Alison Oliver has no real interest in discussing her relationship standing — and that features these rumors linking her to Josh O’Connor.
“I simply attempt to not have interaction with that and deal with being an actor,” Oliver, 28, informed Elle UK in a profile revealed Friday, January 14, declining to talk additional about her rumored romance with O’Connor, 35.
Oliver, nonetheless, did forecast that her 2026 could be filled with particular moments along with her interior circle.
“I simply wish to be certain that I’m nurturing relationships with the entire individuals I like, being form, listening to individuals and simply rising and staying curious,” she informed the outlet. “Life is difficult and busy, however I believe these are the issues that matter essentially the most.”
Oliver and O’Connor first sparked relationship hypothesis in 2024, after The Crown actor reportedly joined Oliver at her sister’s wedding ceremony in London. The next 12 months, the pair posed collectively on the 2025 Cannes Worldwide Movie Competition premiere of The Mastermind.
Months after Oliver and O’Connor’s supposed purple carpet debut, the actress performed coy about the place they stood.
“I’m not going to reply questions on that, if that’s OK,” Oliver informed The Occasions of London in a September 2025 interview. “I’m simply setting a bit rule for myself, however thanks. Your private life is your private life. I’m simply selecting to not speak about that.”
In line with Oliver, it’s significantly troublesome studying to navigate an onslaught of consideration about her personal life within the midst of her success.
“Primarily, along with your job as an actor, you’re actually not specializing in your self, you’re specializing in this different character,” Oliver defined on the time. “It’s all the time an odd flip when all of a sudden you’re feeling this highlight on you and who you’re. I bear in mind to start with feeling actually like, ‘Oh f***, I don’t really know [who I am], so I don’t know who to be in these environments.’”
Whereas talking with Elle, Oliver reiterated that she has little curiosity within the fame facet of her Hollywood profession.
“That half is simply not essential,” Oliver confused to the journal. “I typically don’t know why I’ve [social media] as a result of my job is to make others imagine I’m another person.”
Oliver will subsequent star as Isabella Linton in Emerald Fennell’s anticipated reimagining of Wuthering Heights.
“She’s a really repressed character who’s determined for love,” Oliver teased of the upcoming movie. “Emerald’s interpretation of Isabella’s story is the reverse of Cathy’s; there’s an uncorseting of her. Like she turns into undone. There’s one thing so highly effective about being underestimated.”
Fennell, 40, is greatest identified for guiding Promising Younger Girl and Saltburn, just lately turning her consideration to adapting Emily Brontë’s bestselling novel.
“It’s how Emerald skilled the e book when she learn it as a teen, so it’s not what’s on the web page,” Oliver added of the brand new model of Wuthering Heights. “I don’t suppose that’s what it’s making an attempt to be. You’ll by no means be bored by an Emerald Fennell movie. I believe it’ll make noise, however you by no means understand how issues are going to be taken. I’ve learnt that it’s probably not my enterprise to fret about that.”
Wuthering Heights, additionally starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, hits theaters February 13.
