As a first-time bride, Daphne Zuniga wanted to make sure her wedding to businessman David Mleczko was “poignant and private.”
“I love being married!” Zuniga tells PEOPLE exclusively. “I feel younger, really happy and have more energy. I keep looking at my ring and hugging my new husband!”
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The bride and groom, who chose Ralph Lauren for his jacket and slacks, wrote their own vows but opted for their officiant, close friend andNew York Timesbestselling authorSharon Salzberg, to read them during the ceremony.
“My favorite moment was listening to David’s beautiful words to me,” Zuniga says. “I was teary.”
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The couple, who also celebrated the night before the wedding with a dinner atCedar Hill Dairy Joy, danced on the patio to Van Morrison’s “Crazy Love” before the bride took a twirl with her father as well.
Zuniga and her father, Joaquin, dancing after the ceremony.KJM Media
Set up on a blind date more than 12 years ago, Zuniga and Mleczko, who co-founded the PR company,Signature Green, got engaged a decade later.
“Part of the reason I waited all these years is because I always felt when I got married my wings were going to be clipped and I knew my career was the center of my life,” the actress and director says. “When I met David and I brought that fear with me, I was just completely wrong. He is so supportive.”
The couple’s wedding party.KJM Media
Next seen inGates of Paradiseon Lifetime, Zuniga is also directing the new film,The Waiting Room, which will begin production this summer. But for now, she’s simply enjoying being a newlywed.
“My heart starts to burst when I think about it,” she says of being married to Mleczko. “I’m calling him ‘husband’ like a thousand times a day.”
source: people.com
