Girls actress Allison Williams has announced her divorce from husband Ricky Van Veen after four years of marriage.

In a joint statement, the couple told Page Six: 'With mutual love and respect, we have made the decision to separate as a couple.

'We are grateful for the friendship that we have and will continue to have.'

The actress, best known for portraying Marnie in the Lena Dunham-created show and then as the lead in Jordan Peele directed horror film Get Out, married Van Veen in September 2015.

The former couple exchanged vows at a Wyoming ranch in a ceremony officiated by none other than Tom Hanks (his wife Rita Wilson played her on-screen mother in Girls, so it makes sense).

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Williams wore a couture Oscar de la Renta wedding dress for the nuptials which were attended by Katy Perry, her Girls co-stars Dunham, Jemima Kirke and Zosia Mamet and Diane Von Furstenberg.

Van Veen is a tech entrepreneur, who co-founded the website CollegeHumour and video platform Vimeo, and currently works at Facebook. The couple met in 2011 and got engaged in 2014.

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Williams and Van Veen had not been seen at a public event together in more than a year. The couple were last photographed together on the red carpet of the Vanity Fair Oscars afterparty in March 2018.

Since wrapping Girls and starring in the hugely successful and critically acclaimed Get Out, Williams starred in horror movie The Perfection and joined TV show A Series of Unfortunate Events.

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