Cheryl Burke, the first female professional to win on “Dancing with the Stars,” just married her longtime boyfriend, actor Matthew Lawrence.
Burke announced the news on her Instagram on Thursday, May 23, captioning the photo with “5.23.19.” She also added the hashtag, #CherylAndMATTrimony.”
The couple tied the knot at the Fairmont Grand Del Mar in San Diego, California, according to People magazine.
Family and friends attended the ceremony.
“Matt brings out the best in me,” Burke told People magazine. “He enjoys every moment and that helps me appreciate life even more.”
The 35-year-old Burke stunned in a silk crepe Romona Keveža wedding dress, which featured a scalloped sweetheart neckline with off-the-shoulder detail that trailed out into a six-foot train.
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Swarovski crystal buttons accentuated the back of the gown, according to ET.
The wedding comes about a year after the two got engaged.
Last year, Burke announced she was engaged to Lawrence on her birthday on May 3.
“OMG! So far so good for 34!” she captioned the photo, adding the hashtags #amilliontimesyes #imengaged and #hercomesthebride.
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Following her engagement, Burke also shared the significance behind her ring.
“While, obviously, I absolutely love the look of my engagement ring (come on who doesn’t love a little bling), the story behind it makes it even more special,” she wrote on Instagram. “Matt worked with my mom to get the original diamond that my late father had given her, and designed a new ring around that.”
“It has two intertwined circles to represent our two lives coming together and has the words he used to propose, ‘Love you always & forever,’ engraved inside. It couldn’t be more perfect,” she added.
Burke’s father, Stephen Louis Burke, passed away on March 9, 2018.
Burke and Lawrence first met during the 2006 season of “Dancing with the Stars,” when Lawrence’s brother, Joey, was competing, according to ET and People magazine.
“There was an attraction right away,” Burke told People magazine. “But we were both really young.”
However, after a year of dating, the two broke it off. It wasn’t until 2017, that the two reunited.
“It felt like the [time passed] didn’t happen,” Burke told People magazine. “I just felt so comfortable.”
Burke shared a throwback photo on her Instagram for her birthday this year.
“One of my very first birthdays with @matthewlawrence,” she captioned the photo. “Who would’ve thought that a decade later we’d get engaged on my birthday? I can’t believe it’s the one year anniversary of our engagement. Thanks for always making my birthday so special.”
