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Sumnima Kandangwa

Freelance Editorial Assistant for Style by SCMP


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.

The 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

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

Stoll started his career as an on-screen actor in 2001 in a short film titled Okenka. In 2004, he landed a role opposite Viola Davis in Intimate Apparel, an off-Broadway production.
The actor is best known for his role as Congressman Peter Russo in Netflix’s House of Cards series, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor for a Series, Miniseries or Television Film.
He has continued to work in theatre productions throughout his career. In 2024, he was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance in Broadway’s Appropriate.
He has also starred in Marvel’s Ant-Man films. Other acting credits include Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris (2011), where he appeared alongside Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams.
Who is he married to?

Stoll is married to Nadia Bowers. The couple wed in 2015 and have since welcomed a son together. Bowers is an actress and, like Stoll, earned her MFA at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.


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Stoll, who has been nominated for a Golden Globe and Tony Award, plays suspected murderer Howard on the Apple TV mystery thriller


Stoll, who has been nominated for a Golden Globe and Tony Award, plays suspected murderer Howard on the Apple TV mystery thriller.


Meet Corey Stoll, star of Apple TV’s Imperfect Women

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Stoll, who has been nominated for a Golden Globe and Tony Award, plays suspected murderer Howard on the Apple TV mystery thriller