Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts attend the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.Photo:Amy Sussman/Getty
Amy Sussman/Getty
No one is a bigger fan ofCarrie Coonthan her husband, award-winning playwrightTracy Letts.
The White Lotusactress and theLady Birdactor first crossed paths in 2010, during her audition for a revival of the 1962 playWho’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago. By the time the production had reached Broadway in 2012, their relationship had turned romantic.
“I have a healthy, happy marriage,” Coon toldThe Guardianin 2021. “When I was younger, let’s say I didn’t always conduct myself with integrity in my relationships. Now I’ve found a partner who I can be truly honest with, I never want to go back.”
After marrying in 2013, Coon and Letts welcomed two children. Their son,Haskell Letts, was born in 2018, and their daughter, whose name has not been made public, was born in 2021.
From meeting in an audition to parenting two children, here’s everything to know about Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts' relationship.
Letts is from Oklahoma
Tracy Letts attends the premiere of “Killer Joe” during the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2011 in Toronto, Canada.Jonathan Leibson/Getty
Jonathan Leibson/Getty
“It’s based on family history,” Letts toldNPRin 2014. “My grandfather — my mother’s father — committed suicide when I was 10 years old … My grandmother descended into years of downer addiction, which had a horrible impact on my family, and has ripples in my family even to this day.”
He’s a Pulitzer-winning playwright
Tracy Letts at Arena Stage on February 25, 2011 in Washington, DC.Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty
Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty
In addition toAugust: Osage County, Letts has written several successful plays, includingKiller Joe,BugandMan From Nebraska, per hisSteppenwolf Theatre Company bio. Three of his plays have been adapted for the big screen:Bug, Killer JoeandAugust: Osage County.
They met while working onWho’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts attends the “Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?” Broadway Opening Night Afterparty on October 13, 2012 in New York City.Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic
Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic
Coon and Letts were introduced during her audition forWho’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?in 2010.The Gilded Ageactress toldRolling Stonein 2018 that she had heard of the playwright’s work prior to meeting him but got one detail wrong.
“I thought he was a girl,” she said. “I thought, ‘Huh…good for that girl! That gal writing that fantastic play. You go!’ If I had known more, I would have been a lot more scared.”
They married in a hospital
Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts at the HBO & Max Post-Emmy Reception on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.Tommaso Boddi/Variety via Getty
Tommaso Boddi/Variety via Getty
Coon and Letts started dating during the run ofWho’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?in Chicago and married in 2013. Because they were busy working at the time, their marriage license almost expired before they could tie the knot.
So when Letts had to have emergency gallbladder surgery on the last day of their license, the couple opted to say “I do” in his hospital room.
“Tracy’s WGA insurance covered that whole visit, so it was a very inexpensive wedding,” Coon said toRolling Stone, joking that her husband was “high as a kite” on painkillers during the ceremony.
Coon and Letts share two children
Tracy Letts and Carrie Coon attend The 23rd Annual Critics' Choice Awards on January 11, 2018 in Santa Monica, California.Frazer Harrison/Getty
Frazer Harrison/Getty
Letts and Coon share two children. Their son, Haskell, was born on March 13, 2018, and named after his late great-grandfather, Charles Haskell Letts. Coon toldHarper’s Bazaarthat after she got pregnant, her husband’s work ethic became more intense.
“When I got pregnant with our son four years ago, Tracy really went into overdrive,” she told the outlet in 2021. “It was as though there was some biological imperative to take care of his family that kicked in. He just said yes to everything.”
Coon gave birth to their daughter in the summer of 2021, perEntertainment Tonight.
They’ve worked together on multiple projects
Tracy Letts and Carrie Coon attend the Broadway Opening Night After Party for “All My Sons” on April 22, 2019 in New York City.Walter McBride/Getty
Walter McBride/Getty
In addition to collaborating onstage, Coon and Letts have also worked together on-screen. They both appeared inThe Postand in season 2 ofThe Sinner. Coon has also been cast in a few of her husband’s plays atSteppenwolf Theatre Company, includingMary Page Marlowe.
“It’s not that strange for me to be working with Tracy, because we’ve collaborated many times,” Coon said in a joint 2020 interview withChicago Magazine. “There’s never trepidation about whether or not that process will be successful, because we always enjoy each other in that capacity.”
source: people.com
