Netflix's The Perfect Couple cast: Where you recognise them from
Meghann Fahy alert!
If you're in need of a good thriller to sink your teeth into, Netflix have just the ticket. The Perfect Couple is their new murder mystery, which landed on streaming services on 5th September 2024, and has an all star cast. So if you've been watching The Perfect Couple and thinking, "Hmm, where do I recognise them from?" here's a run down of the cast, their characters, and where you've seen them before.
As the Netflix description explains, "Based on Elin Hilderbrand’s New York Times best-selling novel, The Perfect Couple follows Amelia Sacks (Eve Hewson), a bride marrying into one of Nantucket’s wealthiest families. The groom’s mother, Greer Garrison Winbury (Nicole Kidman), a famous novelist, spares no expense on the high-society wedding. But, when a dead body appears on the beach, everyone’s Champagne dreams quickly vanish and are replaced by suspicion. As secrets bubble up to the surface, an investigation takes hold that feels plucked from one of Greer’s books."
*Spoilers*
Meghann Fahy as Merritt Monaco
Meghann Fahy plays Merritt, Amelia's best friend, maid of honour and an influencer. She dies during the first episode of The Perfect Couple, which sets up multiple threads as to who could've done it.
You almost definitely recognise Meghann from her role in The White Lotus season 2, where she played Daphne, and as fashion assistant Sutton Brady in The Bold Type. She is a 32-year-old American acctress, who is dating Leo Woodall.
Billy Howle as Benji Winbury
Benji's wedding takes centre stage in The Perfect Stranger. He is marrying Amelia on the Fourth of July weekend, at his family mansion on the island of Nantucket.
He is played by Billy Howle, a 34-year-old British actor from Scarborough, who most recently played a Dutch diplomat in BBC mini series The Serpent. You might also recognise him from E4 drama Glue, MotherFatherSon, and thriller series The Beast Must Die.
Dakota Fanning as Abby Winbury
Abby is the wife of Benji's brother Jack, who has married into the Winbury family. She's heavily pregnant.
Dakota Fanning is a 30-year-old American actress who was recently in the Netflix series, Ripley opposite Andrew Scott, as well as Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and Ocean's Eight.
Mia Isaac as Chloe Carters
Chloe plays the daughter of the detective who is in charge of investigating the murder, who also has a friendship with the youngest Winbury brother, Will. She works at the catering company which serves the Winbury family events.
In real life, Mia is a 20-year-old actress from the US who made her debut in 2019's Lovestruck. Most recently, she played Covey in the mini-series Black Cake, and also had roles in Not Okay and Gray Matter.
Eve Hewson as Amelia Sachs
Eve Hewson plays Benji's wife-to-be and the best friend of Merritt, who finds herself key to the murder investigation that unfolds over the bank holiday weekend.
You most likely recognise the 33-year-old Irish actress thanks to her starring role in Bad Sisters, where she plays Becka. She also played the lead in the Netflix thriller Behind Her Eyes, which came out in 2021, while her other roles include 2011 drama film This Must Be the Place, The Luminaries and Bridge of Spies.
Liev Schreiber as Tag Winbury
Tag is the patriach of the wealthy Winbury family, and husband to best-selling author Greer. He also finds himself embroiled as a potential suspect of the murder in The Perfect Couple.
Liev Schreiber is a 56-year-old actor from San Francisco, who you might recognise from X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Wes Anderson's Asteroid City, and Netflix's 2021 movie Don't Look Up.
Ishaan Khatter as Shooter Dival
Shooter is another suspect in the murder case in The Perfect Couple, one of the wedding guests who finds himself under suspicion.
In real live, Ishaan Khatter is a 28-year-old Indian actor who was also in Don't Look Up, and has many Hindi-language movies to his name, including Khaali Peeli, Fursat and more.
Nicole Kidman as Greer Garrison
Greer Garrison is the matriarch of the Winbury family, who almost definitely has more going on behind the scenes than she lets on. She is also a bestselling author, who is promoting her book while her son plans to get married at their Nantucket estate.
Nicole Kidman is a 57-year-old American actress with a back catalogue of movie and TV shows longer than our arm. From Big Little Lies to the recent Netflix movie, A Family Affair with Zac Efron, she's also in Aquaman, Bombshell, The Goldfinch and more.
Jack Reynor as Thomas Winbury
Thomas Winbury is Benji's older brother, who is married to Abby and expecting a baby. He's a bit of a troublemaker, and there's the suggesting of a drinking problem in The Perfect Couple.
In real life, Jack Reynor is a 32-year-old Irish actor who you might recognise from films like What Richard Did, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Glassland, Macbeth, Sing Street and Midsommar, as well as the series The Peripheral.
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