{"id":2102090,"date":"2025-10-19T16:39:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T16:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2102090"},"modified":"2025-10-19T16:39:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T16:39:17","slug":"antonio-banderas-and-melanie-griffiths-daughter-stella-marries-childhood-sweetheart-in-lavish-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/antonio-banderas-and-melanie-griffiths-daughter-stella-marries-childhood-sweetheart-in-lavish-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith&#8217;s daughter, Stella, marries childhood sweetheart in lavish wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith\u2019s daughter, Stella Banderas, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/celebrity-news\/celebrity-weddings-2025\/\">tied the knot<\/a> to her childhood sweetheart, Alex Gruzynki, in Spain over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old and the businessman were photographed holding hands at the old Retuerta Le Domaine Abbey in Valladolid on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The bride looked chic, sporting an off-the-shoulder laced wedding gown, while Gruzynki wore a black tux.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith\u2019s daughter, Stella Banderas, married Alex Gruzynki in Spain on Saturday. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The newlyweds tied the knot at the old Retuerta Le Domaine Abbey in Valladolid. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Antonio, 65, was photographed raising a glass to honor the newlyweds while outside the venue with reporters.<\/p>\n<p>He looked dapper in a classic black suit and bow tie.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMask of Zorro\u201d star\u2019s stepdaughter, Dakota Johnson, was also in attendance, though she and her mom, Griffith, weren\u2019t photographed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Banderas was seen raising a glass to honor his daughter\u2019s wedding. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cMask of Zorro\u201d actor sported a black suit. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The newlyweds <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/08\/20\/parents\/melanie-griffith-antonio-banderas-celebrate-daughter-stellas-engagement\/\">announced their engagement<\/a> via Instagram in August 2024, alongside photos of the proposal, which appeared to have happened on a picnic. <\/p>\n<p>In the loved-up snaps, Stella flaunted her emerald-cut engagement ring with her smiling beau in the background.<\/p>\n<p>The internet personality also included photos with Gruzynki throughout the years, including some from their elementary and high school days.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Gruszynski was seen on a balcony earlier in the day. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Griffith was present, though she wasn\u2019t photographed. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/Melanie Griffith<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100% \" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/7243f1477b3245f2f0745dd957e58dbc\" scrolling=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"\" allow=\"camera; fullscreen;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI get to hang out with my favorite person on earth forever!!!!!!!! \ud83e\udd18\ud83c\udffc\ud83e\udd18\ud83c\udffc\ud83e\udd18\ud83c\udffc\ud83e\udd18\ud83c\udffc\ud83e\udd0d\ud83e\udd0d\ud83e\udd0d\ud83e\udd0d\ud83e\udd0d,\u201d she captioned the snaps.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Griffith, 68, celebrated her daughter\u2019s engagement, commenting, \u201cI love you both sooooo much!! Congratulations again!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cWorking Girl\u201d actress also honored the special moment via her social media.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Gruzynki and Stella announced their engagement last year. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/Melanie Griffith<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>At the time, the internet personality took to Instagram to share a look at her massive rock. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/Melanie Griffith<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sharing a look at Stella\u2019s engagement photos, she captioned them, \u201cStella and Alex are engaged to be married \u2665\ufe0f Their love story began in pre-school!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Griffith gushed over the couple\u2019s \u201ctrue [and] deep love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Antonio posted a similar tribute, stating that he couldn\u2019t be more\u00a0\u201cexcited.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI get to hang out with my favorite person on earth forever!!!!!!!! \ud83e\udd18\ud83c\udffc\ud83e\udd18\ud83c\udffc\ud83e\udd18\ud83c\udffc\ud83e\udd18\ud83c\udffc\ud83e\udd0d\ud83e\udd0d\ud83e\udd0d\ud83e\udd0d\ud83e\udd0d,\u201d she captioned the photos. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/Melanie Griffith<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The couple met in elementary school. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/Melanie Griffith<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201cBabygirl\u201d star and Griffith wed in May 1996 and welcomed Stella that September. The actors <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2015\/12\/08\/melanie-griffith-and-antonio-banderas-divorce-finalized\/\">divorced in 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cLolita\u201d actress is also the mother to Johnson, 36, and a son, Alexander Bauer, 40, from separate marriages.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cFifty Shades of Grey\u201d star, who <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/20\/celebrity-news\/dakota-johnson-gives-insight-into-weird-friendship-with-madonna\/\">maintains a good relationship with Antonio<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/04\/celebrity-news\/dakota-johnson-and-chris-martin-break-up-for-good-report\/\">pulled the plug on her engagement<\/a> to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin earlier this year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith\u2019s daughter, Stella Banderas, tied the knot to her childhood sweetheart, Alex Gruzynki, in Spain over the weekend. The 29-year-old and the businessman were photographed holding hands at the old Retuerta Le Domaine Abbey in Valladolid on Saturday. The bride looked chic, sporting an off-the-shoulder laced wedding gown, while Gruzynki wore [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2102091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[309557,30058,70626,32366,24003,307104,351030,21912,23918],"class_list":["post-2102090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-antonio-banderas","tag-celebrity-children","tag-celebrity-families","tag-celebrity-marriages","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-weddings","tag-melanie-griffith","tag-movies","tag-spain"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Antonio-Banderas-and-Melanie-Griffiths-daughter-Stella-marries-childhood-sweetheart.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2102090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2102092,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102090\/revisions\/2102092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2102091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2102090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2102090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2102090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}