Keri Russell may be dating The Americans co-star Matthew Rhys, sources say

KERI Russell is spending a lot of time with her The Americans co-star Matthew Rhys - sparking rumours the pair are embarking on a romance.

Keri Russell

KERI Russell is spending a lot of time with her The Americans co-star Matthew Rhys after announcing her divorce - sparking rumours the pair are embarking on a romance.

Multiple sources tell the New York Post that Russell - who announced earlier this month that she and her husband Shane Deary have split after seven years of marriage - has been spotted “looking affectionate” with handsome Welsh-born actor Rhys, her on-screen husband on the show.

One source who spotted the disarmingly charming Rhys, who is single, and Russell recently sharing an intimate lunch in New York, told the Post, "Seeing the way they are together I could have sworn they were a couple. They were so touchy-feely, drinking and laughing."

Another source told the Post that Russell and Rhys have become such close friends they have spent time with their respective families.

Russell, 37, and Rhys, 39, are currently in New York filming Season 2 of The Americans, in which they star as Soviet KGB agents posing as a married couple. Their reps didn’t respond to repeated requests for comment.

In early December, Russell’s publicist confirmed her marriage to Deary - with whom she has son River, 6, and daughter Willa, nearly 2 - was over, telling People, "They have been separated since early summer. The separation is amicable and their focus is on their children."

Read more at the New York Post.