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The actress wed her partner while pregnant at City Hall in New York City in March 2020, which she only revealed one year later on Instagram. The couple welcomed their son Vanja in May 2020.
The 'Grey's Anatomy' star quietly wed music executive Chris Ivery in November 2007 at City Hall in Lower Manhattan. The two reportedly snuck into the NYC building via underground tunnels, and then-mayor Michael Bloomberg served as a witness at the brief ceremony.
After the 2022 Grammys, Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker had an impromptu Las Vegas wedding, though it wasn’t legal because they didn’t have a marriage license. Then on May 15, the couple were legally married at the courthouse in Santa Barbara, California, with Kourtney's grandma as witness.
The down-to-earth couple began dating in 2007 and got married in a courthouse wedding in Beverly Hills in 2013. Bell wore a simple black top and pants, and the wedding famously cost just US$142 to pull off.
The model surprised everyone when she revealed that she married her actor-producer husband in February 2018 at NYC's City Hall. The couple had kept their relationship relatively under wraps before the ceremony, to which Ratajkowski wore a pantsuit from Zara and a black brimmed hat with a netted veil, similar to Bianca Jagger. They divorced in 2022.
The 'You' actor married Domino Kirke (sister to 'Girls' star Lola Kirke) in a ceremony at a Brooklyn courthouse in February 2017. Penn wore a blue suit and Kirke wore a casual lace dress, and afterwards they held a small reception at a restaurant. The couple did, however, have another and significantly larger wedding in June of that same year.
Knightley and Righton were married in an intimate ceremony at the town hall in Mazan, a small village in Provence, France, back in 2013. The actress wore a strapless tulle dress, which she has reworn several times, along with a Chanel jacket and flowers in her hair. The ceremony was very private, but around 30 to 50 guests were reportedly invited to attend a reception.
It was perhaps a surprise when the actress married the French billionaire in a simple civil ceremony in Paris, though it was romantic enough since it was on Valentine's Day in 2009. Of course, the wealthy duo then threw an extremely lavish, fairy-tale wedding in Italy a couple of months later.
The 'Dexter' star understandably wanted his third wedding to be more low-key, so in February 2016 he and his bride Morgan Macgregor were married in NYC's City Hall.
The pair met in 2002 and were wed three years later in 2005, in a ceremony at City Hall in NYC. Barroso's then seven-year-old daughter from a previous marriage adorably served as the witness.
The pair first made their marriage legal at NYC's City Hall, in September 2018. One year later, they had their star-studded wedding in South Carolina, which was more of a religious ceremony with all their family and friends.
Chrissy Teigen revealed to E! News that she and John Legend hadn't planned to get married in an NYC courthouse with Irina Shayk as witness, but they hadn't realized their big lavish Italian wedding in 2013 wouldn't be recognized unless they had a real ceremony in New York. After attending some New York Fashion Week events, they popped by the courthouse in their matching black outfits to tie the knot.
The famed Beatle and the renowned artist tied the knot at the British Consulate Office in Gibraltar, and afterwards they posed for this photo with their marriage certificate.
The lead guitarist of the Beatles and his model wife married at the Epsom register office in Surrey, England, after meeting on the set of 'A Hard Day's Night.' They lasted 10 years, but Boyd later fell for Eric Clapton.
Actor Giovanni Ribisi quietly married model Agyness Deyn at the Los Angeles County Registrar's office in 2012.
The 'Broad City' star and her scientist partner were married at City Hall in New York City back in 2016. It would have remained a secret if a friend hadn't posted about it on Instagram!
Actress Raquel Welch married her film producer beau Patrick Curtis at the Paris City Hall on Valentine's Day in 1967.
Actress Faye Dunaway married musician Peter Wolf at the Beverly Hills Municipal court in 1974.
Marilyn Monroe and baseball legend Joe DiMaggio wed in 1954 at San Francisco's Town Hall. Monroe's black dress became instantly iconic as the newlyweds were snapped leaving the building. Unfortunately, their marriage ended before they could even hit a year.
'Master of None' star Lena Waithe married her partner Alana Mayo in 2019 at the San Francisco courthouse because of its history: they proudly said "I do" in front of a statue of gay rights activist Harvey Milk. Unfortunately, the pair, who were engaged in 2017, called it quits soon after.
Few close friends and family were in attendance at Jude Law's 2019 wedding to Phillipa Coan. The pair had a civil ceremony at Old Marylebone Town Hall in central London, and Coan wore a long-sleeved cream mini dress, while Law chose a blue corduroy suit.
The supermodel and TV host seemed to be opting for a more low-key vibe for her third marriage, to Tokio Hotel guitarist Tom Kaulitz, as they tied the knot in 2019 in a civil ceremony in California. But later that year they threw a huge, star-studded bash on a yacht in Capri, a yacht which also hosted the wedding receptions of Princess Grace Kelly to Prince Rainier III and Jacqueline Kennedy to Aristotle Onassis.
'Desperate Housewives' star Eva Longoria had a lavish wedding with NBA star Tony Parker, but a day earlier they'd actually tied the knot in a civil ceremony in Paris City Hall, where she wore this little pink number pictured. Unfortunately, the couple divorced three years later.
Some years after her split from Johnny Depp, French actress Vanessa Paradis hosted a low-key French wedding to film director Samuel Benchetrit in the town hall in Saint-Simeon in 2018.
The now-separated couple perfected the art of a courthouse wedding by selecting a town hall in St. Tropez for their civil ceremony in 1971. Bianca's white Yves Saint Laurent wedding suit remains iconic.
At 57 years old, Hugh Grant tied the knot for the first time with TV producer and longtime girlfriend Anna Eberstein at the Chelsea Register Office in London in 2018. They already shared three kids together, so it was not totally unexpected.
The Canadian crooner and his Argentine TV actress wife Luisana Lopilato were married in a civil wedding ceremony in Buenos Aires in 2011. They subsequently had a much bigger bash at the historic Villa Maria, in Máximo Paz, Argentina, with some 300 guests in attendance. After that, they had a third wedding in Canada for Bublé's family and friends back home.
'Orange Is the New Black' actress Lauren Lapkus and actor Mike Castle, who met on the set of the series 'Clipped,' were married in a simple courthouse ceremony in 2018.
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The longtime couple tied the knot back in 2008 in a ceremony in the Beverly Hills courthouse. Alba reportedly wore a long blue dress, and was at the time very pregnant with the couple's first child, Honor.
The rapper and the model announced their marriage with a photo of them sharing a kiss after being wed in a courthouse in July 2013. Unfortunately, they have since split.
When it comes to celebrity weddings, we often expect glamorous, star-studded affairs in stunning venues in the south of France or the likes. But some stars opted to get married in a much more low-key ceremony, at the courthouse or their local city hall, with just a few witnesses around.
The wedding of sporting power couple Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens was just such an affair. On April 23, Biles shared a series of photos of herself and Owens in a courthouse in full wedding attire. Biles, 26, wore a tiered white gown, while Owens, 27, wore a light beige suit. One photo showed them facing each other in front of a judge with their hands joined, during what appeared to be their marriage ceremony. Another showed them walking out of the courthouse doors looking elated as Owens raises an arm in the air in celebration. "I do," Biles captioned the post, "officially owens." Owens shared a similar set of photos, with the caption "My person, forever." The young couple first got together in 2020 and were engaged in February 2022.
Of course, many stars made it official with this low-key ceremony only to then subsequently host the huge, luxurious party we all imagined, but some were perfectly content to tie the knot quietly and legally, and then move on. Click through to see which celebs had civil ceremony weddings.
Celebrities who had courthouse or city hall weddings
Olympian Simone Biles and NFL player Jonathan Owens are married!
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When it comes to celebrity weddings, we often expect glamorous, star-studded affairs in stunning venues in the south of France or the likes. But some stars opted to get married in a much more low-key ceremony, at the courthouse or their local city hall, with just a few witnesses around.
The wedding of sporting power couple Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens was just such an affair. On April 23, Biles shared a series of photos of herself and Owens in a courthouse in full wedding attire. Biles, 26, wore a tiered white gown, while Owens, 27, wore a light beige suit. One photo showed them facing each other in front of a judge with their hands joined, during what appeared to be their marriage ceremony. Another showed them walking out of the courthouse doors looking elated as Owens raises an arm in celebration. "I do," Biles captioned the post, "officially owens." Owens shared a similar set of photos, with the caption "My person, forever." The young couple first started dating in 2020 and got engaged in February 2022.
Of course, many stars made it official with this low-key ceremony only to then subsequently host the huge, luxurious party we all imagined, but some were perfectly content to tie the knot quietly and legally, and then move on. Click through to see which celebs had civil ceremony weddings.