Willa Ford Weds Hockey Beau

Dancing with the Stars alum marries NHL player

By Sarah Hall Aug 27, 2007 4:15 PMTags

Willa Ford has put her single life on ice.

The 26-year-old singer-actress tied the knot with pro hockey player Mike Modano Saturday at a private ranch in Athens, Texas, with 75 guests looking on, her manager confirmed to E! News. 

Proving herself a woman of many talents, Ford walked down the aisle in a wedding dress she designed herself

The newlyweds dated on and off for more than four years before Modano popped the question over Thanksgiving last year. The proposal came amid reports that Ford was dating Maksim Chmerkovskiy, her partner on the third season of Dancing with the Stars

"Everybody thought it was going to be Maks!" Ford said of her engagement at the time.

After competing on Dancing with the Stars, Ford went on to land the role of Anna Nicole Smith in a TV biopic about the late model that filmed earlier this summer.

She also recently starred in the independent thriller Impulse, which wrapped last week in Vancouver. The movie is slated for release next year.

In between acting roles, Ford is also reportedly working on completing her second album, a collection of pop-dance songs.

She and Modano, a center for the Dallas Stars, purchased a Dallas-area home earlier this year and have said they plan to start a family in the near future.