13 of the Most Secretive Celebrity Weddings

In recent decades, secret, low-key weddings have become the ultimate Hollywood trend.

News broke when Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz married in front of only four people in June 2011, while Naomi Watts and Billy Crudup were spotted at a courthouse in June 2023.

On the other hand, Anya Taylor-Joy and her husband Malcolm McRae kept their nuptials under wraps for two years before revealing it themselves. And Tom Holland subtly confirmed he had recently married Zendaya.

Here are 13 celebrity couples who have had some of the most secretive weddings.

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Zendaya and Tom Holland

Tom Holland proposed to Zendaya over the 2024 holiday season, a family source confirmed to PEOPLE. The actress later debuted her 5-carat East-West diamond ring at the Golden Globes in January 2025.

But the couple, who met on set in 2016 while filming Spider-Man: Homecoming, remained coy about their relationship milestone.

By March 2026, though, Zendaya’s long-term stylist and friend, Law Roach, told reporters at the Actor Awards that the pair had tied the knot. “The wedding has already happened. You missed it,” he said to Access Hollywood.

Zendaya further fueled the speculation a few weeks later when she presented an award at the 2026 Oscars wearing what appeared to be a wedding band. Eventually, in June 2026, Holland publicly confirmed their marriage.

In an interview with Esquire, the Spider-Man star shared that when his grandmother saw the AI-generated wedding photos of the pair, she thought she hadn’t been invited to the ceremony.

However, when asked if any other family members were fooled by the fake pictures, he replied, “No, because they were all there.”

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Saoirse Ronan and Jack Lowden

Saoirse Ronan and Jack Lowden who first met in 2018 when costarring in Mary Queen of Scots, wed in an intimate, “low-key” ceremony in Scotland in July 2024.

That September, the newlyweds made their red-carpet debut at the 2024 Emmy Awards.

While they have yet to share photos or details of their nuptials, the actress offered a rare comment about her husband in a November 2024 interview with USA Today.

“Jack is a lot calmer than I am,” she said. “He’s my voice of reason.”

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Naomi Watts and Billy Crudup

Watts and Crudup secretly wed after five years together. The couple tied the knot at a New York City courthouse in June 2023.

A few months earlier, the actress sparked engagement rumors when she was spotted with a diamond ring. After photos of the pair wearing what looked like bridal attire and matching wedding bands were published, Watts confirmed the news on Instagram.

Watts shared a photo of herself, wearing a white floral lace dress and holding a simple bouquet of white flowers, and Crudup, who donned a sleek navy suit without a tie, standing on the courthouse steps. She captioned the post with one word, “Hitched! 🕊️🪢♥️.”

During an appearance on Live with Kelly and Mark in January 2024, Watts shared additional details about the spontaneous ceremony. “Nothing was planned because we wanted to keep it low-key,” she said. “I even got my flowers from a bodega on the corner.”

In June 2024, one year after their courthouse nuptials, the couple held a second, more formal wedding with friends and family in Mexico City.

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Chris Evans and Alba Baptista

Chris Evans and Alba Baptista started dating in 2021 and reportedly “got serious very quickly.”

Sources told PEOPLE that “it was kind of love at first sight” for Evans. “He kept saying he knew she was the one,” they said, adding that Baptista is “everything to him.”

Evans and Baptista privately wed in an intimate Cape Cod ceremony in September 2023. They followed that up with a second celebration in Baptista’s native Portugal.

At New York Comic Con the following month, the Avengers star confirmed his new marital status, calling the two weddings “wonderful and beautiful.”

“It’s a lot, planning a wedding,” he said. “But now that we’re through that, we’ve just been enjoying life, gearing up for autumn, my favorite season. Now we’re just relaxing and enjoying life and reflecting.”

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Anya Taylor-Joy and Malcolm McRae

In October 2023, Taylor-Joy and McRae hosted a multi-day wedding at the historic Palazzo Pisani Moretta in Venice, Italy. However, the pair had already been married for over a year.

The actress and singer snuck off to New Orleans in April 2022 where they eloped in a vampire-themed, “spur of the moment” wedding.

After successfully keeping it hidden from the public for years, the actress finally revealed the truth in an April 2024 Instagram post.

“Two years ago, on April Fools, I secretly married my best friend in New Orleans. The magic of that day is ingrained in every cell of my being, forever,” she wrote alongside photos of the intimate ceremony.

In an interview with Variety the following month, Taylor-Joy shared more details about their clandestine elopement.

“We took our two best friends,” she said, referring to Cara Delevingne and photographer Sebastián Faena. “It was magical. It was for us. It was romantic.”

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Emma Stone and Dave McCary

Emma Stone and Dave McCary initially planned a large, March 2020 wedding, but after they were forced to postpone due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the duo opted to exchange vows in a secret ceremony instead.

In May, the actress appeared in a video chat with Reese Witherspoon wearing a gold band on her ring finger, leading fans to speculate about her marital status.

Further speculation came that September when she and McCary were spotted out in Los Angeles wearing matching rings. Two weeks later, sources confirmed to PEOPLE that the couple had, indeed, tied the knot.

While the Oscar-winner hasn’t shared photos of her nuptials, she rewore her afterparty wedding dress to the Met Gala in May 2022.

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Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost

After Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost got engaged in May 2019, the actress and comedian tied the knot in October 2020, exchanging vows in an intimate ceremony at her upstate New York home.

Rather than a traditional press release or personal social media message, they announced their marriage via the Meals on Wheels America Instagram account to raise awareness for the organization.

“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 loved ones, following COVID-19 safety precautions as directed by the CDC,” the post read.

It continued, “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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Jennifer Lawrence and Cooke Maroney

In October 2019, Jennifer Lawrence and Cooke Maroney said “I do” at a luxurious Rhode Island mansion.

While the ceremony wasn’t small — they reportedly wed in front of 150 guests — the actress and art dealer managed to keep details of their nuptials under wraps.

According to insiders, the Oscar-winner went to great lengths to make that happen, including keeping her Dior wedding gown in its own heavily guarded hotel room.

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Elizabeth Olsen and Robbie Arnett

During a video chat with Kaley Cuoco in June 2021 for Variety’s Actors on Actors series, Elizabeth Olsen sparked marriage speculation when she casually referred to Robbie Arnett as her “husband,” calling him “such a f—— cutie!”

However, the couple didn’t confirm the news for another year when they gave a joint interview for Sirius XM’s The Jess Cagle Show in June 2022. “We eloped and then we had a wedding at another time,” Olsen said.

While she didn’t share the exact date, she revealed that the wedding happened before the COVID-19 pandemic. “I just never talked about it,” she added.

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Margot Robbie and Tom Ackerley

In December 2016, Margot Robbie and her longtime beau, Tom Ackerley, tied the knot in a private ceremony on Australia’s Gold Coast.

The actress first met the British assistant director in 2013 on the set of the World War II drama Suite Française. They became fast friends and officially started dating the following year.

Although the couple never publicly announced their engagement prior to their secret wedding, after the news of their nuptials broke, the actress seemingly confirmed her marriage a few days later with a now-deleted Instagram photo depicting her and Ackerley kissing while she raises her ring finger to the camera to showcase her pear-shaped diamond sparkler.

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Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz

Craig was at the height of his James Bond fame when he secretly married Weisz after a whirlwind six-month romance.

In June 2011, the couple tied the knot in an ultra-low-key New York ceremony in front of only four guests, including Craig’s teenage daughter, Ella, and Weisz’s young son, Henry.

Speaking to British GQ the following year, Craig shared more about their nuptials.

“We got away with it. We did it privately. And I’ve got a lot of people to thank for that. But that was the point. We did it for private reasons,” he said.

As for his relationship with Weisz, he didn’t want to give too much away, simply saying, “Look. I’m in love. I’m very happy.”

The actors celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary in June 2026.

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Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky

A few months after Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky made their relationship official, they married in December 2010 in an intimate, impromptu ceremony in Indonesia.

Speaking on Good Morning Britain in March 2016, the actor explained how it unfolded.

“It did happen quick and it just felt right, it made sense. There was no great plan to any of it to be honest,” he said. “We were on a holiday and we said, ‘Why don’t we get married too?’ “

Hemsworth added, “We had both our families on holiday at the same time, just randomly, and we said this is a good opportunity with everyone together, so we just did it.”

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Julia Roberts and Danny Moder

On July 4, 2002, Julia Roberts famously married Danny Moder in a surprise midnight ceremony at her New Mexico ranch.

The couple invited 60 of their closest friends and family members to join them for an Independence Day celebration. After spending a casual evening eating, playing games and chatting by the pool, the pair hosted a late-night wedding.

Shortly before midnight, Moder got down on one knee to propose. Roberts, of course, said “Yes” and the couple immediately exchanged handwritten vows.

During an October 2022 interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Roberts opened up about her life as a wife and mom-of-three, calling her 20-year marriage to Moder one of her “[dreams] come true.”

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