Cara Buono is an accomplished American actress who has appeared in several hit TV shows, such as the HBO crime drama The Sopranos, AMC drama series Mad Men, and Netflix science fiction horror drama Stranger Things.

In the Netflix original series, she portrays the role of Karen Wheeler, a character that she has been playing since the first season. Buono is set to reprise the character again in the fifth and final season of Stranger Things, releasing on November 26, 2025.

Speaking a little about her character arc in the last season, the writers kept it quite normal as compared to what the viewers witnessed in other seasons. Karen Wheeler and Billy Hargrove’s chemistry was teased a bit in the second season.

And it was continued in the third season as well. So, did Mrs. Wheeler and Billy hook up? The answer is no. But, Buono’s Mrs. Wheeler had thought to go on a late-night date at a local motel with Dacre Montgomery‘s Billy.

Mrs. Wheeler cancels that date when she sees that her husband, Ted Wheeler, was asleep in a recliner with their third and youngest daughter, Holly Wheeler, in his arms. That puts a realization into Mrs. Wheeler’s mind as she decides that the date with Billy isn’t worth it.

So, that does it for Mrs. Wheeler’s small character arc in Stranger Things. Let’s come back to Cara Buono now. Is the actress well-settled in real life like her character in the Netflix show? Does she have any children?

Does Cara Buono have a husband?

Before moving into the New York native actress’s kids, let’s dive into her relationship first. Buono is presently in a blissful marital relationship with her longtime husband, Peter Thum. Thum is a businessman and philanthropist, plus the founder of Ethos Water, a branded bottled water company.

Buono met her future husband, Thum, while they were together on a flight to Los Angeles, California. They became friends, and as they got to know each other more closely, they eventually started dating.

A couple of months after being in a relationship, they decided to take a new step in their relationship and get married. The couple shared the wedding vows on July 12, 2009. Their wedding ceremony was held in New York.

Cara Buono with her husband, Peter Thum, at their New York-based wedding (Photo: Instagram)

While Buono and Thum actually tied the knots on July 12, 2009, many media outlets, including her IMDb page, have mentioned their wedding date as December 31, 2008. However, that’s not true at all.

The wedding date mentioned by other media outlets could be proven wrong after having a glance at Buono’s Instagram handle. For instance, on July 12, 2020, the actress shared a couple of pictures via Instagram to mark her 11th wedding anniversary with her husband.

In the caption, she first wished a happy anniversary to her husband. And then, she pointed out the second picture she posted, which was taken last year during their 10th wedding anniversary, for which the couple traveled to Sicily, Italy.

It meant that they marked their 11th wedding anniversary on July 12, 2020. Afterward, she stated that she is looking forward to their 12th wedding anniversary, on July 12, 2021, “without masks and in the world again.”

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Fast forward to July 2025, Buono and Thum’s marital relationship is still going strong as they are now married for 15 years. Recently, Thum took to his Instagram handle to celebrate his wife on Mother’s Day and posted a wholesome video of Buono and his child over the years.

Cara Buono and Peter Thum are parents to a child

Not only are Cara and Peter a married couple, but they are also parents of a child. The couple is blessed with a daughter named Esmé Thum. Besides Esmé, the longtime couple do not have any other kids.

The love birds welcomed their little bundle of joy more than four years after their marriage, on October 19, 2013. Since then, the two have done everything in their power to raise their child in a healthy environment.

Their daughter has already grown up and is now over 11 years old. Since Esmé’s birth, the actress can be seen taking her daughter to various events and movie sets, and her Instagram account is filled with pictures of her daughter.

Cara Buono and her husband, Peter Thum, with their daughter in Italy (Photo: Instagram)

On October 19, 2021, Cara took to her Instagram handle to post multiple pictures taken alongside her daughter and wished her a happy birthday. “Happy Birthday to my spirited girl. You’ll always be the best part of me,” she wrote in her caption.

Additionally, Cara’s Instagram highlight reveals that Esmé was present at her parents’s romantic 10th wedding anniversary in Sicily, Italy, where Cara and Peter renewed their vows with their daughter serving as the officiant.

Furthermore, every year, on the last day of Esmé’s school, the actress dresses up uniquely and goes to pick up her daughter. As of now, it’s reported that the family of three happily resides in their house in New York’s Greenwich Village.

Amybeth McNulty is a talented Irish-Canadian actress best known for her portrayal of Anne Shirley in the drama series Anne with an E (2017). Since then, she has appeared in a couple of movies and one TV show.

The TV show in question is the hit Netflix original series Stranger Things. McNulty first appeared in the series as Vickie in the first episode of the fourth season. She is set to reprise the character again in the fifth and final season of Stranger Things.

Given her rise in popularity, netizens have become eager to learn more about her, particularly her personal life. So, is Amybeth McNulty married? Is the 23-year-old actress dating a boyfriend? What’s her sexuality? And is she bisexual?

To answer the first question, McNulty is not a married woman; therefore, she doesn’t have a husband. Before moving into her dating life, let’s discuss her sexuality, as it is an important part of the star’s personal life.

Yes, McNulty is bisexual. She first came out as bisexual on June 18, 2020, on X, where she wrote, “Well, I think I just accidentally came out hahaha happy pride month lovelies”, followed by a pride flag and a heart emoji.

Some were curious about the “accidental” part in her post. When they did some digging, they found that McNulty had liked and reposted a fan edit of one of her old Instagram stories about attending a Pride parade, in which she had held the sign “Anne Shirley is bi as hell.”

Two years later, on June 4, 2022, the Milford native opened up a bit more on her sexuality when she took to her Instagram handle and shared a video. “My name is amybeth mcnulty, and I am Bisexual. I suppose this is my official coming out,” she wrote in the caption.

“So when I have said in the past that I understand you, it is because I am one of you. I know how difficult the journey is but please know you will be okay. It took me 8+ years to fully understand the truth to that, but I believe it now. HAPPY PRIDE MONTH YOU BEAUTIFUL HUMANS,” she concluded.

Amybeth McNulty says she is bisexual and talks about her sexuality (Photo: Instagram)

Furthermore, in the first frame of the video, she mentioned that while her parents were not homophobic, they were terrified of what their children would experience being part of the LGBTQ+ community.

Is Amybeth McNulty dating a boyfriend?

There have been no reports of McNulty dating a boyfriend at the moment. Similarly, there is also little to no information about her dating a girlfriend. She is quite private about her relationships and rarely shares details about who she is dating.

On her Instagram handle as well, she hasn’t given out any hints on who she might be dating at the moment. She has only shared pictures of herself as well as those with her friends and her upcoming projects.

Considering the silence around her dating life, it’s best to assume that the actress is neither dating a boyfriend nor a girlfriend, and her present relationship status is single. Furthermore, there are no details on her dating history as well.

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However, McNulty was previously rumored to be in a romantic relationship with her Anne with an E co-star Lucas Jade Zumann and fellow actor Louis Hynes. But none of these romance rumors were confirmed.

That said, the actress mentioned in one of her interviews that she did have a bit of a crush on Zumann when they were first working together in the first season of Anne with an E. Besides that, it’s unknown if anything happened between the two co-stars.

Jamie Campbell Bower is a talented English actor and singer who made headlines for his amazing performance in Stranger Things season 4. In the Netflix original show, he plays the roles of Friendly Orderly / Number One / Vecna / Henry Creel, which he’ll play in Season 5 as well.

However, this isn’t the first time that the actor has been a part of a world-renowned franchise. He was also in the Harry Potter franchise, having played Young Gellert Grindelwald in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.

In addition, he has been a part of the Twilight Saga movies. He portrayed the role of Caius in 2011’s The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and reprised the same role in Part 2, which came out in 2012.

Although a short career in terms of his number of acting gigs, Bower has earned massive fame, all thanks to his skills. So, there is no denying that he has an uprising yet flourishing acting career.

Who is Jamie Campbell Bower dating in 2025?

Aside from a fruitful acting career, the 36-year-old Bower also has a blissful personal life with his present girlfriend, despite having setbacks in his previous relationships. As of this writing, the actor is in a romantic relationship with his girlfriend Elena Taber.

Taber is a model and YouTube star who has managed to garner thousands of subscribers on her channel through her content. In addition to having a healthy followers on YouTube, she has a stable online presence on other platforms like Instagram.

As for Bower and Taber’s dating timeline, it’s currently unknown when and where they first met each other or how long they have been together. Moreover, neither of the duo has made any public statements regarding their relationship.

Nonetheless, fans believe that the love birds have been together since early 2025, as both of them started to subtly feature each other — not revealing faces — on their respective social media handles. The last time Bower featured his girlfriend was on his May 3 Instagram post.

To conclude, the English star is currently in a romantic relationship with his girlfriend and they seem to enjoy each other’s company.

Jamie Campbell Bower’s girlfriend, Elena Taber, featuring him on her TikTok (Photo: TikTok)

Before Bower began dating his present girlfriend, he was dating Jess Moloney, a creative agent and co-founder of Ice Studios — a company that serves as a creative community for many artists and has offices in both London and New York.

Coming over to their relationship, it was reported that they had been dating since early 2021; however, it’s currently unknown how and where they met and when they officially began dating.

Their relationship first became public in late June 2022 when Page Six exclusively published some pictures of them sharing a PDA-filled moment at a beach in Malibu, California. Sources had tipped the outlet that the two were dating for a year and a half.

A month before that, the two had accompanied each other at the premiere of Stranger Things Season 4. At the time, the nature of their togetherness was seemingly unknown. But it surely raised some speculations, which were eventually answered by sources on Page Six.

The boyfriend-girlfriend duo shared a mutual love for tattoos, as they have multiple inks across their body. Besides, it could even be said that Bower’s girlfriend is dripped with tattoos from head to toe, as seen in her pictures.

As of October 1, 2024, Bower and Moloney were still together as Just Jared spotted the now-former duo making their way together at an airport in Los Angeles. However, their togetherness didn’t seem to last long afterward as they eventually broke up.

A collage of Jamie Campbell Bower and his ex-girlfriend Jess Moloney’s mirror selfies (Photo: Twitter)

The reason behind Bower and Moloney’s break up is still under the wraps as neither have said anything. Besides, they haven’t even announced their break up, and considering how private they were, it is unlikely they will share any information anytime soon.

Jamie Campbell Bower was previously dating Ruby Quilter

Before his relationship with Moloney blossomed, Bower was dating his now-former girlfriend Ruby Quilter. Quilter is a tattoo artist, around 29 years of age, who has been working in the inking field since she was 21, per her 2018 interview with Things & Ink.

As per reports, Bower and Quilter met each other in the latter part of 2018 in the London-based Sang Bleu Tattoo shop. After some time, they eventually started dating and were spotted multiple times on different occasions.

The couple went public with their romance in November 2018, when Quilter accompanied Bower at the premiere of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald in London. However, as the two preferred privacy, they didn’t shed much light on their relationship.

Jamie Campbell Bower with his former girlfriend Ruby Quilter in 2018 (Photo: Getty Images)

They occasionally featured each other on their social media handles, and after some time, it was difficult to know if they were still dating. But it was confirmed Bower and Quilter had broken up in June 2020 when Page Six confirmed Bower’s romance with Moloney.

Jamie Campbell Bower was once engaged to Bonnie Wright

Years before he started dating his present girlfriend, Bower was engaged to be married to his co-star Bonnie Wright. The former duo first met each other when they shared the screen on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.

Their professional friendship eventually turned into a romantic relationship, a thing that was kept a secret until the 2010 BAFTAs. During the event, Wright officially confirmed she was dating Bower and said, “Yes, we’re dating. We’ve been seeing each other for a few months; it’s good.”

Over a year after going public, on April 10, 2011, Bower revealed his engagement to Wright in his interview with The Daily. He said, “I am engaged. I’m very happy. It’s a wonderful, wonderful time.”

Jamie Campbell Bower with his former fiance Bonnie Wright (Photo: mylondon.news)

And when he was asked about a possible wedding anytime soon, the actor said, “We are planning, but I won’t say when and I won’t say where. Or how.” However, the wedding never came as Bower and Wright called off their engagement in July 2012.

At the time, an insider told US Weekly, “Bonnie and Jamie split a while ago. It was amicable, but things had not been going right for some time. It’s sad.” As of now, Wright is happily married to her longtime boyfriend turned husband Andrew Lococo.

Jamie Campbell Bower’s off and on relationship with Lily Collins

Shortly after his split with Wright, Bower moved on and started dating Emily in Paris star Lily Collins. The now-former pair first met while working together on their movie The Mortals Instruments: City of Bones and eventually started dating.

However, days before their movie hit the theaters, the two parted ways in July 2013. Though separated, they remained friends and were present during the premiere of their movie in Los Angeles.

At the premiere, Bower told E! News, “We’re tight. Lily and I are very, very close. Very close. Always have been, always will be.” Almost two years after they went down separate roads, Bower and Collins reunited in May 2015.

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The actress had even shared a picture with Bower via Instagram in which she was kissing him. “Life works in mysterious ways….,” she captioned her post. Their reunion seemed well initially, but little did anyone know they weren’t staying together forever.

By the end of 2015, Bower and Collins had once again broken up. After their short-lived reunion, many weren’t thinking that reconciliation between them would happen again. But, to people’s shock, that did happen as the two got back together again in January 2018.

Unfortunately, the second reunion lasted even shorter than the first one as they split for good in July 2018. At the time, DailyMail reported that their breakup was amicable.

Jamie Campbell Bower’s dating history

Apart from his relationships with Wright and Collins, Bower has been in multiple other relationships.

Among them, the first one was with fashion designer Zoe Graham. They began their relationship in 2007 and were caught having PDA-filled moments on several occasions. But, in late 2009, the two parted ways due to unknown reasons. 

After that, Bower began dating Spanish model Zina Charkoplia. Their relationship started in 2013 — during Bower’s on-and-off relationship with Collins. However, their romance didn’t last long, as they eventually parted ways.

Following Bower’s split with Charkoplia, the actor started dating runway model Matilda Lowther in March 2014 — they had met while working together in Burberry’s Brit-tastic campaign.

Jamie Campbell Bower with his ex-girlfriend Matilda Lowther (Photo: Twitter)

In October 2014, the couple looked synced up as they showed up at the BAFTA Breakthrough Brits 2014 party. But, sometime later, they seemingly parted ways due to unknown reasons.

After that, Bower got back together with Collins, but when he and Collins again broke up, Bower reconciled his relationship with Lowther in March 2016. Their reunion was proved when they were seen together at the Maid’s Gala Night in London.

Bower and Lowther’s reconciled relationship lasted for more than a year, as they ended things for good in November 2017.