Overview
- Cooper Hoffman confirmed on Friday that he is dating fellow actor Nico Parker and said their relationship began a few weeks after filming Poetic License when Parker visited New York and he asked her to be his girlfriend.
- The pairing was already publicly visible when the two were photographed with their arms around each other at the Toronto International Film Festival last September.
- Both actors come from prominent film families but have built separate résumés: Hoffman broke out in Licorice Pizza and has roles in The Long Walk, and Parker earned notice for Dumbo and a BAFTA-nominated turn in The Last of Us.
- Hoffman has emphasized earning industry experience on his own, including working as a production assistant on Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans after Licorice Pizza, and he says he does not want to rely on family connections for roles.
- The confirmation frames the couple as a visible next-generation pairing whose personal news could raise public interest in both of their projects while leaving their individual careers and choices as the key story to watch.