You’ve probably already heard the news that Gavin Casalegno—aka Jeremiah from The Summer I Turned Pretty—is happily married IRL…but what about his on-screen brother? As it turns out, Christopher Briney is taken as well, so apologies to all the Conrad supporters out there.
So who is Christopher Briney’s girlfriend, you ask? Here’s everything you need to know about Isabel Machado, who Christopher hard-launched on the red carpet at the 2022 premiere of TSITP.
Isabel is a triple threat
Like Christopher, Isabel is an actor, and she graduated in 2020 from Pace University with a BFA in Acting (which is where she met Christopher, btw!). Per her resume, she’s also a trained singer and dancer—plus, she can drive stick shift, which is honestly a flex.
She met Christopher in college
As mentioned, Isabel and Christopher met during their time at Pace University—but apparently, they started out as friends. Christopher said of his girlfriend during a 2023 People interview, “We were friends first. We went to college together and we lived together. We knew that we could do it.”
He opened up more about how he and Isabel got together during a 2024 interview with Teen Vogue. According to the actor, he and Isabel “lived together platonically with two roommates in college, and then got together about a year after.”
He added that “eighteen-year-old us would be so confused if they just looked into a window. They’d be like, ‘Wait, wait, wait, wait! What’s going on? What are you guys doing? Stop it!’ But it feels right. Your friends know you, and you know them.”
Pls enjoy this throwback pic of Isabel and Christopher when they were ~just friends.~
And this.
Oh, and here they are acting together, playing a couple going through a breakup.
The talent!!
She used to be roommates with another TSITP actor
Fun fact: During Christopher’s Teen Vogue interview, it was revealed that Isabel was roommates with TSITP season one actor Minnie Mills, who is now dating Sean Kaufman (aka Steven Conklin).
It’s not clear whether Christopher made the introduction, but it is clear that Minnie and Isabel are now besties. Can’t even imagine the double dates these four have.
She and Christopher started dating in 2021
After spending years as friends and roommates, things finally turned romantic in June 2021. Christopher celebrated the occasion one year later with a cute IG pic, which he captioned, “A whole year!? I could never want anything else.”
And more than four years later, the two are still going strong, as evidenced by v cute red carpet photos like these:
Can’t wait to see more of these two lovebirds.
