After spending the last few weeks on the awards circuit, Bafta winner Carey Mulligan has finally been reunited with her boyfriend Shia LaBeouf.

Clearly thrilled to be back in each other's company, the young couple couldn't keep their hands or lips off each other as they cosied up over a coffee.

The couple are currently enjoyed a few precious days together before Mulligan flies to Los Angeles for this weekend's Oscars, where she is up for Best Actress.

Reunited: Carey Mulligan cosies up to boyfriend Shia LaBeouf as they walk down the street in downtown New York

Hold me close, kiss me quick: The couple share a tender kiss

It is unknown whether LaBeouf will be her escort on the red carpet as the couple are yet to make a public appearance together.

After being away from the snow for so long, it appears the An Education actress wasn't quite prepared for the New York weather.

As the couple happened upon a big pile of snow as they crossed the road yesterday afternoon, gallant LaBeouf realised Mulligan's ballet pumps weren't suitable for walking through snow.

So her gentlemanly boyfriend lifted her over the freezing slush so she didn't get her feet wet.

Gallant: LaBeouf carries Mulligan over a big pile of snow on the sidewalk

Mulligan, 24, appeared to find his attentive behaviour humorous as she giggled in his arms, but rewarded him with a tender kiss.

Mulligan and LaBeouf, 23, started dating last August after they were cast in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, the long-awaited follow-up to 1987 classic Wall Street.

Their co-star Michael Douglas said he warned them against romances with their co-star, but the chemistry between them was just too strong.

He said: 'I warned them, "Don't ever do that", but they are an item and they are having a great time.'

On-screen romance: The couple fell for each other on the set of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Mulligan admitted recently how much she appreciates being in a relationship with a fellow actor because he understands her lifestyle.

She said: 'He is an actor as well, so he works. I have always wanted to keep going for as long as I want to and then I will stop if I get bored or if I get frustrated or tired - but I don't feel it.

'(He) understands how you can fall in love with the cast and the cast becomes your family. It's hard for people who aren't actors to understand how reliant you become on the people around you (on a film set) and how much you can get swept away by a character. You don't mean to but you just do and you are completely consumed by it, but it's lovely.'

The look of live: Mulligan looks adoringly at her boyfriend as they chat over coffee and cigarettes