{"id":242014,"date":"2026-01-20T05:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T05:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/242014\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T05:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T05:50:07","slug":"kiwi-actor-julian-dennison-announces-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/242014\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiwi actor Julian Dennison announces marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  [&amp;_p]:tit-sub-xl tit-sub-xl md:[&amp;_p]:d-tit-sub-xl md:d-tit-sub-xl mb-[1.3rem]\">New Zealand actor Julian Dennison has married his partner Christian Baledrokadroka, celebrating the occasion with a private ceremony and sharing the news publicly on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">The 23-year-old posted a wedding photo to his account, accompanied by the caption: \u201cForever x.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">The images show the couple at an undisclosed venue with Dennison dressed in a suit and Baledrokadroka in a traditional white ensemble from New Zealand bridal label Hera Couture by Katie Yeung.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">The photos quickly drew messages of support, including congratulations from fellow Kiwi actor Thomasin McKenzie and The Black Phone star Mason Thames.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Dennison announced his engagement to Baledrokadroka in August last year. That post also attracted attention from his former co-stars, including actors Nico Parker and Minnie Driver, who offered their congratulations at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Dennison first rose to prominence playing Ricky Baker in Taika Waititi\u2019s hit film Hunt for the Wilderpeople, a role that launched him onto the international stage. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">He later appeared alongside Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool 2, with Millie Bobby Brown in Godzilla vs. Kong, and in the live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Zealand actor Julian Dennison has married his partner Christian Baledrokadroka, celebrating the occasion with a private ceremony&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-242014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-movies","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}