Shailene Woodley Was 'All Smiles' While Out on a Date with a Mystery Man in N.Y.C. (Exclusive Source)

A source tells PEOPLE the pair were "in great spirits" as they dined together in the Big Apple

<p>Corine Solberg/Getty</p> Shailene Woodley in Los Angeles on June 6, 2024

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Shailene Woodley in Los Angeles on June 6, 2024

Shailene Woodley had a date night with a mystery man in New York City.

A source confirms to PEOPLE that the Dumb Moneyactress, 32, stepped out for dinner with a male companion at the White Horse Tavern in New York City on Wednesday, Aug. 14.

The insider says Woodley and her date were "in great spirits, engaged in conversation together and were seen eating burrata and a platter of dips and had wine on the table," adding of the pair, "They were dressed casual and all smiles."

The iconic West Village bar, headed by Hudson Street Hospitality, recently launched a new menu with chef John DeLucie, who is also the executive chef at neighboring Italian hotspot Ambra.

Page Sixwas the first to report the sighting of Woodley's date night, while a rep for the actress did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.

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<p>Jason Mendez/Getty Images</p> Shailene Woodley in New York City on April 25, 2024

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Shailene Woodley in New York City on April 25, 2024

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Woodley has largely kept her dating life under wraps since her split from Aaron Rodgers, which PEOPLE reported in February 2022.

A source close to the NFL player, 40, confirmed at the time that he and Woodley had gone their separate ways, just over a year after he made the surprise announcement that they were engaged.

"It was an amicable split; it just wasn't working," the insider said at the time. "They're very different people with busy careers and there were obstacles that they couldn't surmount. They will remain friendly; there's no bad blood and no drama. It just didn't work out for them."

Woodley seemingly referred to her breakup from Rodgers in a January 2023 interview with Net-a-Porter's digital title PORTER, where she said "it was hard to film" her Showtime series Three Women "because I was going through the darkest, hardest time in my life."

"It was winter in New York, and my personal life was s-----, so it felt like a big pain bubble for eight months," Woodley said. (Three Women was filmed between October 2021 and the following May.)

Jacopo Raule/Getty; Christopher Polk/Getty Shailene Woodley in Paris on Feb. 29, 2020; Aaron Rodgers in Minneapolis on Feb. 3, 2018
Jacopo Raule/Getty; Christopher Polk/Getty Shailene Woodley in Paris on Feb. 29, 2020; Aaron Rodgers in Minneapolis on Feb. 3, 2018

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"I was so grateful that at least I could go to work and cry and process my emotions through my character," she added.

The Divergent actress also told PORTER that attention on her relationship with Rodgers felt "violating," explaining, "It honestly never really hit me that millions of people around the world were actually watching these things and paid attention to them."

"Then I dated somebody in America who was very, very famous," Woodley continued. "It was the first time I'd had a quote-unquote 'famous' relationship, and I watched scrutiny, opinions, the desire for people to know my life and his life and our life — it just felt violating in a way that, before, it was fun."

She added, "I'm a very private person, and so I found that any time I posted anything, I instantly felt like I was sharing too much of who I am with people I didn't necessarily trust."

Before Rodgers, Woodley was linked to rugby player Ben Volavola, whom she reportedly met in Fiji while she was filming the movie Adrift. The Big Little Lies star revealed that they had split in an April 2020 interview with the New York Times.

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