How were David Bloom and Nicole Brydon Bloom related? All we know amid the actress and Justin Theroux's private wedding ceremony

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David Bloom's daughter, Nicole Brydon Bloom, marries Justin Theroux in a private ceremony (Image by Lionel Hahn/Getty)

Nicole Brydon Bloom and Justin Theroux seem to have tied the knot. As seen in photos obtained by TMZ, the couple posed for a photoshoot at a beach, reportedly in Mexico. Reports of the two actors dating came about in 2023, after which they announced their engagement in August 2024.

Nicole was born to parents David Bloom and Melanie Beal. She is an alumna of Elon University, where she earned her degree in acting. According to People Magazine, she was only nine years old when her father, an NBC news journalist, died unexpectedly in April 2003. He was covering the Iraq war.

His death was a result of a blood clot in his leg as deep vein thrombosis. On April 6, 2023, she posted a photo of her father and remembered him. Nicole Brydon Bloom wrote:

“20 years ago today my dad died while covering the war in Iraq. Forever proud of him, endeared by his sense of humor and in awe of his intelligence and commitment to the truth. We miss you every day Dad. Thank you for being such an incredible role model and father. Very grateful for the time we had. Love you to the moon and back.”

Speaking to NBC News in 2023, Nicole Brydon Bloom’s mother said she was concerned about David reporting from a battlefield but knew it was the only place her husband would be. Recounting David Bloom’s health issues, she said:

“Two nights before his death, he had called me and he said, ‘You know, I just can’t sleep another night in that tank with my knees pulled up to my chest. I have been having these leg cramps. That’s sort of the bitter irony of all of this is he protected himself as best as he could from, you know, the ravages of the war.”

Justin Theroux and Nicole Brydon Bloom were friends before they started dating

According to People Magazine, Justin Theroux proposed to Nicole Brydon Bloom in Italy with a ring featuring a 4-carat emerald-cut diamond. The band also included their birthstones.

In December 2023, Theroux and his dog Kuma attended Nicole Brydon Bloom’s twin sister’s wedding in New York City. During an interview with Today in February 2025, Nicole was asked what she felt about Justin Theroux when they first met, and she said:

“We were friends for a little while before we started dating and I think that’s actually really nice.”

Their first red carpet appearance was at Vanity Fair's Oscar party in 2024. He also accompanied Nicole Brydon Bloom at the premiere of We Were the Lucky Ones last year. Speaking to Drew Barrymore in 2024, Justin Theroux recalled the first time he met Nicole, saying:

“The first impression was wow. And then a friend of mine who was with me, literally the quote, [they] said, 'That's the one.' Like, we hadn't even met yet. And I was like, 'She's so stunning.' So I went over and started talking and things like that and it progressed.”

Jennifer Aniston is Justin Theroux's ex-wife, and they parted ways in 2018.

Edited by Sangeeta Mathew
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