The Biggest Celebrity Engagements of 2017… So Far
Nicole Briese
Nicole Briese
Nicole is the weekend editor for Brit + Co who loves bringing you all the latest buzz. When she's not busy typing away into the wee hours, you can usually find her canoodling with her fur babies, rooting around in a bookstore, or rocking out at a concert of some sort (Guns N' Roses forever!). Check out all her latest musings and past work at nicolebjean.com.
This year is shaping up to be a memorable one for IRL Hollywood love stories. Tons of celebs have gotten engaged in 2017, including couples such as Nikki Bella and John Cena, Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons , and Evan Rachel Wood and Zach Villa, to name a few. Click through to see who else said "yes" to saying "I do."
Derek Peth and Taylor Nolan: After failing to find love during their respective stints on The Bachelorette and The Bachelor, Peth and Nolan made a connection on season four of Bachelor in Paradise. According to reports, he proposed during a BiP after-show on August 31. (photo via ABC/Paul Hebert)
Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons: Kirsten Dunst’s
massive diamond ring
was all the Fargo star needed to announce her engagement to Jesse Plemons. She was first spotted
wearing the jewel to public events in early January. (Photo via Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty)
Kate Mara and Jamie Bell: The Fantastic Four costars, who met on set back in 2014, spilled the beans on their engagement after Mara posted a sports-related Twitter photo with one very noticeable addition to her left ring finger back in January. Five months later, Sue Storm and The Thing were
officially married. (Photo via Francois Durand/Getty)
Evan Rachel Wood and Zach Villa: Just weeks after news broke that Wood’s ex-husband, Jamie Bell, was engaged to Kata Mara, Wood
announced an engagement of her own to her Rebel and a Basketcase bandmate Zach Villa. The pair showed off their new relationship status at the SAG Awards with matching silver bands, which Wood's rep later confirmed were engagement rings. (Photo via Jamie McCarthy/Getty)
Cassadee Pope and Robert Rian Dawson:The Voice star Cassadee Pope met her match in fellow musician and All Time Low drummer Robert Rian Dawson, who proposed to her in February after seven years together. (Photo via @cassadeepope)
Nick Viall and Vanessa Grimaldi: Season 21 of The Bachelor ended with Nick Viall popping the question to his now-fiancée, Vanessa Grimaldi, before they rode away on a horse-drawn sleigh. Alas, they split in August, just five months after the engagement aired on TV.
(Photo via @nickviall)
Colton Haynes and Jeff Leatham:Arrow star Colton Haynes and his floral designer beau got engaged not once, but twice, with each proposing to the other in two separate moments that both involved Cher. Leatham popped the question in March with a videotaped message from the singer, and Haynes reciprocated in May, with “I Got You Babe” playing in the background. (Photo via @coltonhaynes)
Bella Heathcote and Andrew Dominik:Fifty Shades Darker star Bella Heathcote and her beau of six years, Andrew Dominik, have a 20-year age difference between them — and a lot of love. She confirmed in March that they were engaged. (Photo via Vittorio Zunino/Getty)
Nikki Bella and John Cena: In what was quite possibly *the* engagement of the year, John Cena proposed to Nikki Bella smack dab in the middle of WrestleMania 33 in April, dropping to one knee following their tag-team win against The Miz and Maryse. The move was an especially shocking one for fans of their E! shows, who’ve heard Cena say time and time again that he’d never get married for a second time. From the looks of the enormous rock he chose for his bride-to-be, dude DEFINITELY had a change of heart. (Photo via @nikkibella)
Ronda Rousey and Travis Browne: Talk about a picture-perfect moment! MMA star Ronda Rousey took the vacation of a lifetime back in April, when her boyfriend of two years, UFC fighter Travis Browne,
proposed under a waterfall in New Zealand. Swooooon! (Photo via Gabriel Olsen/Getty)
Emily VanCamp and Josh Bowman: VanCamp and Bowman had Revenge fans rejoicing when they turned their fictional on-screen romance into the real deal back in 2011, but they had even bigger news to celebrate this May, when a seemingly overcome VanCamp debuted an
undeniable sparkler on her ring finger. (Photo via Michael Buckner/Getty)
Katie Cassidy and Matthew Rodgers:Gossip Girl fans had some juicy news to celebrate back in June, when the RL Juliet Sharpe (Cassidy) said “yes” to boyfriend Matthew Rodgers while on vacay on the island of Mauritius in East Africa. (Photo via @katiecassidy)
Eliza Dushku and Peter Palandjian: Kiki Dunst isn’t the only Bring It On alum planning a wedding these days! Her former costar Dushku will also walk down the aisle in the near-ish future, thanks to the Boston hometown proposal she accepted from her former pro tennis star beau in June. (Photo via
@elizadushku)
Christina Perri and Paul Costabile: Though The Hollywood Reporter vet Paul Costabile says he knew he wanted to marry singer Christina Perri from the moment he interviewed her four years prior, he waited until June 2017 to pop the question, presenting her with a round diamond set on a V-shaped band. (Photo via @paulcostabile)
Michelle Branch and Patrick Carney: Branch got quite the birthday surprise this July when her boyfriend (now fiancé), The Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney, gifted her with a beautiful art deco ring after two years of dating. (Photo via Jason Kempin/Getty)
Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd: Morris was the most chill proposal recipient
ever, enjoying a Corona Light as she sat on fiancé Ryan Hurd’s lap and flashed her new bling in a social media post in July. It was a fitting moment for the couple, who started out as friends and fell in “Love in a Bar,” which Hurd documented in his tune of the same name. (Photo via Nick Diamond/Getty)
Meryl Davis and Fedor Andreev: The ice dancing champ accepted a knockout canary yellow diamond from longtime love Andreev (a fellow former skater) following a six-year courtship, taking to Instagram in July to share her special moment with fans. (Photo via @meryledavis)
Rachel Lindsay and Bryan Abasolo: In a jaw-dropping Bachelorette finale unlike any we've seen before, Bryan Abasolo appeared to have won the show before the episode was even over, with Lindsay and Peter Kraus parting ways before she could give out the last rose. As the last man standing, the Miami chiropractor wasted no time popping the question, dropping to one knee not once but twice as he re-proposed to his fiancée during the live show on August 8. Needless to say, she happily accepted… both times. (Photo via @thebacheloretteabc )
Which celeb are you most excited to see walk down the aisle? Let us know over @BritandCo.
Which celeb are you most excited to see walk down the aisle? Let us know over @BritandCo.
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Nicole Briese
Nicole is the weekend editor for Brit + Co who loves bringing you all the latest buzz. When she's not busy typing away into the wee hours, you can usually find her canoodling with her fur babies, rooting around in a bookstore, or rocking out at a concert of some sort (Guns N' Roses forever!). Check out all her latest musings and past work at nicolebjean.com.