REVEALED: Matt Smith's new love interest is a Brazilian model and trainee doctor who is 16 years younger than the former Time Lord
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Time stood still for former Doctor Who Matt Smith as he passionately kissed a mystery brunette on a Rio de Janeiro sidewalk last week. The British actor appeared to confirm he was in a new relationship while out in public with an attractive lady-friend during a New Year break in the South American coastal city.
![[It is not known how Matt - at 42 some 16-years her senior - met Jessica, whose Instagram platform has attracted more than 4,000 followers]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/11/94006551-14275637-image-m-45_1736680050625.jpg)
She has since been names as Jessica Felix, a Brazilian model and trainee doctor who celebrated her 26th birthday in December. It is not known how Matt - at 42 some 16-years her senior - met Jessica, whose Instagram platform has attracted more than 4,000 followers.
![[Matt was thought to be single after ending his most high profile romance with actress Lily James in 2020 (pictured in 2018)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/11/93988717-14275637-Lily_and_Matt_split_for_good_in_October_2020_with_sources_claimi-a-46_1736680130417.jpg)
Matt was thought to be single after ending his most high profile romance with actress Lily James in 2020. The couple first met in 2014 on the set of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies in which Matt played Mr. Collins and James Elizabeth Bennet. Matt Smith's new love interest is Jessica Felix, a Brazilian model and trainee doctor who celebrated her 26th birthday in December.
It is not known how Matt - at 42 some 16-years her senior - met Jessica, whose Instagram platform has attracted more than 4,000 followers. It was previously reported by The Mail On Sunday that Matt was dating businesswoman Caroline Brady in 2021 but they have not been pictured together since 2022.
Lily and Matt were notoriously private about their relationship before going official at the Milan premiere of Lily's film Cinderella in 2015. She later quashed rumours of a proposal, telling The Sun on Sunday: 'We're not engaged yet. But it's going very well.'.
