While celebrity weddings are often associated with lavish venues and huge guest lists, some famous couples chose something much quieter. Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth married at their Tennessee home in December 2018, keeping the ceremony surrounded by only close family and friends. Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard took an even simpler route, marrying at the Beverly Hills courthouse in 2013 for just $142. Jessica Alba and Cash Warren also chose the same courthouse, marrying in 2008 with Alba wearing a long blue dress and her hair in a ponytail rather than a traditional wedding gown. Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher kept their actual wedding private before celebrating with family and friends later, while Matt Damon and Luciana Barroso exchanged vows at Manhattan’s City Hall in 2005 in a small ceremony that even close friends did not attend.

Other Hollywood couples found equally unexpected ways to keep their wedding days intimate. Mary-Kate Olsen and Olivier Sarkozy married at a private Manhattan residence in 2015, where guests reportedly surrendered their phones before the celebration. Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick surprised about 100 guests in 1997 when what they thought was a party turned into a wedding, with Parker wearing a memorable black dress. Decades earlier, Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart married at Malabar Farm in rural Ohio in 1945, choosing a setting far removed from a traditional Hollywood celebration. Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow went even further, marrying in Las Vegas in 1966 in a civil ceremony that reportedly lasted only five minutes. Their stories show that even some of Hollywood’s most recognizable couples chose homes, courthouses, farms and private gatherings over enormous celebrations, proving that a memorable wedding does not always require a grand production.