From work partners to loving companions! Keanu Reeves and his long-time girlfriend, Alexandra Grant, have been going strong since they went public with their relationship in 2019, but their love connection didn’t start right away.
The pair started as friends when they met at a dinner party in 2009. While a love connection did not form right away — instead, a professional relationship blossomed. Reeves and Grant collaborated on several projects like Reeve’s books Ode to Happiness and Shadows. The colleagues opened their own publishing company, X Artists Books, together before they romantically linked.
It wasn’t until November 2019 that the news broke that the couple were officially dating when they made their first red carpet debut together. A source exclusively told Us Weekly at the time that they had “been dating for years” and that “it wasn’t a secret.”
After the two made headlines with their public debut, Grant jokingly said that “every single person” she knew called her to ask about her new beau. “That’s fascinating,” Grant remarked to British Vogue in March 2020. “But the question I’ve been asking in all of this is: ‘What is the opportunity for good?’”
The pair continued to be spotted on date nights and spending quality time together while Reeves filmed The Matrix Resurrections in Germany in the summer of 2020. Photos surfaced of the visual artist dropping The Matrix star off on set and receiving a kiss goodbye from her boyfriend.
In March 2021, a source gave Us insight into Reeves and Grant’s happy and strong relationship. “Keanu and Alexandra are head over heels for each other,” said the source. “They fit together perfectly, and he really fawns over her when they’re together.”
Since making their relationship known to the world, the John Wick star and his girlfriend have kept a low profile, but that hasn’t stopped speculation if marriage was in the future for the two.
While the Always Be My Maybe actor has been a lifelong bachelor, he wasn’t necessarily opposed to marriage and starting a family. In 2006, Reeves spoke to Parade about the idea of settling down.
“I’m trying not to be alone so much,” he told the magazine. “And man, it’s a struggle. I want to get married. I want to have kids. That’s at the top of the mountain. I’ve got to climb the mountain first. I’ll do it. Just give me some time.”
In June 2022, a source exclusively revealed to Us Reeves’ plans for the future with Grant. “The word among his circle is that a proposal will likely happen at some point,” said the source. “But he’s not in a rush and doesn’t need a piece of paper to know Alexandra is the one for him. They’re soulmates and totally committed to the long term, and after all this time together it just keeps getting sweeter.”
Keep scrolling for Reeves and Grant’s relationship timeline:
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2009
The pair were introduced to one another at a dinner party in 2009, where they became friends and began a professional relationship.
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2011
Reeves wrote his first poetry book, Ode to Happiness, and Grant painted the illustrations.
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2015
The two worked together again in 2015 to create their second book, Shadows. This time, Grant photographed Reeves in various shadows. He also served as a coauthor by contributing the images’ descriptions.
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2017
After two successful literary projects, Reeves and Grant partnered to establish their publishing company X Artists Books.
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2019
In November 2019, a source exclusively revealed to Us that Reeves and Grant actually started dating in the summer of 2017.
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November 2019
Even though the couple started dating in 2017, the pair did not officially confirm their relationship until they made their red carpet debut at the LACMA Art + Film Gala in November 2019.
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February 2020
After making their red carpet debut, Reeves and Grant were seen for the first time in public while on a date in Los Angeles.
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June 2020
The couple stayed at a rental property in Germany while Reeves filmed the fourth film in the Matrix franchise. Grant visited the set several times and even dropped Reeves off to work in October 2020.
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2021
A source exclusively told Us in March 2021 that the pair was “head over heels for each other.” Rumors of marriage started to come into play, but the happy couple had no plans to rush to the altar.
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2022
Reeves and Grant made a rare red carpet appearance in June 2022 at the MOCA Gala in Los Angeles, a fundraising event for the contemporary art museum.
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March 2023
A source exclusively told Us that the twosome are a “great team” and bond over their shared love of art and culture.
“[Alexandra] loves cooking [Keanu] meals at home and they both love film and books,” the insider shared at the time. “They actually have a little book club just the two of them where they read each other’s favorites.”
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April 2023
The couple kissed on the red carpet at the MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) Gala in Los Angeles.
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