Tim Burton and Monica Bellucci looked like the happy couple as they held hands during an afternoon stroll in Madrid, Spain this week.
The film director, 64, and the model, 58, have been cozy after it was recently revealed they had been secretly dating for the past four months.
Monica cut a trendy figure for the outing, wearing a black V-neck top and matching pants.
The Italian beauty donned a black coat for the day and added height to her body with a matching pair of boots.
Monica carried a black handbag and completed her outfit with a pair of sunglasses.
Couple: Tim Burton and Monica Bellucci looked like the happy couple as they held hands during an afternoon stroll in Madrid, Spain this week
Couple: The film director, 64, and the model, 58, have been cozy after it was recently revealed they have been secretly dating for four months
Tim also opted for an all-black look, wearing a jacket with a matching shirt and slim-fitting jeans.
The couple looked in good spirits at the outing, having recently been spotted locking lips for the first time.
Monica and Tim first met 16 years ago but are said to have started dating after seeing each other at the Lumière Film Festival in Lyon in October.
Paris Match writes that Monica and Tim “met briefly on the steps of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes in 2006, but only became closer sixteen years later, backstage at another festival”.
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Monica has been single since she split from artist Nicolas Lefebvre in 2019. She was previously married to Vincent Cassel from 1997 to 2013.
The former model met Cassel on the set of Gilles Mimouni’s 1996 film L’Appartement. They have two daughters, Deva, who was born in 2004, and Leonie, who was born in 2010.
They were together for three years before marrying in a quiet ceremony in Monaco on the French Riviera.
Outfit: Monica cut a trendy figure for the outing wearing a black V-neck top and matching trousers
Style: The Italian beauty donned a black coat for the day and added height to her body with a matching pair of boots
Casual: Tim also opted for an all-black look, wearing a jacket with a matching shirt and slim-fitting jeans
Trip: The couple looked in good spirits on the outing, having recently been spotted locking lips for the first time
History: Monica and Tim first met 16 years ago but reportedly started dating after seeing each other at the Lumière film festival in Lyon in October
Monica opened up about love in a 2011 interview with Paris Match while still married to Cassel, admitting there is “no rationality” to her when it comes to relationships.
She said: “I’m carried by the moment and by instinct. No rationality, only emotions. You love or you don’t.’
“You don’t decide to sit at a table: OK, so I have two children, 16 years of life as a couple, that would be nice if it lasts, but how am I supposed to manage that?
“I don’t think at all that a couple is something ‘that you work out,’ as we say.”
Tim was known to be in a relationship with The Crown actress Helena Bonham Carter, 56, but they sadly split in 2014.
The couple have never been married but have been together for 13 years and have two children together; Son Billy, 20, and daughter Nell, 16.
Helena spoke to Harper’s Bazaar magazine about the split in 2016.
First Meeting: Paris Match writes that Monica and Tim “met briefly on the steps of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes in 2006, but only became closer backstage at another festival sixteen years later”.
Relationships: Monica has been single since she split from artist Nicolas Lefebvre in 2019. She was previously married to Vincent Cassel from 1997 to 2013
Then: The former model met Cassel on the set of Gilles Mimouni’s 1996 film L’Appartement
Family: They have two daughters, Deva who was born in 2004 and Leonie who was born in 2010
Open: Monica opened up about love while still married to Cassel in a 2011 interview with Paris Match, admitting that there is “no rationality” for her when it comes to relationships
She said: “I’m carried by the moment and by instinct. No rationality, only emotions. you love or not’
She said: “You’re going through massive grief – it’s the death of a relationship so it’s absolutely confusing. Your identity, everything, changes.’
‘I’m just saying, ‘I’m not myself right now, so be careful. Everyone always says you have to be strong and have a stiff upper lip, but it’s okay to be fragile.’
Helena and Tim got together in 2001 after he cast her as a monkey in Planet of the Apes.
They are known to have lived in connected houses during their relationship, with each property decorated to their own taste and personal style.
Everyone changes: Helena Bonham Carter and her longtime partner Tim Burton split in late 2014 after 13 years together (pictured in 2012)
Past love: Monica was previously married to Vincent Cassel from 1997 to 2013 (pictured together in 2008)
Now in a relationship with writer Rye Dag Holmboe, 34, Helena Richard Eden told the Chron in 2022 she felt “very lucky” to have met him.
She said she made the move to share a house with her academic friend and even contributed to their domestic bliss by adopting pet rabbits.
The couple met at a wedding in 2018.