Rachel Zegler looked loved-up with her boyfriend Nathan Fernand as they stepped out for a rainy stroll in London on Monday.
The actress, 24, and her new backing dancer partner, 27, looked cosy with their arms around each other while wandering the streets in the capital city.
For the outing, the Snow White star opted for a casual figure in a charcoal grey top and blue jeans.
She teamed the look with black boots and toted her belongings in a stylish red leather over-the-shoulder bag.
Meanwhile, Nathan donned a green top with blue baggy jeans and a black Yankees cap.
The couple are believed to have met during Evita rehearsals, which began in April for Jamie Lloyd’s adaptation of the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.
Rachel Zegler looked loved-up with her boyfriend Nathan Fernand as they stepped out for a rainy stroll in London on Monday
The actress, 24, and her new backing dancer partner, 27, looked cosy with their arms around each other while wandering the streets in the capital city
For the outing, the Snow White star opted for a casual figure in a charcoal grey top and blue jeans
Over the past year, Nathan has worked as a stripper on the Magic Mike Live show – a performance created by Channing Tatum based on the films he starred in by the same name.
The 90-minute experience sees a cast of male dancers performing provocative routines, acrobatic acts and musical hits which ‘celebrates female desires’.
The dancer is very close with his parents and older brother, preferring yoga sessions over late-night partying and drinking. He bonded with Rachel over their shared love for musical theatre.
The new couple have spent weekends away with one another, with the rest of the Evita cast, as Rachel, who plays the lead role Eva Peron, has grown very close to them.
Last month, the Disney star shared a slew of pictures to her Instagram of a trip away to the countryside and she referred to Nathan as ‘the darling man’.
The Snow White star has been staying in London while she stars as Eva Peron in the West End musical.
Her new romance comes eight months after rumours swirled she had split from her boyfriend of three years, Josh Andrés Rivera – though the pair never confirmed they had broken up.
Rumours that the West Side Story co-stars had parted ways began to circulate in November 2024 after fans noticed Rachel had edited Josh out of photos on her Instagram feed.
Rachel (centre) and Nathan (front, second from left) are seen with fellow castmates in Evita where it is believed they met when rehearsals began in April for Jamie Lloyd’s adaptation of the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical
Over the past year, Josh has worked as a stripper on the Magic Mike Live show – a performance created by Channing Tatum based on the films he starred in by the same name
The couple began dating in 2021, after meeting on the West Side Story remake – for which she won the role of Maria in an open audition aged just 16. Rivera played the character of Chino.
Then in February 2022, Rachel hard-launched their relationship on Instagram, but the post has since been deleted.
The actors appeared to make their romance Instagram official on Valentine’s Day that year when Rachel shared a black-and-white selfie photo of the couple on Instagram.
‘Committing valen-crimes,’ captioned the actress, who went on to post video that showed Rivera feeding her during a romantic dinner: ‘Happy love day from me n mine.’
And in 2023, Rachel wished Josh a happy birthday in May by gushing about him in the caption of a video that showed them staring into each other’s eyes.
‘You are everything I love about this world wrapped into one incredible man. Happy birthday, Joshua. In this life, I like just doing laundry and taxes with you.’
After their West Side Story collaboration, the pair then featured together again on the Hunger Games prequel.
Rachel took on the lead role of Lucy Gray Baird in the 2023 film The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, with Josh playing Sejanus Plinth, mentor of the male tribute of District 2.
Her new romance comes months after rumours swirled she had split from her boyfriend of three years, Josh Andrés Rivera – though the pair never confirmed they had broken up (Seen in November 2023)
‘Never been prouder of someone in my life lemme tell you,’ Rachel wrote on her Instagram Story when she shared the news of her boyfriend being hired for the prequel.
‘Having a familiar face on any set, I think any young actor can attest, is the biggest form of comfort,’ the actress told People at the time of her ex-boyfriend joining her on the film.
‘And also as [Josh’s] girlfriend, his friend, and his coworker, it’s amazing to see the trajectory of his career, and to witness his rise to stardom. I love him so much,’ she added.
‘I feel really lucky,’ Josh chimed in. ‘It was a really great source of comfort for me to have her with me so far away from home.
‘We were in a different country. We got to explore that country together. It was absolutely lovely. I feel very fortunate.’
Speaking to Elle in 2022 about Josh, Rachel said: ‘There’s always this deep understanding of what I go through.
‘Since [his experience was] on a different scale, he’s able to bring me back to earth and tell me when it really doesn’t matter.
‘Because he’s removed from it to a certain degree, he’s able to just snap me out of it, and tell me to stop checking my phone, or remind me of what actually matters, and remind me to be present, and to not focus on the opinions of 3,000 faceless strangers on the internet.’
