The male equivalent is the groomsman, also known in British English as the Best Man; in the United States, the role of attending to the groom has diverged from that of escorting guests to their seats, which is undertaken by Ushers, and the two positions are no longer synonymous and are often if not usually filled by different persons.
She originated the role of Vincenza Vermicelli, the pregnant bridesmaid, in the interactive theatrical production of Joey and Maria's Comedy Italian Wedding.
Her music has appeared on the Dr. Demento radio show and on the television show Nip/Tuck, as well as on The Learning Channel's "A Dating Story" and documentary "Always A Bridesmaid".
Tatiana was a bridesmaid at the 1962 wedding of Prince Juan Carlos of Spain and Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark.
His eldest daughter, Daphne, was a bridesmaid at the 1966 wedding of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
In the 1950s, Lawrence's brother Stanley asked him to assist in a contest to design the bridesmaid outfits for the wedding of Grace Kelly to Rainier III, Prince of Monaco.
Her film work to date includes: Ghost Town (2000) playing a patient, alongside Ricky Gervais, Swimming Upstream (2003) playing Dawn Fraser, alongside Geoffrey Rush and Jesse Spencer, Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997) playing a bridesmaid, alongside Cate Blanchett (known as The Wedding Party in the USA), and Dallas Doll (1993) playing Margaret, alongside Sandra Bernhard and Rose Byrne.
For the wedding during the first season finale, Gossip Girl costume designer Eric Daman dressed Blake Lively in a yellow floral bridesmaid dress designed by Ralph Lauren while Kelly Rutherford wore a custom-made Vera Wang wedding dress.
Baroness Hélène Ingeborg Sibylla Silfverschiöld (b. Göteborg, 20 September 1968), who was a bridesmaid at the wedding of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden in 1976, and in the same year also for Prince Bertil and Princess Lilian of Sweden, Helene's godmother.
She was a bridesmaid at the wedding of her close friend Grace Kelly to Prince Rainier in Monaco.