Last Updated on 07/09/2024 by Arun jain
“The Perfect Couple,” Netflix A new festival-worthy series has arrived, just in time for the start of autumn.
Based on Elin Hilderbrand’s bestselling novel of the same name, “The Perfect Couple” follows the wealthy Winbury family, led by crime novelist Greer Garrison Winbury (Nicole Kidman) and her husband Tag Winbury (Liev Schreiber).
The Winburys spare no expense for their son Benji’s (Billy Howell) wedding, which will take place on the grounds of their Nantucket, MA, estate.
However, the picture-perfect wedding is put on hold when a body turns up on the beach outside the family home on the morning of the ceremony – and everyone in the wedding party becomes suspicious.
Business Insider has taken a look at the cast and what they have seen ahead of the new series.
Nicole Kidman plays Greer Garrison Winbury, a crime novelist and matriarch of the Winbury clan.
As the audience sees in the first episode of the series, Greer is a formidable force.
An acclaimed murder mystery novelist, her storybook romance of marrying into a high-society family like the Winburys has made her a celebrity in her own right.
She is also obsessed with maintaining her family’s pristine image and has doubts about her son’s choice of wife.
A five-time Oscar nominee (she won best actress in 2003 for her performance in the 2002 film “The Hours”), Kidman is the biggest star of the cast.
While the Australian actor made a name for himself in films like “Moulin Rouge” and “Eyes Wide Shut,” he has turned more to television roles in recent years.
Some of her recent television projects include “Big Little Lies,” “Roar,” “Nine Perfect Strangers” and “The Undoing.”
Kidman worked with Susan Beer, who directed all six episodes of “The Perfect Couple,” on “The Undoing.”
Liev Schreiber plays Tag Winbury, whose family legacy and fortune spans generations.
Lazy lives are used to a life of leisure. He inherited a large Nantucket estate known as Summerland from his wealthy parents.
Schreiber is perhaps best known for his role on the long-running television Showtime drama “Ray Donovan,” in which he played a professional fixer.
The actor has also appeared in several “Scream” films, “Spotlight” and “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”.
Abby Winbury, who has married into the family, is played by Dakota Fanning.
When we meet her in the first episode, Abby Winbury is expecting her first child with Benji’s older brother Tom.
Fanning starred in the second Netflix series “Ripley” and the horror film “The Watchers” earlier this year.
The actor first rose to fame as a child thanks to his memorable roles in “Uptown Girls”, “War of the Worlds” and “Charlotte’s Web”.
Audiences may also recognize Fanning from her role as the villainous vampire in the “Twilight” saga.
Her other notable roles include “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “The Alienist”.
Eve Hewson plays Amelia Sachs, the bride.
Amelia is a down-to-earth zookeeper who caught the eye of Middle Winbury’s son while she was at work, so it’s not hard to understand why she’s feeling like a fish out of water in Summerland.
Hewson, who is the daughter of U2 front man Bono, previously appeared in the Netflix thriller “Behind Her Eyes,” which was also based on a book.
The Irish actor is also known for his role in Apple TV+’s “Bad Sisters.”
Her movie credits include “Flora and Son” and the 2018 version of “Robin Hood”, in which she played Maid Marian opposite Taron Egerton as the title character.
Meghan Fahy plays Amelia’s maid of honor, an influencer named Merritt Monaco.
Merritt is Amelia’s best friend, who appears to rub the Winburys the wrong way.
Fahy is perhaps best known for playing the scene-stealing Deaf in the second season of “The White Lotus.”
Viewers may also recognize her from her appearances on Freeform’s “The Bold Type” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Chicago Fire” and “Gossip Girl.”
Billy Howell plays Benji Winbury, Amelia’s groom and Winbury’s golden boy.
Benji is the apple of Greer and Tag’s eye. A talented painter, Benji loves his daughter-in-law.
British actor Howell has starred in the crime dramas “The Beast Must Die,” “The Serpent” and “Under the Banner of Heaven.”
He may be familiar to Netflix subscribers as he played Edward, Prince of Wales in the movie “Outlaw King”.
Jack Raynor plays Thomas Winbury, Benji’s older brother.
As the eldest Winbury son, Thomas does his best to live a life approved by his parents: he works on Wall Street, is married well, and will soon give them their first grandchild. However, beneath the veneer of perfection, Thomas is struggling.
Some of Raynor’s notable film roles include “Midsomer,” “Transformers: Age of Extinction” and “Macbeth.”
He previously starred in the Apple TV+ movie “Flora and Son” alongside Eve Hewson.
Sam Nivola plays Will Winbury, the youngest member of the Winbury family.
Will is the teenage brother of the groom and the youngest at Winbury.
Nivola is the son of British actor Emily Mortimer and her husband Alessandro Nivola.
He previously played Leonard Bernstein’s son in Bradley Cooper’s Oscar-nominated “Maestro” and starred in the films “White Noise” and “Eileen.”
Ishaan Khattar plays shooter Diwal, Benjy’s best man and childhood friend.
Shooter is considered an honorary member of the Winbury family, having known Benji since they were at boarding school together.
Son of Bollywood stars Rajesh Khattar and Neelima Azim, Khattar has previously acted in the films “Beyond the Clouds” and “Pippa”.
Michael Beach plays Dan Carter, the local police chief.
Dan and his daughter Chloe live locally and know all about the wealthy Winburys, although their years living on Nantucket have had little reason to interact with them.
Audiences may recognize Beach from his roles as Al Bullet in the medical drama “ER” and TO Cross in “Sons of Anarchy.”
Recently, he has starred in “The Mayor of Kingstown” and “Dead Boy Detectives”.
Donna Lynne Champlin plays Nikki Henry, an out-of-town detective brought in to help solve a murder.
Nikki is a no-nonsense detective who doesn’t fall for Winbury like everyone else on Nantucket.
Champlin previously worked with “The Perfect Couple” director Bier on the TV series “The First Lady,” but is perhaps best known for her role as Paula Proctor on the sitcom “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.”
Mia Isaacs plays Chloe Carter, the local chief of police’s teenage daughter.
Chloe doesn’t run in the same circles as the Winburys, but she’s only about to enter their realm for a day, as she gets a job as a waitress at a wedding.
Viewers may have seen Isaac in the TV series “Black Cake” or the satire-comedy “Not OK,” in which she starred alongside Zoey Deutch.
Isabelle Nalet, a close family friend of the Winburys, is played by Isabelle Adjani.
Isabelle, whose ties to the Winbury family go back a long way, has traveled from France to attend the wedding.
French actor known for his roles in “Possession” and “The Story of Adele H”.
She later received a Best Actress Academy Award nomination in 1976.
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