These Are The White Lotus Season 2 Cast's Actual Partners
Fans of "The White Lotus" love the show for its deeply woven, ultra-complex and delicious plotlines, the stunning backdrops provided by the shooting locations, and for the seemingly endless talent of its cast — there's so much that's compelling about the show.
While Season 2 features familiar elements (including Jennifer Coolidge as Tanya) from the first season, it's not simply a repeat of Season 1. "I wanted to do a kind of operatic roundelay," showrunner Mike White said when speaking with The Guardian. "Mismatched lovers. People sneaking into hotel rooms. More of a sexual revolving door. ... So when people come back to the show it's not the same as it was before."
As much as fans of "The White Lotus" Season 2 are fascinated by the plot itself, especially with the many overlapping love and lust stories, fans are equally interested in the real-life personal lives of the cast. While not everyone who is a part of the second season is in a public relationship, many have made it known who they spend time with off set. Here's everything we know about "The White Lotus" Season 2 cast's actual partners.
Theo James married Ruth Kearny in 2018
Theo James is better known to fans of "The White Lotus" as businessman Cameron Babcock, who is married to Daphne (Meghann Fahy). In real life, James is married to fellow actor Ruth Kearny. The pair first met back in 2012, when they were both students at the same theater school, and married in 2018.
Kearny continues to work as an actor these days, though you may not spot her in many major roles. In a 2016 interview with the Irish Daily Mirror, she explained, "I'm not in this industry to become famous, I don't go for jobs because they will make me well known, it's so, hopefully, they will lead to more interesting roles."
The couple welcomed their first child together, a daughter, in 2021, but have kept mostly quiet about their personal lives (via InStyle). However, have worked as co-stars — they each had roles in the first season of the PBS series "Sandition."
Meghann Fahy was last linked to Billy Magnussen
Meghann Fahy stands out as housewife Daphne Sullivan in the second season of "The White Lotus," wife to Theo James' Cameron Babcock. As Fahy told Harper's Bazaar in December 2022, she has contemplated her character quite seriously. Fahy explained, "I always saw her as a person. And I always saw her as a pretty good person. I mean, I think that the more seriously you take the character, the more easily you can make that character feel [believable]."
It seems that another part of her life that Fahy takes seriously is her privacy. Regarding her dating life, the actress has been quite quiet. However, Fahy was most recently linked to actor Billy Magnussen The two reportedly met in 2011 when they both worked on the Hallmark movie "The Lost Valentine," though, according to Distractify, they didn't begin dating until several years later. Magnussen shared a photo of himself and Fahy in May 2020 on Instagram, but neither has shared a photo of the other since.
Aubrey Plaza married Jeff Baena in 2021
Aubrey Plaza is known to fans of "The White Lotus" Season 2 as Ethan Spiller's wife, Harper. In real life, she's been married to her husband, Jeff Baena, since 2021. The pair decided to tie the knot while celebrating their 10th anniversary together, and the story is as sweet as you might expect.
While on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" in December 2021, Plaza explained that she told her now husband they should "do something" to mark ten years together and joked that maybe that something should be getting married. She said, "We got a little bored one night. We got married and I'll tell you how: Onehourmarriage.com. That's real, look it up" (via Us Weekly).
While Baena wasn't against the idea, Plaza admitted that he wasn't sure they could really get married so quickly. After a bit of negotiation, Plaza convinced someone from the business to come to their home and asked a neighbor, who is a witch, for her blessing. Plaza said, "I created a very quick love altar in our yard. Facts of our love, little stones, smoke, fire. Things of that nature." Plaza announced the news in May 2021, when she casually referred to Baena as her "darling husband" in an Instagram post.
Will Sharpe has two children with Sophia Di Martino
Will Sharpe's Ethan Spiller is married to Aubrey Plaza's Harper on "The White Lotus" Season 2, but in his offscreen life, Sharpe has been in a relationship with his partner and fellow actor Sophia Di Martino since 2010. The pair share two children but remain mostly quiet about their relationship (via The Guardian)
Di Martino has, however, been more open about being a mom. After Di Martino was cast in the Disney+ series "Loki," she shared that costume designer Christine Wada was able to redesign her outfit in the show to make it easier to breastfeed the couple's first child, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In December 2021, Di Martino took to Instagram to confirm that the pair's second child had been born. As she shared, this explained her absence from the platform. She wrote, "[I've] been hibernating for a while because I'm not pregnant anymore! Yes, I've had a baby. This first bit is a wonderful time that is also exhausting and so hard."
Michael Imperioli has been married to Victoria Chlebowski since 1995
Former "Sopranos" star Michael Imperioli joined "The White Lotus" in Season 2. In real life, he has been married to Victoria Chlebowski since 1995. Imperioli shares two children, Vadim and David Imperioli, with Imperioli and is also stepfather to Chlebowski's daughter Isabella (via The Sun).
While speaking to NPR in November 2022, Imperioli admitted to the outlet that he and his wife are enjoying life now that their children have all grown up and moved out. He also acknowledged that for him, his experience as a parent has helped him heal moments from his own childhood that were painful. As he put it, "I really learned a lot about my parents and particularly my father and how difficult it is to do that. And I was like, oh, that's why this went on, and that's why he did this."
Imperioli is also in a band called Zopa, and he's even written a song about Chlebowski titled "Red Sky." As he explained to NPR, "That song's about my wife, you know, who I think is just extraordinary and one of the most unique people I've ever met and probably the smartest person I know. And that's a love song, really, written for her."
Tom Hollander reunited with ex-fiancé Fran Hickman
Tom Hollander (Quentin in the second season of "The White Lotus") and interior designer Fran Hickman were once engaged; however, back in 2010, the two ended their relationship without offering much explanation. In August 2020, the Daily Mail reported that Hollander and Hickman had spent the entire pandemic lockdown living together at the actor's home. A friend reportedly told the outlet that people who are close to both Hollander and Hickman are hoping that things go all the way this time. The friend alleged, "They really love each other. Tom isn't getting any younger. We're all waiting on him to propose again."
It certainly seemed things were going well a year later when, in July 2021, the two were spotted enjoying dinner together at Scott's Restaurant in Mayfair, London (via Daily Mail). While it's unclear if engagement is again on the horizon for Hollander and Hickman, it appears the two are an item.
Jennifer Coolidge keeps her relationship status under wraps
Jennifer Coolidge has been delighting audiences since the 1990s, but she is experiencing a mid-life career boost ever since she joined the cast of "The White Lotus" in 2021. As she told Vogue in October 2022, part of the reason for this shift in her career trajectory is Mike White, the creator of "The White Lotus," who gave her a role that deviated from what audiences are used to seeing from her. As she put it, "I'm not going to condemn any job that I was given, but Mike was that person in the world that you hope exists. That person that gives you a challenge that makes a difference in your life, instead of having to walk into a room and beep the horn of the clown car."
Plenty of Coolidge's fans are curious about how her personal life is developing as well. According to Chris Kattan's memoir, he and Coolidge were a couple in the early aughts. Since then, though, some have believed she entered into a relationship with a man named Tom Mahoney; however, Coolidge has remained mum on the topic (via Yahoo!).