All About Hyunji Ward, Nicholas Braun’s Girlfriend
On March 26, 2025, Nicholas Braun and his girlfriend, Hyunji Ward, made their romance Instagram official. Braun posted a birthday tribute to his partner, writing, “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 ❤️.”
While the pair has kept their relationship mostly out of the spotlight, they’ve made a few appearances together over the past year.
Here, everything to know about Ward and her connection to the Succession star.
She works as a creative executive at TeaTime Pictures.Ward is currently a creative executive at TeaTime Pictures, the production company founded by Dakota Johnson and Ro Donnelly. According to Deadline, she was promoted to her current role as part of a larger expansion at the company in 2023. TeaTime is behind projects like Slip on Roku, which earned two Independent Spirit Award nominations.
Braun celebrated Ward with a heartfelt birthday post.The couple became Instagram official on March 26, when Braun shared some moments from their relationship, including some candid shots of Ward and photos of them enjoying meals and traveling together. He credited Ward for encouraging him to wear a shirt printed with forks, joking, “You were right.”
Although they’ve largely stayed out of the public eye, the couple was seen together at the HBO & Max Post Emmys party in January 2024, according to People. That same month, Braun was photographed kissing Ward at their table after Succession won Best Drama Series at the Critics Choice Awards.
In February 2024, they were photographed side by side at Netflix’s SAG Awards party in Los Angeles.
About a year before in March 2023, Ward and Braun went to a basketball game in Toronto. Braun was snapped with his arms around Ward.
Braun also follows Ward’s Instagram account, which is private.
Before joining TeaTime, Ward spent three years at United Talent Agency, working in the Motion Picture Department, per her LinkedIn profile. Braun is also a client of the agency.
Ward studied English and American studies at Wesleyan University.Ward graduated from Wesleyan University in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature, as well as American Studies, according to her LinkedIn. The Connecticut liberal arts school has a strong reputation in the film and television world, with notable alumni including The White Lotus’s Mike White and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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