Shoshanna Lonstein

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss (née Shoshanna Lonstein; May 29, 1975) is an American fashion designer and socialite. Gruss was born in Manhattan, New York. She attended The Nightingale-Bamford School for girls in New York City on the Upper East Side, graduating in 1993. She began college at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. but, in 1994, transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1997, she graduated from UCLA with a double bachelors degree in history and art history. While still a 17-year-old high school student, she came to public attention dating Jerry Seinfeld, who was still starring in his sitcom. They dated for approximately 4 years (1993–1997) before the relationship ended. She transferred to UCLA in part to be with Seinfeld and cited missing New York City and constant press coverage as reasons for the relationship ending. In 2000, she dated Ben Affleck. On May 10, 2003, Lonstein married Joshua Gruss, son of financier and philanthropist Martin Gruss. Joshua Gruss is an investment analyst at his father's firm and heir to his estimated US$500 million fortune. They reside in New York City and have one daughter, Sienna, who was born in 2005. Gruss