Meet The Gilded Age cast's famous real-life partners – including actor's wife who also co-stars

Carrie Coon has been married to actor and playwright Tracy Letts (East of Eden, Lady Bird) since 2013 and shares two children with him. 

She recently opened up about the secret to their long-term marriage, telling E! Online at the 2026 CFDA Fashion Awards: "Number one is a sense of humour."

"Number two is you tell the truth. We started off living in the truth, and that’s the only way to proceed with this much time."

Season four picks up after a broken engagement between Louisa Jacobson's character Marian and Larry Russell, played by Harry Richardson.

Off-screen, the actress was romantically linked to producer Anna Blundell, but recently revealed she is "now single". 

"I did [Raya] years ago when I broke up with my boyfriend. I was just coming out, and it felt like a safer way to do that," she told Grazia in October. 

"But now that I have done a couple seasons of the show, and I have some standing in the fashion world, I feel a little too… I’m not famous."

She continued: "But I feel weirdly vulnerable. Exposed. And I’m an old-school soul, and I kind of really love meeting people in person and organically. I still have faith in that. Sorry! I’m such a romantic!"

Christine Baranski was married for 30 years to fellow actor Matthew Cowles, up until his death in 2014 from heart failure. During their three-decade romance, the pair welcomed two children together: daughters Isabel and Lily. 

"I think every marriage is supremely challenging, but my late husband was enormously supportive and very proud of me, and I think we managed it quite well. He was an exceptional person," Christine told The Guardian.

In a recent interview with The Telegraph, the actress opened up about how she bonded with the late Dolly Parton over seeing their respective partners suffer a serious illness. 

"She and I rather bonded, because she was married for almost 60 years, but she was nursing her husband for years, he was very ill. And when I met Dolly, I told her about Matthew and his illness and what a challenge it was when you’re watching someone you love just get weaker and weaker, and how torn you are being a working woman," she recalled. 

A year after co-starring on the broadway production of Machinal in 2014, Morgan Spector and his partner Rebecca Hall tied the knot. The couple then welcomed their daughter Ida in 2018.

"We live in the countryside away from everything, a very rural situation," Rebecca, who is known for roles in The Town and The Night House, told People in 2024.

"We're actually pretty quiet people," she added. 

Cynthia Nixon and her wife, activist Christine Marinoni, first met in 2001 and have been married since 2012. They began dating after Cynthia divorced from her ex-husband, Danny Mozes, in 2003. 

As well as the two children she has from her first marriage, Cynthia shares a son named Max with Christine. 

While speaking to People at The Gilded Age season four premiere in New York last month, Cynthia revealed the simple philosophy behind her "really unshakable" relationship with Christine. 

"I feel like we – sometimes when we get in little snits, little whatever - we say we've got to remember to be kind to each other," she told the publication. 

Denée Benton first crossed paths with her husband, actor Carl Lundstedt, when they were both studying acting at Carnegie Mellon University. 

The couple tied the knot in January 2020. 

Like his wife, Carl has also found success on TV with roles in Manifest and Cloak & Dagger. 

While he was previously linked to his Poldark co-star Eleanor Tomlinson, Australian actor Harry Richardson has kept his current relationship status on the down low. 

However, he recently opened up about his on-screen will-they-won’t-they romance with Louisa Jacobson's Marian, telling Cosmopolitan: "I feel like life is a continuous expansion of will-they-won’t-they. Am I gonna am I gonna brave up or am I gonna freak out again? We're all trying to expand our heart. We're also going through all this fear and insecurity."

He continued: "It's amazing to play because we get to confront the parts of ourselves that are closed or scared."

"This show is so beautiful because even though there's so many complications for every character, as it gets more complex, it gets deeper."

Blake Ritson has been with his real life love, actress Hattie Morahan, since meeting as students at the University of Cambridge in the 90s. 

The couple, who are reportedly married, welcomed their first child, daughter Amity, in August 2016, followed by a son in 2020. 

Fans might best recognise Hattie for playing Elinor Dashwood in the BBC's 2008 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. She's also starred on The Gilded Age as Lady Sarah Vere since season three. 

Taissa Farmiga tied the knot with filmmaker and screenwriter Hadley Klein in August 2020. 

However, it appears the private couple may have since split. During an interview on the official Gilded Age podcast in July 2025, Taissa shared that she had been through her "own wedding and real-life divorce now".