REVEALED: Matt Smith’s new love interest is a Brazilian model and trainee doctor who is 16 years younger than the former Time Lord
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Time stood still for former Doctor Who Matt Smith when he passionately kissed a mysterious brunette on a sidewalk in Rio de Janeiro last week.
The British actor appeared to confirm he was in a new relationship while out in public with an attractive girlfriend during a New Year’s holiday in the South American coastal city.
Since then she has been called Jessica Felix, a Brazilian model and doctor in training who celebrated her 26th birthday in December.
It is not known how Matt – at 42, some 16 years her senior – met Jessica, whose Instagram platform has attracted more than 4,000 followers.
Matt was thought to be single after ending his most high-profile romance with actress Lily James in 2020.
The couple first met in 2014 on the set of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, in which Matt Mr. Collins and James Elizabeth Bennet starred.
Matt Smith’s new love interest is Jessica Felix, a Brazilian model and resident doctor who celebrated her 26th birthday in December
It is not known how Matt – some 16 years her senior at 42 – met Jessica, whose Instagram platform has attracted more than 4,000 followers
It was previously reported by The Mail On Sunday that Matt was dating businesswoman Caroline Brady in 2021, but they have not been pictured together since 2022.
Lily and Matt were notoriously private about their relationship before making it official at the Milan premiere of Lily’s film Cinderella in 2015.
She later quashed rumors of a proposal, telling The Sun on Sunday: ‘We’re not engaged yet. But it’s going very well.’
The couple split in 2019 due to “hectic” work schedules before briefly rekindling their romance during the first Covid lockdown, during which they self-isolated together in the north London home they had shared.
However, they split for good in October 2020, with sources claiming they “realized they would be better off as friends.”
Before that, he dated several famous women, including Billie Piper, Brazilian actress Mayana Moura and model Daisy Lowe.
In July 2023, Matt was spotted in a clinch with actress Emma Laird, 24, outside a pub near his home in North London.
The couple spent hours together chatting and laughing, and at one point looked into each other’s eyes as they drank and smoked at a picnic table.
Matt was thought to be single after ending his most high-profile romance with actress Lily James in 2020 (pictured in 2018)
And around midnight the couple headed out into the evening together. An onlooker said: ‘They both looked in good spirits as they enjoyed a few drinks al fresco into the early hours.
“They seemed to have great chemistry, and once the lights went out, they disappeared together.”
Just a month later, in August that summer, Matt enjoyed a fun date with his rumored girlfriend Lili Gattyan at a restaurant in Marylebone.
An onlooker told The Sun at the time: ‘They seemed close and were laughing and joking. He had his dog with him and people came over for a chat.’
Lili, owner of swimwear brand Eunoia, “looked like she was enjoying herself,” the onlooker added.