Anya Taylor-Joy Shares Photo of 'Anatomically Correct Heart Cakes' from Her Secret First Wedding Ceremony

Mar. 15, 2025

Anya Taylor-Joy (L) and Malcolm McRae (R) at the 2023 Golden Globes.Photo: Christopher Polk/NBC/NBC

Anya Taylor-Joyis sharing a glimpse of her vampiric wedding cakes.

To celebrate two years of marriage with her musician husband,Malcolm McRae, theDune: Part Twostar, 27, postedintimate photos and videofrom her secret 2022 nuptials.

“Two years ago, on April Fools, I secretly married my best friend in New Orleans. The magic of that day is ingrained in every cell of my being, forever,” she wrote on Instagram, before giving a sweet shout-out to McRae, 29. “Happy second ( first ) anniversary my love…you’re the coolest🫀.”

“N.B yes, those are anatomically correct heart cakes. Yes, I am the vampire Lestat,” she joked, referring to a photo featuring two small heart-like cakes displayed on a white plate on either side of a pool of blood-red-colored fruit syrup.

Anya Taylor-Joy and Malcolm McRae taste their heart-inspired wedding cakes.Instagram/anyataylorjoy

Instagram/anyataylorjoy

On her Instagram Story, Taylor-Joy shared a clip of herself and McRae crossing arms with each other as they took their first bite of the cakes.

Another image showed Taylor-Joy sitting on a couch alongside McRae,Cara Delevingneand another wedding guest, with the four playfully enshrouded in her veil. A short video clip also captured the bride showing off her dress in the candlelit church.

Malcom McRae (L) and Anya Taylor-Joy (R) on their wedding day.Instagram/malcolmmcrae

Instagram/malcolmmcrae

McRae marked the couple’s wedding anniversary with anInstagram postof his own. “I love you now and somehow I always have and somehow it will never end. Happy two year anniversary (yesterday), beautiful,” he wrote, alongside a pair of wedding photos and a clip of himself and Taylor-Joy chatting and kissing.

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Anya Taylor-Joy in her wedding dress.Instagram/malcolmmcrae

Among the celebrity guests who attended the wedding were Delevingne,Evan Ross,Miles Teller,Nicholas HoultandJulia Garner.

To cap off the weekend-long affair, a source told PEOPLE that Taylor-Joy and McRae enjoyed a terrace brunch on Sunday at the St. Regis hotel, with sweeping views of the Grand Canal.

The pair first met at the March 2021 premiere of Taylor-Joy’s acclaimed Netflix seriesThe Queen’s Gambit. Just days after, a clearly smitten McRae — who is a member of the band More — wrote an original song forThe Menustar and shared clips of himself performing it onInstagram.

“I wrote this song for Anya two days after meeting her," he wrote in the post’s caption. “It’s called ‘Really Want to See You Again.’ "

Malcom McRae and Anya Taylor-Joy kiss on their wedding day.Instagram/malcolmmcrae

A year later, in March 2022, the two made one of their first public appearances together at the CAA Pre-Oscar Party in Los Angeles.

In an April 2023 interview withBritish Vogue, Taylor-Joy opened up about how she found her perfect match in McRae.

“I’ve finally found someone who will happily sit in silence with me reading,” she said.

source: people.com