Still going strong: Cate Blanchett steps out with husband Andrew Upton after he was pictured getting close with 27-year-old actress Harriet Dyer
He's the Australian playwright and director seen being affectionate with actress and long time friend Harriet Dyer, 27, during an outing with friends in October this year.
Now 50-year-old Andrew Upton has been spotted in a rare appearance with his Academy Award-winning wife, Cate Blanchett.
The married couple stepped out of their hotel together on a grey Wednesday afternoon in New York City.
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Step by step: In a rare appearance together, Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton walked out of their hotel on Wednesday afternoon in New York City wearing suitably matching winter ensembles
With her husband in tow, the makeup free actress wore multiple layers of clothing to keep warm in the frigid weather.
The mother of four - Dashiell, 14, Roman, 12, Ignatius, eight, and 20-month old Edith - looked trendy with her hair in a bun while wearing sunglasses, a dark button-up vest, a grey blazer, a grey wool trench coat, white slacks and chunky loafers.
Her husband walked behind her wearing a grey wool pub cap, a burgundy vest, dark jeans and leather shoes while carrying a silver case.
Chilly: The Oscar winner looked trendy with her hair in a bun while wearing sunglasses, a dark button-up vest, a grey blazer, a grey wool trench coat, white slacks and chunky loafers
The Hollywood A-lister is filming Ocean's 8 in New York with an all-star cast including Helena Bonham Carter, Dakota Fanning, Anne Hathaway, Rihanna and Sandra Bullock.
The high-profile couple, who will celebrate their 19th wedding anniversary this month, are rarely seen together in public.
They split their time between their Los Angeles mansion, a countryside manner in East Sussex, England and a Sydney apartment in the historic Astor building.
Happy times: A gushing Cate holds her husband's beaming face as the married couple attended the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles in 2014
Andrew recently spent a night out in Sydney with a group of friends including actress, Love Child's Harriet Dyer.
The smiling pair were seen with their arms around each other inside a bar and then holding hands before leaving the pub together to hail a taxi.
Following the outing, Andrew explained their relationship as strictly platonic: 'We've been friends for years. She's a good friend.'
Getting close: In a range of photos captured by photographers in October, Harriet and Andrew were seen holding hands before leaving a Sydney bar together to hail a taxi
Holding hands: Following the recent outing, he explained their relationship as strictly platonic and she called him a 'notorious party boy'
According to New Idea, Harriet told a group of fellow Australian actors: 'He's [Andrew] a notorious party boy, everyone knows that.'
She revealed she had reached out to Cate upon the release of the images to explain it was all 's***'.
'I sent through an email to Cate and said: "This is all s***",' she said. 'She wrote back, "We're cool, babe".'
'We're cool, babe': The Hollywood A-lister wrote back to Harriet to let her know she wasn't flustered at reports her husband had been seen out with the 27-year-old actress
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