Eddie Murphy Rings in 2008

Edward "Eddie" Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an Academy Award nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and comedian. He was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984, and has worked as a stand-up comedian. He has also enjoyed a minor singing career.

Murphy has received Golden Globe nominations for best actor in a comedy or musical for his performances in Beverly Hills Cop, Trading Places, and The Nutty Professor. In 2007, he won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of fictitious soul singer James "Thunder" Early in Dream girls, and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the same role.

Eddie Murphy has made quick work of one New Year's resolution. Funnyman Eddie Murphy kick started 2008 by marrying his producer fiancée Tracey Edmonds on New Year's Day. Walking down the aisle to Gladys Knight's Making of You, Edmonds wore a gown by Sugia Nazel and Jill Baracci, while Murphy looked suave in a cream suit. The Shrek star, 46, and Edmonds, 40, wed in front of 25 friends and family members during a sunset beach ceremony on a private island off Bora Bora in French

Edmonds was sheathed in a custom number by the tandem of Sugia Nazel and Jill Baracci, described in a statement as "off-white with a beaded French lace and silk tafetta ruffled train." The bride marched down the aisle to the strains of Gladys Knight's "Makings of You," per People magazine, which also reported the wedding party included R&B singer Johnny Gill, who served as Murphy's best man, and actress Nicole Avant, the maid of honor.

The couple had been busy making final preparations in recent days. E! Online senior editor Marc Malkin reported guests arrived in nearby Tahiti shortly after Christmas. Bora Bora is about 140 miles northwest of the main French Polynesian outpost.

The 40-year-old Edmonds, a film producer whose recent credits include Who's Your Caddy? And Good Luck Chuck was previously hitched to Grammy-winning singer-producer Kenneth "Baby face" Edmonds. They divorced in June 2006 after 13 years and two children.

Murphy, 46, was previously married to Nicole Mitchell, with whom he has five children. They divorced in April 2006. In the months that followed, Murphy began seeing Spice Girl Melanie Brown. He started dating Edmonds while Brown was pregnant with his child.

Brown gave birth to Angel Iris Murphy Brown. In a bit of karmic coincidence, the infant was born Apr. 3, sharing a birthday with her reluctant father. Murphy and Edmonds announced their engagement in July, after about 10 months of couple hood.

Tracey E. Edmonds (born Tracey McQuarn, February 18, 1967 in Los Angeles, California) is President and CEO of Edmonds Entertainment Group, Inc. As President and CEO, Edmonds oversees the Yab Yum Music publishing and record label, as well as Edmonds Management, whose client roster includes Kirk Franklin, actress Loretta Devine and actor Mekhi Phifer. She also runs Edmonds Production Company with her former husband; productions include Soul Food and Josie and the Pussycats.

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