Mad Men star Christina Hendricks has married partner George Bianchini in a ceremony in New Orleans.
As per PEOPLE, the couple tied the knot on Saturday (April 20) at Napoleon House after four years together, with the ceremony being attended by Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner.
“New Orleans is a place that I always loved to go before I met George, and a place that he always loved to go before he met me,” said Hendricks of the ceremony.
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“When we first started dating or meeting up, because we lived across the country from one another, it was the place in the middle. It just feels like our city together, even though we both loved it individually.”
The star, who played Joan Holloway on the AMC show, also spoke about the venue and guest list, with the 76 attendees being described as a perfect number.
“It seemed like the right amount for us to be able to embrace and visit with everyone and not feel overwhelmed,” she explained. “But it's certainly not a tiny, intimate wedding. No, [we wanted] a celebration – a grand celebration.
“[The venue’s] got this rustic Cuban, Spanish, European textured, high-low feeling to it, which I guess is how we feel about ourselves a little bit. It's got the most gorgeous walls with paint peeling off, and then you walk upstairs and there's these grand dining rooms with the beautiful ceilings.”
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Hendricks, who has also appeared in Tin Star and Good Girls, continued by speaking about the planning for the day, saying: “I really felt like I had to be able to bob and weave in a situation where you're planning a party in a city that you don't live in.
“I just kept saying to myself, 'At the end of the day, if all of our friends and family together being happy and celebrating… If all else fails, I'll order pizza, and we're going to have a great time.'”
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