Remember Finneas O’Connell casually showed up to the 2020 Grammy Awards with his then-girlfriend Claudia Sulewski by his side and quite literally broke the internet? Welp, it seems Billie Eilish’s big brother finally popped the question, as Finneas and Claudia are officially engaged after seven (!!) years of dating. And I mean it when I say I’m feeling ~happier than ever~ for these two.
So, who is Claudia and what is her whole entire deal? Let’s get into it! For starters…
She’s a super-successful YouTuber
Claudia currently boasts nearly 2.5 million subscribers on her channel, and I, for one, am beyond proud to have been one of her earliest, nbd. She began the account when she was only 13 years old and has since grown a massive following and continues to posts videos ranging from hauls to personal life updates.
“With YouTube and social media and when you’re looking at Instagram and photos are glammed up, that can feel very much like a persona,” Claudia told Nylon back in March 2022. “With my YouTube videos, I try to keep them as stripped back as possible, because I think what people gravitate toward is honesty and humility and vulnerability. I’m grateful to have always taken that approach.”
She and Finneas adopted a dog together
In December 2019, the duo rescued a pit bull named Peaches and shared the v exciting news on Instagram.
Captioned, “MEET OUR PITTY PEACH 🐾 we adopted her from a wonderful nonprofit @angelcitypits and I vlogged the first 24 hours with her,” the post was the first of many glimpses into the couple’s life with their new pet, who still frequently appears on their social media and in Claudia’s YouTube vids.
Peaches later got a pal in November 2023 named Mousse, and the two have their own Instagram account, @peachesnmousse, which legit everyone should go ahead and follow for content like this:
She’s also an actor
In fact, Claudia starred in I Love My Dad alongside Patton Oswalt back in 2022—a big change from social media.
Of the project, she dished to Elle, “One of the most exciting parts about the process of I Love My Dad was James [Morosini, the film’s director] and I would talk about shots all the time. There are certain shots in the film where I’ve hinted or maybe thought, What if my foot just appeared in the shot? I should be walking on the counter. It was so fun to feel heard and seen with those smaller ideas.…Bless James’s heart for entertaining all of it.”
Elsewhere in the chat, Claudia confesses that she’s “never been prouder of anything else in my life.…I feel just so giddy. It’s very surreal.”
Honestly? Something tells me this is far from the last time we’ll see her on the big screen, but until then, other places ya might recognize her from? Apple TV+’s Shrinking and the forthcoming rom-com For Worse, which made its debut at the South by Southwest Film & TV Festival back in March.
Claudia and Finneas actually met on Raya
And since they began dating in 2018, their feeds have been nothing short of cuteness overload.
Last September, Finneas even shared a sweet tribute to his girlfriend to commemorate their six years together.
She’s been the inspo behind *tons* of Finneas’s music
Maybe you’ve heard ’em? I mean, one is quite literally called “Claudia,” lol. Back in 2020, the singer opened up to Us Weekly about just how influential his ’ship with his girlfriend is, saying, “Claudia has been a huge influence on my music in terms of just, like, how important she is to my life. I think I’ve always tended to write about my true real-life experiences and she’s definitely at the core of all of that. So there’s a lot of songs about Claudia.”
Plus, in 2022, Finneas also wrote and produced “Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa,” which Claudia not only inspired but starred in and directed when it came to the accompanying music video.
“It’s a gushy video for sure!” Claudia told Vogue about the project. “We’re pretty deep in it at this point—we’ve been dating for almost four years, so I think the cat’s out of the bag,” Finneas added.
And let’s not forget his “For Cryin’ Out Loud!” video, which she also stars in.
Brb, manifesting this romance for myself!









