Marriage is the center of all social maneuvering on The Gilded Age, but thankfully, the stars of the hit period drama have formed their real-life partnerships for love, not status.
Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector — who play power couple Bertha and George Russell, respectively — are both wed to former costars they once shared a stage with. Coon has been married to Pulitzer-winning playwright Tracy Letts since 2013 and Spector tied the knot with British actress Rebecca Hall in 2015.
But their characters’ relationship is just one of many fans are eager to see more of in season 3, which premiered on June 22. Marian Brook (Louisa Jacobson) and Larry Russell (Harry Richardson) ended the second season on a cliffhanger that left everyone wondering if their slow-burn romance would finally blossom.
“Relationships had their challenges in 1884, and they do today,” executive producer and writer Sonja Warfield told Entertainment Weekly in 2023. “The modern challenges aren’t that different from those challenges. Yes, we’re rooting for them. But everything will be complicated.”
While things may get complicated on-screen, several cast members have found lasting love off-screen. Here’s everything to know about the real-life loves of The Gilded Age season 3 cast.
Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts
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Coon, who plays Bertha Russell on The Gilded Age, married Letts in 2013, about three years after they were cast in a revival of the 1962 play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.
The actress described her marriage to The Guardian as “healthy” and “happy” in 2021.
“When I was younger, let’s say I didn’t always conduct myself with integrity in my relationships,” she told the outlet. “Now I’ve found a partner who I can be truly honest with, I never want to go back.”
The couple welcomed two children in 2018 and 2021.
Morgan Spector and Rebecca Hall
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Spector, who portrays George Russell, married Hall in 2015 after they costarred in the Broadway production Machinal together.
The Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire star told PEOPLE in 2024 that she and Spector live a much quieter life than the dramas they create on-screen.
“We live in the countryside away from everything, a very rural situation,” Hall said. “We’re actually pretty quiet people. But, I think that as a result, when we go out … we both enjoy that and we do it and we have fun with it.”
The couple shares one child, who was born in 2018.
Taissa Farmiga and Hadley Klein
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Taissa Farmiga, who plays Gladys Russell in the series, married filmmaker Hadley Klein in a secret wedding in 2020.
The couple collaborated in 2024 in the Hulu romance film She Taught Love, which Farmiga starred and Klein produced.
“SHE TAUGHT LOVE is a beautiful project made by beautiful people who are close to my heart,” The Nun actress captioned an Instagram post featuring behind-the-scenes shots from filming.
She added it was “a joy” to work alongside her husband, whom she called “the best.”
Harry Richardson
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Richardson, who portrays Larry Russell, hasn’t confirmed his real-life relationship status.
However, the actor has opened up about why he thinks his slow-burn romance with Marian Brook (Jacobson) has been such a fan-favorite on The Gilded Age.
“What’s special about their relationship is they have the opportunity to grow as friends first,” Richardson said during a press conference in 2025, per Actors With Issues. “They start with a foundation of friendship before contemplating romance.”
Louisa Jacobson and Anna Blundell
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Jacobson made her relationship with Anna Blundell — a producer who has worked on campaigns for Vogue Italia and Versace — Instagram official in June 2024.
The actress and daughter of Meryl Streep captioned a selfie with her girlfriend, “blessed to be entering the Joyful New Era bb ❤️🔥🏳️🌈.”
Though Jacobson hasn’t given her fans too much insight into her relationship with Blundell, she did tell PEOPLE in 2025 that they planned to celebrate Valentine’s Day by “going dancing.”
Denée Benton and Carl Lundstedt
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Denée Benton, who plays secretary Peggy Scott in The Gilded Age, married Manifest star Carl Lundstedt in 2020.
The couple first met at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where they studied acting and dated for over five years before Carl surprised her with an unexpected proposal.
“The joke’s on me because my one requirement for our proposal was that he surprise me — even though I’m a controlling Capricorn and don’t really love surprises,” Benton told Vogue in 2020.
She continued, “He succeeded, and it’s one of the reasons I’m so happy we’re married, because spontaneity comes so naturally to him that our balance makes it beautiful.”
Christine Baranski and Matthew Cowles
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Christine Baranski, who portrays socialite Agnes van Rhijn, married playwright and actor Matthew Cowles in 1984. The couple welcomed two kids and were married for over three decades before he died at 69 on May 22, 2014, per Variety.
The Emmy-winning actress told Deadline in 2024 that her late husband had a unique connection to The Gilded Age.
“I so love Downton Abbey, and I had heard somewhere in the ether of showbiz gossip that [Julian Fellowes] wanted to do an American version,” she said, adding that she approached him about the rumor later at an HBO party.
Baranski recalled, “I said, ‘I’m married to a man, my late husband, was a Drexel from the Drexel family,’ and that was, of course, one of the New York aristocratic Gilded Age families.”
“Talk about manifestation! All those years later I get a call saying, ‘Julian has written this show for HBO, and they’re offering you this,’ ” she recalled.
Cynthia Nixon and Christine Marinoni
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Cynthia Nixon, who plays spinster Ada Forte, married education and LGBTQ+ rights activist Christine Marinoni in 2012, three years after they famously got engaged during a rally for same-sex marriage.
The Sex and the City alum told The Advocate in 2010 that it was Marinoni’s sexuality that initially drew her in.
“A lot of what I love about her is her butchness,” Nixon said. “I’m not saying I fell in love with her in a sexually neutral way. I love her sexuality — it’s a big part of what I love about her — but I feel like it was her.
The actress continued, “It wasn’t something in me that was waiting to come out. It was like, ‘This person is undeniable. How can I let this person walk by?’ ”
The pair welcomed a son in 2011. Nixon also has two children from her previous marriage to Danny Mozes.
Blake Ritson and Hattie Morahan
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Blake Ritson, who portrays Oscar van Rhijn, met his wife, actress Hattie Morahan, while they were students at Cambridge.
In 2015, she laughed off their unusually long engagement and told Express that they would get married “maybe when we’re 80!”
The couple welcomed a daughter in 2016, per The Independent.
Dylan Baker and Becky Ann Baker
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Dylan Baker, who plays Dr. Logan in season 3, is married to actress Becky Ann Baker.
Like her husband, Becky Ann has a long career in Hollywood and has played iconic moms on shows like Freaks and Geeks and Girls.
She told Yahoo Entertainment in 2017 that learning how to prioritize each other was key to balancing their relationship with their busy lives.
“In this business, there’s a lot of times where you do find yourselves on separate coasts, but I think we’ve just always prioritized [each other],” Becky Ann said. “When I could, I would travel with Dylan, and when he could, he would travel with me … So we try to manage as best we can to stay together as a family, and we’ve done pretty darn well.”
The couple shares one daughter and have played husband and wife on-screen in series like Life as We Know It and Smash.
Kate Baldwin and Graham Rowat
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Kate Baldwin, who portrays Nancy Adams Bell in season 3, married actor Graham Rowat in 2005 after they met during a production of the musical 1776, per The Berkshire Eagle.
The pair have shared the stage a few times for shows like Constellations and Dressed Up Again. They also have one son.
“My husband and I are both balancing in equal parts,” Baldwin told The Interval in 2014. “We’re both actors and we both take care of our little boy. He really is my equal partner in every way … I do half and he does half. We really share.”
