in 2013 , foster , 51 , gave a stirring speech at the golden globes that many interpreted as her coming out . the oscar - winning actress we d photographer alexandra hedison over the weekend after dating for almost a year . both were at the opening of alan cumming 's macbeth in nyc back about a year ago , but they were n't photographed together . a rep for foster confirms the happy news . internet chatter about the two began in the summer when the two were photographed together at a technology seminar at fox studios in los angeles and out to dinner with friends a few days later . “ this is not going to be a big coming - out speech tonight because i already did my coming out about a thousand years ago back in the stone age – in those very quaint days when a fragile girl would open up to trusted friends and family and coworkers and then gradually proudly to everyone who knew her , ” she said during the awards , before thanking her ex - partner cydney bernard , the mother of her two sons . i can exclusively reveal that the oscar winner and her photographer girlfriend of almost a year got married this past weekend . online first reported the news of the couple ’s nuptials .