Kaitlyn Dever first showed us her acting chops as Gwen Thompson in the 2009 flick An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong but recently went down under to play Australian scammer Belle Gibson in Apple Cider Vinegar.
The six-episode series dropped on Netflix in February, and Dever's performance as the influencer who faked brain cancer to gain Instagram followers, fame and fortune earned positive reviews. Fans who have already binged Apple Cider Vinegar now get to see Dever again as she returns to our screens as Abby in Season 2 of the HBO series The Last of Us, which returned on April 13.
In between filming and promoting the two series, Dever has found time to date. The actress sparked rumors of a budding romance when she left a Brunello Cucinelli dinner at Chateau Marmont with Ethan Dawes in December. Recently, Dawes and Dever confirmed it was more than a coincidence.
Here's what we know about Kaitlyn Dever's relationship with Ethan Dawes.
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No. Kaitlyn Dever is dating director Ethan Dawes. Photographers snapped the two holding hands as they left a Brunello Cucinelli dinner at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles in December 2024. It led to speculation that the two were dating. However, Dever and Dawes didn't confirm their relationship until a Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 2. They did not appear on the red carpet as a couple, but they sat next to one another. During the event, a photographer snapped Dawes sealing the confirmation with a kiss on Dever's cheek as she smiled for the camera.
Who is Kaitlyn Dever dating?
Booksmart and The Last of Us star Kaitlyn Dever is dating writer and director Ethan Dawes, who is known for his work on the first season of the TV series Chicken Girls. Dever and Dawes sat together at a Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 2. Dawes planted a kiss on Dever's cheek, confirming recent rumors that the two were dating.
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Ethan Dawes is a writer, director and photographer. Besides Chicken Girls, a digital series about teenage life, Dawes directed the TV mini-series Guy Stuff (2011) and the micro-budget feature Go for Broke (2013). Dawes also wrote the original script for Here Come the Bandits, which is about a minor league baseball player who rediscovers his love of the sport after an injury. In 2020, it earned a spot on the Blacklist, an annual survey calling attention to the best unproduced screenplays.
Dawes appeared in front of the camera as Miles Forrester in the short-lived MTV series Sweet/Vicious (2016-17). He is also a photographer. In 2023, his work was featured at an art show at the Dogwater Gallery in New Orleans.
Dawes attended Emerson College. While there, he tried his hand at music as a member of the electronic music group Super Mash Bros. He and the band performed on the college circuit.
How did Kaitlyn Dever and Ethan Dawes meet?
Kaitlyn Dever and Ethan Dawes haven't discussed their relationship publicly, including how they met. What we do know is that they left a Brunello Cucinelli dinner at Chateau Marmont hand-in-hand in December of 2024. They verified their relationship status to the public on March 2 when Dawes kissed Dever on the cheek at Vanity Fair's Oscar Party.
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No. Kaitlyn Dever and Ethan Dawes are not married. They began dating in either 2024 or 2025.
Do Kaitlyn Dever and Ethan have kids?
No. Kaitlyn Dever and Ethan Dawes do not have children together or with anyone else, but they are dating.
What happened to Kaitlyn Dever's mom?
Kaitlyn Dever's mother, Kathy, died of breast cancer in February of 2024. Dever played Belle Gibson, a scammer who faked brain cancer, in the Netflix series Apple Cider Vinegar. She recently revealed in an interview with Glamour UK that she shared the script with her mother.
@glamouruk#KaitlynDever shares the 'crazy timing' of #AppleCiderVinegar coming into her life as her mum was battling stage 4 breast cancer ? The actress revealed that her mum Kathy was able to read the scripts of the #netflix series based on #BelleGibson and loved the show, but sadly passed away in February 2024.
♬ original sound - GLAMOUR UK - GLAMOUR UK“My mom was actually able to read all of the scripts," Dever said. "She loved it. She was obsessed with the role and the show as a whole...It felt like really crazy timing when this story came into my life…because I did know so much about it...I felt like, ‘This fell into my lap for a reason, and I don’t really know why, but I was doing her proud.”
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