Rebecca Romijn Marries Jerry O’Connell

Monday, July 16, 2007

"Ugly Betty” and “X-Men” star Rebecca Romijn, 34, and Jerry O’Connell, the 33 year old star of “Crossing Jordan”, married on Saturday July 14, 2007 at their Los Angeles ranch named Calabasas in sweltering 100-degree heat.  They met in the fall of 2004 while Romjin was shooting her documentary “Wet Dreams.” O’Connell proposed in September 2005 during a trip to New York.  This is O’Connell’s first marriage and Romijn’s second marriage.  She was divorced from “ER” and “Full House” star John Stamos in 2005.

Romjin played the title role in the short-lived sitcom “Pepper Dennis” and currently plays male-to-female transsexual Alex Meade in “Ugly Betty.” She also played the character of Mystique in the X-Men movies. 

O’Connell currently stars as Detective Woody Hoyt in “Crossing Jordan.” He previously starred in the film “Jerry Maguire” and as Quinn Mallory in the series “Sliders.” In 1999 he wrote the screenplay for “First Daughter” which was released in 2004 and starred Katie Holmes.

Romjin and O’Connell exchanged vows under a tree decorated with large white flowers while 100 guests looked on.  Romijn’s representative, Lewis Kay, described the affair as “an intimate ceremony ... surrounded by family and close friends.”

Romjin wore a white gown designed by Ralph Lauren as well as jewelry by Neil Lane. O’Connell wore a khaki suit.  Their dogs Taco and Better attended the wedding wearing black bow ties.  The ceremony lasted approximately fifteen minutes and was followed by a reception where guests were served barbeque food and ate at brown picnic tables while seated on colorful seats made from hay bales.  Decorations also included wagon wheels.  A large dance floor was created over the pool.

The celebrity wedding celebration for Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O’Connell also included a gospel choir singing Foreigner’s “I Want to Know What Love Is” and Milk and Sugar’s “Sunshine.”