Fans want to know who Carrie Coon is married to and who her husband, Tracy Letts, is. Moreover, they also want to know what Letts’ profession is and his and Coon’s relationship history. This curiosity arose after the couple recently addressed earning Emmy nominations together. Coon had earned her nomination for her performance in The Gilded Age, while Letts earned his nomination for Winning Time: The Rise of Lakers Dynasty. Moreover, the curiosity also happens at the time of Coon’s latest release, His Three Daughters, helmed by Azazel Jacobs.
So who is Carrie Coon married to? What is Coon’s husband’s profession? What is their relationship history? Here is everything you need to know.
Who is Carrie Coon married to?
Carrie Coon is married to Tracy Letts.
Coon and Letts had married in 2013 in a wedding ceremony that took place in a hospital. According to Letts in a Vanity Fair interview, his wedding with Coon took place after he had an emergency gallbladder surgery. Letts mentioned that the night before his surgery, he and Coon had been preparing to go to the courthouse to get married until he was plagued by pains. After his surgery, Coon, who had arrived at the hospital, found a Lutheran chaplain and had him officiate her and Letts’ wedding, which the latter called “a lovely, intimate, and personal ceremony.”
What is Tracy Letts’ job?
Tracy Letts is a playwright, screenwriter, and actor.
Letts received a 2008 Pulitzer Prize Award for Drama for his play August: Osage County. He also bagged a Tony Award for his performance as George in the Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? revival. Aside from this, Letts is also known for his performance of Andrew Lockhart in the third and fourth seasons of Homeland. As a screenwriter, Letts wrote the screenplays for the films Bug, Killer Joe, and August: Osage County, all of which had been adapted from his own plays.
Letts’ other credits include roles in projects like Lady Bird, Ford v. Ferrari, and The Big Short.
Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts relationship history
Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts reportedly first met each other during the Broadway production of the Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? revival.
As mentioned above, Tracy Letts and Carrie Coon married in 2013 in a hospital following his gall bladder surgery. According to Carrie Coon in a Late Night with Seth Meyers interview, they had gotten their marriage license in Illinois. This license stipulated that their marriage had to take place within 60 days of registering, or they would need to go back to City Hall to re-register.
Coon joked in the interview that her husband “was so high” and that “his gown was slightly off the shoulder.”
Carrie Coon confirmed she and Letts were expecting their first child in January 2018 via X (formerly Twitter). They then gave birth to their first child, a son named Haskell, two months later, in March 2018. Haskell’s birth details were confirmed in county records obtained by the Chicago Tribune. She and Letts then welcomed their second child in 2021.
Then in 2023, Coon and Letts sold their mansion in Bucktown for a sum of $3.1 million, as per Chicago Tribune.
