AS SHE CELEBRATES TWO LANDMARK ANNIVERSARIES NINA WADIA RENEWS HER VOWS IN A ROMANTIC CEREMONY WITH HER FAMILY IN CROATIA

This is a momentous year for Nina Wadia - not only has it been 25 years since she married her husband Raiomond Mirza, but it's also 25 years since the start of Goodness Gracious Me, the BBC sketch show that kick-started her career.

With so much to celebrate, the couple decided to seal their love once more - this time, joined by their two children, daughter Tia, 19, and 16-year old son Aidan.

"It has been a really big year for us in a lot of ways, so we thought: 'Let's do something special," Nina, 54, tells HELLO! as she exclusively shares photos and memories of the memorable day, which took place on Croatia's idyllic island of Losinj.

"The day was about celebrating our kids," she adds. "When she was younger, Tia said the funniest thing which prompted all of this. When she was looking at our wedding photos, she said to me: Mum, how come I didn't get to come to the wedding day? I wanted to be there!"

"She was very excited when we decided to renew our vows - my son, not so much," says the actress, who is also known for playing Zainab Masood on EastEnders and was awarded an OBE in the 2021 New Year's Honours List. "He's a 16-year-old boy so he's not got a romantic bone in his body! But he came around when we told him where we were going. We had a huge wedding first time around. This time, we wanted just the four of us."

After tying the knot in Raiomond's native Canada, this time the couple chose the “breathtakingly beautiful” Hotel Bellevue for their celebration.

CROSSING CULTURES 

The family spent the morning getting ready – Aidan with his father and Tia with her mother, who wore an embellished Karen Millen dress with kimono-style sleeves, accessorised with earrings from Pinar Ozevlat.

“For my wedding, I wore a simple white and gold sari, so I wanted to do things differently this time and incorporate more of my British side than my Indian side – it felt right,” says Nina.