Rachel Zegler and Ex Josh Andres Rivera's Relationship Timeline

Rachel Zegler and Josh Andrés Rivera first connected on the set of Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, where they quickly sparked a real-life romance. The pair confirmed their relationship in February 2021, nearly one year before West Side Story was released in theaters. “I love Josh Andres Rivera,” the Snow White star captioned a series of smiling selfies of the duo via Twitter. The twosome continued to grow in love as Zegler’s film career rose. “Thank you for holding my hand in my dreams and in my reality. I love doing life with you. Thanks for making me laugh,” the Shazam! Fury of the Gods actress said of her boyfriend during her National Board of Review acceptance speech in March 2022, where she won the Best Actress. Zegler and Rivera shared the screen again in the 2023 Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Zegler starred as protagonist Lucy Gray Baird, while Rivera took on the role of Hunger Games mentor Sejanus Plinth. However, their romance quietly came to an end in late 2024, with a source exclusively confirming the news to Us months later. Scroll below for Zegler and Rivera’s complete relationship timeline:

The pair met on the set of West Side Story, which was Zegler’s feature film debut.

“I love Josh Andres Rivera,” Zegler wrote via Twitter, alongside several silly selfies of the new couple.

“‘Twas a weird year. Cried a lot. Laughed even more, though. Felt great big love I have never felt before. So, all in all? Pretty sick 🤍,” the “Let Me Try” songstress wrote via Instagram, noting she celebrated the holidays with her now-beau. “Spending Christmas Eve with a man I have never met before, maybe you know him, he seems pretty cool — like he could be the love child of Iron Man and John Wick, idk though.”

She added: “Manifesting even more great big love (and health) for 2022.”

The actors were all smiles on Valentine’s Day. “Committing valen-crimes,” Zegler captioned her Instagram upload.

Rivera joined his love at the Oscars, where she presented a trophy for Outstanding Visual Effects with Euphoria star Jacob Elordi.

The pair cuddled on the 64th annual Grammy Awards red carpet in Las Vegas.

“You are everything I love about this world wrapped into one incredible man,” she gushed via Instagram. “Happy birthday, Joshua. In this life, I like just doing laundry and taxes with you.”

Zegler and Rivera snapped a sweet selfie from behind-the-scenes on the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes set. “I am so glad we did this together,” the High Note actress wrote via Instagram, in which she called her boyfriend her “favorite actor.”

Rivera supported his better half at the Los Angeles premiere of her movie Shazam! Fury of the Gods.

Zegler celebrated the pair’s second anniversary in a sweet tribute to Instagram, alongside a carousel of snaps that included the two holding hands.

“2 years! happy anniversary, whammo. i love you more and more each day. (you are the most grounded part of me),” she captioned the post.

Rivera shared rare insight into his relationship with Zegler, opening up to Vulture about navigating the public nature of their romance. "I have a lot of respect for her because she stands up a lot for what she believes in," he said. "I don't trust the general public with my opinions because, I think, regardless of what a person says, it can be taken however anybody really wants it."

In a separate interview with Men's Health, Rivera gushed, "We understand each other, which is really nice. It's helpful to have somebody who understands your experience and is with you as a part of a community."

“Rachel just made her Broadway debut, which is really, really exciting,” Rivera exclusively told Us Weekly at the Newport Beach Film Festival Honors Brunch held at the Balboa Bay Club and Resort, just days before Zegler made her official Broadway debut in Romeo + Juliet. (The production began previews one month prior.)  

“I went to see the show a couple weeks ago and it's incredible. Everybody go see it. It's so good,” he added. “It's very exciting to have kind of parallel things that are just slightly different as well that we're both doing. It's neat. It’s exciting.”

After Zegler was photographed kissing dancer Nathan Louis-Fernand at a Sabrina Carpenter concert in London, a source confirmed exclusively to Us that she and Rivera had "quietly split" in late 2024. Zegler and Louis-Fernand worked together on the West End revival of Evita, in which she starred as Eva Perón while he served as a backup dancer.