Anya Taylor-Joy Secretly Got Married In 2022
Anya Taylor-Joy has confirmed that she secretly got married in 2022. The Queen’s Gambit star, 27, revealed to her 10 million Instagram followers that she married her “best friend,” musician and actor Malcolm McRae, 29.
The gorgeous couple wed at a ceremony on April Fools Day in New Orleans’ Hotel Peter & Paul. Taylor-Joy added in her Instagram post: “The magic of that day is ingrained in every cell of my being, forever. Happy second ( first ) anniversary my love…you’re the coolest [anatomical heart emoji].”
She shared photos and videos from the vampire-themed ceremony, which featured “anatomically correct heart cakes.” The cakes are even presented on a simple white plate in a small pool of “blood.”
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With a video of her and McRae feasting on the heart-shaped cakes shared to her Story, you can hear wedding guest and photographer Cara Delevingne say in the background, “F— me, that was a good photo.” Taylor-Joy, who got her big breakthrough in the 2015 horror film, The Witch, adds in her caption, “Yes, I am the vampire Lestat.” She references the character from Anne Rice’s book, Interview with the Vampire, which is also set in New Orleans.
Taylor-Joy also captioned Delevingne in her caption as her photographer along with professional photographer Sebastián Fena. There is also a photo of Delevingne sitting down with Taylor-Joy, McRae, and Fena all under the bride’s veil. The Northman star’s bridal gown was a custom-made embroidered piece of their love story by Dior. The fashion house commented on her post, “A stitch in time for love everlasting—yours, was a Dior dream. Happy anniversary to you both!”
Actress Rachel Zegler commented, “i love this anya [heart emoji] happy anniversary to hands down my favorite birthday twins to ever get married.” One fan said, “A wedding without three ripped human hearts is considered a dull affair.” Commenting on their wedding anniversary date, one fan commented, “Okay but imagine having an argument and saying “this marriage is a joke!” I think that’d be rlly funny.”
McRae, who is frontman of the rock band More, shared his own post of their wedding anniversary, including a stunning photo of Taylor-Joy. The Alabama native wrote in his sweet caption: “I love you now and somehow I always have and somehow it will never end. Happy two year anniversary (yesterday), beautiful.”
The couple hosted a larger wedding celebration for their friends in Venice last October, according to the BBC. It had previously been speculated that this event was their wedding, but this is the first time the couple has revealed their actual wedding date.
Taylor-Joy first met McRae at the premiere of The Queen’s Gambit in March 2021, with McRae sharing a song he wrote about Taylor-Joy two days after their first meeting. The couple went public with their romance a year later at a pre-Oscars party and married soon afterward.
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