY been invited to our wedding. It was single handedly the most magical and fun day of my life," she wrote on Instagram for a recent anniversary.
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Benji Madden and Cameron Diaz
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The super low-key couple got engaged and then married in 2015 within a few months of starting to date. They are still private, minus the occasional gushing. "Nothing matters now that I have my husband," Diaz has said.
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Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen
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The terribly attractive pair held two wedding ceremonies in 2009, in southern California and Costa Rica, but both were easy to hide thanks to their tiny guest lists: less than 30 people came to each.
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Sascha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher
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After a six-year engagement, the jokesters said their vows in front of just six guests in Paris in 2016.
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Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux
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With all the rabid attention around her personal life, it's no surprise that Aniston would choose a little deception for her wedding to Theroux: Guests thought they were attending a birthday party at their California home in 2015 only to find themselves at a wedding.
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Jessica Alba and Cash Warren
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In a very un-Hollywood moment, Alba and Warren exchanged vows in a courthouse in 2008.
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Nnamdi Asomugha and Kerry Washington
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The private pair rarely even walk a red carpet together, so their walk down the aisle was even more covert — they flew guests on a private plane to a friend's house for their ceremony in 2013.
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Leighton Meester and Adam Brody
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It's likely because of the fan frenzy around their coupledom—the stars of teen cult shows Gossip Girl and The OC together?!—that the actors decided to tie the knot in a private 2014 ceremony.
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Megan Hilty and Brian Gallagher
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Broadway performer Hilty and singer-songwriter Gallagher shocked family and friends by inviting them to their Vegas wedding just a week before they were actually set to marry in 2013.
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Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell
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They famously declared that they wouldn't get married until the Defense of Marriage Act was struck down, and once it was Bell publicly proposed on Twitter to fellow actor Shepard. The official ceremony was a little more chill: at a courthouse in 2013, which they say cost $142 total.
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Margot Robbie and Tom Ackerley
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Most people didn't even know actress Robbie had a boyfriend, let alone a fiancé, but she confirmed their secret wedding with an Instagram post of a diamond ring on her left hand.
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Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher
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They played a couple on screen in That '70s Show for years and were friends even longer, so it was a surprise to them both when things got romantic—and when they married on a day's whim in 2015.
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Benjamin Millepied and Natalie Portman
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The Black Swan co-stars married in front of just 60 guests in 2012, in Big Sur, CA, which was a good preparation for the quiet life their family lives in Paris, far from the public eye.
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Zosia Mamet and Evan Jonigkeit
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Another secret Girls wedding! The actress confirmed her wedding to Jonigkeit by posting a pic of two rubber duckies in bride-and-groom attire in 2016.