Drake romances hot starlet

DRAKE has been romancing hot actress Bria Vinaite after her movie screened to much acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival.

The superstar took Vinaite for an intimate dinner at restaurant Sotto Sotto in his hometown of Toronto late on Monday, staying with her until early Tuesday morning. The pair was spotted looking cozy in the restaurant, according to a witness, who said, “It definitely looked like a date, and they left the restaurant at 2:30 a.m. hand in hand.”

Sources say Drake is obsessed with her Sean Baker- directed movie “The Florida Project” — he even posted a picture of Vinaite on Instagram, writing, “‘The Florida Project’ is the best movie you will see this year.”

The film is about the lives of the residents of the run-down motels on the outskirts of Orlando. Vinaite stars as the struggling mother of a young daughter, played by Brooklynn Prince. The movie also stars Willem Dafoe.

Amazingly, “Tangerine” filmmaker Baker found 24-year-old Lithuanian-born New Yorker Vinaite on Instagram, where she was selling a marijuanathemed clothing line. Baker asked her to try out for the role via direct message, and she landed it even though she had no prior acting experience.

The movie premiered at the Cannes Film Festival to a 10-minute-long standing ovation, and has since been talked about as a major contender for awards season.

Vinaite said of the movie in Toronto: “It’s a situation that no one knows exists. I never knew about the hidden homeless situation until this film, and until Sean,” adding, “There are so many things we don’t know about because they don’t get spoken about, and people might be embarrassed to speak up or might be shamed into not speaking up.”

She said of the response to the movie, “I’ve been doing such crazy stuff. Stuff I’ve dreamed of and would just wanna cross off my bucket list,” she says. “At the end of every day, I’m just like, ‘That didn’t happen.’ ” Reps for Drake didn’t comment and those for Vinaite didn’t get back to us.