Did you know that there's a real-life couple behind the chills and thrills of Netflix's The Haunting [1] anthology series [2]? The show's creator, writer-director Mike Flanagan, and actress Kate Siegel, who has appeared in pivotal roles in both instalments [3], have actually been a couple for several years! As it turns out, their Hollywood love story is one full of horror, but the good kind: they met on the set of a horror movie [4] and have been working together [5] on a bunch of horror and thriller projects ever since. Keep reading to find out the details of how this talented horror duo met and what projects of theirs you've probably seen already!
How Did Kate Siegel and Mike Flanagan Meet?
Kate and Mike first crossed paths while working on the 2013 horror movie Oculus. The movie, which Mike both wrote and directed, was his first theatrical release (a previous movie had been released direct-to-video). Kate starred as Marisol, a ghostly woman who haunts the protagonists.
How Many Kids Do Kate Siegel and Mike Flanagan Have?
Kate and Mike have two children together. Their son Cody was born in 2016, and their daughter Theodoura was born in 2018. And, yes, Theodoura shares a name with a character from The Haunting of Hill House, which the couple was shooting at the time. Flanagan also shares a son, Rigby Flanagan-Bell, with his first wife, actress Courtney Bell.
When Did Kate Siegel and Mike Flanagan Get Married?
The couple dated for a few years before marrying in early 2016. Although they kept things pretty low-key, they were described as "newlyweds" [6] in a joint interview with Dread Central at SXSW in March 2016, so it seems fair to say that they were married earlier that year.
What Projects Have Kate Siegel and Mike Flanagan Worked On?
Considering that Kate and Mike met working on a horror movie, it should come as no surprise that they've continued to collaborate on several other projects, mostly in that same genre. The duo cowrote the 2016 film Hush, in which Kate also starred and Flanagan directed, and Kate also starred in Ouija: Origin of Evil later in 2016, and Gerald's Game in 2017.
The couple's biggest collaboration so far has been on Netflix's The Haunting series, which Mike created. Kate starred as the middle Crain sibling, Theodoura (aka "Theo") in The Haunting of Hill House, then returned for a role as the haunting Viola Willoughby in the anthology's next entry, The Haunting of Bly Manor.