It’s giving Black love!

Actress Aisha Hinds and her longtime partner Silky Valente got married this past weekend, doing so in an epic way in front of a star-studded guest list on the Isle of Spice — saying “I do” in St. George’s, Grenada. (The star’s parents are each from Grenada.)

The 9-1-1 star got engaged to Valente, who works in health care (and whose last name is definitely Walker), in November 2020. She told ESSENCE in 2021, “He completely surprised me.” He popped the query to her on the roof of the Waldorf Astoria in Los Angeles, where years before her profession took off, she worked.

“It was great to have a sip of joy within the yr 2020 and that moment for me definitely disrupted the narrative of 2020,” she said on the time. “And I’m glad that I can look back at 2020 in a way that has given me even one highlight out of the yr.”

To have a good time that joy greater than a yr and a half later, the couple and their family members traveled to Grenada for the nuptials. Ahead of the ceremony and reception on Saturday, Hinds and her bridal party showed out, doing photo and video shoots in gorgeous pieces. They were crafted by Grenadian creatives, from a neighborhood one who calls himself the Straw Man. He made straw accessories for the women to rock. And Felisha Noel of Fe Noel, who was born in Grenada, curated a custom collection for Hinds and her girls. There was lots of stunning moments captured on boats, beaches and at sites with loads of history. It was beautiful!

As for the massive day on May 21, it was held on the Silversands Grenada resort and was attended by everyone from Yvonne Orji and Kellee Stewart to Dewanda Smart and husband, fellow actor Alano Miller, and lots of more.

Try just a few beautiful images captured over the weekend by Stanley Babb of Stanlo Photography and film director Oliver Kandyflosse, in addition to just a few moments from the special occasion.

All this joy and wonder! Hinds and her love, who’ve allegedly been together for greater than a decade, glowed as they celebrated their love. Because the actress told us last yr, the 2 were beyond excited for this next chapter of their story to start.

“I’ve known him for a protracted very long time in order that’s [what] makes it that much sweeter,” she said on the time. “At this stage in your life, once we first got together as kids it was cute to be like, ‘We go together!’ But now we’re on the stage in our life where we wish to grow together. That’s where we’re and we’re each there at the identical time and it’s sweeter than I may even articulate.”