The 'Law and Order: SVU' alum tied the knot with her tech investor fiance, Dan Benton, on Friday, August 31 with the 'Star Wars' theme song played in the ceremony.
- Sep 2, 2017
AceShowbiz - Stephanie March has walked down the aisle again. The former "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" star tied the knot with her tech investor fiance, Dan Benton, on Friday, August 31 at their home in Katonah, New York, surrounded by their family and a few close friends. They used the "Star Wars" theme song for their entrance music, according to PEOPLE.
"Both Stephanie and Dan's families love 'Star Wars'," a friend explains to the publication. Following the tradition of "something borrowed and something blue," March's dress was accented with a blue hydrangea print, and she borrowed her younger sister Charlotte's earrings.
"I've never seen Stephanie as happy or as beautiful as she was today," the pal shares. The wedding ceremony was followed by an outdoor luncheon.
"She and Dan were surrounded by a close knit group of people who love, support and adore them," March's other friend and Rouge Salon co-founder Rebecca Perkins tells the publication. "Stephanie's family friend designed the magnificent floral arrangements, I did her makeup, and her best friend played her grandmother's piano as Stephanie walked down the aisle ... It was an absolutely picture-perfect ceremony."
March and Benton started dating in October 2015, three months after she finalized her bitter divorce from Bobby Flay after nearly a decade of marriage. The 43-year-old actress and the 58-year-old founder of Andor Capital were spotted house-hunting together in the summer of last year. They got engaged while vacationing in Greece on July.
March's friend shares with the webloid how the actress and Benton first met. The friend tells the site that the actress and the business mogul "met for cocktails at the West Village bar Orient Express and had dinner afterwards," before adding, "But their first real date was a TED Talk [of educator Sal Khan of the Khan Academy] after which they talked for four hours."
"Dan adores her and supports her," says the friend. "He was by her side when she was received the 2016 Board of Governor's Award from the World of Children, a non profit devoted to improving the lives of children."
