Olivia Burgess was photographed walking hand‑in‑hand with 47‑year‑old Joshua Jackson in New York City on Sunday, June 7, 2026, a public outing that immediately sparked dating speculation.
Jackson was in the city to promote Happy Hours, the film that reunites him with Katie Holmes for their first project together in more than 25 years. The sighting came amid a string of promotional appearances for the movie and offered the clearest, dateable moment linking the actor and Burgess in public.
Burgess is a model and actress whose résumé ranges from runways for Agent Provocateur and Jean Paul Gaultier to print campaigns for The Gap and Bloomingdale's. She also performed as a background dancer for Beyoncé at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. Burgess has spoken about her origins — "I’m originally from Paris but I haven’t lived there since I was a toddler. But as my dad has always lived here I would come for a visit at least once or twice a year to spend time with him" — and credited dance with shaping her modeling: "I credit dance. With dance you’re always trying to make everything, even the most difficult steps, look effortless. To do this you have to be powerful and in control to mask the fact that, ‘No! Dancing is not easy!’"
The outing was first noted during Jackson’s promotion cycle and covered alongside visual documentation; one of the earliest writeups can be found on FilmoGaz: Joshua Jackson Seen Holding Hands With Model Olivia Burgess in NYC Outing — The photographs are the tangible element driving public interest: two people seen together on a city street.
But photographs do not equal confirmation. There was no public statement verifying a romantic relationship between Jackson and Burgess. Jackson’s recent relationship history has been public enough to invite scrutiny — he was linked to Lupita Nyong'o in October 2023, with that pairing reportedly ending in October 2024, and he was married to Jodie Turner‑Smith for five years before their divorce; he and Turner‑Smith share a 5‑year‑old daughter named Juno. With that background, any new public appearance with a partner candidate tends to be read as a relationship marker.
The tension here is straightforward: the images suggest a romantic connection, but on the available evidence the two have not confirmed anything beyond a shared walk. Burgess’s career profile — signed with Wilhelmina, runway and campaign work and a surprise VMA performance — explains why she would be photographed in public and why the pictures circulate quickly; it does not, on its own, establish a dating narrative.
Answering the obvious question: are Joshua Jackson and Olivia Burgess dating? Based on the record now, no confirmed relationship has been announced. The New York outing is the only clear public link to date; any definitive answer will require a statement from one of them or further corroborating appearances. For now, the sighting stands as a public moment — notable, photo‑backed, but not confirmation of a romance.
