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Kim Cattrall looked as smitten as ever as she enjoyed a rare public outing with her boyfriend Russell Thomas at Jimmy Choo's 'Meet Me At The Bar' dinner in London on Monday night.
The actress, 68, exuded elegance in shimmering black dress that clung to her enviable curves and featured ruched detailing to cinch her in at her svelte waist.
Adding pointed khaki suede boots and a pair of large hoop earrings, she flashed a radiant smile as she cosied up to her long-standing partner, 54.
Russell wrapped a loving arm around his glamorous girlfriend, while cutting a dapper figure in a green velvet suit and a sky blue button-up shirt.
The couple first met in 2016, when Kim recorded an essay about insomnia for Radio 4's Woman's Hour at the BBC, where Russell was working at the time.
The pair connected immediately and kept in touch before he flew out to visit the Golden Globe winner at her home in Canada.
Kim previously recalled how the Covid pandemic then 'locked them together' in a 'true test' of their relationship' but that they have been inseparable since, moving between New York, Canada and London.
Recently offering some rare comments about their relationship to The Times in June, she gushed: 'He’s had an incredibly interesting life and really done it on his terms. He’s a bit of a rebel, which I love.
'We’ve been together almost ten years now. And we’ve had a blast. We’ve just had so much fun.'
The Emmy-nominated star has been married three times previously, first to Larry Davis in 1977, but their marriage was annulled two years later.
She then tied the knot with Andre J. Lyson in 1982, before subsequently divorcing in 1989, with her third and final husband being Mark Levinson from 1998 until 2004.
Her outing with Russell comes just a few weeks after Kim celebrated her 69th birthday, and threatened to escalate her long-running feud with former Sex And The City co-star Sarah Jessica Parker in the process.
The Police Academy star used Instagram to mark the occasion with a selfie featuring her holding a flute of champagne, telling her followers: 'Thank you for all your Birthday wishes! ❤️'
However, one fan took to the comments to heap praise on her iconic Sex And The City character Samantha Jones, while making a dig at the failure of spin-off And Just Like That.
They wrote: 'And Just Like That…we all know [it] was Sam who carried the entire franchise. You, embodied everything that is the essence of a strong, powerful, and vulnerable woman. we love and respect you.'
And appearing to show her support for the fan's opinion, Kim couldn't resist giving the comment a 'like'.
The timing was particularly striking, as And Just Like That had aired its final ever episode just one week earlier, to savage reviews.
There has long been buzz about a clash between her and her costars, particularly with Sarah, who played Carrie Bradshaw.
Kim had previously hit out at Sarah and said 'we're not friends' after her former co-star posted an Instagram condolence message following the death of Kim's brother.
While Sex And The City enthusiasts had long expressed their disappointment in the HBO Max spinoff series, slamming it as 'woke,' 'awful' and 'cringeworthy.'
Fans had bashed the show and its writers, with some even alleging And Just Like That had 'ruined' the once-beloved characters from the original Sex and the City, with critics calling it 'the worst show on television.'
Kim famously eschewed reprising her role as PR mogul Samantha for the show, unlike the rest of the original Sex And The City quartet, save for a fleeting cameo in season two, for which she was reportedly paid $1 million.
It was explained in the series premiere that Samantha had moved to London after falling out with Carrie, with her return coming in the form of a brief phone call to Carrie - which she filmed without interacting with any cast member.
And Just Like That saw Miranda Hobbs cheat on husband Steve with nonbinary comic Che Diaz, while Carrie bizarrely claimed 'love of her life' Mr Big was a 'mistake' and agreed to take a five-year break from her on-again romance with Aidan Shaw.
The show's viewership had tumbled by the airing of its third season, which finally came to an end last month.