JUST months after his estranged wife filed for divorce, the Canadian actor was spotted walking hand-in-hand with a new woman.
Joshua Jackson may have played a heartthrob on the 90s teen drama Dawson's Creek, but the actor's personal life also proves that he's quite the heartbreaker, too.
Who is Joshua Jackson?
Joshua Jackson was born on June 11, 1978, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Jackson's mother was a casting director, and the family lived in California until he was eight years old.
After moving back to Canada, he famously attended high school with another Hollywood star, Ryan Reynolds.
Jackson has been in the spotlight since his breakout role as Charlie Conway in Disney's 1992 movie, The Mighty Ducks.
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The actor's portrayal of Pacey Witter on Dawson's Creek made him a bona fide star, cementing his status as a Hollywood heartthrob.
Jackson went on to act in several movies but ultimately found more success on the silver screen.
The actor had starring roles in many hit television series, including the Fox science-fiction show Fringe, Showtime's The Affair, and Hulu's miniseries, Little Fires Everywhere.
His latest credits include playing Dr. Christopher Duntsch in the Peacock series Dr. Death, and the Paramount+ series Fatal Attraction.
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Who has Joshua Jackson dated?
Joshua Jackson has had his fair share of relationships, both on and off-screen.
Some of those relationships even occurred with Jackson's co-stars.
The actor has been a Hollywood mainstay for over thirty years, so it's no surprise that his personal life is highly publicized.
Here's a complete rundown of his past relationships, from casual flings, longtime marriages, and everything in between.
Katie Holmes
Joshua Jackson's first public relationship was with his Dawson's Creek costar and on-screen love interest, Katie Holmes.
The two reportedly dated for about a year in 1997, and the breakup was very amicable, with Holmes speaking highly of her "first love."
Katie Holmes confirmed that the duo had dated in a 1998 Rolling Stones interview, saying: "I'm just going to say that I met somebody last year."
"I fell in love, I had my first love, and it was something so incredible and indescribable that I will treasure it always."
She added: "I feel so fortunate because he's now one of my best friends. It's weird, it's almost like a Dawson-and-Joey type thing now."
"He's been in the business so long, and he's really helped me. I respect him as a friend and as a professional."
Brittany Daniel
Katie Holmes wasn't the only Dawson's Creek star Jackson dated.
He also reportedly dated actress Brittany Daniel for a few months in 1999.
Daniel played Eve Whitman in the show's third season.
The pair never spoke publicly about their rumored romance, but they were spotted, and photographed, attending the Radio Music Awards together on October 28, 1999.
Rosario Dawson
Jackson began dating actress Rosario Dawson in 2002.
The two were together for about a year and were frequently photographed together in Los Angeles.
The duo ultimately split up after about a year, but remain friends to this day.
Jackson and Dawson were even spotted hanging out with each other in New York City in 2018.
Diane Kruger
Jackson began dating German model and actress Diane Kruger in 2006, shortly after Kruger divorced her first husband, French actor and director Guillaume Canet.
In 2012, Jackson told Us Weekly: "I can tell you why we're not married: We're not religious."
"I don't feel any more or less committed to Diane for not having stood in front of a priest and had a giant party."
The actor also added: "We're both children of divorce, so it's hard for me to take marriage at face value as the thing that shows you've grown up and are committed to another person."
"But it may change at some point. We may get married."
The couple ultimately never tied the knot, but they were together for a decade.
After they split, Kruger started dating her Sky costar, Norman Reedus.
Reedus is most famous for his portrayal of Daryl Dixon in AMC's The Walking Dead.
Kruger and Reedus welcomed a daughter together in 2018.
Reedus also has a son from a previous relationship, Mingus.
Shafia West
About a year after his split from Kruger, Jackson was first spotted with model Shafia West in August 2017.
The pair were walking around a Studio City, California farmer's market.
Neither West nor Jackson ever commented on the relationship, though they were spotted on a few more dates.
The pair were last photographed together in December 2017, indicating more of a casual fling than a full-fledged romance.
Alyssa Julya Smith
Jackson was first spotted with TV host and actress Alyssa Julya Smith in June 2018.
The pair were photographed together walking in New York City's Central Park.
Sources close to Jackson stated that the two had reportedly been dating for a few months before the public found out about their romance.
Unfortunately, work got in the way of the couple's relationship.
Jackson was working in New York at the time for his Broadway run in Children Of A Lesser God, while Smith was living in LA.
The long-distance relationship fizzled out, and the two called it quits by October 2018.
Jodie Turner-Smith
Jackson didn't waste any time after breaking things off with his last relationship.
He was first linked with British actress and model Jodie Turner-Smith in November 2018, when paparazzi snapped photos of the pair walking around Hollywood together.
The duo quickly became one of Hollywood's hottest and most talked about couples.
They even went official on social media on August 13, 2019.
Turner-Smith posted a photo of the pair on a date in Rhode Island on her Instagram, captioning the photo: "Two people who only fancy each other a little bit."
It turned out that the duo got married on August 18, 2019, and later revealed that they were expecting their first child together.
The couple welcomed a daughter, Juno Rose Diana, in April 2020.
In a 2021 interview on Late Night With Seth Meyers, Turner-Smith revealed that she had met Jackson at Usher's 40th birthday party in 2018.
She said: "I saw him before he saw me, and when I saw him, I was like, 'I want that.'"
She added: "And then when he saw me, I just pretended like I didn't see him."
The strategy worked, as the actress joked that the two's one-night stand turned into a "three-year one-night stand."
In an October 2021 interview with People, Turner-Smith also said that she loved being a parent alongside Jackson, who she called "an amazing partner and an amazing dad."
Unfortunately, the pair's marriage was relatively short-lived.
In October 2023, Turner-Smith filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences.
Neither Jackson nor Turner-Smith have commented about their impending divorce, but a source close to Turner-Smith did provide some insight into the split to People.
The source said: "They are on very different paths in life. It turned into an unhealthy marriage that made her unhappy.”
Who is Joshua Jackson dating now?
Just a few days after Turner-Smith filed for divorce, Jackson was spotted standing near actress Lupita Nyong'o at a Janelle Monáe concert in Los Angeles on October 19.
The pair denied they were an item, with sources telling the media that the duo were just friends.
Weeks later, Jackson and Nyong'o were spotted grocery shopping together at Erewhon Market in Los Angeles.
The Oscar-winning actress and Jackson were also photographed driving together in a Tesla, and seen together outside a local LA convenience store.
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On Tuesday, December 5, Jackson and Nyong'o were spotted walking hand-in-hand in Joshua Tree, California.
The hand-holding is the latest public display of affection from the pair and seemingly confirms their newfound romance.
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