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Jennifer Lawrencejust took staying friends with an ex to a whole new level!

On Friday, before attending the New York Film Festival premiere ofThe Favourite— which stars herex Nicholas Hoult, 28 — the actress was spotted walking alongside hernew beau, Cooke Maroney.

The Academy Award winner, 28, sported a slicked-back hairdo and wore a floor-length black dress, which she paired with a simple clutch and heels. Meanwhile, Maroney, 34, opted for a classic black suit.

The Favouritealso stars her best friendEmma Stone, 29. In her own show of surprise, when Stonefirst noticed her pal was in the audience, theManiacstar pointed to her from a box and enthusiastically mouthed “Hey.”

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Jennifer Lawrence photographed leaving her apartment tonight with her boyfriend Cooke on their way to an event

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Lawrence has a long history of continuing to support her former flames. “I’mfriends with all my exes, actually,” she said during an interview onWTF with Marc Maronearlier this year, shortly after sheintroduced her ex Darren Aronofsky, 49, at an N.Y.C. gala.

“For the most part, yeah, I have a theory: I think it’s because I’m blunt. I don’t think that you can have any sort of bad relationship with anybody if you’re just blunt,” she added.

“Everybody always knows how you feel at all times and there’s no lying, it’s just honesty. Everybody’s a good guy to each other. All my boyfriends have been wonderful,” she explained, before specifically adding that “Nick [Hoult] was a great boyfriend.”

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A sourceconfirmed to PEOPLEin June themother!actress isdating Maroney, a New York City art gallery director. The pair frequentlypack on the PDAduring public outings, and in late June, they were even photographed enjoying aromantic candlelit dinnerin N.Y.C.

A source told PEOPLE at the time the two “looked very comfortable.”

“She is smiling like I have never seen her dowith any of her previous boyfriends,” the source said, adding that Lawrence and Maroney have “great chemistry” and were “holding hands and laughing” while spending time together.

source: people.com