Naomi Watts and Billy Crudup Hold Hands on Date Night in L.A. Ahead of 2024 Emmy Awards

Mar. 15, 2025

Billy Crudup and Naomi Watts.Photo:affinitypicture / BACKGRID

affinitypicture / BACKGRID

Naomi WattsandBilly Crudupshared a sweet date!

On Saturday, Sept. 14, the couple were seen holding hands as they exited theVanity FairPre-Emmy Party at the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood, Calif., ahead of Sunday’s2024 Emmy Awardsceremony.

Watts, 55, wore a glittery silver dress and carried a black clutch purse, while Crudup, 56, sported a simple black suit with a white button-up shirt and black dress shoes. The actress wore her hair down in a styled bob.

Naomi Watts and Billy Crudup are seen exiting the Vanity Fair Pre-Emmy Party on Sept. 14, 2024.affinitypicture / BACKGRID

Meanwhile, Watts is nominated for outstanding actress in a limited series or a movie for her portrayal of real-life socialite Babe Paley inFeud: Capote vs. the Swans. Also up for the award areBrie LarsonforLessons in Chemistry, Jodie Foster forTrue Detective: Night Country,Juno TempleforFargoandSofía VergaraforGriselda.

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Watts and Cruduptied the knot in June 2023at a New York City courthouse before celebrating with friends and familya year laterin Mexico City. Theyhave been romantically linkedsince they both starred in the 2017 Netflix seriesGypsy, but didn’t make theirred carpet debutas a couple until February 2022 at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, where Crudup was nominated.

Billy Crudup and Naomi Watts.Leon Bennett/Getty

Leon Bennett/Getty

Last August, Watts opened up abouther “pretty great” sex lifewith her husband at a wellness event in New York. “Whatever it is you’re going through, if you can talk to your partner and take away the awkwardness … and most of the time, if they’re good people, they will be empathetic," she said. “And that’s hot — that’s really hot when you can be honest and the conversation lands really well.”

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“The minute I brought honesty into the room, despite how awkward and hard that was for me — I’ve had so much shame about it — he knew how to behave, he knew what cues to follow, he was 100 percent empathetic and I can safely say we went on to have you know, pretty great sex that night,” the actress shared at the wellness event.

Back in July, Watts posted a romantic picture of herself and Crudup onInstagramas they snuggled on a boat with a picturesque scene behind them in celebration of his birthday.

“Happy birthday Billy ♥️,” Watts captioned the post.

source: people.com