1996 Angelina Jolie marries actor Jonny Lee Miller.
The Maleficent actress and the Elementary star started dating in 1995 while working on the aforementioned Hackers, but they broke up after production wrapped. They eventually reconciled, though, and married in March 1996 in an intimate ceremony attended only by Jolie's mother and Miller's closest friend.
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