01of 15Amy Schneider & Genevieve DavsCarolyn Fong/ReduxJeopardy!championSchneiderannounced onInstagramon Sept. 27, 2022, thatshe and Davis tied the knotin a courthouse ceremony in May.“Genevieve and I are delighted to announce that on Monday, May 9, we were married in a small private ceremony at the Alameda County Recorder,” Schneider captioned three wedding photos.The couple is also planning a big wedding celebration, wrote Schneider. “We will still be having a traditional wedding & reception next summer, but our lives have been much too busy this year to get very far in planning it, and we couldn’t wait that long to proclaim our love and commitment to each other. Thank you, everyone for your support!”
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Amy Schneider & Genevieve Davs
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Jeopardy!championSchneiderannounced onInstagramon Sept. 27, 2022, thatshe and Davis tied the knotin a courthouse ceremony in May.
“Genevieve and I are delighted to announce that on Monday, May 9, we were married in a small private ceremony at the Alameda County Recorder,” Schneider captioned three wedding photos.
The couple is also planning a big wedding celebration, wrote Schneider. “We will still be having a traditional wedding & reception next summer, but our lives have been much too busy this year to get very far in planning it, and we couldn’t wait that long to proclaim our love and commitment to each other. Thank you, everyone for your support!”
02of 15Jane Lynch & Jennifer CheyneABCThe Golden Globe winnerreminiscedabout her “touching” 2021 courthouse wedding to partnerJennifer Cheyneas sheappearedonLive with Kelly and Ryanin June 2022.“We’ve been together a really long time. It was more touching than I was expecting,” she admitted. “Because the impulse to do this, was we’re looking for insurance for Jennifer and I said, ‘Let’s just get married.'““I fell on one knee as I said it,” Lynch said, then joking, “at the price of the insurance we were gonna have to pay for.““But then we went down to the Santa Barbara Courthouse, which is where we live, and her son became a minister of Universal Life Church. And the three of us said our little vows to each other and signed the papers, and it was really nice. I shed a tear,” Lynch added. “I was a little surprised.”
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Jane Lynch & Jennifer Cheyne
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The Golden Globe winnerreminiscedabout her “touching” 2021 courthouse wedding to partnerJennifer Cheyneas sheappearedonLive with Kelly and Ryanin June 2022.
“We’ve been together a really long time. It was more touching than I was expecting,” she admitted. “Because the impulse to do this, was we’re looking for insurance for Jennifer and I said, ‘Let’s just get married.'”
“I fell on one knee as I said it,” Lynch said, then joking, “at the price of the insurance we were gonna have to pay for.”
“But then we went down to the Santa Barbara Courthouse, which is where we live, and her son became a minister of Universal Life Church. And the three of us said our little vows to each other and signed the papers, and it was really nice. I shed a tear,” Lynch added. “I was a little surprised.”
03of 15Chloë Sevigny & Sinisa MackovicSinisa Mackovic, Chloe Sevigny.Chloe Sevigny/InstagramThe actress wed her boyfriendSinisa Mackovicat City Hall in New York City in March 2020, she announced one year later on Instagram. The nuptials took place less than two months before the couplewelcomed their son Vanja on May 2 of that year.“Married on a Monday March 9th 2020 Happy one year anniversary my love💍,” Sevignycaptioned a throwback photoof the couple.
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Chloë Sevigny & Sinisa Mackovic
Sinisa Mackovic, Chloe Sevigny.Chloe Sevigny/Instagram
The actress wed her boyfriendSinisa Mackovicat City Hall in New York City in March 2020, she announced one year later on Instagram. The nuptials took place less than two months before the couplewelcomed their son Vanja on May 2 of that year.
“Married on a Monday March 9th 2020 Happy one year anniversary my love💍,” Sevignycaptioned a throwback photoof the couple.
04of 15Brandon Jenner & Cayley StokerBrandon Jenner (L) and wife Cayley.The son ofCaitlyn Jennermarriedhis pregnant fiancée on Jan. 21, 2020, telling PEOPLE: “We wed at the Santa Barbara Courthouse with my daughter Eva and Cayley’s grandmother, Joan, as our witness.“News of the Jenner and Stoker’s marriage came as they were preparing for their babies on the way. “We’re madly in love and we are very excited about this!” Jenner told PEOPLE in August 2019.
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Brandon Jenner & Cayley Stoker
Brandon Jenner (L) and wife Cayley.
The son ofCaitlyn Jennermarriedhis pregnant fiancée on Jan. 21, 2020, telling PEOPLE: “We wed at the Santa Barbara Courthouse with my daughter Eva and Cayley’s grandmother, Joan, as our witness.”
News of the Jenner and Stoker’s marriage came as they were preparing for their babies on the way. “We’re madly in love and we are very excited about this!” Jenner told PEOPLE in August 2019.
05of 15Cooper Hefner & Scarlett ByrneCooper Hefner and Scarlett Byrne Hefner.Cooper Hefner/InstagramThe son of the latePlayboyfounder, Hugh Hefner,marriedHarry Potteractress Byrneat the Ventura County courthouse in California in November 2019.The pair, whogot engaged in August 2015,revealed that they would be celebrating with friends and families in a larger ceremony at a later date.Hefner wrote on Instagram following the nuptials, “Scarlett and I have made it officially legal and the two of us could not be happier. Cheers to a life full of love, happiness, adventure, and great purpose, Mrs. Hefner. I love you dearly and very much look forward to planning our wedding celebrations in the months ahead. I love you, Scarlett.”
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Cooper Hefner & Scarlett Byrne
Cooper Hefner and Scarlett Byrne Hefner.Cooper Hefner/Instagram
The son of the latePlayboyfounder, Hugh Hefner,marriedHarry Potteractress Byrneat the Ventura County courthouse in California in November 2019.
The pair, whogot engaged in August 2015,revealed that they would be celebrating with friends and families in a larger ceremony at a later date.
Hefner wrote on Instagram following the nuptials, “Scarlett and I have made it officially legal and the two of us could not be happier. Cheers to a life full of love, happiness, adventure, and great purpose, Mrs. Hefner. I love you dearly and very much look forward to planning our wedding celebrations in the months ahead. I love you, Scarlett.”
06of 15Dax Shepard & Kristen BellKristen Bell/InstagramThe low-key couple began dating in 2007 and were wed in a courthouse wedding in Beverly Hills in 2013. Shepard and Bell had been waiting for same-sex marriage to be legalized before tying the knot. The weddingcost just $142to pull off.Belltold PEOPLEof their decision, “I don’t fault anyone who wants a big day - especially girls, [but] we get more than enough attention in our everyday lives. I also wear more than enough party dresses.”
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Dax Shepard & Kristen Bell
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The low-key couple began dating in 2007 and were wed in a courthouse wedding in Beverly Hills in 2013. Shepard and Bell had been waiting for same-sex marriage to be legalized before tying the knot. The weddingcost just $142to pull off.
Belltold PEOPLEof their decision, “I don’t fault anyone who wants a big day - especially girls, [but] we get more than enough attention in our everyday lives. I also wear more than enough party dresses.”
07of 15Penn Badgley & Domino KirkeDomino Kirke/InstagramTheYouactor and former Gossip Girl,Badgley married Kirke(sister toGirlsstar, Jemima Kirke) in a ceremony at a Brooklyn courthouse in February 2017, following their vows with a simple restaurant reception.Friends, family and stars alike celebrated the pair again when theyheld another wedding celebrationin June of that same year.You know you love him, xoxo …
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Penn Badgley & Domino Kirke
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TheYouactor and former Gossip Girl,Badgley married Kirke(sister toGirlsstar, Jemima Kirke) in a ceremony at a Brooklyn courthouse in February 2017, following their vows with a simple restaurant reception.
Friends, family and stars alike celebrated the pair again when theyheld another wedding celebrationin June of that same year.
You know you love him, xoxo …
08of 15Jessica Alba & Cash WarrenCash Warren and Jessica Alba.Swan Gallet/WWD/ShutterstockThe pair, who have been married for more than a decade,tied the knot in 2008in a ceremony in the Beverly Hills courthouse’s ceremony room. Alba wore a long blue dress and her hair back in a ponytail, PEOPLE reported.At the time, she waspregnant with the couple’s first child, Honor.
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Jessica Alba & Cash Warren
Cash Warren and Jessica Alba.Swan Gallet/WWD/Shutterstock
The pair, who have been married for more than a decade,tied the knot in 2008in a ceremony in the Beverly Hills courthouse’s ceremony room. Alba wore a long blue dress and her hair back in a ponytail, PEOPLE reported.
At the time, she waspregnant with the couple’s first child, Honor.
09of 15Chris Ivery & Ellen PompeoDenise Truscello/WireImageTheGrey’s Anatomystarquietly wedmusic executive Chris Ivery in November 2007, with Pompeo’s dad telling PEOPLE, “She just didn’t want a big thing.“N.Y.C.’s then-mayor, Michael Bloomberg, served as a witness at the brief ceremony, which was performed at City Hall in Lower Manhattan.
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Chris Ivery & Ellen Pompeo
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TheGrey’s Anatomystarquietly wedmusic executive Chris Ivery in November 2007, with Pompeo’s dad telling PEOPLE, “She just didn’t want a big thing.”
N.Y.C.’s then-mayor, Michael Bloomberg, served as a witness at the brief ceremony, which was performed at City Hall in Lower Manhattan.
10of 15Keira Knightly & James RightonJJames Righton and Keira Knightley.Marc Piasecki/GC ImagesKnightly and Righton were engaged for one year beforegetting married in an intimate ceremonyat the town hall in Mazan, a small village in Provence, France, in 2013.The bride wore a strapless tulle dress and a Chanel jacket for the occasion, with flowers in her hair.The ceremony was extremely private, but 30 to 50 guests were reportedly invited to attend a luncheon and evening party.The mayor of the townsaid of their ceremony, “It was really lovely. They were really happy. You could see it. They were laughing and sharing this moment with family. It was very emotional, but really simple. They were happy about the rings and they took pictures of them.”
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Keira Knightly & James Righton
JJames Righton and Keira Knightley.Marc Piasecki/GC Images
Knightly and Righton were engaged for one year beforegetting married in an intimate ceremonyat the town hall in Mazan, a small village in Provence, France, in 2013.
The bride wore a strapless tulle dress and a Chanel jacket for the occasion, with flowers in her hair.
The ceremony was extremely private, but 30 to 50 guests were reportedly invited to attend a luncheon and evening party.
The mayor of the townsaid of their ceremony, “It was really lovely. They were really happy. You could see it. They were laughing and sharing this moment with family. It was very emotional, but really simple. They were happy about the rings and they took pictures of them.”
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Morgan Macgregor & Michael C. Hall
Morgan MacGregor and Michael C. Hall.Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
12of 15Salma Hayek & Francois-Henri PinaultBertrand Rindoff Petroff/GettyThe actressmarried the French billionairein a simple civil ceremony in Paris, the City of Love, on Valentine’s Day 2009.The pair followed up their nuptials with an extremelylavish, fairytale wedding in Italy, held in April of the same year. Stars invited included Anna Wintour, Charlize Theron, Bono and Woody Harrelson.
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Salma Hayek & Francois-Henri Pinault
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The actressmarried the French billionairein a simple civil ceremony in Paris, the City of Love, on Valentine’s Day 2009.
The pair followed up their nuptials with an extremelylavish, fairytale wedding in Italy, held in April of the same year. Stars invited included Anna Wintour, Charlize Theron, Bono and Woody Harrelson.
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Luciana Barroso & Matt Damon
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The pair met in 2002 and werewed three years later in 2005, in a ceremony at City Hall in N.Y.C. Luciana’s 7-year-old daughter from a previous marriage served as the witness.
14of 15Chrissy Teigen & John LegendDavid Crotty/GettyThough the pair did end up enjoying alavish Italian wedding in 2013, Teigen revealed toE! Newsthat she and her EGOT-winning husbandalsogot married in an N.Y.C. courthouse with a very special witness.Teigen said, “We actually got married after going to a couple Fashion Week shows at Vera Wang, ironically who actually did my dress, but we got married at the courthouse right after. We are dumb and didn’t realize that our Italian wedding would not be recognized unless we had a real ceremony in New York City. So Irina Shayk was our witness - the most beautiful woman on earth!”
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Chrissy Teigen & John Legend
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Though the pair did end up enjoying alavish Italian wedding in 2013, Teigen revealed toE! Newsthat she and her EGOT-winning husbandalsogot married in an N.Y.C. courthouse with a very special witness.
Teigen said, “We actually got married after going to a couple Fashion Week shows at Vera Wang, ironically who actually did my dress, but we got married at the courthouse right after. We are dumb and didn’t realize that our Italian wedding would not be recognized unless we had a real ceremony in New York City. So Irina Shayk was our witness - the most beautiful woman on earth!”
15of 15Hailey Baldwin & Justin BieberLastarpix/BACKGRIDOne year before their star-studded to-do in South Carolina, the pair made it official at N.Y.C.’s City Hall, on Sept. 13, 2018.“They went ahead and did it without listening to anyone,” a source close to the couple told PEOPLE.A religious source spoke to the family and confirmed to PEOPLE that they were legally married at the courthouse, but were still going to have a religious ceremony and celebration with family and friends. “They’re going to have a big blowout, in front of God and everyone they love,“the religious source told PEOPLE.
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Hailey Baldwin & Justin Bieber
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One year before their star-studded to-do in South Carolina, the pair made it official at N.Y.C.’s City Hall, on Sept. 13, 2018.
“They went ahead and did it without listening to anyone,” a source close to the couple told PEOPLE.
A religious source spoke to the family and confirmed to PEOPLE that they were legally married at the courthouse, but were still going to have a religious ceremony and celebration with family and friends. “They’re going to have a big blowout, in front of God and everyone they love,“the religious source told PEOPLE.
source: people.com
