All About Josh Hutcherson’s Longtime Girlfriend, Claudia Traisac

THE RUNDOWN

• Josh Hutcherson and his girlfriend, Claudia Traisac, have maintained a private, decade-long relationship since meeting on the set of Escobar: Paradise Lost in 2013.
• Traisac, a Spanish actress, has built a successful career in film, television, and theater.
• She continues to work in Spain and has previously spoken out about the need for greater gender equality in the country’s entertainment industry.

Josh Hutcherson and Claudia Traisac have quietly built an enduring relationship while balancing their acting careers. The Hunger Games star and the Spanish actress first met on the set of Escobar: Paradise Lost over a decade ago—and though they’ve kept their love largely out of the spotlight, their connection has stood the test of time. They’ve made only a few public appearances together, stepping out to promote their movie at red carpet events in L.A., Rome, and Switzerland in 2015.

Below, read everything to know about Traisac, from her early career in Madrid to her long-distance love story with Hutcherson.

Traisac is from Leganés, a city near Madrid, Spain. She began acting as a child, making her film debut in El Séptimo Día in 2004 and later becoming a familiar face on Spanish television, appearing in series like Cuéntame Cómo Pasó and La Sonata del Silencio, per her IMDb page.

In addition to her on-screen work, Traisac has experience with stage productions. She’s starred in Madrid’s popular musical Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar and in La Llamada, which was later adapted into a feature film by Spanish filmmakers Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi.

In 2013, Us Weekly confirmed that Traisac and Hutcherson were dating after meeting on the set of the biographical drama Escobar: Paradise Lost. They played love interests—Traisac starred as Maria, the niece of Pablo Escobar, opposite Hutcherson’s character, Nick—and their on-screen chemistry quickly translated offscreen.

By 2015, they confirmed their relationship and spoke about maintaining their connection long-distance, as Hutcherson remained in the U.S. and Traisac continued to live in Spain.

“It’s pretty good. Distance is hard, but we make it work,” Hutcherson told E! News at the time. Traisac added, “I’m really happy. It’s really great.”

While Hutcherson and Traisac have occasionally been spotted together, sharing a kiss in L.A. or attending red carpet events during the Escobar press tour, the pair tends to keep their romance under wraps. They don’t post about each other on social media, and neither discusses their personal life in-depth in interviews.

In 2015, Hutcherson opened up a bit about the challenges of long-distance love. “There’s a lot of traveling, a lot of Skype,” he told Dujour magazine, per Yahoo Entertainment. “I feel like I’m with you because I’m seeing you and we’re talking, but also you’re a fucking screen. It’s very frustrating.”

In an August 2025 interview with People, Hutcherson revealed that he changed his rescue dog’s name from “Smudge” to “Manchi” after Traisac, a native Spanish speaker, said that the original name was difficult to pronounce. “It just kind of stuck,” said the actor who partnered with Hill’s Pet Nutrition to support the 2025 Clear the Shelters campaign.

Traisac and Hutcherson split their time between the U.S. and Spain, and the actress has continued to star in Spanish projects. Most recently, she appeared in Después de la Derrota, a film directed by her mother, Rosa Blas Traisac, as well as Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas’s movie El Molino, which showed at the 2024 Málaga Film Festival in Spain.

Speaking with Vanity Fair’s Spain publication last year, Traisac opened up about the growing presence of women in the country’s entertainment industry. According to an English translation of the article, she said there are “more women on the technical teams” and “many more female creators,” which encourages a “stronger support network.”

She added, “It’s important to mention that there’s progress, but there’s still much to be done, and not all shoots or projects achieve this. There are many actresses who may feel very protected, but there are also many others who don’t. It’s still a work in progress, and we haven’t reached any milestones yet.”

Traisac said she hopes Spain’s entertainment scene will see a movement similar to #MeToo so that women feel safer and more empowered to speak up when they’ve experienced abuse on set. She noted that “fundamental changes, not just in rhetoric,” are crucial so that “many people are able to share what happened to them and so that the power structures realize that things need to change and that a clean slate is necessary.”