Meet the real-life loves of The Diplomat cast

Tensions are high at Netflix The diplomatIt's about US Ambassador Kate Wyler's job to prevent a possible war while her marriage to a political superstar hangs in the balance.

Fortunately, the cast's true love stories are far less dramatic.

Keri Russell, who plays Kate, admitted to PEOPLE that her character's relationship with former diplomat Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell) is “complex.” But she also argued that the second season felt “very mature” and showed the “realities of knowing someone for so long”, something she could relate to in her decade-plus relationship with Matthew Rhys.

Season 2 of The diplomatwhich was released on October 31st, further ups the ante on Kate and Hal's on-again, off-again dynamic. Add to that the undeniable chemistry between her and British Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison (David Gyasi) and the uncomfortable tension between her right-hand man Stuart Hayford (Ato Essandoh) and CIA station chief Eidra Park (Ali Ahn).

While the on-screen characters' relationship status remains a question mark, many of the actors portraying them have long-term partners.

Here you can find out everything about the true loves of The diplomat pour.

Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys

Previously, it defused international crises The diplomatRussell was an undercover spy at FX The Americans from 2013 to 2018. During filming, the actress began secretly dating her co-star (and fictional husband) Matthew Rhys. During a 2024 episode of Jesse Tyler Ferguson Dinner is on me On the podcast, Russell said that the timing of their relationship was everything.

“It was so fun that we got to do this together…in the prime of our lives,” she said. “If we had met when we were 20, we wouldn't be together. We were at exactly the right moment.”

The couple made their relationship public in 2014 and gave birth to their son Sam in 2016. Russell also has two children – Willa and River – with her ex-husband Shane Deary.

Rufus Sewell and Vivian Benitez

Sewell has been in a relationship with actress and former model Vivian Benitez since 2020. In December 2023, she announced her engagement on Instagram with a photo of her diamond ring, followed by a selfie of Sewell kissing her on the cheek. The caption read: “Until death (or until he continues to walk on bath mats in his outside shoes) do us part.”

Sewell and Benitez married on July 17, 2024 in a ceremony she described as “perfect.” Although the couple has appeared on the red carpet a few times, they keep their relationship mostly private.

Benitez occasionally shares photos of their life together on her Instagram, including a series of pictures from a trip to Wales they took in 2022.

David Gyasi and Emma Gyasi

He may have a “will they or won’t they” thing with Russell The diplomatbut in real life, David Gyasi has been in the same relationship since he was a teenager. In 2021, the British actor told The standard that he began dating his wife Emma Gyasi in sixth form – the final two years of secondary school in the UK – when she became pregnant with their daughter Elena.

“Obviously 32-year-old David is very different to me when I was 19,” he said. “But I feel incredibly lucky that I was allowed to change and that my wife feels like she was allowed to change.”

The couple later married and had another child, a son named Nathaniel.

Ali Ahn and William Jackson Harper

Ahn met her boyfriend, The good placeis William Jackson Harper, while both were active in the New York theater scene. In 2012 they starred in an outdoor production of Romeo and Julietand Harper told that Los Angeles Times that their relationship “just skyrocketed from there.”

While the couple mostly flies under the radar, Ahn posted a series of Instagram photos with Harper at the 77th Tony Awards in June 2024. She captioned the post: “So proud of @williamjacksonharper. “It’s an honor to be his date.” You were there too The diplomatThe second season of “Season 2” premieres in October 2024.

Rory Kinnear and Pandora Colin

A couple on it The diplomat exists even off-screen.

Rory Kinnear, who plays Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge, has been in a relationship with actress Pandora Colin, who plays Lydia Trowbridge, since 2006 Chernobyl and Aziz Ansaris Master of Nothing.

Kinnear told The Guardian In 2017, the couple shared two children, Riley and Hope.

Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole

The diplomatMichael McKean, who plays President William Rayburn, is married to him Virgin Riverhas been Annette O'Toole for over 25 years. They first met in the 1970s and then reunited on the set of the 1998 Lifetime film Final justice. A year later they married.

“I married my best friend 23 years ago and it worked out wonderfully,” said the actor Posted on X (formerly Twitter) in March 2022. “Thanks for saying yes.”

The couple, who are also musicians, have worked together on shows like Boy meets world And Smallville. McKean and O'Toole were even nominated for an Oscar for songs they wrote for the 2003 comedy musical A powerful wind.