Meet the Real-Life Loves of the “East of Eden” Cast

Kelly AllenWed, October 7, 2026 at 10:00 PM UTC

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Finn Cole and Florence Pugh; Tracy Letts and Carrie CoonCredit: Roy Rochlin/Getty; Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty

The East of Edencharacters may have complicated love and family lives, but off-screen, many of the cast members are in long-term relationships.

The Netflix limited series — which is based on John Steinbeck’s 1952 novel of the same name and hit the streamer on Oct. 1 — stars Florence Pugh as Cathy Ames, whose choices ultimately help to tear apart the Trasks, Adam (Christopher Abbott) and Charles (Mike Faist). Off-screen, Pugh publicly confirmed her relationship with fellow actor Finn Cole earlier this year.

Meanwhile, Joseph Zada, who plays Adam and Cathy’s son Cal Trask, recently confirmed to Vanity Fair that he met his girlfriend, who is not an actress, at a bar. Additionally, Tracy Letts, who plays Adam and Charles’ father Cyrus Trask, and The Gilded Age star Carrie Coon celebrated their 13-year wedding anniversary in September.

Here’s everything to know about the real-life loves of the East of Eden cast.

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Florence Pugh and Finn Cole

Florence Pugh in 2026; Finn Cole in 2026Credit: Karwai Tang/WireImage; Rob Kim/WireImage

Pugh made her relationship with Cole Instagram official in March. In the post, the couple posed together at the Bulgari Eclettica High-End Collection launch event, with Cole looking lovingly at Pugh.

The Don’t Worry Darling star and Peaky Blinders actor initially sparked dating rumors in July 2024 when they were spotted at Glastonbury Festival. In October 2024, the actress told British Vogue that she was dating someone new, but didn’t identify who at the time.

The two have since been spotted out several times, including a pizza date in New York City. In September, Pugh told Vanity Fair that she doesn’t want her relationship to be a “secret,” but she also doesn’t want “everything to be divulged.”

“The important thing is that we’re happy, and I feel solid and safe and sturdy,” she said. “And that’s worth its weight in gold in our lives.”

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Christopher Abbott and Aubrey Plaza

Aubrey Plaza and Christopher AbbottCredit: Dia Dipasupil/WireImage

Abbott welcomed his first baby with his partner, Aubrey Plaza, in August.

The actor — who earned a Tony Award nomination, was cast in X-Men, turned 40 and became a dad all in the past year — opened up about fatherhood in October, crowning it his biggest accomplishment.

“When you really reflect on it like that, I got to put Dad first,” he said during an episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast.

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Joseph Zada

Joseph Zada in 2026Credit: Rob Kim/WireImage

Zada has a girlfriend, but is keeping her identity private.

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While the actor didn’t name his girlfriend in his Vanity Fair interview, he told the outlet that they met at a bar in Sydney earlier this year and that she’s a student.

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Hoon Lee and Sekiya Billman

Sekiya Billman and Hoon Lee in 2026Credit: Arturo Holmes/Getty

Hoon Lee, who plays domestic worker Lee, has been married to his wife, Sekiya Billman, since 2008.

Lee first connected with Billman, who is a stage actress, through theater production in 2001. They went on to found Mr. Miyagi’s Theatre Company with a group of friends and Asian-American actors, and ultimately wed at Bubby’s Pie Company in Brooklyn, N.Y., per The New York Times,

They share a son, whom they raised in Queens, N.Y.

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Tracy Letts and Carrie Coon

Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts in 2026Credit: Monica Schipper/Getty

Letts has been married to fellow actor Coon since 2013.

They started dating when they co-starred in a production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in Chicago. Since then, they’ve worked together numerous times, including in The Post and in season 2 of The Sinner.

“It’s not that strange for me to be working with Tracy, because we’ve collaborated many times,” Coon said in a joint January 2020 interview with Chicago Magazine. “There’s never trepidation about whether or not that process will be successful, because we always enjoy each other in that capacity.”

They share two kids: son Haskell, born in 2018, and a daughter, whose name has not yet been revealed, born in 2021.

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Ciarán Hinds and Hélène Patarot

Ciarán Hinds and Hélène Patarot in 2022Credit: David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty

Irish actor Ciarán Hinds, who plays farmer Samuel Hamilton, has been married to French-Vietnamese actress Hélène Patarot since 1987 after meeting on the set of The Mahabharata.

“We live in Paris and London,” he told The Guardian in May 2024. “I’d be dead without the Eurostar!”

The couple shares one daughter, Aoife Hinds, who has followed in her actor parents’ footsteps, starring in Normal People (2020), Dune: Prophecy(2024) and Digger(2026).

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