Stars like Michelle Yeoh, Kate Hudson and Amy Adams know there’s no rush to walk down the aisle. Those who take the time to marry — like Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry — are following in the footsteps of some of Hollywood’s greatest love stories, from Susan and Robert Downey Jr. to Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher.
But not every long engagement ends with a fairytale wedding or lasting love. Between those who made it, those who broke up, and those who are still waiting for their perfect “yes,” see all the celebrities who have celebrated their love on their own timelines.
Jean Todt and Michelle Yeoh
Jean Todt and Michelle Yeoh.
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Michelle Yeoh and her fiancé’s 19-year engagement culminated in an intimate wedding ceremony in Geneva. In July 2023, the Oscar winner and Jean Todt finally married. But according to a message from the couple included in their wedding program (and shared on Instagram by former Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa), their long love story began with a whirlwind.
“We met on June 4, 2004 in Shanghai. On July 26, 2004, JT MY proposed and she said YES,” the show read, revealing how Yeoh and the former Ferrari CEO got engaged after less than two months of dating.
Her note continued: “Today, after 6992 days on July 27, 2023 in Geneva, surrounded by loving family and friends, we are so happy to celebrate this special moment together!”
Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry
Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry.
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Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry have been building a life and family together since his lavish helicopter proposal in 2019. They moved in together and had a daughter, Daisy Dove, in August 2020, but the American Idol judge and actor have not yet settled the knot.
A source told PEOPLE the two were set to marry in Japan in the summer of 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic has put their plans on hold. “Katy was actually very excited to be walking down the aisle pregnant,” the insider said. “They were both so thrilled that all the wedding details finally got together, but because of the coronavirus, they’re on hiatus.”
In February 2022, Perry appeared on the radio show Kyle & Jackie O and shared her still-high hopes for a perfectly timed destination wedding. “But every few months it’s like, ‘New variant! New variant! New variant!’ she said, referring to the travel-noisy waves of COVID-19.
Robert Downey Jr and Susan Downey
Robert Downey Jr and Susan Downey.
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The longtime couple got engaged in 2003, just months after they met. While accepting Robert Downey Jr.’s proposal, Susan Downey was adamant about a longer engagement, she told The Hollywood Reporter in 2014.
After two years with a ring on their finger, the duo married on Long Island in 2005.
Kate Hudson and Danny Fujikawa
Danny Fujikawa and Kate Hudson.
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Kate Hudson and her musician fiancé will celebrate their two-year engagement in September. Danny Fujikawa popped the question in 2021, five years after they met, three years after they gave birth to their daughter, Rani Rose, and about two decades after they first met.
While Hudson never married her former partner Matt Bellamy, they were also engaged for a long time, from 2011 to 2014. The Bride Wars star and Bellamy have one son together, Bingham, 12.
Kristen Stewart and Dylan Meyer
Kristen Stewart and Dylan Meyer.
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Kristen Stewart confirmed her engagement to screenwriter Dylan Meyer in an interview with Howard Stern in November 2021. The Twilight star didn’t provide specifics on when and where the marriage proposal was accepted, but did share that Meyer was the one who asked about it had.
“I wanted to be proposed, so I think I worked out exactly what I wanted,” Stewart said. “And she did it. It was really cute. She did very well and we’re totally – we’re getting married. It happens.”
Almost two years later, the couple still has not married. But between birthday posts and public appearances, they continue to celebrate each other and their love.
Amy Adams and Darren Le Gallo
Amy Adams and Darren Le Gallo.
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Amy Adams and her husband Darren Le Gallo got engaged in 2008. At the time, USA Today reported that they would be married sometime the following year. Instead, the Arrival star and her fellow actress made it down the aisle in 2015. During their long engagement, they became parents to a daughter, Aviana Olea, in 2010.
Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard
Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard.
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The parents of two confirmed their engagement at the 2010 Grammy Awards but had only been married three years. Staying true to their beliefs, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard waited to tie the knot until same-sex marriage was legalized.
Bell proposed to her fiancé again after the Supreme Court voted against the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in June 2013. They married just months later “in a tiny room in the Beverly Hills courthouse,” Bell said on CBS Sunday morning.
Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher
Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen.
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After a few years of dating, Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher got engaged in 2004. In the six years between her proposal and their wedding in 2010, Fisher converted to Judaism, her husband’s religion, and they had a baby. Their first daughter Olive was born in October 2007.
Shortly after taking their vows in Paris, Fisher and Cohen had a second baby, their daughter Elula. Baby #3 – her first son, Montgomery – was born in 2015.
JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rodgers
JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rodgers.
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JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rodgers got engaged in front of the US on The Bachelorette in 2016, but they didn’t marry for another six years. To celebrate their first wedding anniversary, the successful reality couple opened up about their less-traditional love story to PEOPLE.
“We always look back and think, ‘We can’t believe we met like this. I can’t believe we were together for seven years,” Fletcher said in May 2023. “I can’t believe we’re sitting here.”
Alessandra Ambrosio and Jamie Mazur
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Today, Alessandra Ambrosio and Jamie Mazur are joint parents to two children: 10-year-old son Noah and 14-year-old daughter Anja. But before their split in 2018, the supermodel and entrepreneur were engaged for ten years and never tied the knot.
La La Anthony and Carmelo Anthony
LaLa Anthony and Carmelo Anthony.
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Carmelo and La La Anthony were engaged in a Christmas Day 2004 marriage proposal. In 2007 they had a son, Kiyan. After six years, the couple married in 2010, but their marriage ended with their separation in 2017. La La officially filed for divorce from the former NBA pro in 2021.
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