Who is Ben Affleck Girlfriend in 2023? Is He Dating Anyone?
Ben Affleck is a multiple award-winning actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. He was born on 15th august 1972, in Berkeley, California, USA. He started his career as a child actor and was starred in the PBS educational series The Voyage of the Mimi.
He then made his debut as a Hollywood actor in the movie Armageddon. In coming years, he worked in numerous films including Good Will Hunting, Pearl Harbor, Gone Girl, The Accountant and Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Who is Ben Affleck Girlfriend?
After years of on-again, off-again dating, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck announced their engagement in April 2022. They got married in July 2022. This may come as a surprise to some, given that he was married to Jennifer Garner for over a decade.
The actor has dated a high profile set of actresses and singers in his lifetime, and this list will give you more details about these lucky ladies.
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez
In 2002, Ben Affleck was in a relationship with the famous singer, Jennifer Lopez. The two met in 2002 while filming the rom-com Gigli, and their relationship got serious very quickly.
Four months after they met, he proposed to Lopez with a 6.1-carat pink diamond ring. They quickly got engaged and were very nearly married on September 14, 2003, but one week before their wedding date, Jennifer postponed their wedding “due to the excessive media attention.”
The two stuck it out a few more months before splitting in January, 2004.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Married Again
The news comes just months after the pair rekindled their romance, following Lopez’s split from fiancé Alex Rodriguez and Ben Affleck’s separation from Ana de Armas.
In her On the JLo newsletter, Lopez revealed that Affleck proposed to her while she was in the bathtub. “He got down on one knee and he said, ‘I want to spend the rest of my life with you,'” she wrote. “It was just as romantic and sweet as anything.”
In her newsletter, Lopez gushed about how happy she is to be with Affleck again.
“We have a lot of history together and we also have a lot of love for each other,” she wrote. “I feel like I can’t even put it into words how I feel about him today except to say that I’m so grateful, so happy, and so in love.”
In 2021, they reunited and announced their engagement in April 2022. They got married in July 2022 and are now happier than ever.
Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas
Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas first met while playing a married couple in the psychological thriller Deep Water. The actors have been romantically linked since March 2020, when they were seen on a trip to her native Havana.
They also decided to quarantine together amid the pandemic. The Cuban actress shared an album of photos on her Instagram including a selfie with Ben alongside the caption “Thank you all so much for the birthday wishes and love! Cheers to another great year.”
In late August, the duo was seen moving her things into Affleck’s home in Los Angeles after listing her Venice, California, home. “She had a huge grin and seemed very excited about living with Affleck,” a source told. Their relationship continues to be strong.
Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas Break Up
In January 2021, it was reported that the couple had split. The two had been dating for a little over a year, but apparently things just didn’t work out between them.
“They are both really sad about it,” a source close to the couple said. “It was a mutual decision.”
His ex-wife Jennifer Garner
Ben Affleck and Daredevil co-star Jennifer Garner began dating in early to mid-2004. They first met on the set of Pearl Harbor in 2000. They weren’t romantically linked until fans saw their onscreen chemistry in Daredevil in 2002.
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner tied the knot on June 29, 2005. The couple became parents for the first time in December when Garner gave birth to their daughter, Violet.
In January 2009, she gave birth to their second daughter, Seraphina Rose. In February 2012, Garner gave birth to their son, Samuel Garner Affleck. In 2013, he nabbed the best director award for his work on Argo at the Golden Globes. In his speech, he thanked Garner, saying, “I adore you, I love you. You’re my everything”.
However, Ben Affleck’s wife Jennifer Garner, and Ben called it quits in 2015. The two filed a divorce which was finalized in 2018. Affleck told the New York Times that his divorce from Jennifer Garner was the “biggest regret” of his life.
Ben Affleck and Lindsay Shookus
Months after moving out, Affleck found love again with Saturday Night Live producer Lindsay Shookus. The couple was first photographed together during a July 2017 trip to London where Affleck was doing reshoots for the Justice League.
However, the two ended things for good in August 2018. In an interview with Elle, she opened up about the public attention.
“My entire career has been behind the camera, and that’s definitely where I’m most comfortable. I’m a producer, I’m a mom, a friend. Being considered a public figure honestly makes me laugh,” she said.
Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow and Ben Affleck had an on-off relationship that lasted from 1997 to 2000. He first met Paltrow, at a party hosted by Harvey Weinstein in 1997. They co-starred in Shakespeare In Love in 1998 and Bounce in 2000.
They split in 2000, shocking fans. “I just think we have a very different sort of value system,” she told Sawyer about why her relationship with Ben didn’t work out.
Ben Affleck and Shauna Sexton
In 2018, Affleck was spotted with Shauna Sexton at Nobu in Malibu after calling it quits with Shookus. The actor only dated the Playboy model for two months, according to US Weekly.
Ben Affleck and Cheyenne Rothman
His high school sweetheart was Cheyenne Rothman. They first met as teens at summer camp. For more than seven years, the couple dated until they called it quits in 1997.