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Updated Mar 06, 2025Who is Carrie Coon's Husband? Her Relationship with Tracy Letts
They first met at an audition back in 2010.
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If watching the third season of The White Lotus has made you curious about the cast, welcome. You're in the right place. Carrie Coon, an American actress who plays Laurie in the show, is known for her powerful performances in series like Fargo. But what about Carrie Coon's husband and personal life? Well, she's been married to playwright Tracy Letts since 2013 , and the pair have two children together.
When it comes to Hollywood power couples, these two are certainly among the most acclaimed artists. Like Coon, who has starred in iconic movies such as Gone Girl, Letts has had his own success in the entertainment industry; he's a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and a Tony Award-winning actor. Despite Coon's rising Hollywood profile (including roles in The Gilded Age and the latest season of The White Lotus), the couple seems to have maintained a grounded marriage and family life. For a deeper look at their relationship and timeline—from an audition-room meet-cute to marriage, children and creative collaborations—read on!
- Carrie Coon is married to Tracy Letts. They have been married since November 2013.
- Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts met in 2010 at an audition in Chicago.
- Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts share two children together: a son and a daughter.
In this article:
- Who is Carrie Coon's Husband, Tracy Letts?
- How Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts Met
- Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts' Relationship Timeline
- Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts' Wedding
- Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts' Children
Who is Carrie Coon's Husband, Tracy Letts?
So, who is Carrie Coon married to? Her husband, Tracy Letts, is a renowned figure in American theater and film. Born in Oklahoma to a family of artists, Letts carved out a successful career as both a playwright and an actor. He received the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play August: Osage County, a family drama later adapted into a film starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts. He's written several other notable plays, including Killer Joe and Bug, which have also been adapted for the big screen.
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In addition to writing, Letts has earned acclaim as a performer, too. He won a Tony Award for his portrayal of George in the Broadway revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?—the very production where he met Carrie Coon. On-screen, Letts has appeared in films like The Post, Lady Bird and The Big Short. He has also starred in TV series, including Homeland, and made guest appearances on Seinfeld and The Simpsons.
How Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts Met
Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts first crossed paths in 2010 in Chicago. Coon was auditioning at Steppenwolf Theatre for the role of Honey in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, while Letts, already an established playwright and actor, was involved in the production. Funnily enough, Coon was familiar with the name Tracy Letts from his writing but didn't actually know much about him.
"I thought he was a girl," she said in a 2018 Rolling Stone interview. "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."
Any awkward first impressions quickly gave way to mutual respect once they began working together, and by the time the play moved from Chicago to Broadway in 2012, the pair's friendship had turned romantic. In an interview with Late Night With Seth Meyers, Meyers joked that Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? doesn't usually evoke thoughts of a happy marriage. But Coon noted that, while that may be true, their team had actually approached it a little differently.
"In fact, I think our production was so successful because Pam MacKinnon, our director, and then Tracy and Amy [Morton], who were playing George and Martha, they approached it as a love story," she said. "Tracy would always say, 'Wouldn't you want your partner to fight for you that hard?'"
Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts' Relationship Timeline
2010: Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts first meet
Coon met Letts while auditioning for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Steppenwolf in Chicago. Letts was cast as George, and Coon got the role of Honey.
October 2012: Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts perform on Broadway
The revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? opened on Broadway in October 2012. By this time, the pair's relationship had grown romantic during the play's out-of-town runs. "We had a little showmance," Coon said in an interview with The Capital Times. While performing in a play about a dysfunctional married couple may seem like an unlikely start to a real romance, for them, it worked!
They made their first appearances as a couple while both earning acclaim for their performances. Coon was nominated for the Best Featured Actress in a Play Tony Award, while Letts won for Best Leading Actor in a Play.
June 2013: Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts are engaged
After the Broadway run, Coon and Letts got engaged.
September 2013: Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts have an unconventional wedding
The pair tied the knot in an impromptu ceremony at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. On the eve of their planned courthouse wedding, Letts was rushed into emergency gallbladder surgery. Not wanting to postpone, they used the last day of their marriage license to say "I do" at the hospital, with a chaplain officiating.
In the interview with Rolling Stone, Coon quipped that Letts was "high as a kite" on painkillers. "Tracy's WGA insurance covered that whole visit, so it was a very inexpensive wedding," she joked.
November 2013: Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts' red carpet debut as a married couple
The newlyweds stepped out together publicly at the premiere of the film August: Osage County in Los Angeles. Letts penned the original play, and the event marked one of the couple's first big red-carpet appearances as a married couple.
March 2018: Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts welcome a baby
Coon gave birth to their son, Haskell Letts, on March 13, 2018. "I grew up in a family with five kids. I grew up with babies," Coon told Rolling Stone. "So babies have never been particularly intimidating to me."
Summer 2021: Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts welcome their second child
The couple welcomed their second child, a daughter, in summer 2021. They have chosen to keep their daughter's name and birthday private.
August 2024: Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts receive Emmy nominations
Both husband and wife received Emmy nods in 2024. Coon was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for The Gilded Age, and Letts earned his first Emmy nomination for a guest role on Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.
February 2025: More shared success for Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts
The pair walked the red carpet at the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards. That evening, they took the stage together when the ensemble of His Three Daughters (which they were both part of) won the Robert Altman Award for Best Ensemble.
Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts' Wedding
Coon and Letts were married on September 15, 2013, but not in a way they had ever expected. They had obtained a marriage license in Illinois, which came with an expiration window of 60 days. As fate would have it, day 59 found Tracy Letts in the hospital for an unexpected emergency gallbladder surgery. With just one day left before their license expired, they decided to go through with the ceremony rather than restart the paperwork process. They held the wedding right there in the hospital where Letts was recovering, meaning Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago became an impromptu wedding venue for the couple.
A hospital chaplain officiated a brief, intimate ceremony in Letts's room, making it a truly private celebration. Despite (or perhaps because of) the unorthodox setting, the moment was heartfelt. "There was a Lutheran chaplain at the hospital who officiated a lovely, intimate, and personal ceremony," Letts said in a 2013 Vanity Fair interview. In the end, they were married with no frills—just love and a good story to tell.
Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts' Children
Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts have two children together. Their first child, son Haskell Letts, was born on March 13, 2018. He's named after Letts' late great-grandfather, Charles Haskell Letts.
Coon continued to work through her pregnancy with Haskell, and after Haskell was born, Letts found himself newly motivated. "When I got pregnant with our son four years ago, Tracy really went into overdrive," Coon said in a 2021 interview with Harper's Bazaar. "It was as though there was some biological imperative to take care of his family that kicked in. He just said yes to everything."
In the summer of 2021, the couple welcomed their second child, a daughter, whose name they've chosen to keep private. Coon was actually filming HBO's The Gilded Age while pregnant with their daughter, which led to some creative behind-the-scenes adjustments. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Coon revealed that the costume department ingeniously modified her 19th-century gowns to conceal her pregnancy, including "a lot of very fancy capes." "They did such an amazing job of hiding it that a lot of people in post-production didn't know I was pregnant," Coon said.
