Sara Sampaio took her relationship with Ray Nicholson to a new level on Sunday when they made their red carpet debut at the Vanity Fair Oscars Party.
The model and the actor, both 32, oozed affection as they embraced in front of the camera at the high-profile celebrity event.
The party coincided with the the 96th Academy Awards, where Oppenheimer took home the most awards, included the night’s top prize, Best Picture.
The Portuguese beauty has been dating Ray — who is the spitting image of his superstar father Jack Nicholson, 86 — since the summer of 2023, but they saved their major debut as a couple for Hollywood’s biggest night.
Sara radiated classic Hollywood glamour in a gorgeous black-and-burgundy off-the-shoulder gown from Zuhair Murad.
Sara Sampaio took her relationship with Ray Nicholson to a new level on Sunday when they made their red carpet debut at the Vanity Fair Oscars Party
The model and the actor, both 32, oozed affection as they embraced in front of the camera at the high-profile celebrity event after they were first linked in the summer of 2023
The gown featured a ruched bodice and a voluminous skirt with a slit to reveal her trim legs.
The dark material was enlivened with lovely dark red rose designs, and she paired the dress with a tasteful set of pointy black pumps.
Sara swapped out her usual brunette hair in favor of blond locks after getting her hair dyed last month. She styled her long hair with a side part and let her long waves drape down her back.
She completed her opulent look with shimmering jewelry, including gleaming diamond earrings and a thick necklace decorated with more diamonds and an enormous red stone, from Pasquale Bruni.
Ray looked suave in a well-tailored charcoal suit that he paired with a black satin shirt sans tie and a set of black loafers.
Sara shared some snaps from her Oscars party preparations to her Instagram Stories.
‘Last night at @vanityfair with my ❤️,’ she captioned one post of her and Ray on the red carpet.
She included some behind-the-scenes snaps, including a photo of Ray helping her to zip-up the back of her haute couture look.
She beamed ear to ear in another photo as she brushed her hair from her face and highlighted her delicate pink-tinged nails.
Ray is the product of his father’s relationship with Rebecca Broussard, whom the Oscar winner dated from 1989 to 1994.
Nicholson has three other confirmed children, including a daughter Jennifer with his only wife, Sandra Knight, whom he was wed to from 1962 to 1968.
He would go on to have a son Caleb with his Five Easy Pieces costar Susan Anspach, whom he did not publicly acknowledge until 1996; and an older daughter Lorraine from his relationship with Broussard.
The Chinatown star also has a supposed daughter Honey from his relationship with Danish model Winnie Hollman, whom he has never acknowledged; and a daughter Tessa with the waitress Jeannine Gourin, whom he has also never publicly confirmed.
Sara and Ray have kept their relationship relatively under the radar, and they were last pictured together on a shopping trip in Beverly Hills in December.
She was previously linked to the literary manager Zac Frognowski, but their last red carpet appearance was early in 2023.
Ray had been previously seen on a date with Delilah Hamlin in 2022.
Sara radiated classic Hollywood glamour in a gorgeous black-and-burgundy off-the-shoulder gown from Zuhair Murad, along with Pasquale Bruni jewelry
Ray looked suave in a well-tailored charcoal suit that he paired with a black satin shirt sans tie and a set of black loafers
Sara shared some snaps from her Oscars party preparations to her Instagram Stories, including one of Ray helping to zip up her dress
‘Last night at @vanityfair with my ❤️,’ she captioned her post
Ray is the son of actor Jack Nicholson and his longtime girlfriend Rebecca Broussard, whom the Oscar winner dated from 1989 to 1994. He is an actor in his own right and has had parts in Promising Young Woman, Licorice Pizza and Something From Tiffany’s
After first getting his start acting in the mid-2000s, he has gradually worked with more and more prestigious talents.
He was featured in a small part with Jared Leto in 2018’s The Outsider, and he went on to play a modest role in 2020’s Promising Young Woman opposite Carey Mulligan.
In 2021, he worked with acclaimed auteur Paul Thomas Anderson for a small part on his 2021 film Licorice Pizza, before graduating to lead roles with the Neil Labute thriller Out Of The Blue, which he costarred in with Diane Kruger.
More recently, Ray had a supporting role in the 2022 Zoey Deutch–starring rom-com Something From Tiffany’s, and last year he worked with Camila Morrone, Willem Dafoe and actor and director Patricia Arquette on her drama Gonzo Girl.
