08-04-2025
Billy Crudup Says Hi to Ex Claire Danes at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts Gala – See Their Sweet Interaction
For Billy Crudup, all's well that ends well.
At the New York University Tisch School of the Arts Gala on Monday, April 7, at Cipriani South Street in New York City, Crudup, 56, stopped to say hello to his ex-girlfriend, actress Claire Danes. Crudup received a Master of Fine Arts in acting from NYU in 1994.
Crudup was seen approaching Danes at her table at the gala, where they shared a hug and briefly caught up while Blondie's "Dreaming" played in the background. Afterward, Crudup exchanged hellos with Winnie Holzman, the creator of My So-Called Life, which starred Danes and aired on ABC in 1994 and 1995.
Danes, 45, wore a long emerald green silk gown paired with a cropped black blazer, while Crudup opted for a classic navy suit and white shirt.
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Danes co-starred with Crudup in the 2004 film Stage Beauty, which centered on male actors in Elizabethan England in the 16th century.
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The couple's relationship began in 2003 and ended in 2007, and was shrouded in controversy. Crudup left his ex-girlfriend, Mary Louise Parker while she was seven months pregnant, to begin a relationship with Danes. Crudup and Parker, 60, share a son, William Atticus Parker, 21. The former couple continue to co-parent, even teaming up for a student-film project produced by their son.
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'I just was in love with him and needed to explore that and was 24. Didn't quite know what those consequences might be,' Danes told Howard Stern in 2015 of her relationship with Crudup. 'It's okay. I went through it.'
She elaborated that the negative media attention was 'a scary thing. It was really hard." However, she took responsibility for her role in the situation in 2009, when she told Blackbook,'it's unpleasant to be cast in such an unflattering role, but I just had to remain steadfast.'
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In the years since their relationship ended, Danes married Hugh Dancy in 2009, and Crudup married Naomi Watts in 2023. Danes and Dancy, 49, now share three children, sons Cyrus, 12, Rowan, 7, and a daughter, born in 2023.
Crudup currently stars in Apple TV+'s acclaimed broadcast newsroom drama The Morning Show opposite Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Anniston. Danes is soon to star in Netflix's The Beast in Me with Matthew Rhys, per Tudum.
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