This article was originally published on TODAY. Ethereal and dreamy, and fully myself,” she said. Rose said she kept her hair and makeup natural because she wanted to look like herself. “I knew I wanted those things as a tribute to my mommy and her love, and it was a surprise for her,” Rose said of the decision. I also didn’t want anything I could wear on a red carpet.”įor an especially sweet touch, the bridal party's bouquet's were tied together using the sleeves from Rose's mother's wedding dress. “ that of a rose coming into full bloom, but without being too fussy. “When we met, we talked about the story we wanted to tell with the dress,” Rose said. The top half of the dress was sheer with white vines and little flowers opening out into the flowy bottom half. Dirden wore a light pink suit, while Rose wore a custom gown designed by Gbemi Okunlola of Alonuko Bridal, a London-based designer. The ceremony was officiated by "Euphoria" star Colman Domingo. With all the planning and logistics firmed up, the couple wed at Paramour Estate in Los Angeles. “We didn’t plan to only have eight weeks to plan a wedding,” Dirden joked. Meaning, they planned their October wedding in just two months. It wasn't until August 2022 that the Hollywood couple found a date in between their busy schedules. “When the video ended, with all our friends and family watching, he went to one knee and asked me to marry him.” “Jason played a beautiful video he created of our time together, underscored by Norah Jones’ ‘Come Away With Me,’ and a phone conversation between Jason and his dad about love, partnership, and Jason’s desire to propose,” Rose said. But Rose knew something more was happening when her family joined the call too. The “Greenleaf” star said that timing was everything for them, explaining that it was the right moment for them to "be open and available" for a committed relationship.ĭirden proposed during the last month of 2021 using his family's annual Secret Santa (over Zoom that year) as a smoke screen. “We were friends for a couple of years, actually,” Rose recalled, “(but) we both went off and did our own things and were disconnected for a while and then swung back.” Rose said it took some time for their friendship to turn into something more. There’s always been that kind of comfort and ease between us.” It had nothing to do with the play that we were working on. We created this friendship walking 60 blocks from rehearsal to the gym, just talking about life, or about anything really. She loves to prank people, and she has that kind of spontaneous silliness to her that allowed us both to release any type of armor, or any type of defense mechanism, and allowed us to really just be who we are with each other. She has a four year old child living inside of her that will never go away. And we don’t talk so much about the business.”ĭirden, 42, agreed, saying, "That’s what drew us in together as friends." 2,817 Likes, 153 Comments - BLKGIRLS (blkgirls) on Instagram: 'While Twitter debates on who should play Tiana in a live action remake, Ari Lennox graces us with. We laugh a lot, which is really, really important. “Neither one of us really planned to end up with somebody in the business,” Rose, 50, said. The couple met in 2014 when they both were cast in Broadway production "A Raisin in the Sun." “Without consulting each other, we ended up using the same phrase at the end of each ," Rose told the magazine. The American actress Anika Noni Rose started her professional journey through theater and after a steady rise through that, she later stepped into the on-screen industry as well. The couple exchanged original vows they wrote themselves. 16, their three month wedding anniversary. "The Princess and the Frog" star tied the knot with actor Jason Dirden in October 2022 and announced it in magazine Brides on Jan. Never miss a story - sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.įor Rose and Dirden, the wedding couldn't have gone more smoothly - even if some things were unexpected.Anika Noni Rose has been sitting on a big secret for three months: She's married! "It was probably 9:30 and Adonye said, 'Hey, let's get you on the bike!' and by then I had forgotten all about it," Rose said. RELATED: Anika Noni Rose On Why She Decided to Start Her Weekly 'Bedtime Stories For the Littles!'Īt the end of the night, photographer Adonye Jaja suggested they hop on and he would snap some photos as they rode off. Rose's cousin did just that, renting a vintage tandem bike from eBay as their wedding gift. Rose and Dirden enjoy riding bikes as a couple, so Dirden requested they find a two-seater to take photos with at the wedding. The night capped off with the couple riding away on a tandem bike together. Anika Noni Rose Marries Jason Dirden in Magical Ceremony
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