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The actress was then married to former baseball player Joe DiMaggio (pictured) from 1954 to 1955, and to playwright Arthur Miller from 1956 to 1961.
Troubled teen actress Drew Barrymore was first engaged (but not married) to Leland Hayward at the tender age of 16. She then married Jeremy Thomas (pictured) in 1994 when she was 19.
Musician and Hanson band member Taylor Hanson married Natalie Bryant in 2002 when he was 19. The couple are still married and had their seventh child in 2020!
Ava Gardner married fellow Hollywood star Mickey Rooney in 1942 when she was 19. Rooney allegedly proposed on the first date, but it took him asking 24 times before she said yes. However, by 1943 they were divorced.
Bo Derek married her husband John Derek in 1976 when she was 19 (he was 30 years her senior). The couple stayed together until he died from heart failure in 1998.
In 2003, actress Olivia Wilde married Italian prince and filmmaker Tao Ruspoli when she was just 19 years old. The couple divorced eight years later in 2011.
Country singer LeAnn Rimes married her first husband, Dean Sheremet, in 2002 when she was 19. But the couple announced plans to divorce in 2009 after Rimes had an affair.
Actress Demi Moore (née Guynes) married musician Freddy Moore in 1981 when she was just 18. The couple divorced a few years later, but the actress kept her ex-husband's name.
'Home Improvement' actor Taran Noah Smith married Heidi van Pelt in 2001 when he was 17. Van Pelt was 16 years older and the marriage was shrouded in controversy. It ended in 2007.
Sources: (Ranker) (Cosmopolitan)
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In 1994, Aaliyah married R. Kelly when she was just 15 years old. The marriage was, of course, illegal because she was underage. It was annulled a few months later.
American actress Sandra Dee married Bobby Darin in 1960 when she was 18. The couple had one son together, Dodd Mitchell Darin (born in 1961), before divorcing in 1967.
Since Aaliyah's death, R. Kelly has been accused of many crimes against underage girls. The story of his marriage to Aaliyah was often used as evidence of his guilt. He was convicted on multiple counts of child sex abuse in 2022.
The singer confirmed in 2007 that she and her first husband had gone their separate ways. In 2014 she married her second husband, Alan Ferguson (pictured), but they too announced their split in 2019.
Milla Jovovich married her first husband, Shawn Andrews, in 1992 when she was 16. But her mother annulled the marriage just two months later.
The younger Knowles sister married Daniel Smith in February 2004 when she was just 17 years old. She gave birth to their son later that year.
Given the high-profile nature of Kim Kardashian's marriage to Kanye West, it's easy to forget that she was actually married twice before.
The affair was with the also married Eddie Cibrian, with whom Rimes was working with on the made-for-TV movie 'Northern Lights.' The couple went on to marry in 2011.
The pair married after six weeks of knowing each other, and divorced after just two months of marriage. Barrymore was then married to Tom Green (2001-2002) and Will Kopelman (pictured) from 2012 to 2016.
Famous for being married eight times to seven men, it is no surprise that Elizabeth Taylor started early. She married her first husband, Conrad Hilton Jr., in 1950 when she was 18.
A 16-year old Marilyn Monroe married her family friend James Dougherty in 1942 so that she wouldn't have to go to another orphanage. The couple divorced four years later.
Wilde became engaged to actor and comedian Jason Sudeikis in 2013. The couple had two children, Otis (born in 2014) and Daisy (born in 2016), before separating in 2020.
'Home Alone' star Macaulay Culkin married actress Rachel Miner in 1998. when they were both just 18 years old. The pair separated in 2000 and then divorced in 2002.
Moore went on to marry Bruce Willis in 1987, with whom she had three daughters: Rumer, Scout, and Tallulah. She was then married to Ashton Kutcher from 2005 to 2013.
Melanie Griffith married Don Johnson twice: the first time in 1976 when she was 19, and the second time in 1989. Both marriages eventually ended in divorce.
After splitting from Miner, Culkin dated Mila Kunis for years. The two ended their relationship in 2010 and Culkin has since gotten engaged to his 'Changeland' co-star Brenda Song.
Country singer Loretta Lynn married Oliver Vanetta Lynn in 1948 when she was just 15. Although their marriage wasn't without problems, the couple remained together until Oliver's death in 1996.
The middle Kardashian sister married music producer Damon Thomas in 2000 when she was 19 years old. The couple had a tumultuous relationship and divorced in 2004.
'The Kissing Booth' star Joey King got engaged in February 2022 at the age of 22 to 30-year-old film director Steven Piet after three years of dating. She shared a heartfelt tribute to her new fiancé on Instagram, saying, “I never knew happiness could be so powerful that it can take the air from your lungs, overwhelming every part of you that you can’t help but feel your eyes well from the undeniable joy." King often plays characters that are several years younger than her thanks to her youthful appearance, but in real life, she's ready to take a very mature step for her future!
Brooklyn Beckham (then 23) and Nicola Peltz (then 27) tied the knot on April 9, 2022, at a star-studded Palm Beach ceremony. The black-tie affair celebrating the marriage of the eldest Beckham child and the actress was held on Peltz's family estate and included a traditional Jewish ceremony, an elevated runway with water and floating flowers on each side, and 600 guests, People reports. Celebrity attendees (beyond each of their families) included Mel C, Serena and Venus Williams, Jordana Brewster, Gordon Ramsay, and Eva Longoria, as well as performances by David Blaine and Marc Anthony. Beckham and Peltz got engaged back in July 2020 and planned to marry earlier but the pandemic got in the way. Still, they moved ahead with their relationship and in June 2021 bought a US$10 million mansion in Beverly Hills.
Sofia Richie shared the news of her engagement to Elliot Grainge in an Instagram post in 2022. She was 23 and he was 28 at the time. Richie shared a photo of his elaborate sunset proposal and wrote "Forever isn't long enough @elliot." Richie is the daughter of Lionel Richie and Grainge is the son of Lucian Grainge, the CEO of Universal Music Group. Their families have been close since they were kids, but Richie and Grainge reportedly only started hanging out when they began dating in 2021. Sources say Richie's dad is a fan of her new fiancé, which is definitely an improvement on her last boyfriend! Richie previously dated the controversial 38-year-old reality star Scott Disick for three years.
Everyone loves to hear a story about childhood sweethearts getting married, particularly when the sweethearts involved are celebrities. But more often than not this doesn't happen until both are much older.
There are a number of cases, however, of celebrities getting married before they hit 25. In some cases, the marriages ended (very) quickly in divorce, and in others, the couples stayed together for the long haul.
Only time will tell in the case of Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi! The 19-year-old 'Stranger Things' actress appeared to announce her engagement to the 20-year-old son of Jon Bon Jovi on Instagram on April 11. Brown posted a black and white photo of the pair hugging that clearly shows a large diamond ring on her finger. She captioned the post with the lyrics "I've loved you three summers now, honey, I want 'em all" from Taylor Swift's song 'Lover.' Bongiovi shared a similar photo with the caption "Forever." Comments from friends and loved ones congratulating the pair are already flooding in. The young couple first sparked dating rumors during the summer of 2021 and confirmed their relationship in November of that year.
Check out this gallery to find out which celebrities married as young adults.
Celebs who married as young adults
Millie Bobby Brown appears to be engaged to Jake Bongiovi at 19 years old
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Everyone loves to hear a story about childhood sweethearts getting married, particularly when the sweethearts involved are celebrities. But more often than not this doesn't happen until both are much older.
There are a number of cases, however, of celebrities getting married before they hit 25. In some cases, the marriages ended (very) quickly in divorce, and in others, the couples stayed together for the long haul.
Only time will tell in the case of Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi! The 19-year-old 'Stranger Things' actress appeared to announce her engagement to the 20-year-old son of Jon Bon Jovi on Instagram on April 11. Brown posted a black and white photo of the pair hugging that clearly shows a large diamond ring on her finger. She captioned the post with the lyrics "I've loved you three summers now, honey, I want 'em all" from Taylor Swift's song 'Lover.' Bongiovi shared a similar photo with the caption "Forever." Comments from friends and loved ones congratulating the pair are already flooding in. The young couple first sparked dating rumors during the summer of 2021 and confirmed their relationship in November of that year.
Check out this gallery to find out which celebrities married as young adults.