Hailee Steinfeld and Josh Allen may have started dating around the same time as Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, but their relationship is a completely different ball game.
Unlike the couple that literally inspired a Hallmark movie, the 29-year-old actor and the 29-year-old NFL player have largely kept their romance away from the public eye. While they were first linked in May 2023, Allen waited over a year to hard-launch the relationship on Instagram. Just four months after that, he popped the big question on November 22, 2024.
The pair didn’t wait long to tie the knot. Roughly six months later, they said “I do” in California, where the bride wore not one, not two, but three Tamara Ralph dresses. And just six months after that, they announced they were expecting their first child together. When you know, you know!
So when and how did the WAG-ification of Hailee Steinfeld begin? Here’s the low-key couple’s complete relationship timeline, with the most recent updates up top.
January 11, 2026: A visibly pregnant Steinfeld arrived at the 2026 Golden Globe Awards without her plus-one, who was busy leading the Buffalo Bills to a win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. The actor chose a figure-skimming look for her first red carpet since announcing her pregnancy, a blush pink gown embellished with skinny silver beads.
Steinfeld’s latest project, Sinners, is nominated for best motion picture (drama), at the Awards—but the actor is no stranger to the ceremony. She was nominated for her role in 2011’s True Grit and 2016’s Edge of Seventeen.
December 12, 2025: The rumors are true! Steinfeld and Allen are expecting their first child together. The happy couple shared the news with a jointly posted Instagram video in which Allen can be seen kissing his wife’s pregnant belly. Steinfeld commented with a simple heart emoji.
In the video, which features a watermark for Steinfeld’s Beau Society newsletter, the mom-to-be wears a sweatshirt reading “Mother” while the two pose for a series of snowy pregnancy reveal photos. Not even the frigid Buffalo winter could dim their smiles. Congrats to the happy couple!
November 22, 2025: Steinfeld and Allen are seen kissing caps while attending a college football game at his alma matter, the University of Wyoming. Steinfeld was reportedly present to support her husband, who was being honored with a jersey retirement ceremony during halftime. The video, which is making the rounds on social media, captures Steinfeld and Allen playfully knocking the brims of their hats together before the actor squeezes in closer to embrace her husband.
November 4, 2025: Steinfeld says Allen makes “life make sense” in an interview with Bustle. “That inner peace that you have, that rock, that solid, consistent part of your life is indescribable. I literally thank God every day that I found my person, and it’s the greatest thing in the world,” she says. “Life makes sense. Everything makes sense. I feel like I am stepping into the version that I’ve always dreamed of being, having so much to do with being with him.”
When asked if she’s thinking about kids, she replies, “Of course.”
October 13, 2025: Allen says Steinfeld taught him he’s “more than a football player” in a gushing interview with ESPN. “Getting married was the coolest. It was the most important day of my life,” he said, calling “all the other stuff” the “cherry on top.”
When asked about the most “fulfilling thing in his life right now,” he responds, “My wife. My wife is an unbelievable, undeniable rock star, in her work, in her life as a person. She’s everything that I need in my life.”
May 31, 2025: Steinfeld and Allen say “I do” during an outdoor waterfront wedding ceremony in California. In photos shared by People, Steinfeld wore a strapless white gown and lace gloves with a matching dramatic veil. Meanwhile, Allen was dressed in a black suit with a white floral boutonniere.
May 30, 2025: Let the wedding festivities begin! In photos shared by DeuxMoi, Allen holds a white parasol to protect his wife-to-be from the sun during their wedding rehearsal. In the photos, Steinfeld looked every bit a bride-to-be in a lacy white ensemble with matching kitten heels and her hair pulled up in a glamorous bun.
April 22, 2025: Allen promotes Steinfeld’s latest projects during a Buffalo Bills press conference. “It was awesome,” Allen told reporters, per People. “I’m so excited for her and so proud of her, and it’s getting some great reviews. It’s a fantastic movie, so go watch it.”
He continued, “I’m just there trying to support her in whatever way that I can. That was her moment and I’m so glad she got to shine.”
April 7, 2025: Steinfeld plays coy when asked about wedding plans during her Sinners press tour. “We are in the middle of a press tour,” she tells Extra when asked about her nuptials. “We’ve got a movie coming out in 12 days? Six, something. We’re focused on that.”
March 18, 2025: Steinfeld dishes on Allen’s grooming habits in an interview with Glamour. “Luckily, he’s into hair care and skin care, so he’s got his whole little deal figured out,” she told us, though she’s “also trying to get him to wear SPF.”
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March 6, 2025: A source tells Us Weekly that the couple is currently in wedding-planning mode. “They don’t want a long engagement, and the wedding planning is already underway,” the source said. “Hailee is very excited about the planning process, and now that Josh is done with the season, she hopes they can have more time to make decisions together.”
The source claimed the pair were “nailing down the logistics and are location scouting right now” and that the event would be “very intimate but extravagant.”
February 19, 2025: Steinfeld shares more details about the Malibu proposal, telling Who What Wear that the moment was a complete surprise. “You talk to your girlfriends about that, right, where you’re like, I just don’t want to know,” she says. “We were in Malibu, which is my happy place, and it was magical. That’s the word.”
She continued, “I’m so grateful that he did it the way he did so that I looked good, and we have these photos that we’ll have and cherish for the rest of our lives that I’m not looking at being like, What was I wearing?”
February 6, 2025: Proud fiancée alert! Allen has officially been named the NFL’s 2025 most valuable player, and Steinfeld couldn’t be more supportive.
Allen won the award at the NFL Honors and immediately gave his fiancée a kiss after his name was called. She beamed as he made his way onstage to accept the top prize of the night and even more so when he thanked her from the stage.
“You’ve been my rock, you’re my best friend. I would not be standing on the stage if it weren’t for you,” he said.
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The NFL Honors is also one of the first times the couple has appeared on a red carpet together, and they looked fabulous, of course! Steinfeld kept it classic with a strapless figure-hugging black gown, black pumps, and her hair in soft waves.
And of course, she rocked her gorgeous engagement ring.
January 26, 2025: Once again the Bills lose their playoff game against the Chiefs, sparking a bunch of sad Allen edits on TikTok. However, fans on X.com don’t feel too bad for the Bills quarterback, reminding everyone that his life is pretty good right now.
“Gotta imagine this will be a tough couple minutes for Josh Allen until he remembers he’s marrying Hailee Steinfeld,” joked Barstool Sports, while another fan wrote, “At the end of the day, Josh Allen is going back to Hailee Steinfeld so who really won.”
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January 24, 2025: Steinfeld thanks “God (and Josh)” that her favorite photographer, Kat Temkin, was able to capture her engagement. “Over the past few years, Kat Temkin has photographed almost every big life moment,” Steinfeld wrote in her “Beau Society” newsletter, per Sports Illustrated. “Thank God (and Josh), that Kat was there on the day I got engaged. No one could have captured that moment like she did and I’ll cherish her photos forever.”
January 12, 2025: Steinfeld joins her fellow Bills WAGs at one of Allen’s playoff games in a Bills hat and sporty red jacket with Allen’s jersey number, 17. That same day, the brand Denim Designs by LV appeared to reveal another custom jacket that’s been sent to Steinfeld. “Name a better way to rep your fiancé🫶🏼💙,” the designer captioned a photo of the jacket, further hinting at the owner in the comments.
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Meanwhile, Delaware North congratulated the couple on their engagement, dubbing Steinfeld the “New Queen” of Buffalo on a billboard that went viral in January. Congrats on the title, Hailee!
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December 29, 2024: A fan takes a selfie video with Steinfeld at a Wegmans supermarket in Buffalo.
December 18, 2024: Allen credits Steinfeld as a “huge part” of his MVP-worthy football season. “The morale, the support. When I get home, she’s my biggest fan, my biggest supporter,” he told reporters, per People. “She’s just the best.”
December 2, 2024: In a post-game interview, Allen says “it felt good, it felt free,” to play football as a “soon-to-be-married man.”
November 22, 2024: Allen proposes to Steinfeld in front of a gorgeous pink floral arch.
You can probably guess what they’re saying.
October 31, 2024: Steinfeld shares her first grid photos of Allen on Halloween. The couple appeared to have thrown a circus-themed party with both dressed as the ring leaders.
October 30, 2024: Steinfeld attends the Arcane season two premiere without Allen.
September 30, 2024: Steinfeld and Allen’s mom, Lavonne, stock up on Buffalo Bills merch at Leveled Up Buffalo in East Aurora, New York.
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September 23, 2024: Steinfeld cheers on her partner at a Bills game, though she reportedly wasn’t filmed during the television broadcast.
August 2, 2024: Allen appears to blush when called “Mr. Hard Launch” during an appearance on the Up & Adams podcast, simply remarking, “We love love.”
Meanwhile, his teammate Dalton Kincaid called Steinfeld “awesome.” Regarding Allen, he added, “His number one rule: When you love somebody, tell them.”
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July 23, 2024: Allen hard-launches their relationship on Instagram, kicking off his post with a photo from a romantic trip to Paris.
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Though Allen wouldn’t appear on Steinfeld’s feed until October 2024, she shared her own photo in front of the Eiffel Tower in April with the caption, “We’ll always have Paris 💋.”
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January 28, 2024: Allen is spotted in California with Steinfeld after the Bills’ season-ending loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
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October 12, 2023: Steinfeld and Allen are spotted together at an NHL game.
July 2023: The pair are photographed making out in Cabo over July Fourth weekend.
May 29, 2023: A source tells People that the “cute couple” have been “hanging out for a few weeks,” adding, “It’s new, but they are having fun.”
May 27, 2023: They’re already wearing matching ’fits! Amid new-relationship rumors, the duo are spotted coordinating in all-black looks, though that’s pretty much the standard in NYC.
“Hailee and Josh enjoyed dinner at Sushi by Bou in New York City over Memorial Day weekend,” a source told Entertainment Tonight. “At one point in the night, Josh got behind the bar and served Hailee. They looked sweet together and seemed like they had a great time.”
May 25, 2023: The couple are photographed in New York City amid rumors that Allen had split from longtime girlfriend Brittany Williams. According to People, Allen and Williams had known each other since childhood and began dating in 2017, a year before he was drafted to the Bills.
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