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Arnold Schwarzenegger turned heads in Vienna on Tuesday when he appeared alongside longtime girlfriend Heather Milligan, marking one of the couple’s rare public appearances together.
The 78-year-old action star and former California governor stepped out with Milligan, 51, at the Austrian World Summit together on the world stage.
Schwarzenegger and Milligan posed for photos at the event alongside former Vice President Kamala Harris, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen and Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger and his girlfriend of more than 10 years, Heather Milligan, pose for a photo at the Austrian World Summit of the Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative in Vienna on June 16, 2026. (Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images)
While Schwarzenegger is regularly seen at red carpets, conferences and public appearances around the globe, his relationship with Milligan has largely remained out of the spotlight despite the couple having dated for more than a decade.
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Actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, his girlfriend Heather Milligan, and former Vice President Kamala Harris pose for a photo at the Austrian World Summit of the Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative in Vienna, Austria, on June 16, 2026. (Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images)
In 2025, the couple was spotted at an Oktoberfest event together and at the season 2 premiere of Schwarzenegger’s Netflix show “Fubar.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Heather Milligan attend the 2025 Oktoberfest at Marstall at Theresienwiese in Munich, Germany, on Sept. 26, 2025. (Gisela Schober/Getty Images)
Their latest appearance offered a rare glimpse at the woman who first entered Schwarzenegger’s life not through Hollywood, but through physical therapy.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Heather Milligan attend Netflix’s Los Angeles premiere of “Fubar” Season 2 at Netflix Tudum Theater on June 11, 2025, in Los Angeles, Calif. (Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix)
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Before she became the actor’s longtime partner, Milligan was helping him recover from a shoulder injury.
The couple first met in 2012 after Schwarzenegger underwent shoulder surgery while preparing to film “Escape Plan” with Sylvester Stallone.
Stallone reportedly recommended Milligan, an accomplished physical therapist, to help get his co-star back into fighting shape.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and his girlfriend Heather Milligan pose in St. Peter’s Square as they arrive at the Holy See Press Office to attend the “Raising Hope for Climate Justice” press conference in Vatican City on Sept. 30, 2025. (Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
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Years later, Schwarzenegger revealed he still credits Milligan with helping keep him healthy.
“Heather Milligan is not only my girlfriend, she’s also a great, if not the best, physical therapist in the world,” Schwarzenegger said during a 2024 appearance on his Pump Club YouTube channel.
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“That’s actually how we met. She fixed my shoulder, but we’re not here to talk about our relationship, we’re talking here about physical therapy. And since she has been treating people, thousands of patients: football players, basketball players, UFC fighters, boxers, track and field athletes, young kids, old kids, anyone and everybody, I’m talking about thousands, she knows how to take care of joints.”
The actor split from ex-wife Maria Shriver in 2011 after more than two decades of marriage. The former couple shares four children: Katherine, Christina, Patrick and Christopher. Schwarzenegger is also the father of Joseph Baena, whom he shares with former housekeeper Mildred Patricia Baena.
