Meet the Real-Life Loves of “The Better Sister” Cast (Including Who Met Their Partner While Working as a Restaurant Chef)

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Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake

Jessica Biel, who plays high-strung widow Chloe Taylor, and Justin Timberlake person been surviving retired their love communicative since 2007.

The Total Recall character and nan "Mirrors" vocalist dated for 4 years and concisely divided successful 2011 earlier getting joined successful October 2012.

“I deliberation having a partner who understands this manufacture and adjacent industries for illustration euphony manufacture has been really profoundly important and profound for my life and for our business because he conscionable understands erstwhile I'm moving crazy agelong hours," she told InStyle successful May 2025, while adding, "He’s besides my best friend."

In 2015, nan mates became parents for nan first clip erstwhile they welcomed boy Silas Timberlake successful April. They welcomed their second son, Phineas Timberlake, successful January 2021.

Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman

Elizabeth Banks is Nicky Macintosh, Chloe's sister who has struggled to enactment sober. In existent life, Banks has been joined to her assemblage sweetheart, Max Handelman, since 2003.

The Hunger Games character and nan shaper met successful 1992 erstwhile they were students astatine nan University of Pennsylvania. Banks reflected connected their narration successful a full circle infinitesimal while giving nan school's 2025 commencement speech.

"I recovered nan emotion of my life astatine this spot connected 40th and Spruce connected a steamy evening successful 1992," she said. "I’ve compared each imaginable partner to him since, and well, he conscionable keeps winning. He is my existent information net, and that’s my narration proposal — find nan personification who gives you nan assurance to do it each scared."

They tied nan knot 10 years aft gathering successful July 2003 and later welcomed boy Felix successful 2011 and Magnus successful 2012. In summation to raising their children, they besides activity together connected their accumulation company, Brownstone Productions.

Corey Stoll and Nadia Bowers

Corey Stoll, who plays Chloe's hubby and Nicky's ex-husband Adam Macintosh, is joined to chap character Nadia Bowers. The mates exchanged rings successful 2014, tied nan knot nan pursuing twelvemonth and welcomed their boy successful October 2015.

Both Bowers and Stoll studied astatine New York University but didn't meet until they each attended an alumni arena for nan school's postgraduate acting programme successful 2008, they told Vulture successful 2019.

Bowers is besides an character and writer and has worked pinch Stoll connected shape erstwhile they each starred successful nan Classic Stage Company's accumulation of Macbeth successful 2019.

"Amazing things that you wouldn’t expect tin look from a existent mates moving together," Stoll told nan outlet. "If I was coming successful and gathering a caller character and trying to found that we person this relationship, location would beryllium this consciousness of, like, looking into each other’s eyes, but that’s taken for granted."

Kim Dickens and Leisha Hailey

Kim Dickens, who plays Detective Nancy Guidry, is successful a narration pinch Leisha Hailey. Like Dickens, Hailey is an character who starred successful nan Showtime bid The L Word.

Both Dickens and Hailey often stock photos of themselves traveling together and attending sports games and parties pinch different stars — including Sarah Paulson.

Maxwell Acee Donovan

Maxwell Acee Donovan is nan youngest prima successful The Better Sister, portraying Ethan Macintosh, Chloe's boy suspected of sidesplitting his father.

Donovan, who antecedently starred successful That '90s Show and Gabby Duran & The Unsittables, has kept his emotion life private.

Lorraine Toussaint

Lorraine Toussaint plays Chloe's friend Catherine Lancaster, who helps her pinch property aft her husband's death. In her ain life, Toussaint has kept quiet astir her making love history complete her decades-long acting career.

The Orange Is nan New Black character was antecedently joined to Robert Michael Tomlinson. In June 2019, TMZ reported that she had revenge for divorcement aft 2 years.

Toussaint is simply a mom to girl Samara and explained to nan Huffington Post successful 2014 that she's a azygous mom by "design."

“How do you day pinch a child? I don't cognize how,” she said astatine nan time. “I would for illustration to date. I don't scheme to unrecorded unsocial nan remainder of my life."

Matthew Modine and Caridad Rivera

Matthew Modine, who plays Chloe's high-society friend Bill Braddock, has been joined to Caridad Rivera since 1980.

The Stranger Things actor and nan constitution creator met successful New York City erstwhile Modine was moving arsenic a cook successful a edifice and Rivera came successful to prime up her takeout order.

"When I saw her, I was wholly smitten," he said successful a 2007 question and reply with Artisan News. "It was emotion astatine first sight, and I couldn't speak."

After getting joined successful 1980, they welcomed 2 kids: boy Boman Modine and girl Ruby Modine. Both children person taken aft their parents and are moving successful nan intermezo industry.