Isabella Rossellini has broken her silence on the death of her frequent collaborator and ex-boyfriend David Lynch. The actress's role in Lynch's 1986 film Blue Velvet helped her career skyrocket, and the two dated for approximately five years after the fact,

Isabella Rossellini, who had her breakout role in David Lynch’s “Blue Velvet” and went on to date the man for five years, paid tribute to the late director following his death. “I loved him so much. Thanks for all your kind messages,” Rossellini wrote on Instagram on Friday morning, posting a photo of her with Lynch.

Beloved filmmaker David Lynch died on January 15, and when his family broke the news the next day, Hollywood’s grief mourned the loss of the great director, including the stars of his many films. Isabella Rossellini,