It’s been a slam dunk season for Caitlin O’Connor, personally and professionally.
Indeed, the actress—who portrayed Dyan Cannon on HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty—kept her schedule booked and busy this past year, working and traveling with her boyfriend, Joe Manganiello.
“It’s a new era for me,” Caitlin told E! News. “It feels good.”
In fact, it was just days ago that the TV host celebrated her first anniversary with the True Blood alum. For the milestone, the couple was in Atlanta for Netflix’s Geeked Week, where it was announced that Joe will be playing Crocodile (aka Mr. 0) in One Piece.
“He’s super excited,” Caitlin shared, adding that they had a private anniversary celebration amid the casting news. Though, as she noted, “We’re always celebrating. We’re always having fun.”
As for how their relationship first started? Although the two both grew up in Pennsylvania, it was a chance encounter on the West Coast that brought them together.
“We are both from Pittsburgh,” Catilin said. “I’m from Uniontown, which is about an hour and a half south of Pittsburgh, but we met in Los Angeles. I was at a party for Winning Time, and he was there.”
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