15 Actors Who Got Married At A Young Age

15. LeAnn Rimes

LeAnn Rimes met backup dancer Dean Sheremet on tour and married him at just 19, after saying on their first date, “This is the guy I want to marry.” They stayed together for nearly a decade before parting ways in 2010. | © Hallmark Channel

14. Aaliyah

In 1994, 15-year-old Aaliyah was illegally married to R. Kelly, who falsified her age on the license to make it happen. The marriage was annulled a year later, but the story remains one of the most disturbing scandals in music history. | © Warner Bros. Pictures

13. Kim Kardashian

At 19, Kim Kardashian eloped with music producer Damon Thomas, who was 11 years her senior. The marriage ended just a year later, with Kim later opening up about the emotional and physical abuse she says she endured. | © Kim Kardashian

12. Drew Barrymore

Drew Barrymore married bar owner Jeremy Thomas at 19 after just six weeks of dating, and filed for divorce 19 days later. She later called him “the devil,” making it one of the wildest chapters in her already chaotic young adulthood. | © Paramount Pictures

11. Hilary Duff

Hilary Duff tied the knot with NHL player Mike Comrie at 22, stepping into marriage and motherhood early. They welcomed their son Luca before parting ways in 2014, staying on good terms as co-parents. | © Walt Disney Pictures

10. Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe married her neighbour Jim Dougherty at just 16 years before she became a household name. They split in 1946, and he later claimed that if he hadn’t joined the Marines, she might’ve never become Marilyn. | © Marilyn Monroe

9. Olivia Wilde

At 19, Olivia Wilde eloped with Italian prince Tao Ruspoli – on a school bus, no less. The unlikely fairytale lasted eight years before they quietly separated in 2011. | © Original Film

8. Uma Thurman

Uma Thurman married Gary Oldman in 1990 at just 20 years old, after meeting on the set of State of Grace. The whirlwind romance ended two years later, but it marked the first of Thurman’s high-profile relationships. | © Netflix

7. Melanie Griffith

Melanie Griffith married Don Johnson at 18 after meeting him when she was just 14 and he was 22. Their first marriage lasted six months, but the story didn’t end there: they tied the knot again in 1989 and stayed together until 1994. | © 20th Century Studios

6. Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie was 21 when she married Hackers co-star Jonny Lee Miller in 1996, wearing black rubber pants and a white tee with his name written in her blood. They split four years later, but the bold wedding set the tone for Jolie’s rule-breaking Hollywood image. | © Sony Pictures Releasing

5. Jessica Simpson

Jessica Simpson married 98 Degrees singer Nick Lachey at 22, and their relationship played out in front of the cameras on Newlyweds. They split after three years, but their reality-show romance became a pop culture time capsule of the early 2000s. | © Sony Pictures

4. Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon married Ryan Phillippe in 1999 after meeting on Cruel Intentions; she was just 23. They had two kids together and seemed like a golden couple until calling it quits in 2006. | © 20th Century Studios

3. Demi Moore

At 17, Demi Moore married musician Freddy Moore and took his last name, one she kept even after the marriage ended. They split in 1985, but their brief union marked the start of her rise from soap actress to Hollywood icon. | © MUBI

2. Macaulay Culkin

Macaulay Culkin and Rachel Miner got married at just 17, needing their parents' permission to say "I do." It didn’t last. By 2000, they had split, but for a moment, two teen stars tried to grow up together too fast. | © 20th Century Fox

1. Millie Bobby Brown

Millie Bobby Brown married Jake Bongiovi, the son of Jon Bon Jovi, at just 20 years old in 2024. Critics called her too young, but Millie stood firm, saying she knew it was the right time, just like she knows what projects to take on now, not later. | © Netflix