In the year 1997, Matthew Broderick, a film and stage actor, marries Sex and the City actress Sarah Jessica Parker in New York.
Sarah Jessica Parker is most recognised for her role as Carrie Bradshaw in the HBO series Sex and the City, which is being revived. Carrie, her character, is constantly looking for love among New York's bachelors. Parker, on the other hand, quit seeking when she found love with actor Matthew Broderick. Parker and Broderick married on May 19, 1997. The pair married in secret at the Angel Orensanz Synagogue on Manhattan's Lower East Side. The marriage, performed by Broderick's minister sister Jane, was so unexpected that the 100 attendees believed they were attending a party and were surprised to learn it was a wedding. Parker donned a black gown, which was the most unusual feature of the wedding.
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