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Affleck steps out with new woman
By Hayley Kaufman
Globe Staff

Ben Affleck seems to have a new woman in his life.

The Oscar-winner was seen stepping out with Lindsay Shookus, a producer at “Saturday Night Live,’’ according to E! News.

The “Batman’’ actor-producer and Shookus were reportedly spied seeing the Sam Mendes-directed play “Ferryman’’ together in London recently.

Shookus has been on the “SNL’’ producing staff since 2008, according to her IMDB page. She was also behind the 2015 “Adele Live in New York City’’ TV special and worked as an associate producer on dozens of episodes of the Tina Fey comedy “30 Rock.’’

Affleck, 44, and actress Jennifer Garner split in 2015 after 10 years of marriage and three children together, and officially filed for divorce in April. Moving trucks were seen in front of the couple’s Los Angeles home in May.

Though they’d separated, they reportedly continued to share their Pacific Palisades property, with Garner, 45, living in the main house and Affleck staying in the guest house. They’d purchased the three-plus acre property in 2009 for more than $17.5 million, according to Variety.

The two continued to be photographed together frequently around LA, grabbing coffee, going to church, and relaxing with their kids, Violet, Seraphina, and Samuel. Affleck and Garner at times seemed so chummy that rumors of a reunion popped up on gossip sites from time to time.

Shookus, a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, married Kevin Miller in 2010, according to their wedding announcement in The New York Times. At the time, Miller was also a producer for “SNL.’’ He now works as a supervising producer on “Late Night With Seth Meyers,’’ per his LinkedIn page.

Hayley Kaufman can be reached at hkaufman@globe.com.