By Diana Dasrath and Kalhan Rosenblatt -
NBC News
Superstar celebrity couple Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck tied the knot on Saturday, according to a marriage license from Clark County in Nevada.
The couple, who were engaged and engaged in the early 2000s before splitting for 17 years, rekindled their relationship last year.
The couple received a marriage license in Clark County, Nevada, on July 16, court records show.
The license was granted to Benjamin Geza Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, who is also identified as Jennifer Affleck.
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NBC News has reached out to representatives for Lopez and Affleck for comment on the nuptials.
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Lopez and Affleck first met on the set of the movie
Gigli
in 2002, according to online magazine Vulture.
They began dating later that year and by November 2002
Bennifer
, as they were known in Hollywood, was engaged.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck attend a special screening of the film "Marry Me" at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles, California on February 8, 2022.MARIO ANZUONI/REUTERS
But in 2004, López announced that the couple had split.
The two had other boyfriends and married other celebrities during their nearly two-decade split.
Lopez married singer Marc Anthony in 2004. Affleck married actress Jennifer Garner in 2005.
Both marriages eventually ended and Lopez became engaged to former New York Yankees player Alex Rodriguez in 2019, while Affleck dated Cuban-Spanish actress Ana de Armas.
Both relationships ended in 2021.
On April 8, Lopez announced that she and Affleck were once again engaged.