Watts with her partner Liev SchreiberWatts previously dated director Daniel Kirby, playwright Jeff Smeenge, director Stephen Hopkins and actor Heath Ledger for a couple years, her co-star in the film Ned Kelly. Since spring 2005, Watts has dated actor Liev Schreiber. They co-starred in The Painted Veil. The couple’s son, Alexander Pete, was born on July 26, 2007 in Los Angeles.