All About Hailee Steinfeld and Josh Allen’s Relationship

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Romance rumors between actress Hailee Steinfeld and Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen first started in spring 2023. They were first spotted on Thursday, May 25, then again that Saturday.

They also had dinner at Sushi by Bou, with photos of them at the restaurant posted on Facebook by the sushi spot’s founder, Michael Sinensky.

In the months following, their relationship blossomed in private. In July 2024, Allen finally confirmed their relationship, going Instagram official with Steinfeld. He proposed to her in November 2024.

The football star once played for University of Wyoming, and was selected seventh overall by the Buffalo Bills in the 2018 NFL Draft after his stellar performance as an MVP. The 27-year-old took a couple years to warm up to NFL life, then lived up to his reputation with an incredible 202o season, leading the team to their first division title and playoff victory since 1995.

Allen’s personal life has been a big part of his story, as he had been dating longtime girlfriend Brittany Williams for eight years.

They first met as children, and even went to the Sadie Hawkins dance together in high school, but didn’t start dating until college. However, they split in early 2023. Fans of the player noted in May that he’d stopped following Williams on social media, though he still has some snapshots of his former girlfriend up on the timeline. Williams has unfollowed and deleted all of her photos with Allen.

Steinfeld and Allen were first linked in May 2023, and People exclusively reported that they’d been “hanging out for a few week,” according to an insider.

“It’s new, but they are having fun,” the source added.

Then over Independence Day weekend in 2023, the pair was seen in Los Cabos. They were photographed kissing in the water. Steinfeld was wearing a bucket hat and sunglasses, and had her arms wrapped around Allen’s neck.

Steinfeld was photographed shopping with Allen’s mom Lavonne on Sept. 30, 2023. The women bought Bills merchandise to support Allen at Leveled Up Buffalo in East Aurora, New York. The shop shared a photo of Lavonne and Steinfeld posing with owner Lindsey Vega on its Instagram.

Allen shared the first photos of him and Steinfeld to his Instagram on July 23. “Onward 🤘🏼,” he wrote. Steinfeld appears in photos throughout his carousel.

Steinfeld shared the same shot from Paris too although back in April. She appears solo in photos Allen likely took. “We’ll always have Paris 💋” she captioned her own shot.

Though he posted photos with Steinfeld, Allen wasn’t exactly ready to open up about his relationship in early August. Reporter Kay Adams interviewed the Buffalo Bills quarterback on her Up & Adams show on August 2. Adams joked about the Instagram post, saying, “If it isn’t Mr. Hard Launch.”

Allen only answered, “We love love.”

His teammate Dalton Kincaid was a bit more forthcoming, saying, “I think everybody’s kind of known about it. Hailee’s awesome.”

Kincaid added of his friend, “His number one rule: When you love somebody, tell them.”

The couple made a low-key appearance together at the annual Shakir Family Pet Adoption event in Buffalo, New York. Allen’s Buffalo Bills teammate Khalil Shakir and wife Sayler Shakir hosted it.

Allen was the center of attention in footage that came out of him holding puppies. Steinfeld was alongside him, wearing a blue baseball hat and white sweater.

On November 1, Steinfeld shared a carousel of photos on Instagram from her Halloween night with Allen. They dressed as circus performers with long red coats and black top hats. In one picture, Allen and Steinfeld share a kiss.

In a post on instagram, Steinfeld shared pictures from her engagement to Allen, writing the date in the caption: “11•22•24.”

The picture was taken on a cliff next to a beautiful ocean vista. The actress leans down to give him a kiss where he is kneeling with the ring.

She shared details on the engagement in the December issue of her Beau Society newsletter, introducing readers to her “FIANCÉ, Mr. Josh Allen officially!”

Steinfeld then did a “mini fiancé Q&A” with Allen, first asking him what was “the funniest/craziest thing that happened on the day [they] got engaged.”

He replied, “The funniest thing was that we woke up and were getting ready for brunch and you jumped on the bed and said, ‘Can we get married already?!? What are you waiting for??!’ I replied, ‘Just give me a little more time.’ Little did you know I was about to propose to you…”

Steinfeld asked Allen if he was “nervous” about the upcoming engagement because he seemed “so chill” throughout the day.

“I was very nervous,” he admitted. “I think I was most nervous about you finding out about the proposal. It was hard to keep secrets from you and have other people in your life keep secrets from you. Then multiple times throughout the day, a song would come on, and I would tear up thinking about how special our day was going to be.”

Steinfeld asked Allen if he “remember[ed] what [he] said when [he was] down on one knee.”

He did, sharing, “I said I couldn’t wait any longer. I said I can’t wait to start a family with you. I said your full name, and I asked you very nicely. I said please…You were extremely surprised, you said yes, and that was all that mattered to me. And the sun was out.”

She then asked him how it feels to be engaged. Allen answered, “It feels unbelievable to be engaged to someone who is so special and loving and caring and gorgeous and fun and happy…I can keep going if you want me to keep going.”

Steinfeld promised to “go deeper with the details” in future.

In an interview with the Associated Press on Wednesday, December 18, Allen credited Steinfeld for his success, making him one of the frontrunners for the NFL MVP this season.

“She’s been a huge part,” the Buffalo Bills quarterback stated. “The morale, the support. When I get home, she’s my biggest fan, my biggest supporter.”

Allen’s teammate, left tackle Dion Dawkins, agreed that Allen’s relationship stability made a huge difference in his play.

“When you’re in this world that we’re in, and a lot of people pulling at you and a lot of sources of ups and downs of a roller-coaster, and you have that one stable person that you can rely on and go home and hug and get a laugh no matter what, I think that’s dope,” Dawkins said to the AP. “And that’s what I think is going on.”

On February 6, Allen ended up winning the Most Valuable Player award at the 2025 NFL Honors in New Orleans. He kissed his partner and thanked her in his acceptance speech. He said, via Us Weekly, that he’d like to thank “last but not least, my fiancée, Hailee. You’ve been my rock. You are my best friend [and] I would not be standing on this stage if it weren’t for you.”

The couple made their red carpet debut there, with Steinfeld showing off her engagement ring:

In March, Steinfeld stopped to talk to People at an event for Nexxus’s “Get Hy” campaign, where she shared that it has been “such a special time for so many reasons.”

“I couldn’t be more excited,” she said of their upcoming engagement. “I’m so happy—we’re so happy—and we’re just soaking in every moment.”

On Thursday, April 3, Allen and Steinfeld attended the after-party for the premiere of her new movie Sinners in New York City. Steinfeld wore a stunning red gown with a plunging neckline and a pair of heels. Allen wore an all-black look with a blazer and matching slacks over a black T-shirt. Steinfeld plays Mary in the movie, which is set in a small town in the 1930s that was taken over by vampires. The couple did not walk the red carpet, but were seen in photos shared by the Daily Mail.

In an interview with E! Online, Steinfeld shared how much it meant to her to share the evening with Allen.

“It means everything,” she said. “I’m so proud of him and everything that he does, every single day, let alone during the season. I’m just so grateful to be able to share this with him as well.”