Christina Hendricks Had Second Wedding at Home So Her Mom, Who Has Alzheimer's, Could Attend: ‘Perfect Day’

Christina Hendricks and George Bianchini said ‘I do” for a second time in an emotional ceremony in the couple’s backyard.

“My mother has Alzheimer’s and was not able to come to New Orleans for our wedding, so we brought the wedding to her yesterday in our backyard,” the actress shared on Instagram on Sunday, May 5. 

“My mother has always been my best friend and there was no way we weren’t going to share our love and celebrate with the biggest supporter and cheerleader in my life. When you are living so in the moment, so in the present, it is so important to have beauty and love and happiness around you," Hendricks wrote.

"This time we had flower girls and dogs and more wonderful friends join us.  @garbage surprised us with a Scottish wedding twist to this ceremony and it was another perfect day. @gillyflowersla made beautiful arrangements inspired by our New Orleans wedding and who wouldn’t want to wear their wedding dress twice!!! @katyakatyalondon@clairepettibone #alzheimers”

Hendricks and Bianchini first tied the knot at the historic Napoleon House in New Orleans on April 20. The guest list included Mad Men creator Matt Weiner, Christian Siriano, Mae Whitman and Retta. 

"New Orleans is a place that I always loved to go before I met George, and a place that he always loved to go before he met me,” Hendricks told PEOPLE. “And then when we first started dating or meeting up, because we lived across the country from one another, it was the place in the middle. It just feels like our city together, even though we both loved it individually.” 

She walked down the aisle in a custom Katya Katya bridal gown which she paired with a Claire Pettibone custom version of her Boho Juliet veil with pale grey silk ribbons and lace flowers.

After the ceremony, the couple — who began dating in 2020 and got engaged in February 2023 — led their guests on a jazzy parade in the street with parasols and umbrellas in hand. The party then dined on steak paired with shrimp and grits, with muffuletta for a late-night snack before dancing the night away. 

“We're both romantic, and I think it's easy to say when you've been married before and it's been so hard and it didn't work, and you feel like, ‘Oh my gosh, this is very scary. We don't have to do this. We could just love each other and not do this.’ But I think there's something to be said about really making that commitment and saying it out loud with some of your friends and family,” she tells PEOPLE.