Caleb Landry Jones, born in Garland, Texas in 1989, has steadily built a reputation in Hollywood as the actor you turn to when you need someone to give you chills. Whether he’s unnerving audiences as the menacing Jeremy in “Get Out,” or adding a wild edge to “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” and “The Dead Don’t Die,” Jones excels at disappearing into roles that are anything but comfortable. Off-screen, though, he’s managed to be something of an enigma – carving out a path focused more on creative exploration than Hollywood fame.
With his shock of red hair and haunted, angular features, Jones is instantly recognizable, but unlike many of his peers, he seems uninterested in playing the public persona game. Instead, he divides his time between acting and making music – a pursuit that resulted in his experimental rock debut “The Mother Stone” in 2020, further proving that his creativity refuses to be boxed in.
The Private Life of an Unconventional Actor
If Jones’ film choices seem unpredictable, his approach to his private life is almost impenetrable. He’s notoriously tight-lipped about romance, rarely seen in tabloid photos and even more rarely discussing relationships in interviews.
Since around 2019, Jones has reportedly been linked to Russian artist Katya Zvereva, though anyone looking for couple selfies will be disappointed. The two have made only a handful of public appearances together, typically at film festivals where Jones is promoting his latest work. Zvereva herself is devoted to creativity – she’s an acclaimed visual artist – and it’s easy to imagine the pair finding common ground in art’s more unconventional corners.
Before Zvereva, rumors swirled about brief connections with actresses Emma Roberts and Riley Keough during collaborations on set. Yet neither Jones nor the actresses ever acknowledged anything beyond professional relationships, and – true to form – Jones offered no clarification. At a press event for “The Florida Project” in 2017, he let slip a vague mention of having a girlfriend at the time and immediately changed the subject. For him, keeping his private world private doesn’t seem like a strategy so much as a deeply ingrained preference.
Art Imitating Life
Critics have often remarked that Jones brings a particular intensity to roles that blur the line between outsider and antagonist. It’s as if his characters’ unease mirrors his own uneasiness with Hollywood’s social machinery. In one of his scarce unguarded moments – a 2018 conversation with GQ – Jones offered a rare window into his outlook on love: “Love isn’t something you can plan for, it just happens when it happens.” Brief, offhand, and tellingly noncommittal.
There’s a sense that Jones’ recurring themes of alienation and otherness aren’t just acts for the camera. He often seems far more at ease in the skin of society’s misfits than as a fixture on the red carpet. Whether or not this is an intentional choice – or simply who he is – is anyone’s guess, but the connection between his artistry and his personal boundaries is hard to miss.
Past Relationships
Katya Zvereva
Where so many of his peers trade privacy for visibility, Jones is content with the opposite. His mystique sets him apart, fueling an unsettling aura that lingers on and off the screen. For fans hoping for more insight into his love life, it’s likely that any answers will remain as elusive as the man himself. In a world obsessed with over-sharing, Caleb Landry Jones reminds us that mystery can be its own kind of charisma – and maybe even an essential ingredient in a career built on playing characters who never quite belong.