Meet Natasha Lyonne's filmmaker boyfriend, Bryn Mooser: the Emmy winner, Oscar nominee and humanitarian who has been dating the star of Orange is the New Black and Big Mouth since 2023
Days before that, the Orange is the New Black actress, 45, was with her beau at the
SNL 50: The Anniversary Special after-party in New York, wearing a white satin floor-length gown with a black lace bodice. Mooser complemented her look in a classic black tux with a white shirt.
Natasha Lyonne and Bryn Mooser at Chanel's 2025 pre-Oscar Awards dinner in Los Angeles. Photo: AP
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More recently, Lyonne, who is also known for the TV shows Big Mouth and Poker Face pitched up with Mooser at the Chanel and Charles Finch annual Pre-Oscar Awards Dinner at The Beverly Hills Hotel's Polo Lounge in Los Angeles, both wearing chic all-black ensembles. 'I think I will take a boyfriend picture, thank you so much,' she told photographers before reaching for Mooser's hand to pose. But when Regé-Jean Page, star of
Shonda Rhimes' Regency-era show Bridgerton entered the frame, she casually quipped, 'They're both my boyfriends.'
So who is Bryn Mooser, who once made Esquire's Americans of the Year list for his philanthropy?
He's a Hollywood executive
Natasha Lyonne and Bryn Mooser at the SNL50: The Homecoming Concert in February. Photo: AFP
Mooser, 45, is an award-winning director and producer, best known for co-founding Ryot, a documentary-oriented media company that also works with virtual and augmented reality, per his IMDb page. After selling the company to Verizon in 2016, he briefly served as a senior vice-president for the new firm before moving on to launch another film and TV studio, XTR, in 2019. According to The Hollywood Reporter, XTR focuses on non-fiction content. In 2020, Mooser became CEO of Documentary+ and last year he founded LA-based production company Asteria Film, per his LinkedIn page.
Mooser won an Emmy and earned an Oscar nomination for producing the 2015 documentary Body Team 12; and in 2019 he received another Oscar nod for documentary Lifeboat (2018).
He's a humanitarian
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