On Nov. 10, 2022, People revealed its then-Sexiest Man Alive, Chris Evans, had been dating then-26-year-old actress Alba Baptista for at least a year. “It’s serious,” a source said, adding, “They are in love, and Chris has never been happier. His family and friends all adore her.”Stefania D'Alessandro//Getty ImagesOn Valentine’s Day 2023, Evans himself shared a very public look inside their private relationship. He posted a video of photos from time together to honor his girlfriend.View full post on XAnd in September 2023, the couple quietly got married, People reported. Two years later, in October 2025, TMZ reported that they had privately welcomed their first child.Here, everything to know about Baptista and their relationship timeline so far.Jump to:Alba Baptista is a 28-year-old Portuguese actress.She and Chris Evans were first rumored to be dating in 2021.Evans and Baptista had two weddings in 2023.Evans quickly knew Baptista was the “right girl” for him when they began dating.Evans was looking forward to having a family with Baptista someday in September 2023.The pair welcomed their first child, daughter Alma, in October 2025.Evans shared his biggest tribute to Baptista on Valentine’s Day 2023.Evans first spoke about Baptista in a September 2023 GQ interview.In August 2024, Evans gave rare details about the couple’s home life and desire to get another dog.They made their debut as a wedded couple at Scarlett Johansson’s holiday party.They stepped out in January 2024 for a date with Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse.They enjoyed a rare public date night at a pre-Oscars party in March 2024.They made their red carpet debut at the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.Friends made rare comments about their relationship in March 2025.Evans opened up about his proposal to Baptista in June 2025.Baptista opened up about her relationship with Evans during an April 2026 red carpet appearance.Alba Baptista is a 28-year-old Portuguese actress.Baptista is from Portugal and was born in Lisbon. She is best known for her role on Netflix’s Warrior Nun, her English-language debut.View full post on InstagramShe has also starred in several popular Portuguese films and TV shows, including A Impostora, Filha da Lei, A Criação, and Jogo Duplo. After Warrior Nun, she appeared in the 2022 dramatic comedy, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris.View full post on InstagramOutside of acting, she has a passion for charity work and in 2018, she worked at an orphanage in Cambodia focusing on education. She also speaks five languages, including Spanish, French, German, English, and her native Portuguese.She and Chris Evans were first rumored to be dating in 2021.Rumors of Evans and Baptista dating first started in 2021. News of them officially dating broke in November 2022, and they got married less than a year later in September 2023.Evans and Baptista had two weddings in 2023.People reported that Evans and Baptista got married at a private estate in Cape Cod over the weekend of Sept. 9 and 10, 2023. Evans’s Marvel co-stars were seen at the ceremony, including Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, in addition to actors John Krasinski and Emily Blunt. The couple’s reps did not immediately confirm the wedding news.That didn’t mean it was a secret. On Friday, October 13, Evans appeared at New York Comic Con 2023 at the Javits Center. In photos, his wedding band is very apparent.Craig Barritt//Getty ImagesIt was his first official appearance since their wedding, and he discussed their two ceremonies.“I got married,” Evans stated. “It was really, really great. We kinda had two ceremonies. We had one on the East Coast. We did one in Portugal. My wife’s Portuguese. Yeah, go Portugal!”He went on to say about the two events, “They were wonderful and beautiful. It’s a lot planning a wedding. For those you who are married, it takes a lot out of you...Now that we’re through that, we’ve just kinda been enjoying life, gearing up for autumn, my favorite season. It’s, like, the best time of year right now. Now we’re just relaxing and enjoying life and reflecting.”Evans quickly knew Baptista was the “right girl” for him when they began dating.A source spoke to People on Sept. 11, 2023 about how Evans knew quickly after meeting Baptista in Europe that she was the woman with whom he wanted to build a life.Evans “has been ready to settle down for a while. He can’t wait to have a family. He was just waiting for the right girl,” the source said. Baptista “is beautiful, smart and just a good person. She is involved in charity work and truly cares about doing good. She is a very positive and happy person. It’s rubbed off on him. It’s the best news that they are married.”“They got serious very quickly,” the source said of their relationship. “He kept saying he knew she was the one.”“[He] has been the happiest since they met,” the source added. “[She is] everything to him.”Evans was looking forward to having a family with Baptista someday in September 2023.A source told Entertainment Tonight on Sept. 13, 2023, “Chris has been in love with Alba for a while. They share a special connection and are so happy to be husband and wife. Chris is in a really great place in his life. He feels happy with his career and was ready to settle down. He’s thrilled about this new chapter and is so excited to have a family with Alba one day.”The pair welcomed their first child, daughter Alma, in October 2025.TMZ reported that they had their first baby on Oct. 24, 2025, in Massachusetts.Shortly after, a source confirmed to People that the couple had a daughter they named Alma Grace Baptista Evans.Evans shared his biggest tribute to Baptista on Valentine’s Day 2023.On Feb. 14, 2023, Evans shared multiple Instagram Stories featuring videos and photos of them together, giving a very public look into their private love story.InstagramInstagramView full post on XView full post on XEvans first spoke about Baptista in a September 2023 GQ interview.Evans has kept their relationship mostly private but did discuss Baptista briefly in his September 2023 GQ interview. He had been explaining why he was acting less.In 2022, he worked nonstop on three different movies, something he regrets. That’s when he brought Baptista up: “My girlfriend that I’ve had for a while, when we began dating, I was like: ‘Yeah, I do one movie a year. I try to never work now.’ And then, after like a few months of dating, boom, guess what? We’re living in Atlanta for a year. Get ready. And even when that year was happening, I was like, man, never again.”He also offered a little about her personality when discussing the reporter’s energy: “My girlfriend’s really big into people’s energies and first impressions,” he said. “I’m not so much, because I feel that I don’t always give off the same thing out of the gate. So I try to really reserve judgment. But you had a very, very nice energy when you first came in.”In August 2024, Evans gave rare details about the couple’s home life and desire to get another dog.In August 2024, Evans told People that the couple was “debating” getting another dog to join them and their pup Dodger.“The question becomes, do we do the puppy route, or do we adopt an older dog?” he explained. “Anytime you see one of those stories about some eight or nine-year-old dog that gets adopted who’s had a rough life, it just kills you. And so, to some degree, that’s kind of what we’ve been thinking.”He continued, “We both need a little bit of downtime for that. We’ve always said, ‘Well, maybe we’ll just go down to the shelter,’ and I’m like, ‘Listen, do you really think we’re going to walk down there and not leave with at least one dog?’ There’s no way. So if we make the decision to actually walk in the door, we’re walking out with one.”They made their debut as a wedded couple at Scarlett Johansson’s holiday party.Evans and Baptista were photographed making their first public appearance as a married couple at Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost’s Christmas party on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, at the Flatiron Room.Evans was wearing a large brown overcoat, a black shirt, and magenta pants, while Baptista had on a red dress and navy coat. She was also wearing a white scarf wrapped several times around her neck.The event was filled with celebrities, many of whom were Evans’s Marvel co-stars. The guest list included Lorne Michaels, Jon Hamm, Sarah Silverman, Alec Baldwin, his wife, Hilaria, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner, John Krasinski, and Emily Blunt.They stepped out in January 2024 for a date with Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse.On Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, Evans and Baptista enjoyed a date night in Los Angeles with friends Robert Pattinson, Suki Waterhouse, Adrien Brody, and Georgina Chapman. The group enjoyed dinner at Funke in Beverly Hills. Evans was seen sharing a kiss with his new wife before walking down the street with her hand in hand. The Captain America star wore a brown jacket over a blue sweater and a pair of tan pants. Baptista had on a red top under a houndstooth coat and a pair of black slacks.They enjoyed a rare public date night at a pre-Oscars party in March 2024.On Friday, March 8, 2024, Baptista and Evans were seen leaving Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood after attending talent agency CAA’s pre-Oscars party. The couple was holding hands as they headed out, with the actress wearing a white dress with an off-the-shoulder neckline and a tie front. She had her hair down and accessorized with a white choker and platform heels. Evans was wearing glasses and dressed in a white button-down shirt and gray pants with brown leather shoes.They made their red carpet debut at the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.The couple made a splash a few days later at the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, California. Evans was wearing a red suit, and Baptista had on a strapless gown with a black bust and a white floor-length skirt.Karwai TangFriends made rare comments about their relationship in March 2025.Borderline director Jimmy Warden, who is married to actress Samara Weaving, talked to Just Jared about going on a double date with Evans and Baptista. Warden seemed struck by how great of a couple they made together.“Sometimes you run into people, [and] you’re like, ‘Oh, this wasn’t matchmaking.’ You know what I mean? No one was pulling the string. It was just like, ‘Oh, these people are exactly right for each other,’” he shared, adding they are “such a sweet couple.”He continued, “He’s also the nicest person. And he’s the coolest obviously. He’s Captain America.”Of Baptista, Warden said she was “the sweetest person.”Evans opened up about his proposal to Baptista in June 2025.On June 7, 2025, Evans attended the premiere of his newest film, A24’s Materialists, in New York City. During a chat with The Knot, the actor shared details about his romantic proposal to Baptista. He stated that he wanted to ask Baptista to marry him in her native language, Portuguese, but almost spoiled the surprise.“Maybe I shouldn’t even be saying this. I proposed to my now-wife in Portuguese—she’s Portuguese,” Evans said. “So I learned how to say, ‘Will you marry me?’ in Portuguese. And I had practiced all week.”He continued, “I had practiced it so much that, while her and I, I’d be making breakfast, and you almost just start saying it out loud and you’re like, ‘Oh God.’ That’s not just a song that’s stuck in my head; it’s gonna let the cat out of the bag.”When the moment came, Evans was “really nervous.”“I actually think I screwed it up,” he admitted. “But I still know it!”Baptista opened up about her relationship with Evans during an April 2026 red carpet appearance.Baptista spoke about Evans during a red carpet interview at the premiere of her new film Mother Mary. “He’s absolutely the best support guide, I mean he has the best advice,” she told Entertainment Tonight. “He hasn’t seen the film. He’s very excited and so am I.”