Stylish Michelle Keegan and her husband Mark Wright joined James Argent and his new girlfriend Nicoline Artursson for a cosy double date at The Ivy Asia on Sunday.

The actress, 37, and the former TOWIE star, also 37, enjoyed a bite to eat together in London ahead of Christmas with James – who he starred with on the reality show – and Nicoline.

While out and about Michelle wrapped up warm in a long beige coat which she teamed with a dark red scarf and white knitted dress.

She competed the look with a pair of heeled boots and sleek leather bag and swept her brunette tresses up into a top knot.

Meanwhile Mark looked casual in a grey padded jacket, black jeans and boots as he headed to a waiting taxi after the meal.

While Arg wasn’t pictured, Nicoline opted for a fluffy white jacket, Louis Vuitton scarf and jeans for the outing.

Earlier this month James revealed that he and Nicoline were planning double dates with his best pal Mark and Michelle.

After their chance meeting in a supermarket in July, the couple have already moved in together, and in an interview with OK! Magazine at the start of December, Nicoline shared that she’s already met many of James’ pals from his time on TOWIE.

James shared that while Nicoline has met his best friend Mark, she is excited to cross paths with his wife Michelle.

He said: ‘She’s met Mark a couple of times now, at my gig and at the pub. So that was really nice. She hasn’t met Michelle yet, but I’m sure she will.’

Nicoline added: ‘I’m looking forward to meeting Michelle.’

Despite settling into their home together after just four months of dating, James revealed that there is one particularly awkward snag in their new living arrangement.

He added: ‘Dan Edgar lives with me, so she sees him a lot and she’s giving him motivational talks ahead of Dancing On Ice.

‘Tommy Mallet and Georgia Kousoulou came around a couple of weeks ago, and we all had a takeaway at mine. And she’s met Joey [Es𝓈ℯ𝓍].’

In their first joint interview, James and Nicoline, 31, revealed that it was love at first sight for the pair after they bumped into each other outside a Spanish supermarket.

And since that fateful meeting, Nicoline moved to the UK and has now moved into Arg’s Es𝓈ℯ𝓍 home.

Describing the moment they met, James revealed he thought Nicoline was out of his league but decided he had nothing to lose.

He said: ‘I was walking to my gig at Elliott Wright’s restaurant in Marbella.

‘All of a sudden I see this woman coming towards me. I was like, ‘Wow, she’s beautiful.’ She was just in her gym clothes, wearing no make-up. She’d actually just fed a stray cat.’

And after summoning up the courage, James asked her out.

Nicole described James as a handsome man with a big smile, before adding that he makes her laugh, and it was these traits that helped cement their relationship.

James and Nicoline went on their first date a week later, where James explained about his past addiction issues and his weight loss, and the couple were so engrossed in one another that they forgot to order anything to eat.

Despite James’s confession about his seven-year drug addiction which saw him go through a near-fatal overdose, a hospitalisation and a stint on rehab, the model was unfazed.

Several months later, the pair seem more loved up than ever and during the interview, the blonde beauty who previously modelled for Abercrombie & Fitch pointed out her Christmas stocking on the fireplace in the reality star’s living room.

James explained they would both ‘love to have a family one day, absolutely.’ while Nicoline added that one her favourite things about James is ‘he’s very family-oriented’.

James said: ‘We’re both at the right stage in our lives. We’ve both lived a life, we’ve both had experiences with previous partners, but now it’s a really good time to be sure of who you are with.’

In September, James packed on the PDA with his Nicoline as the couple were spotted snogging in St Tropez.

The former TOWIE star seemed besotted with his former Miss Sweden love as the pair enjoyed a dip in the sea.

Nicoline won the Miss World Sweden beauty pageant in 2011 and modelled for Abercrombie & Fitch. She was also asked to take part in the French version The Bachelorette but declined to focus on her studies.

It is James’s first relationship since splitting from his ex Stella Turian last November and the star previously opened up about feeling he would never find someone.

In March, Arg told the My Dirty Laundry podcast that he really struggled on Valentine’s day because of his single status – and had to stay off social media because it got him down so much.

Having tackled his demons, staying sober for two years and losing 15 stone in weight, James said: ‘I’m in a really good place. Everything in my life is perfect, apart from my love life. It would be nice if that would change.

‘I’ll be completely honest, this year I really struggled on Valentine’s Day. I remember, I woke up and thought, I am not going to look at social media.

‘It’s not that I’m heartbroken or upset, but just because I knew it’s not going to make me feel great because I didn’t have a Valentine, I don’t have a girlfriend.

‘But, I couldn’t help it. There was times where I’d just have a little glance and all you would see was couples. Everyone’s madly in love. Everyone’s happy.

‘Everyone’s out on dates. There’s flowers, there’s balloons, there’s chocolates, there’s date nights or trips or happily married couples – and yeah, it did start to affect me a little bit.’