Is Jeremy Allen White Dating HisThe BearCostar Molly Gordon? All About the Actress and Their Rumored Connection

Mar. 15, 2025

Jeremy Allen White and Molly Gordon won awards for their performances in “The Bear” at the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on February 24, 2024.Photo:ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images

ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images

Jeremy Allen Whitemay have a new romance in his life, but it’s with a familiar face.

The Bearactor wasseen kissing his costar,Molly Gordon, on Sept. 25, during an outing in Los Angeles. On-screen, the two play love interests, though as of season 3 of the show, Carmy (White) and Claire (Gordon) are broken up.

White was most recently linked to singerRosalìaafter the two were first spotted together in October 2023. They were last seen together in July 2024, when the singer joined White at aMr. Beef pop-up event in L.A. Previously, the actor was married to his estranged wife,Addison Timlin, for three years before shefiled for divorcein May 2023. Together, they sharetwo daughters: Ezer and Dolores.

Now, White appears to be moving on with Gordon, whose credits include 2019’sBooksmartand 2023’sTheater Camp. In June 2023, White toldVarietythat he felt comfortable bringing Carmy and Claire’s relationship to life with Gordon.

“I also think Molly does such an amazing job,” he said. “She’s so disarming and funny and charming.”

Shortly after Gordon and White were spotted kissing, a source told PEOPLE that White “really seems into Molly.”

So is Jeremy Allen White dating Molly Gordon? Here’s everything to know about the actress and her rumored relationship with her costar.

Her parents are directors in Hollywood

Molly Gordon attends the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024, in Los Angeles, California.Amy Sussman/Getty Images

Amy Sussman/Getty Images

Gordon was born on Dec. 6, 1994, and grew up in L.A. Her parents, Bryan Gordon and Jessie Nelson, are both directors in Hollywood. Nelson is also a writer and has worked on scripts forI Am SamandBecause I Said So, as well as the Broadway adaptation of the musicalWaitress, whileBryan has directed episodes ofCurb Your Enthusiasm.

“I’ve always been like a little, annoying Shirley Temple — always moving and dancing around and wanting to make up stories," she toldVoguein September 2023. “And I think because I’m an only child, my parents would bring me to dinner parties and I would always have a seat at the table.”

Gordon grew up with Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein

Molly Gordon and Ben Platt attend the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards Cocktail Reception at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 5, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California.Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Gordon and actor and singerBen Plattare now inseparable, and that friendship started when they were both toddlers in community theater. They even had a failed relationship when they were kids.

“She definitely had a crush on me, she will admit,” he toldRolling Stonein July 2023. “And I thought I did too. Because when you’re a young gay kid, and you’re obsessed with your girl best friend, you’re like, ‘This must be what it means when you like someone.’ But ultimately, I was very gay.”

At the same time, Gordon also was best friends withBeanie Feldstein, herBooksmartcostar, growing up. Her, Feldstein, Platt andeventually Platt’s husband, actor Noah Galvin, formed their own unofficial Jewish-theater-kid group, she toldVulturein March 2021.

When they were teenagers, Gordon, Feldstein and Platt had a different group they called Theater Geeks of America and would perform for retirement communities. As they got older, their performances turned more professional as they collaborated on short films and web series together, adding Galvin into the mix.

She got her big break inBooksmart

Molly Gordon and Beanie Feldstein attend the LA special screening of “Booksmart” at Ace Hotel on May 13, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Kevin Winter/Getty Images

She landed her first big role on TNT’sAnimal Kingdomafter nearly a year of auditioning and quickly followed that in 2018’sLife of the Party, playingMelissa McCarthy’s daughter. However, her big break came in 2019 when she worked on two big-budget films:BooksmartandGood Boys.

In the former, she plays the high-achieving, sexually-confident Triple A — a role she felt she had nothing in common with. But Feldstein, who leads the movie, encouraged her to audition.

She met White when she joined season 2 ofThe Bear

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After working with Storer onRamy, Gordon told the director that she desperately wanted to work with him again. Despite his assurance that they would, the actress had her doubts. “People always say that, and they never actually call you,” she toldHarper’s Bazaarin July 2023.

However, her moment came when Storer approached her for the role of Claire, Carmy’s longtime childhood friend, whom he suddenly sees in a new light when she takes an interest in dating him.

“I texted him how incredible the show was, and I said I would die to be a part of it,” Gordon told the outlet. “I would play a napkin, I would play a cup, whatever. And he, I guess, had thought of me for this role.”

After Storer reached out, Gordon said she was thrilled to be a part of the show — and to play opposite of White.

“I didn’t even know what the character was or like anything about it, so learning that I was going to work opposite Jeremy was like,Jesus Christ,” she said.

She’s called White a “genuine, good” person

Jeremy Allen White as Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto and Molly Gordon as Claire on Season 2 of ‘The Bear’.Chuck Hodes/FX

Chuck Hodes/FX

As much as White has lauded her performance, Gordon has also been vocal about her own appreciation of White as a costar and as a person. When she joined the set, Gordon already had a close relationship withAyo Edebiri, who plays Sydney, Carmy’s co-owner, but she was intimidated at first to work with the Emmy Award-winning actor.

“Jeremy is such an open and such a kind and curious actor, he brought me into the fold in such a great way because I was definitely nervous to be a part of something that already had this crew,” she shared in a June 2024 interview withAwards Radar.

Above his commitment to his character, she added, he is also a “good person.”

“He’s such a genuinely good person,” she said. “He’s an actor that asks questions, which is unheard of. I think we are kind of opposites, in this way, and it was an opposites attract moment.”

They were spotted kissing in September 2024

Jeremy Allen White spotted kissing Molly Gordon in Los Angeles on Sept. 25, 2024.TheImageDirect.com

TheImageDirect.com

Ten days after White took home the award foroutstanding actor in a comedy seriesfor his work onThe Bearat the 2024Emmy Awards, he was seen kissing Gordon during an outing in L.A. The costars had their arms wrapped around each other as they embraced and locked lips.

While some fans initially speculated that the two were shooting a scene forThe Bear,TMZreported that no cameras were filming during their outing. Though the pair seemed to be taking their on-screen romance into real life, it’s unclear how serious their relationship is at the moment as neither have commented on their PDA-filled outing.

However, a source told PEOPLE shortly after the spotting that the two had been exploring their romance for a few weeks.

“There were set rumors early on that they had intense chemistry even when not filming,” the source said. “They didn’t start hanging out romantically until a few weeks ago though.”

They added, “She spends time at his house. They go on lunch dates and seem to have a great time. They’re affectionate, often in deep conversations and seem curious to get to know each other better.”

The source also shared that though Gordon primarily resides in N.Y., she has been “spending a lot of time in L.A.,” where White lives when he’s “not working,” since his two daughters live there.

Just weeks later, White and Gordon were spotted outtogether again in New York City. They were photographed at restaurant Via Carota on Oct. 25, both dressed casually for the evening.

source: people.com