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Sometimes lawyers' love lives can be more confusing than a lengthy legal brief, just look at the characters in CBS' Matlock reboot. Unlike the law procedural, though, the show's cast leaves the drama behind when it comes to their real-life relationships. Oscar and Emmy winner Kathy Bates stars as Madeline "Matty" Matlock, a former attorney who uses her charm and wily ways to score a job at a prestigious New York law firm, Jacobson Moore.
But it's soon discovered that Matty is not who she appears to be to her new fellow employees. As with any gripping law drama, there are plenty of complicated relationships between the co-workers, including two played by Jason Ritter and Skye P. Marshall, exes who still have an on-again-off-again romance.
While the on-screen connections can be complex, in real life, the cast is made up of notable Hollywood stars, including one couple who appeared together in HBO's The Last of Us and another who met on the set of Good Sam . Here's everything to know about the real-life partners of the cast of the Matlock reboot. Kathy Bates Kathy Bates plays Madeline “Matty” Matlock, the titular role on the CBS reboot.
In 1991, Bates married her longtime boyfriend, Tony Campisi, and they divorced six years later. While the actress has kept her relationships private, she has since touched on the subject. While presenting at the 2024 Emmy Awards, Bates joked, "Do you know how hard it was to get a date after Misery ?" referring to her Oscar-winning role of scary superfan Annie Wilkes in the 1990 thriller.
In a September 2024 interview with Parade , Kathy spoke about Matlock and her relationship with her on-screen husband, Edwin Kingston, played by Sam Anderson. "It’s lovely. They’ve been married for 49 years and he’s very different than she is," she explained.
"He’s not such a type-A personality, so they really complement one another." Skye P. Marshall and Edwin Hodge Skye P.
Marshall and Edwin Hodge are a TV primetime power couple: Marshall plays Olympia Lawrence on Matlock , and Hodge portrays Ray Cannon on FBI: Most Wanted . The two actors moved in "similar circles" but never met until they both landed roles on the short-lived CBS medical drama Good Sam in 2020. "We transformed our on-set romance into a real love story ," Hodge told PEOPLE in June 2024, adding how Marshall "encourages me to push beyond my comfort zone.
" As for Skye, she explained that Hodge pushes her out of her comfort zone. "He inspires me to gain hobbies that continuously activate new and creative ways for me to express myself," the actress shared. The two married on June 29, 2024, at Carondelet House in Los Angeles.
Jason Ritter and Melanie Lynskey On Matlok , Jason Ritter plays Julian Markston, who works alongside his ex-wife, Olympia (Skye P. Marshall). In real life, Ritter is married to Yellowjackets star Melanie Lynskey .
The pair started dating more than a decade ago after they met filming The Big Ask in 2013. Ritter and Lynskey would go on to costar in two more movies, We'll Never Have Paris in 2014 and The Intervention in 2016. They also both appeared in the first season of HBO's The Last of Us , even if Ritter was unrecognizable , dressed as a terrifying fungi-infected "clicker.
" In February 2017, Lynskey announced that she and Ritter were engaged during a TV interview . The following winter, the couple welcomed a daughter in December 2018. Ritter and Lynskey married in an intimate wedding on their front porch in spring 2020.
David Del Rio and Katherine Del Rio David Del Rio portrays Billy Martinez on Matlock , working closely with Leah Lewis' character, Sarah. David first met his wife, Katherine, in 2010 when Katherine attended In the Heights on Broadway and saw David, who was in the cast. After getting a picture together at the stage door, the two reunited three years later at a party in Los Angeles.
David and Katherine started dating, and in 2017, he proposed at the Richard Rodgers Theater, where they originally met. "I always had an idea of how I was going to propose," he told Inside Edition in April 2017. "But the minute I started speaking, we landed at the stage door, and I just started forgetting everything I was going to say except the question.
" Shortly after, the couple married in Mexico and today, they're parents of two daughters: Lilia and Coco . Leah Lewis Leah Lewis brings the Gen Z energy as Sarah Franklin on Matlock . Before joining the CBS reboot cast, Leah starred in The Half of It , Netflix's 2020 modern retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac.
She also voiced the character Ember in Pixar's Elemental and was part of the cast of The CW's Nancy Drew , which ran from 2019 to 2023. Leah previously dated musician Payson Lewis and they collaborated on the track "Back in Time." Eme Ikwuakor and Megha Nabe Eme Ikwuakor plays Elijah Walker, an equity partner at the Jacobson Moore law firm on Matlock .
Ikwuakor met his wife, Megha Nabe, at a Hollywood bar through a mutual friend. They later wed on Dec. 8, 2021, in Costa Mujeres, Mexico.
Ikwuakor and Megha went on to welcome their son Taj in June 2023. "Such an amazing experience these last three years and I have had the opportunity to not only grow but to expand my life with you," Ikwuakor wrote on Instagram in December 2024, celebrating the pair's wedding anniversary. He continued, "You have been such an amazing partner, mother and friend to not only me but little tiny Tajoes Baboes.
" Sam Anderson and Barbara Hancock On-screen, Sam Anderson portrays Edwin Kingston, Matty's husband. In real life, though, the actor has been married to Barbara Ann Hancock since 1985, per his IMDb . They are the parents of two children.
Beau Bridges and Wendy Treece Beau Bridges plays Howard, a.k.a.
Senior, the managing partner of the law firm that hires Matty. Senior is also the father of Julian, Jason Ritter's character. Bridges married Wendy Treece on April 10, 1984.
In February 2023, he posted a sweet tribute to his wife on Instagram , sharing an image of them at the 79th Venice International Film Festival in 2022. “ 44 years with my girl ," he captioned it. The couple share three children: Dylan, Ezekiel and Emily.
Yael Grobglas and Artem Kroupenev Yael Grobglas portrays Shae Banfield, a jury consultant who also goes by the nickname "The Meerkat." The Jane the Virgin alum is married to Artem Kroupenev, and the pair keep their romance under wraps. Still, for Valentine's Day 2018, Grobglas dedicated a sweet Instagram post to her husband.
"I‘m not a fan of gushing on social media, but this funny man has had my back for 13 years now and although I believe 'I love you's should be a private matter, today I think I’ll make one public," she wrote. Grobglas continued, "I love you Artem. You’re my man.
You’re the best man. Let’s keep on laughing." In January 2020, the actress announced the birth of their daughter, Arielle, with a funny, candid post .
Andrea Londo and Greg Bekkers Andrea Londo plays Simone, who went to law school with Sarah (Leah Lewis) and recently joined Jacobson Moore as a junior associate. Away from the cameras, Londo and her husband, Greg Bekkers, met thanks to "a fateful swipe right in 2019," she told PEOPLE. Three years later, in 2022, Bekkers proposed to Londo while they were on a road trip through Arizona and Utah.
The couple wed on June 15, 2024, in Saint-Félix-de-Pallières, France. Speaking to PEOPLE the following month, Londo explained that marriage is "having your favorite human by your side as you navigate life’s ups and downs." Read the original article on People.
