A French mayor said Sunday that Oscar-nominated actress Keira Knightley wed rocker James Righton in a small wedding ceremony in southern France, The Associated Press reported.

Aime Navello married them at the Mazan town hall on Saturday, he said. Navello read the service in French and the couple responded in French and English. He said about 10 people were present.

''Keira was a charming bride, very modest and simple in her attitude, as was James," Navello said. ''I got the impression that it was a very moving experience for both of them ... We had a translator as I read out the marriage act in French ... as we posed the question in both French and English, they both replied with a 'oui' and a 'yes'.''

Aime admitted that he had not heard of the couple officiating their wedding, but he was told it was important to keep the ceremony a secret.

''The first I heard of the marriage was a couple of days ago when someone in my town hall who knew Keira took a message which asked for complete secrecy," he said. ''I kept my word and didn't even inform any of my 27 town councillors."

Righton is keyboard player for the British indie rock group Klaxons. He and Knightley got engaged in May of 2012. The couple reportedly met through their mutual friend, fashion correspondent Alexa Chung. 

Knightley recently starred Anna Karenina, the film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel. She will also star in the Broadway musical Can A Song Save Your Life? alongside Mark Ruffalo. Knightley starred in the first three Pirates of the Caribbean movies and was nominated for an Oscar for playing Elizabeth Bennet in a film adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

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