Who is Dakota Brubaker? All about Ava Phillippe’s boyfriend

Ava Phillippe and her boyfriend, Dakota Brubaker, created a significant buzz online after they shared a TikTok video on June 12, 2025.

As soon as the video was uploaded, fans couldn’t help but notice a striking resemblance between Brubaker and Ryan Phillippe, who is Ava’s father. In the clip, he was seen wearing a black turtleneck and round wire-rimmed glasses, reminiscent of Ryan’s iconic look in the 1999 film Cruel Intentions. Ava’s mother, Reese Witherspoon, co-starred in the film.

Comparisons were also made between the young couple and Ava’s parents, who were the It-couple of the ’90s. Ava Phillippe went Instagram official with Dakota Brubaker in late 2024.

According to Hello magazine, Brubaker attended UC Berkeley, the same college as Ava, and moved to Los Angeles in 2024. According to his LinkedIn profile, he went to Murrieta Valley High School and graduated in 2016. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Cognitive Science and minored in Journalism. He graduated in 2020.

Here are more details about Dakota Brubaker.

Everything you need to know about Ava Phillippe’s boyfriend, Dakota Brubaker?

A report in US Weekly stated that Ava Phillippe’s boyfriend, Dakota Brubaker, is a musician. When he was in college, he started a band and performed under the stage name Vindigo. Some of his songs include Cities, Constant Pleasure, and What Is It to You and Me?

Dakota Brubaker’s LinkedIn adds that he also worked as the head of marketing for the American Kickboxing Academy in Thailand in 2018. He created multimedia packages for marketing and training and managed the brand’s social media page. He also has experience working with professional filming equipment such as drones and editing software.

He is also passionate about photography and traveling. According to his Instagram feed, Brubaker—who was part of UC Berkeley’s study abroad program in Cusco, Peru, in 2019—has shared memories from his time in Ecuador, Peru, Guatemala, Cuba, Cambodia, and more. This was when he worked as a Program Director for four months in 2019, per his LinkedIn.

According to Style magazine, after completing his graduation in 2020, Brubaker joined Easterseals Southern California in 2022. There, he worked as an employment specialist for individuals with disabilities.

According to his bio on the page, Brubaker grew up as the son of a union ironworker in a small Californian town. He and his girlfriend, Ava Phillippe, made their relationship official in December last year in a holiday post around Christmas.

She posted several photos along with the caption, “happy y’all-idays.” In one of the photos, Brubaker kissed Ava on the cheek as she made a pouty face for the camera.

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While Dakota also shared several pictures, one of the photos showed the pair posing in front of a Christmas tree. In the picture, Ava was seen holding her beau as she lovingly gazed at him. The couple also attended the Next Gen 2024 event hosted by The Hollywood Reporter on November 20, 2024, per a report in E! News.

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