Their best-kept secrets! From Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner‘s Las Vegas vows to Niecy Nash‘s hush-hush ceremony, some celebs have hidden their wedding days from the public eye.
The Jonas Brothers singer and the Game of Thrones alum tied the knot two times in 2019: first during a private ceremony in Las Vegas and again in France in front of friends and family. Clips from their Vegas nuptials were shared online by Diplo and took everyone by surprise — even Jonas’ parents.
“Well, in my mind, you know, that was the legal portion of the marriage,” the DNCE singer said during a radio interview in June 2019. “So I was thinking, like, ‘Look, this is not the most important day. There’s an important day, I mean, I’ll keep private, but ahead of us. So we were, like — this is, like, just whoever’s in town.”
The former Disney star later revealed that his mom and dad, Denise and Paul Kevin Jonas, learned about their son’s legal ceremony secondhand.
“[My parents] have an amazing restaurant in North Carolina and I think, like, a couple of their staff walked up and were, like, ‘Congratulations! I saw.’ And then they had to find out,” he said, teasing that he was “doing a lot of apologizing” in the aftermath.
The Jonas family aren’t the only ones who’ve been late to the party. Some celebs have made their big announcements solely via social media, leaving fans and followers shocked by the reveal.
“Mrs. Carol Denise Betts,” Nash wrote via Instagram in August 2020 alongside a photo from her wedding to singer Jessica Bettes. In a separate post on her Instagram Story, the Claws star joked, “#PlotTwist.”
Niecy was previously married to Don Nash from 1994 to 2007 and to Jay Tucker from 2011 to 2019. In February 2020, the When They See Us star tearfully discussed the end of her second marriage, admitting that she and Tucker were “better friends than life partners.”
“The one that made me laugh the most was an ode to him being attractive. [They said] ‘Well, you never had to put a sack on his head to sleep with him,'” she said of her family’s reaction to her divorce. “I replied, ‘What about my happiness?'”
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The longtime couple, who began dating in 1992, confirmed in June 2021 that they secretly wed during the coronavirus pandemic. They share two daughters, Imani and Ayana.
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Weeks after sparking speculation that she and the Milo Greene singer had privately tied the knot, Us confirmed in June 2021 that the couple exchanged vows one year prior. The duo got engaged in July 2019 after two years of dating.
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The This Is Us star, 44, “recently” married the actress, 31, various outlets reported in May 2021. They were spotted wearing matching rings on their left hands earlier that month and made their red carpet debut on May 16 at the MTV Movie and TV Awards with the same bands. The two were first linked in May 2020, but they met years earlier in 2015 when they worked together on The Young and the Restless.
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Us confirmed in May 2021 that the Grammy winner and her boyfriend tied the knot in a “tiny and intimate” ceremony at Grande’s home in Montecito, California, after getting engaged in December 2020. The ceremony included less than 20 people, the musician’s rep told Us at the time, adding, “The room was so happy and full of love. The couple and both families couldn’t be happier.”
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In May 2021, Plaza announced that she and her longtime boyfriend Jeff Baena tied the knot in an Instagram post where she subtly referred to the filmmaker as her “darling husband.”
Prior to the big reveal, the pair had kept their decade-long love story fairly private.
“I don’t like … talking super personal about our relationship, honestly,” the Parks and Recreation alum told MovieFreak.com in July 2017.
The E! journalist played coy about her newly married status via Twitter in March 2021, teasing, "Oh ya so like," alongside a snapshot from her January nuptials. The duo got engaged in September 2020 after meeting at church two years prior.
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The Bloodline alum revealed via Instagram in March 2021 that she exchanged vows with the Croatia native one year earlier. "Married on a Monday, March 9th 2020. Happy one year anniversary my love 💍," Sevigny wrote alongside a snap from the special day. The pair welcomed their first child together, a baby boy, two months after their wedding.
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The National Treasure actor's rep confirmed to Us that he married Shibata in a "small" Las Vegas wedding on February 16, after about one year of dating. "The date was chosen to honor the birthday of the groom's late father," Cage's rep revealed in a statement.
Cage further confirmed the union, telling Us, "It's true, and we are very happy."
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During a February 2021 interview on The Howard Stern Show, the Saturday Night Live alum revealed that she and Rothman had tied the knot amid the pandemic. "I'm very lucky about having these two babies and my husband. They make it all better. It's changed my life," she gushed at the time. Us confirmed in August 2019 that the pair got engaged after three years of dating. In June 2020, they welcomed twins via surrogate.
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Surprise! In January 2021, the Nightcrawler actor told Louis Theroux on his “Grounded” podcast that he married the novelist in a quarantine ceremony. The couple initially met when they sat next to each other at a New York cafe years earlier. Although he kept her identity a secret at first, he later revealed her name during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
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During a lengthy recap of his 2020 experience, Van Ness revealed via Instagram that he exchanged vows with his "best friend" in secret. "Yay!! That was a hard secret to keep!!
love you Mark and Johnny!
," Queer Eye costar Bobby Berk teased on New Year's Eve.
Taissa Farmiga secretly tied the knot to screenwriter and director Hadley Klein in August 2020, the pair revealed via Instagram in November. "Married my best friend. 08.08.2020," the American Horror Story vet at the time. Her husband posted the same photo on Thanksgiving Day, adding, "Still feeling thankful this year."
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In October 2020, Meals on Wheels announced via Instagram that the Marriage Story actress and the comedian quietly tied the knot. “We’re thrilled to break the news that Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost were married over the weekend in an intimate ceremony with their immediate family and love ones, following COVID-19 safety precautions as directed by the CDC,” the post read. “Their wedding wish is to help make a difference for vulnerable older adults during this difficult time by supporting @mealsonwheelsamerica. Please consider donating to celebrate the happy couple.”
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Us Weekly confirmed that the couple quietly tied the knot in Tampa, Florida, on October 12, 2020. One day before the news broke, the actor and former wrestler posted a message about happiness. “’I will be happy if I only get (x).’ This is a great way to mold an entire life spent chasing happiness and never finding joy,” he tweeted. The couple were first linked in March 2019.
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The Curb Your Enthusiasm creator and the producer wed in Southern California in October 2020. The couple met through mutual friend Sacha Baron Cohen at the Borat actor’s birthday bash in 2017 and dated for three years before exchanging vows. David was previously married to activist Laurie David from 1993 to 2007. The pair share daughters Cazzie and Romy.
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In August 2020, Niecy Nash revealed she secretly married singer Jessica Betts. "Mrs. Carol Denise Betts," the Claws actress captioned a wedding still via Instagram. "#LoveWins."
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The British royal and the property tycoon quietly married at the Royal Chapel of All Saints at Windsor Great Park in Berkshire, England, in July 2020 after postponing their wedding due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Their 20-person guest list included Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew.
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The actor and the doctoral student tied the knot in front of only their pastor in Santa Barbara, California, on June 2, 2020, after one year of dating.
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The Cheetah Girls actress confirmed via Instagram that she and her partner exchanged their vows in a low-key backyard ceremony in June 2020. "I got married to a woman who understands me from trigger to joy, from breakfast to midnight snack, from stage to home," Symoné captioned her first photo as a married woman. "I love you Mrs. Pearman-Maday!"
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The former Insatiable actress and the Twenty One Pilots artist announced in May 2020 that they secretly tied the knot on New Year’s Eve in 2019. After dating off-and-on beginning in 2013, Dun proposed to Ryan in December 2018. The duo planned their Austin wedding in 28 days.
“We began to flirt with the idea of having a destination party celebrating the new decade,” she told Vogue at the time. “Then [we] decided in December to get married [in Austin] on New Year’s Eve, and just keep dancing until after the ball dropped.”
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Us confirmed in March 2020 that the Dawson’s Creek alum and the director secretly wed as they awaited the arrival of their first child together. The news came three months after they announced their engagement.
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30 years after they dated, split and got back together, Pamela Anderson and film producer Jon Peters tied the knot in a private ceremony in Malibu on January 20, 2020. The duo never even publicly revealed they were dating again. They split less than two weeks after the wedding.
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The couple tied the knot in a low-key backyard wedding in December 2019, saying “I do” in front of close family and friends. Duff and the music producer first met in 2015 while working on her album Breathe In Breathe Out. Together, they share daughter Banks.
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The Master of None alum announced on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in November 2019 that she quietly wed her longtime love at a San Fransisco courthouse. “We snuck and did it,” she said.
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The couple surprised fans in October 2019 by announcing they secretly tied the knot after a decade of dating. Reports previously claimed that Burton and Morgan, who share son Gus and daughter George, wed in 2014.
“I’d say words... but there aren’t any,” the Walking Dead star captioned a photo from the wedding via Instagram. “Mrs Morgan.... I love you. Thank you for making me the luckiest man in the world. Xojd.”
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After months of rumors, the singer finally confirmed that he quietly wed his longtime love. He called her his “wife” in his song “Remember the Name,” explaining in an interview that he actually wrote the track “before me and Cherry got married and I knew that we’d be married by the point that the song came out.”
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Us Weekly confirmed in July 2019 that Klum and Kaulitz tied the knot after quietly obtaining a marriage license. The couple began dating in February 2018 and announced their engagement in December of that year.
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The son of former vice president Joe Biden reportedly married the South Africa native in a secret Los Angeles ceremony on May 16, 2019. The news came shortly after his split from Hallie Biden, the widow of Hunter’s late brother, Beau Biden.
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The 100 costars kept their nuptials under wraps until June 2019 when they revealed they had already wed. "Recently I married my best friend and soul mate @WildpipM We are very happy and ask that you keep your comments kind and respect our privacy at this time," Taylor captioned a photo at the time, with her husband sharing a similar sentiment. "It is with such a full heart that I call @MisElizaJane my wife This is something we both cherish very deeply and are beyond happy," he wrote.
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Us broke the news in May 2019 that the Big Little Lies star and the Love actor are “legally married.” The private couple got engaged in February 2018, but waited eight months to share the proposal story.
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Us exclusively revealed in November 2018 that the Game of Thrones star and the Jonas Brothers member were planning to tie the knot in France in summer 2019. However, the duo decided to throw caution to the wind and get hitched in Las Vegas after the 2019 Billboard Music Awards on May 1. The pair said, "I do," in front of an Elvis Impersonator, who later revealed that he was booked for the ceremony a week prior. Jonas and Turner's French extravaganza will likely still take place, but will serve as a celebration for the newlyweds.
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Not only was the country singer's wedding a surprise — the fact that she's even been in a relationship was a complete shock. After declaring herself "happily single" in August 2018, Lambert unexpectedly revealed on February 16, 2019, that she said "I do" to a mystery man named Brendan Mcloughlin. "In honor of Valentine's Day I wanted to share some news. I met the love of my life," she wrote on Instagram at the time. "And we got hitched!"
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The Mission: Impossible – Fallout actress revealed in January 2019 that she and partner Rory — whose last name she has never shared publicly — secretly married in a cottage over the holidays. Ferguson wore a “wedding skirt” in lieu of a traditional dress while guests sported “Wellington boots and big woolly socks and big ruggy jumpers” and celebrated with games. The couple share a daughter. The Greatest Showman star is also the mother of son Isaac with ex-boyfriend Ludwig Hallberg.
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2018 was a busy one for Ballinger. "This year i got pregnant, engaged and married, all in the same year. Yeah, we got married ... woops, forgot to tell you that one," she told viewers in an end-of-year review video posted on her YouTube channel in December 2018. The former Haters Back Off star didn't reveal any other details about her wedding to Stocklin, whom she met on the set of the now-cancelled Netflix show.
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Cyrus and Hemsworth sparked wedding speculation on Christmas Eve in 2018 after photos of the twosome cutting a cake in front of “Mr. and Mrs." balloons surfaced. Two days later, the Disney alum confirmed that they’d tied the knot by sharing multiple black-and-white pictures of the couple dressed up in formal attire. Cyrus captioned one of the sweet snaps, “10 years later…” (Cyrus and Hemsworth dated on and off for nearly a decade after meeting on the set of The Last Song in 2009.)
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The actress quietly married the entrepreneur at the Santa Lucia Preserve in Carmel, California, on August 28. She opened up about the "stunning private community" and shared wedding photos with Vogue. "It was timeless. There is just no other way to describe it. 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," she gushed. Her maid of honor was best friend Mariska Hargitay.
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Williams tied the knot with the musician in a secret ceremony in the Adirondacks, the actress revealed in a Vanity Fair cover story published in July 2018. Only a small group of their friends and their two daughters were present for the exchange of vows. The Manchester by the Sea star said of falling for Elverum a decade after the death of partner Heath Ledger: “I never gave up on love.”
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Comedian Daniel Tosh secretly married Carly Hallam — a writer on his Comedy Central show, Tosh.0 — at a private ceremony in Malibu, California, on April 15, 2016, TMZ reports. Hallam has written for the Comedy Central series since 2012 and also writes for NBC sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
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The rappers secretly married in Atlanta on September 20, 2017, according to a marriage license obtained by TMZ the following June. The Migos member, who referred to the “Bodak Yellow” rapper as his “wife” at the 2018 BET Awards, did not publicly propose to Cardi until October 2017, one month after they wed.
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The Grey's Anatomy star, 44, announced in a post on his website on March 2, 2018, that he and the private chef had wed and were expecting their first child together. "Arielle and I are so happy to announce our marriage and new baby, who is soon to join our growing family," the Trainspotting star, 44, wrote. "Close friends and family came together with my Grey's family to share in our celebration day – an intimate, low key gathering culminating in a Scottish Ceilidh dance."
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Surprise! Multiple sources confirmed exclusively to Us Weekly that the actress and chef tied the knot in Malibu on February 13, 2018. The pair first were spotted out as a couple while dining at Café Altro Paradiso in New York City just three months earlier.
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A Blaine County, Idaho marriage license filing gave away the Scandal actress' secret wedding to San Francisco 49ers cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha. The couple tied the knot on June 24, 2013, but have yet to confirm the marriage themselves.
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The Green Lantern costars didn't give any warning when they said "I do" in a surprise, ultra-private ceremony on Sept. 9, 2012 at Boone Hill Plantation in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. A source told Us that Lively, who wore a custom-designed dress by Marchesa, "was a creative bride with a clear vision of what she wanted."
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A source confirmed to Us in April 2013 that Norton secretly wed his longtime love Shauna Robertson before they welcomed their first child together, a baby boy, in March.
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In late December 2012, the Titanic actress' UK rep confirmed that Winslet married Rocknroll in New York "earlier this month in a private ceremony attended by her two children and a very few friends and family." The two had been engaged "since the summer," but never made a formal announcement.
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Eight months after announcing their engagement, the Hunger Games actor revealed he secretly tied the knot with Blunt in August 2012. The couple is reportedly planning, however, a second, more formal wedding ceremony with their loved ones.
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The Canadian actress and British actor wed in a romantic, Valentine's Day ceremony at San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara in March 2011. "We didn't tell our parents for a few days afterwards," Henstridge told the UK's Hello! magazine. "We wanted to be together and enjoy it for awhile. It was really spontaneous."
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Five months after the fact, Myers confirmed that he quietly married longtime girlfriend Tisdale in a private ceremony in NYC in March 2011.
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One month after announcing their engagement, the Lord of the Rings actor secretly married the Victoria's Secret model in an intimate ceremony in July 2010. One month later, Kerr announced she was pregnant with their first child, son Flynn.
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To the surprise of their fans, the rapper announced on Twitter that he married the model on July 8, 2013, four months after welcoming their son Sebastian together. "Me and Amber got married today," Khalifa tweeted. "Wedding's this fall. Thought I'd let y'all know."
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Only close family members were invited to Cruz and Bardem's small ceremony at a friend's house in the Bahamas in July 2010. Though they kept the wedding hush-hush, Crus went all out with a Dior Haute Couture gown designed especially by John Galliano.
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The longtime couple tied the knot on the beach in Hawaii with Green's son, Kassius, as their witness on June 24, 2010.
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The Runaway Bride actress and Moder invited their close family and friends over to their ranch in Taos, New Mexico under the impression they were celebrating the 4th of July in 2002, but the couple also had a surprised wedding planned.
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The Skyfall actor pulled off a secret wedding to the actress in upstate New York in June 2011. "I did it secretly -- I can't tell you how I pulled it off," he told Access Hollywood. "My private life is incredibly important to me, and certainly that aspect of it is more than incredibly important to me."
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The superstar couple played coy about their marriage in New York City on April 4, 2008. Beyonce revealed the marriage in a video montage during a listening party for her third album, I Am . . . Sasha Fierce, in October 2008.
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The Daredevil costars quietly married in Turks and Caicos on June 29, 2005, while Garner was pregnant with their first child. The guest list was tiny, but Affleck's good pal Matt Damon made the cut.
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The Facebook founder invited less than 100 friends and family members to celebrate Chan's graduation from medical school in May 2012. What their guests didn't know, however, was that Zuckerberg and his Harvard sweetheart were also tying the knot at their Palo Alto, Calif. home.
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After dating for over eight years, Ford and Flockhart exchanged vows in an ultra-private ceremony in June 2010 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. "I was 60 when I fell in love with Calista," Ford told Hello! in 2009. "What surprised me most was that I was still capable of establishing a long-lasting relationship, making a serious commitment."
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The musical couple tied the knot in quiet ceremony in Savannah, Georgia in March 2009, just the way Moore wanted it to happen. "Hopefully, it can happen and slip by unnoticed by everybody," Moore said of her dream wedding. "I guess we have to be sort of sneaky about it, but I'll see what I can accomplish."
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No family members were invited to the Coldplay rocker and actress' surprise nuptials in Santa Barbara, Calif. on Dec. 5, 2003. At the time, Paltrow was pregnant with the couple's first child.
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Bait-and-switch! The actress/model invited some friends and family to have dinner at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in California, but instead transported them by boat to Catalina Island to witness her exchange vows to TV writer Chris Henchy on April 4, 2001.
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With extra security measures in place to keep the ceremony private, Smith married Pinkett at the Cloisters, a mansion near her hometown of Baltimore on Dec. 31, 1997.
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