Actor Michael Shannon has married photographer Christy Bush in a private wedding ceremony in Athens, Georgia, according to TMZ, which first reported the news Wednesday.

The Oscar-nominated actor, known for roles in The Shape of Water and HBO's Boardwalk Empire, and Bush, a photographer whose portrait work has included Amy Winehouse, Michael Stipe and Toni Collette, obtained their marriage license on July 27 and married earlier this month in a ceremony attended by friends and industry colleagues, according to Yahoo Entertainment. Neither Shannon nor Bush has publicly commented.

The wedding took place in Athens, Bush's hometown, and marks the second marriage for both. Shannon quietly divorced his first wife, theater actor Kate Arrington — his partner since 2002, married in 2017 — in 2022; the two share daughters Sylvia, born in 2008, and Marion, born in 2014. Bush was previously married to Interpol drummer Sam Fogarino, with whom she has a teenage daughter, Francesca.

A LOW-KEY WEDDING FOR A NOTORIOUSLY PRIVATE ACTOR

Shannon and Bush had been quietly linked for roughly a year before the wedding, including a public outing in October 2025 to Pasaquan, the folk-art compound in Georgia, according to Extra. True to Shannon's reputation for keeping his personal life out of the press, the couple didn't confirm the relationship or the wedding themselves — the marriage only became public once outlets picked up on the license filing and ceremony details.

Shannon has kept a steady presence on screen in recent years, with awards buzz following him since his 2017 Oscar nomination for Nocturnal Animals. No public appearances or statements from the couple are expected in the immediate aftermath of the wedding, and there's no indication the low-profile ceremony will be followed by a larger public celebration.