“I want to say, I love my beautiful girlfriend Clara Wong. Why you bother with me, I don’t know why,” he said. The 56-year-old actor won the award for best performance by an actor in a motion picture – musical or comedy for his work in The Holdovers.

It’s unclear how long the lovebirds have been dating, but they’ve definitely been working together since around 2016, when Wong first appeared in Billions season one.

Here’s what we know about Clara Wong.

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Clara Wong is an actress

The Illinois-born actress has starred in a string of films and TV shows over the years, including Billions (2016), Louie (2010) and The Eyes of My Mother (2016).

She also had minor roles in Pacific Rim with Idris Elba and Charlie Hunnam, Exposed with Keanu Reeves and Ana de Armas, Netflix’s The I-Land starring Kate Bosworth and Natalie Martinez, and HBO’s Vinyl alongside Bobby Cannavale.

Who did Clara Wong play in Billions?

Wong made several appearances in Billions where she played a dominatrix named Troy that Giamatti’s character secretly meets up with. Media has dubbed the scenes the two appear in “racy” and “kinky”.

And how did Giamatti feel about filming those scenes together? “It was great. I enjoyed it very much,” he said in an interview.

She is an animal enthusiast

According to her Instagram bio, Wong is an “animal enthusiast”. Her feed is dotted with pictures of cats and dogs, so it’s clear she has a passion for furry friends.

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She posts about Paul Giamatti on Instagram

It may seem like Wong and Giamatti are a new item, but the actress has actually been posting snippets of him on her Instagram for some time now, with one pic dating back to 2021. Although it’s unclear whether they were dating at the time, they’ve obviously shared a close companionship for years.

She has a sister

Wong has a sister who graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2017. The supportive sibling shared a celebratory post that year, though it seems like the younger Wong might’ve taken a different route from acting, as the pic caption says she majored in chemical engineering.

She’s very private

Besides her acting credits, not much is actually known about Giamatti’s girlfriend. Her age isn’t publicised online, although some sources report that she’s in her 30s, and there’s a lack of information about who she is outside of her work – and that’s probably by design. She does, however, occasionally share peeks into her life via her public social media account.

Who else has Paul Giamatti dated?

The Big Fat Liar actor has always kept a low profile when it comes to his personal life, and that extends to his relationships. He married producer and director Elizabeth Cohen in 1997, per IMDB, though it’s unclear what ever happened to their romance. News Australia reports that they broke up in the 2000s. They do have a child together called Samuel, who’s also believed to be very private about his life with little to no information about him online.