Love them or hate them, the slightest thing a celebrity does likely generates tons of news-worthy events. This also includes the day they tie the knot with their loved ones. Many celebrities opt to go big when it comes to weddings, throw a massive party, and even invite their fellow celebrity friends.
However, there are some exceptions to this. Some celebrities tend to keep their sacred day private without paparazzi cameras following them everywhere. From Jay-Z and Beyoncé's wedding in 2008 to Zoe Saldana and Marco Perego in 2013, here are ten celebrity couples who wedded privately.
10 Jay-Z & Beyoncé
While Beyoncé and Jay-Z's relationship was no secret back in the early 2000s, the two did a perfect job in hiding their engagement from the fans. In 2008, it was revealed that the two tied the knot privately on April 4, 2008.
"I don't know when I'll want to get married. I never pictured myself as a bride, but after my sister's wedding, I did start thinking about what kind of wedding I'd want. I don't think I want a big one," Queen B once told Cosmopolitan in 2006.
9 Jennifer Aniston & Justin Theroux
Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux married after three years of engagement in a super-secret wedding ceremony in Los Angeles in front of 70 friends and family before partying at the couple's Bel Air home. Unfortunately, after years of together, the two separated in 2018 on good terms. Despite the heavily publicized divorce process, Aniston and Theroux still speak highly of each other.
8 Mila Kunis & Ashton Kutcher
After several rumors murmuring around the internet for many months, Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher confirmed their marriage in 2015 during an episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden. For their 2015 marriage, the two didn't even spend much on their wedding bands.
"It was a ninja effort," Kutcher said. "We really didn't want helicopters [with paparazzi photographers] at our wedding and it’s a legitimate concern."
7 Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds
In 2012, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds took Boone Hall Plantation in South Carolina as their marriage place. However, as the news broke out, their marriage became a controversy as the place was built upon slavery. Several people called the Deadpool actor out, in 2018, after his support for the Black Panther movie, which was seen as an act of hypocrisy by many.
"It’s impossible to reconcile," Reynolds said, as reported by NBC. "What we saw at the time was a wedding venue on Pinterest. What we saw after was a place built upon devastating tragedy."
6 Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are another celebrity power-couple who opted for secrecy on their big day. The two tied the knot at their Chateau Miraval in France. Of course all of this was before the two found themselves in a murky legal battles for custody.
"It was such a special day to share with our children and a very happy time for our family," said the bridegroom.
5 Leighton Meester & Adam Brody
Once upon a time, Leighton Meester and Adam Brody's relationship was a match-made-in-teen-TV-heaven. The couple's relationship became public in 2013, and they tied the knot "a couple of weeks" before February 2014 when multiple sources confirmed their wedding to Us Weekly.
"It was a very small and intimate wedding with close family and friends. It was beautiful," the source said.
4 Benji Madden & Cameron Diaz
Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden held a secretive wedding at their Beverly Hills mansion in 2015 in front of 100 guests from their friends and families. Reese Witherspoon, Drew Barrymore, Nicole Richie, and Gwyneth Paltrow are among the famous faces to attend the ceremony. They even recruited extra security to line the streets from paparazzi sniffing around.
3 Allison Williams & Ricky van Veen
After three years of dating, Allison Williams wedded Facebook executive Ricky van Veen in a three-day celebration at Saratoga's Brush Creek Ranch in Wyoming. Several A-list stars, including Katy Perry, Lena Dunham, and John Mayer, were reportedly on the exclusive guest list. Unfortunately, the two separated in 2019 after four years of marriage.
2 Tom Ackerley & Margot Robbie
Despite her celebrity status, Margot Robbie opted to marry her longtime boyfriend and fellow filmmaker Tom Ackerley in a top-secret ceremony in her native Australia back in 2016. Only 50 guests were present with no phones or any recording devices allowed during the ceremony. Their wedding took place in Coorabell, Byron Bay, New South Wales.
1 Zoe Saldana & Marco Perego
Lastly, there is Zoe Saldana and Marco Perego, who wedded in a secret ceremony in London in 2013. In fact, the two have been powerful parents to their four children and are raising them in a gender-neutral environment.
"I don't do the ABCs, I do what my heart says, what my heart feels. So, from the moment I met my husband, we were together. We knew," the Star Trek actress told Marie Claire in 2014.