As Christmas descends actress Clea DuVall made a last minute dash to the shops on Tuesday afternoon – and she had good company in the form of her current girlfriend.

The 37-year-old, best known for her role in acclaimed Ben Affleck drama Argo, was arm in arm with her female chum during a visit to outdoor mall The Grove in her native Los Angeles.

Sporting an ironic Dolly Parton T-shirt and ripped skinny jeans, Clea was upbeat as they browsed a strong of local stores.

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Arm in arm: Clea DuVall and her long-term girlfriend took a stroll at The Grove in Los Angeles on Tuesday

The actress completed her look with a pair of black Nike Blazer high-tops, while her bobbed brunette hair remained neatly tucked behind her ears.

Strolling by her side, Clea’s girlfriend appeared to mirror her girlfriend’s hipster style in a check shirt, skinny jeans and heavy duty Doctor Marten boots.

In January 2013 the two were seen kissing passionately in a park and then were later spotted attending an awards party in Hollywood in February.

Loving: Speaking in 2012, Clea, who is not thought to have publicly made any kind of statement on her sexuality, said she isn't worried about being typecast in gay roles.

Speaking in 2012, Clea, who is not thought to have publicly made any kind of statement on her sexuality, said she isn't worried about being typecast in gay roles.

'I don’t think it matters much anymore,' she told website Vulture. 'There was a stigma playing gay characters before that there just isn’t now.

'When I started acting in the early Nineties, that was a bigger consideration, but now it doesn’t feel like that much of a big deal,' she said.

Tactile: The two chums opted for understated hipster style ensembles for their trip to the mall on Tuesday

'You look at how many gay characters are on television and in movies and actors just aren’t afraid to do that any more.

'I think because there are more of those roles, the fear and the novelty of it have kind of gone away.'

The star engaged in a lesbian kiss in 1999 film But I'm A Cheerleader and has played gay characters in Carnivale, Ghosts of Mars and Saving Grace.