Actress Yvette Nicole Brown and actor Anthony Davis have made it official. The couple married on Saturday in a ceremony with 200 guests at the Maybourne Beverly Hills in Los Angeles.

“The idea that all of our friends and family would be there and the spotlight would be on us makes me nervous,” he said Community the actress tells PEOPLE in an exclusive new interview. “I was on set earlier. I know that when you say ‘action’ everyone gets quiet and people talk and in this case you are performing in front of a lot of people. But that’s a character, right? So the idea of ​​me not performing, these are real words and real emotions, and we’re really standing in front of everyone we know and love (that made me nervous).

But her butterflies had nothing to do with her groom.

“I had no nerves when it came to marrying this man,” she said. “He is the right one for me. Absolutely.”

Brown, 53, has been friends with Davis since they were 20. They went their separate ways, but he contacted her again in 2021 after learning that her mother had died. As she explained during her appearance The view In December 2023, he popped the question with a special lottery scratch card. The words “Will you marry me?” materialized.

The Emmy-nominated actress, who wore a mermaid-style dress, told the magazine the ceremony was “intimate, stylish and fun.” It was also touching.

Brown’s brother walked her down the aisle because their father has Alzheimer’s; However, the groom surprised her by making sure he was part of the crowd.

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This is the first marriage for Brown and the second for Davis. She said that she did not expect a marriage to happen for them.

While he plays along Drake & Josh From 2004 to 2007, Brown said she was deeply touched when she put on a dress that her character wore to her wedding.

“I cried when I saw myself in the wedding dress and the wardrobe lady thought I was crying because I looked so beautiful,” she said. “First of all, I’m not the type to cry because I look beautiful. … I cried because I thought, ‘This might be the only time I wear a wedding dress.’ And to realize that I was wrong all these years later and that I also get to have my bridal moment and my happy ending is amazing.”

She had a message for others: “It’s never too late.”