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Meet the Real-Life Loves of ‘The Hunting Wives’ Cast

NEED TO KNOW
- The Hunting Wives premiered on Netflix on July 21
- The new series is based on the 2021 book by May Cobb of the same name
- Members of the cast are partners with fellow actors in real-life, including Evan Jonigkeit, who is married to Zosia Mamet
Netflix’s salacious new series The Hunting Wives quickly goes from howdy to rowdy.
Based on the 2021 novel by May Cobb, The Hunting Wives follows Sophie O’Neil (Brittany Snow), a woman who moves to East Texas for her husband’s new job, and finds herself entangled in the world of an elite group led by the magnetic Margo Banks (Malin Akerman).
Speaking to Parade in July 2025, showrunner Rebecca Cutter described the title as “good soapy fun,” while also teasing that it navigates tricky situations.
“Hunting Wives is not afraid to get its hands dirty — unflinching in its exploration of sexuality, social dynamics, marriage, and political realities,” she explained. “But while it portrays characters on opposite sides of the culture war, there is no good guy or bad guy – because I love each of these flawed characters equally.”
The series features unconventional relationships, but what about the actors’ romantic lives off-screen?
Here’s everything to know about the real-life loves of The Hunting Wives cast.
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Malin Akerman and Jack Donnelly
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Malin Akerman plays Margo Banks, the leader of the Hunting Wives.
Off-screen, Akerman is married to fellow actor, Jack Donnelly. They wed in Tulum, Mexico, in December 2018, after announcing their engagement the year before, in October 2017.
The couple originally met through Akerman’s sister. “[Donnelly] is actually my youngest sister’s boyfriend’s friend from drama school in England. I had known him for the past four years but didn’t see him,” she said during an April 2018 appearance on Live with Kelly and Ryan.
“Then all of a sudden he came back from England like a year-and-a-half ago,” she continued. “And I went, ‘Wow, have you always been this cute?’ ”
Since then, Akerman and Donnelly have acted together in projects, including Friendsgiving, A Week in Paradise and Slayers.
From 2007 to 2013, Akerman was married to musician Roberto Zincone, with whom she shares a son, Sebastian.
Brittany Snow
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Brittany Snow portrays Sophie O’Neil, who moves from Boston to Texas for her husband’s job.
It is unclear if Snow is currently dating anyone, but she was previously married to Selling the OC star Tyler Stanaland.
They wed in March 2020, and Snow officially filed for divorce in January 2023. That same summer, the actress and real estate agent finalized their separation in July 2023.
“I think everybody goes through really tough periods and then it’s all in our perspective and how we deal with it, right?” the Hairspray star told PEOPLE in June 2023. “Because nobody’s immune to tough periods in their life. And, all I’m trying to do is focus on myself and tune out the noise.”
Jaime Ray Newman and Guy Nattiv
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Jaime Ray Newman plays Callie, a member of the Hunting Wives who is the wife of the town’s sheriff.
The General Hospital actress has been married to director Guy Nattiv since April 2012, per her IMDb.
They have two daughters, Alma Ness, born in 2018, and Mila Nico, whom they welcomed in 2019.
Notably, the couple worked together on the Oscar-winning short film, Skin. Newman was a producer, while Nattiv was the director and screenwriter.
The two celebrated when the title won for Best Live Action Short Film at the 2019 Academy Awards. They got up on stage and dedicated the win to their daughter Alma.
Evan Jonigkeit and Zosia Mamet
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Evan Jonigkeit portrays Graham, Sophie’s husband.
In real life, Jonigkeit is married to fellow actress Zosia Mamet. The pair met in 2013 while starring in an off-Broadway play titled Really, Really.
They kept their relationship a secret from their cast members and admittedly, “did a lot of gaslighting,” they said on the Today show in July 2024.
The Girls star explained that she felt their romance “was probably going to last and be serious.”
Jonigkeit and Mamet went on to marry in October 2016, per The Hollywood Reporter.
Katie Lowes and Adam Shapiro
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Katie Lowes plays Jill, a fellow Hunting Wives member wed to a reverend.
Away from the cameras, Lowes is married to actor Adam Shapiro. The two tied the knot in June 2012. They have two kids: a son, Albee, and a daughter, Vera Fay.
In June 2025, the couple told PEOPLE their secrets to a long-lasting relationship, which they revealed involved couples therapy.
“We’re both actors. Obviously. Couples therapy,” Lowes quipped. “We love to talk it out. We love personal therapy. Couples therapy. If therapy is in the word, we’re doing it.”
Shapiro added that traveling helps, as does humor, with Lowes noting, “He’s very, very, very funny.”
Chrissy Metz
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Chrissy Metz portrays Starr, who finds herself outside of the Hunting Wives social circle.
The This Is Us alum is in a relationship, but has not revealed the identity of her mystery man.
In an April 2025 Parade interview, Metz explained why she hasn’t posted her boyfriend on her social media, saying, “[Sometimes] you have to keep some things for yourself.”
That same month, during an appearance on Live with Kelly and Mark, the Emmy-nominated actress revealed that she went to Nigeria to visit her boyfriend’s family. “They are the most beautiful, special, wonderful people,” she said.
Metz went on to describe a Nigerian welcome as, “Love, kindness, food. Some of it spicy, a little spicy for me.”
Dermot Mulroney
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Dermot Mulroney plays Jed Banks, Margo’s wealthy husband.
In June 2025, the Chicago Fire star filed for divorce from Prima Apollinaare, his wife of 15 years.
The two started dating in 2008 and married in 2010. They share two daughters together.
Alexandria DeBerry and Tyler Beede
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Alexandria DeBerry portrays Taylor.
DeBerry is married to professional baseball pitcher Tyler Beede.
According to the actress’ Instagram, the couple has been together since 2014. They wed in November 2017 and have two children.
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‘Glad’ I’m not her mother-in-law

Taylor Swift was shaded by her ex-boyfriend Matty Healy’s mom, Denise Welch, who declared she was “glad” that she didn’t end up as the singer’s mother-in-law.
Welch targeted the 14-time Grammy winner when asked about the pop star’s short-lived romance with her son during an appearance on “Watch What Happens Live!” Thursday
Welch, a British soap actress and daytime TV fixture, didn’t hold back when host Andy Cohen asked for her reaction to Swift’s 2024 album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” which is believed to contain several nods to the rocker.
“Obviously, on pain of death can I talk about that episode, but not being her mother-in-law is a role that I am glad that I lost,” she said, prompting audible gasps from the audience.
“Not that I have anything against her at all,” she went on. “It was just — it was tricky.”
The “Celebrity Big Brother UK” star, 67, then briefly paused before elaborating on her initial answer.
“She — listen, you’re not allowed to say anything, and then she writes a whole album about it,” Welch said of the “Cruel Summer” hitmaker, 35.
But Welch insisted that Healy, who is the frontman for The 1975, took the aftermath of Swift’s eleventh studio album “all in good grace.”
“He is very happy with his amazing fiancée Gabriella, who is gorgeous,” she went on, referring to the model Gabbriette Bechtel, by her real name.
“So, we’ve moved on,” Welch added.
Healy, 36, and Swift briefly dated from May to June 2023, following the latter’s split from British actor Joe Alwyn.
During their short-lived romance, the duo were inseparable, with the “Somebody Else” crooner attending several of her sold-out Eras Tour concerts.
They were also often spotted in New York City, including at the Electric Lady recording studio.
Following the pair’s split, an insider told “Entertainment Tonight” that they had parted ways due to incompatibility and scheduling issues.
When Swift released “TTPD” in April 2024, it was rumored that she wrote the album’s title track, “Guilty As Sin,” “Down Bad,” “Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus,” “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” and “I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)” about Healy.
Swift has since moved on with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce over the summer of 2024.
Healy, for his part, popped the all-important question to Bechtel in June 2024.
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Zac Brown and Jewelry Designer Kendra Scott Are Engaged! (Exclusive)

NEED TO KNOW
- Musician Zac Brown and jewelry designer Kendra Scott are engaged
- The couple publicly hard-launched their relationship at the American Music Awards in May
- At the time, a source told PEOPLE they had been dating for several months
Musician Zac Brown and jewelry designer Kendra Scott are engaged!
“We are so happy and grateful that we found each other,” the couple tells PEOPLE exclusively. Scott showed off her dazzling pink diamond as she and Brown posed for the sweet photos after he popped the question, and they smiled widely over the joyful event.
Kendra Scott
In May, the couple made their red carpet debut at the American Music Awards in Las Vegas, and a source told PEOPLE at the time that they had been dating for several months.
“They were set up by a mutual friend, and are totally in love,” the source said of the duo. “They are head over heels and have become inseparable.”
Brown, 46, and Scott, 51, also attended fellow country artist Jamey Johnson’s wedding in May, where they were photographed together.
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At the AMAs, Brown, the lead singer of the Zac Brown Band, was awarded with the show’s first-ever Veterans’ Voice Awards, which spotlights artists who have made a lasting impact in the lives of veterans. The band also just announced a residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas for December.
“Bringing our new album Love & Fear to Sphere Las Vegas is a dream come true. It’s my masterpiece so far,” Brown wrote on Instagram of the band’s new album and upcoming shows. “This show is the story of my life that I have never shared, a journey through my imagination, music and stories that have defined who I am.”
Brown works closely with Hope for the Warriors, the nonprofit organization that assists combat-wounded service members and their families and is the founder of Camp Southern Ground, which is a residential camp for kids and teens during the summer months, and for the rest of the year, it serves veterans, aiding them as they assimilate back to civilian life.
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Kendra Scott
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Scott is also passionate about giving back through her Kendra Scott Foundation, which just donated over half a million dollars to organizations benefitting Kerr County flood tragedy. The source noted that philanthropy is part of their mutual attraction.
“It’s just one of the things they have in common,” the source shared.
The couple are each parents, and between them have eight children ranging in age from 11 to 23.
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Kelly Osbourne shares her heartbreak after dad Ozzy’s death

Kelly Osbourne, who rose to fame on her family’s eponymous MTV reality show, has spoken out about her father Ozzy Osbourne’s death.
The reality TV personality took to her Instagram Stories Thursday with a cryptic, heartbreaking statement. “I feel so unhappy I am so sad,” she wrote alongside a broken heart emoji.
“I lost the best friend I ever had.”
The iconic rocker died at the age of 76 on Tuesday, his family confirmed in a statement obtained by Page Six.
“It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning,” read the statement.
“He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time. Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis.”
Kelly, 40, became engaged to Sid Wilson at her father’s Black Sabbath farewell concert on July 5 — and she later took to Instagram to gush over Ozzy’s final performance.
“My dad got his moment in the sun! He was able to say thank you and good bye in the most beautiful way!” she wrote in part at the time, alongside a carousel of photos and clips from the show.
The mom of one was subsequently forced to respond to speculation that her father — who battled Parkinson’s disease and the effects of a spinal injury in recent years — was dying after fake AI videos mimicking the musician claimed that was the case.
“There’s this video going around on social media, and it’s supposed to be my dad, but it’s AI,” the reality star said via Instagram Stories on July 11, according to E! News.
“It has a voice like my dad’s David Attenborough or something. And it starts out saying, ‘I don’t need a doctor to tell me that I’m going to die. I know I’m going to die.’”
“What the f–k is wrong with you people?,” the TV personality said. “Why would you spend your time making a video like this?”
Kelly continued, explaining, “Yes, he has Parkinson’s, and yes, his mobility is completely different than it used to be, but he’s not dying. What is wrong with you?”
The “Fashion Police” alum also addressed an alleged suicide pact between her parents. “Stop making articles or posts about how you think my parents are having a suicide pact,” she exclaimed. “That was bulls–t my mom said to get attention one time. And my dad’s not dying. Stop.”
Sharon, 72, previously detailed the pact on “The Osbournes Podcast” in October 2023, saying that she and her husband planned to head to Switzerland to utilize the services of Dignitas via physician-assisted suicide.
“I don’t want it to actually hurt,” Sharon explained at the time. “Mental suffering is enough pain without physical. So if you’ve got mental and physical, see ya.”
Kelly is the late Black Sabbath rocker’s second child with wife Sharon, and the youngest of his three daughters.
She appeared alongside her famous parents and brother Jack, 39, on the genre-defining “The Osbournes” from 2002 to 2005, though sister Aimee, 41, did not appear in the show.
Kelly is also a sibling to Ozzy’s three children from his previous marriage to Thelma Riley — Jessica and Louis Osbourne, and Riley’s son Elliot Kingsley, whom Ozzy adopted.
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