A year and a half after the death of wife Natasha Richardson, Liam Neeson is cautiously entering the dating pool.
Neeson, is seeing Freya St. Johnston. The pair was spotted holding hands in London on Sept. 3.
"She's a wonderful person and a fantastic mother," Johnston's ex, Matt Winton, a marketing exec for the U.K.-based street wear brand Boxfresh, tells PEOPLE. "She takes life seriously in a free-spirited kind of way."