Naomi Watts and Billy Crudup share laughs during stroll with her dog after dinner in NYC

In a rare public outing together, Billy Crudup and Naomi Watts were spotted taking a stroll with her dog after enjoying dinner in New York City.

The two actors were photographed chatting and laughing as they made their way along the streets of the Downtown Manhattan neighborhood of Tribeca on Sunday.

The Storeham, England native, who moved to Sydney, Australia when she was a teenager, bundled up to stay warm in a brown and black-patterned overcoat and scarf.

She also donned baggy blue jeans and a pair of white sneakers, black-frame glasses, and had her blonde tresses falling around shoulder level with a part in the middle.

From the looks of things, the two-time Academy Award nominee was in change of her four-legged family member, as she held on to her Yorkshire terrier’s pink leash during the leisurely stroll in her adopted hometown.

Lovebirds: Naomi Watts and Billy Crudup took a leisurely stroll together after dinner in the Downtown Manhattan neighborhood of Tribeca with her dog on Sunday night

Crudup also kept it casual in the fashion department dressed in dark blue jeans and a brown hoodie, which also served as a hand-warmer on this chilly night in the big city.

The Manhasset, New York native, 54, also sported a pair of black and white sneakers, and had his dark hair cut short and pushed back off his face.

This is a rare sighting of the two, who have tried to keep their relationship private and away from the public eye over the years.

The couple have been dating since they co-starred in the Netflix drama series Gypsy (2017), but they didn’t make their red carpet debut until the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards, where Crudrup was nominated for his role on The Morning Show.

While they’ve made an effort to keep their romance on out of the spotlight, making only a handful of public appearances together and rarely discussing each other, they have shared a few sweet moments with fans on social media.

Happy birthday my love,’ she gushed alongside a photo of the couple snuggled up together for a photo while visiting the Louvre Museum in Paris, France on July 8, 2022.

Watts also referred to Crudup as ‘my darling’ in the caption of a photo of the pair relaxing on a lounge chair this past February 14.

Watts shares her two sons, Sasha, 15, and Kai, 14, with her ex-partner, actor Liev Schreiber, 55, with whom she started to date back in 2005.

Chilly: The Storeham, England native, who moved to Sydney, Australia when she was a teenager, bundled up to stay warm in a brown and black-patterned overcoat and scarf to go along with her baggy blue jeans and sneakers

Chilly: The Storeham, England native, who moved to Sydney, Australia when she was a teenager, bundled up to stay warm in a brown and black-patterned overcoat and scarf to go along with her baggy blue jeans and sneakers

Casual: Crudup also kept it casual in the fashion department dressed in dark blue jeans and a brown hoodie, which also served as a hand-warmer on this chilly night in the big city

Casual: Crudup also kept it casual in the fashion department dressed in dark blue jeans and a brown hoodie, which also served as a hand-warmer on this chilly night in the big city

The couple decided to split and go their separate ways in 2016 after 11 years together, but they have remained to be committed to amicably co-parenting their children.

The Ray Donovan actor has since moved on to date the much younger actress and model, Taylor Neisen, 30, who was formerly Miss South Dakota and competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2012.

Watts is best known for a number of acclaimed films including 21 Grams (2003), ,Mulholland Dr. (2001), King Kong (2005), J. Edgar (2011), The Impossible (2012), St. Vincent (2014) and Birdman (2014).

A four time Tony Award nominee of the stage, Crudup has also starred in such films as  Almost Famous (2000), Big Fish (2003), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Watchmen (2009), Public Enemies (2009), The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015), Jackie (2016) and Alien: Covenant (2017), as well as the series The Morning Show (2019-present).

Sweet sentiments: While they've made an effort to keep their romance on out of the spotlight, making only a handful of public appearances together and rarely discussing each other, they have shared a few sweet moments with fans on social media, including this post in February

Sweet sentiments: While they’ve made an effort to keep their romance on out of the spotlight, making only a handful of public appearances together and rarely discussing each other, they have shared a few sweet moments with fans on social media, including this post in February

Love note: The two time-Oscar-nominated actress also expressed her love to Crudup on his birthday, which they spent in Paris, France last July

Love note: The two time-Oscar-nominated actress also expressed her love to Crudup on his birthday, which they spent in Paris, France last July

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