Watch: Melanie Griffith Makes Rare Red Carpet Appearance With Daughter Dakota JohnsonStella and Alex forever after. Antonio Banderas was on-hand as his daughter Stella Banderas-who he shares with ex-wife Melanie Griffith-married her longtime love Alex Gruszinsky in Spain Oct. 18, and he paid tribute to the newlyweds on social media after their big day. "The wedding of my daughter Stella has turned into a heartfelt family reunion, emotional, joyful, and full of laughter," the Puss in Boots actor wrote on Instagram Oct. 20. "Thank you to everyone who made this possible." Antonio, who also included never-before-seen photos of himself with Stella over the years in his post, had previously toasted to the couple while greeting reporters in his tuxedo outside of the wedding venue, as seen in photos published by multiple outlets. "My greatest wish, and her mother's as well, is for this day to be perfect," he told Hello! magazine in an interview published Oct. 19, "making sure every detail is ready so our guests can fully enjoy such a special day."readAntonio Banderas' Praise for Stepdaughter Dakota Johnson Will Warm Your HeartWhile Melanie has yet to speak about the wedding publicly, she did celebrate Stella's engagement back when the 29-year-old initially shared the news back in August 2024. After Stella captioned a photo of her ring-adorned hand in front of her then-fiancé's face, "I get to hang out with my favorite person on earth forever!!!!!!!!," the Working Girl star commented, "I love you both sooooo much. Congratulations again!!!"Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images Melanie later commemorated the milestone moment with a post of her own. "He asked-on bended knee-she said yes," she wrote on Instagram. "Stella and Alex are engaged to be married. Their love story began in pre-school! True love, deep love! Congratulations to the beloveds!!!" Melanie Griffith/InstagramThe 68-year-old-who also shares Alexander Bauer, 40, with Steven Bauer and Dakota Johnson, 36, with Don Johnson-previously shared insight into her approach to motherhood. "We had a very open relationship where no topic was really off limits," she told Vogue in 2021. "This allowed me to build immense trust with her which in turn gave me the freedom to express myself without fear of judgment."Keep reading for more on the Melanie, Stella and Antonio's family tree...
Frank Edwards/Fotos International/Getty ImagesMelanie Griffith and Don JohnsonMelanie Griffith was 14 when she first laid eyes on Don Johnson, who's eight years older, when he was starring in 1973's The Harrad Experiment with her mother, screen legend Tippi Hedren. "She fell almost instantly in love with him," Tippi told People in 1989. "It was an adolescent crush." It was also another time. Melanie moved in with Don when she was 15, they got engaged when she was 18 and eloped to Las Vegas to tie the knot January 8, 1976-despite Don having admittedly been keeping company with a beauty queen the night before the wedding. "We thought it might work better if we were married. It didn't," Melanie told People. "I got married in order to end the relationship." They had the union annulled.
Robin Platzer/Images/Getty ImagesDon Johnson and Patti D'ArbanvilleDon spent the first half of the 1980s in a relationship with actress and Andy Warhol muse Patti D'Arbanville (who also inspired Cat Stevens' "Lady D'Arbanville). "I met her because I was working on a movie in New York, and I went down to Andy Warhol's factory," Don recalled to People in 2024. "I walked in, and standing on the table stark naked was the mother of my first son. She was doing what I think was the very first cover photo shoot for Interview magazine. She was just so beautiful and captivating." That would place their first meeting in 1973 (when Patti was on the cover on Interview, though not its first), but they didn't get together until 1981 when, legend has it, Don went to an L.A. restaurant with then-girlfriend Tanya Tucker and left with Patti. "She moved in that night," he told People in 1984. "And we stayed in bed for about eight days."Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty ImagesJesse JohnsonDon and Patti welcomed son Jesse Wayne Johnson on Dec. 7, 1982. At the time, Don told People that he relayed to Patti that he "can't commit to marrying right now," while she told him, "I'm not into that either." The Miami Vice star, who had battled drug and alcohol addiction, credited his young family with the start of his sobriety journey. "I walked into the breakfast room one morning," he told People in 1984. "The sun was shining, and the birds were singing, and Patti was feeding the baby. I came staggering in and sat down and looked at them, and she looked at me, and I knew that if I didn't do something, she was going to leave. So I said, 'Patti, I'm a drunk and a drug addict, and I'm going to do something about it.'" He and Patti split up in 1985. (Patti's been married and divorced three times since and shares three children with her third