Apple TV’s mystery thriller Imperfect Women has been dominating streaming charts since it premiered on March 18.
Starring Elisabeth Moss, Kerry Washington and Kate Mara, the show is adapted from Araminta Hall’s 2020 novel of the same name. It follows Moss and Washington’s characters Mary and Eleanor, whose lives are turned upside down after their friend Nancy, played by Mara, is murdered.
Corey Stoll at an Imperfect Women screening at The Paley Museum in New York. Photo: Invision/APThe plot also spotlights the domestic troubles of Mary and her husband Howard, played by actor Corey Stoll. When Howard is revealed to have been Nancy’s affair partner before her death, he becomes a prime suspect in her murder. The show also stars Joel Kinnaman.
Here’s everything you need to know about Stoll.
Theatre was his first love
Corey Stoll has a background in theatre. Photo: Getty Images
The actor was born Corey Daniel Stoll on March 14, 1976, in New York City. His love for acting started when his elementary school teachers introduced him to theatre, an interest that he further nurtured throughout junior high.
He attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York, famous for producing stars like Jennifer Aniston, Nicki Minaj and Timothée Chalamet. He later graduated from Oberlin College and Conservatory and, in 2003, earned his master’s of fine arts (MFA) in acting at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
He also credits his childhood in Manhattan and regular visits to the theatre for inspiring his love for being on stage. “I think just seeing the range that actors could inhabit for so long was really inspiring and exciting,” he explained in a 2011 interview published on the International Cinephile Society’s website.
He has a diverse acting portfolio