He is one of Hollywood’s best-known actors, while she is a former actress turned real estate agent turned personal assistant to the star.
Russell Crowe once had a high-profile but short-lived relationship with girlfriend Meg Ryan before marrying his former flame Danielle Spencer, with whom he had two children before they split.
Nowadays, the notoriously private star, 60, has been in a relationship with US-born Britney Theriot since 2020, but the two have stayed mostly out of the spotlight.
Let’s take a look at how Crowe and Theriot first met and the sweet moment they shared on a dance floor on the other side of the world.
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Crowe’s dating history
Crowe was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on April 7, 1964, before his family moved to Australia when he was four. He began acting as a child before the family returned to New Zealand when he was 14.
By his late teens, Crowe was performing as a musician under the stage name Russ Le Roq before getting into acting. He appeared in the New Zealand and Australian stage productions of The Rocky Horror Show, which led to more theatre work, TV and movie roles.
He was back in Australia and starring in the 1989 film, The Crossing, when he met Danielle Spencer.
The two had a long, on-off relationship before Crowe started dating rom-com queen Meg Ryan, whom he met while filming the 2000 film Proof of Life.
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After a one-year relationship, the two split and Crowe reunited with Spencer. They married in 2003 and went on to have two sons, Charles and Tennyson, before they split in 2012.
A new romance
Crowe and Britney Theriot reportedly first met on the set of the film Broken City in 2013. Crowe, then 49, was one of the stars of the film while Theriot, who was reportedly 21, played Valerie.
According to People, Theriot returned to her native Louisiana in 2017 to become a real estate agent. By February 2019, she was one of their top agents that month.
Following reports Crowe was dating everyone from Terri Irwin to Julie Burgess – matriarch of the Burgess league-playing family – Theriot and Crowe reconnected.
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They were first seen kissing and embracing on a tennis court in Sydney’s Rushcutters Bay in November 2020.
Photos of the pair as they took a break during the match were published in the media.
In April 2021, the two were photographed again, this time while cycling through Sydney’s Newtown with British pop star Rita Ora.
At the time, Crowe was back in Australia to film Thor: Love and Thunder, which was directed by Ora’s now-husband Taika Waititi.
Cycling seems to be a mainstay of Crowe and Theriot’s relationship, with the pair pictured again in February 2022 as they cycled around Sydney.
In June 2022, Theriot and Crowe were pictured on the tarmac at Sydney Airport after flying in from his farm at Nana Glen, outside Coffs Harbour.
A month later, Theriot was spotted in photos Crowe shared on social media of a trip to Rome with his sons.
“Taking the kids to see my old office,” he captioned the photo, making a reference to his Academy Award-winning role in the film Gladiator.
By then, Theriot was joining Crowe – who is almost 30 years her senior – on movie sets.
According to IMBd, she was credited as an assistant to Crowe on his 2022 film The Greatest Beer Run Ever and his 2024 movies Sleeping Dogs and Land of Bad.
She also joined him on the set of his 2022 film Poker Face, where she is credited as an assistant to the director.
The couple finally made their red carpet debut in October 2022 at the Rome premiere of Poker Face.
They followed his up with an appearance at the film’s Australian premiere in November 2022.
The couple reportedly returns to Australia whenever they can, where Crowe owns an apartment in Sydney’s Woolloomooloo as well as his Nana Glen property.
The tennis fans took in the women’s final of the Australian Open in both 2022 and 2023.
Theriot also supports Crowe, now 60, when he is touring with one of his bands.
In a February 2024 interview with People, Crowe gave a rare insight into their relationship.
He said they were at an after-party in an underground nightclub in the Czech Republic in 2023 when they wound up on the dance floor.
Crowe said he was taking a shortcut after visiting the bathroom “when I bumped into my girlfriend, Britney.”
“Naturally, she thought I’d come there to find her,” he recalled, “so I took her into my arms and we danced.”
He said he used “the type of moves my old man would” when dancing with his mother.
“It was like a scene from my childhood. Britney used to be a cheerleader for the [New Orleans] Saints, so she’s got rhythm,” he said.
“I was spinning her around and bringing her back. Her eyes were sparkling with the fun of it all.
“For a couple of minutes, [everyone] stopped and watched. It was like a scene from a movie.
“As the song ended, I spun her back into me and we kissed. The crowd cheered and the world around us flooded back in. It was just a perfect little moment.”