Who is Hyunji Ward? All we know about Nicholas Braun’s girlfriend as he shares rare photo 

Actor Nicholas Braun has gone Instagram official about his relationship with girlfriend Hyunji Ward. On 26 March, the Succession actor posted a series of pictures dedicated to Ward to celebrate her birthday.

In his post, Braun wrote:

“HBD to my sweet sweet DARLING of a girlfriend!!! You are the absolute joy of my life. You make me my best self!! Like when you said that I could pull off this shirt full of forks. You were right. Love you dearly ❤️”

The couple was first spotted together in 2024 when they attended the Critics Choice Award. The pair were seen sharing a kiss as Braun went on stage after Succession won the Award for Best Drama Series. Later, the pair was once again spotted attending the Emmy Awards afterparty, as Ward looked beautiful in a red dress.

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More about Hyunji Ward, as Succession star makes relationship Instagram official

Hyunji Ward keeps a low profile, but according to her LinkedIn, she currently works as a Creative Executive for TeaTime Pictures, where she has been working since 2022. Ward studied at Wesleyan University, majoring in English Language and American Studies.

She later worked as a production intern at Point Studio before joining the Marketing and Communications department at Gerson Lehrman Group. She also worked at United Talent Agency from 2019 to 2022 before taking on her current role at TeaTime Pictures. Her LinkedIn profile also states that she speaks Korean.

It is not known exactly how or when Hyunji Ward met Braun, but in a 2021 interview with The New York Times, the Zola actor spoke about his search for love and confessed that he had never been in a long-term relationship.

“I haven't really been in a long-term relationship, ever. I do yearn for it and yet I'm incapable of it. I go toward it and then I hit a wall where I'm like, ‘I can't go farther into this.'I've got to exit.' I do believe it'll happen at the right time with the right person.Until then, it's fun to meet people and see what works.”

In another interview with The Cut, the Cat Person actor said:

“I don’t feel like I have power or leverage at all. I’m the one trying to get something, get a text back or get a call back or anything.”

Soon after the actor posted the picture with Hyunji Ward, social media reacted warmly to the news of their relationship. Nicholas Braun had previously risen to fame after being cast as Greg Hirsch, a cousin of the Roy family.