Oscar nominated actress Jessica Chastain, who stars as a CIA agent in the film about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden, is slowly bringing her beau out of the shadows.
She has quietly dated
Gian Luca Passi De Preposulo, an Italian count and scion of an ancient family from Bergamo in the Lombardy region of Italy, since last June .
Jessica, a best actress contender for her role as a determined intelligence analyst in Zero Dark Thirty, told the Daily Mail that she met Gian '
months ago, back in June’.
She added: '
It was at one of the fashion shows in Paris. We chatted and it went from there’.
But it has been relationship where the couple weren’t always able to see each other.
Gian Lucca ,an executive for events company Moncler, is based primarily in Milan . He’s also an expert winemaker and has interests in a vineyard in Treviso ,the Veneto region high above Venice.
One of his main tasks in Treviso concerns the marketing of Fiol proscecco a highly regarded sparkling wine, one that some oenophiles regard as one of the best in Italy.
When Jessica was in the play The Heiress from last November until the drama ended its limited run February 9, Gian Lucca would travel from Italy to New York as often as he could.
With the run of the play now over and the award season heading into its final big night, it’s easier for the couple to meet up.
After the Oscars they are due to take a holiday in Italy.
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We saw each other when we could because it was difficult when I was in the play,’ Jessica explained during the annual Charles Finch –Chanel pre-Oscar dinner party at Italian restaurant Madeo in Beverly Hills .
She seemed more relaxed than ever to be in the company of her beau.
After their break in Italy Jessica will begin film a screen version of the play Miss Julie, set in Ireland, opposite Colin Farrell and Samantha Morton for actress-turned director Liv Ullmann .
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We will see each other as much as we can while we have the opportunity ‘, said Gian Lucca.
The actress said that she was shocked by recent rumours that she was dating various actors.
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It was never ,ever true but I wasn’t able to say anything at the time. There was someone but not the names that were mentioned. It was always Gian’, Jessica said.
Others who attended the Finch-Chanel supper bash included: January Jones ,Kate Bosworth, Rose Byrne, Bella Heathcote, Poppy Delevingne ,Felicity Jones, Chloe Moretz, Rosie Huntington Whitely, ,Emily Mortimer, Zoe Kravitz, Andrea Riseborough, Emma Roberts,Gia Copla , Lily Collins and Alicia Vikander.
Les Miserables director Tom Hooper was there with executives from Working Title the London production company that produced Les Miserables with Cameron Mackintosh.
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