Anya Taylor-Joy is sharing never-before-seen photos from her secret 2022 wedding on her and husband Malcolm McRae’s second anniversary.
“Two years ago, on April Fools, I secretly married my best friend in New Orleans,” the “Queen’s Gambit” star wrote alongside a carousel of photos and videos.
“The magic of that day is ingrained in every cell of my being, forever,” she continued. “Happy second ( first ) anniversary my love…you’re the coolest ????.”
Anya Taylor-Joy revealed she got hitched on April Fool’s Day in 2022. Instagram/anyataylorjoy “The Queen’s Gambit” star married musician Malcolm McRae.Explore More
The first image shows Taylor-Joy, 27, holding a bouquet in her Dior wedding dress with a long veil trailing behind her.
In a video, the “Dune: Part Two” actress throws her arms up, showing off the veil and dress, which included a large hummingbird stitched on the bodice. The venue surrounding her was covered in candles.
“???? beautifully embroidered with our love story by @dior,” Taylor wrote.
In another snap, the bride and groom sat with their friends as her massive veil covers them all.
The nuptials took place in New Orleans. She wrote about the “magic of that day” that is forever “ingrained.”The last slide revealed two cakes resembling anatomically correct hearts. Taylor-Joy also included a video on Instagram Stories of her and McRae, 29, gobbling up the sweets.
“N.B yes, those are anatomically correct heart cakes. Yes, I am the vampire Lestat,” she added, referencing the fictional vampire, Lestat de Lioncourt from Anne Rice’s “The Vampire Chronicles” series set in New Orleans.
“The Menu” star also tagged model Cara Delevingne as one of the photographers.
Taylor-Joy shared a video of her and McRae eating cakes shaped like anatomically-correct hearts. The actress joked that she was a vampire because of the cakes. Instagram/anyataylorjoyMcRae, frontman of the rock band More, also posted photos and a video from the happy day.
“I love you now and somehow I always have and somehow it will never end,” he wrote alongside them. “Happy two year anniversary (yesterday), beautiful.”
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Page Six exclusively reported in July 2022 that the pair had secretly tied the knot. They had another wedding ceremony in Venice, Italy, in October 2023.
Their second nuptials was a swanky event which took place at the historic Palazzo Pisani Moretta, a 15th century palace on the Grand Canal.
The wedding gown, which featured a hummingbird, was designed by Dior. Taylor-Joy wrote that the gown was embroidered with “our love story.”The VIP guest list included Julia Garner, Nicolas Hoult, Cara Delevingne, Miles Teller and his wife, Keleigh.
Sparks flew when the two met at a “Queen’s Gambit” premiere in March 2021.
McRae was so enamored that after returning home, he penned a song about Taylor-Joy.
“I wrote this song for Anya two days after meeting her,” the singer wrote on Instagram in March 2022 when revealing his new song, “Really Want to See You Again.”
The couple had a second wedding ceremony in Venice, Italy. SplashNews.com The two met at a party for “The Queen’s Gambit.” TheImageDirect.comThey started dating months later but kept the relationship mostly out of the public eye.
Taylor-Joy did speak publicly of their romance in a 2022 interview with British Vogue.
“I said to my partner the other day that he was my hobby,” Taylor-Joy enthused.
“I’ve finally found someone who will happily sit in silence with me reading,” she continued. “We’re basically 80 years old and 7 at the same time, and it works really well.”
