The star of ‘The Diplomat’ met Rhys on the set of their FX show The Americans, which began in 2013, and they welcomed a son together in 2016
In plays a U.S. ambassador married to a diplomat. While that may sound glamorous, Kate Wyler (Russell) and her husband Hal () don’t often exemplify a perfect marriage.
Russell, 48, describes the Wylers’ relationship as “complex.”
“This season it feels kind of heartbreaking,” she tells PEOPLE. “It feels very mature and like the realities of knowing somebody for so long. But as far as Kate and Hal, there is not one without the other. It’s so enmeshed that it is a part of their attraction.”
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Russell has real-life experience working with a , , with whom she started dating in 2014 at the beginning of their run in . She and Rhys, 49, welcomed in May 2016.
“It can be a really nice shorthand because they know what work is to you, but it can also feel a lot at times,” Russell says of having a significant other who works in the same field. “But it can be a nice to have someone who does something completely different so that there’s like a break. But I’ve been with Matthew for so long, I don’t remember other relationships.”
Season 2 of The Diplomat picks up in the aftermath of an explosion in London that injured Hal and some of Kate’s colleagues. “I think that was just as surprising to us when we read it,” Russell says of season 1’s shocking conclusion. “We had no idea that’s where it was gonna go.”
After realizing the explosion came from within the British government, Kate starts to wonder in season 2 “who she can trust and who she doesn’t trust,” Russell says.
Kate also continues to ponder putting her hat in the ring for the job of vice president of the United States. “All of that is percolating, but the introduction of ’s character really complicates the mix of it all,” Russell says.
Janney, 64, joins season 2 as Vice President Grace Penn. Russell told PEOPLE at that she “was nervous, a little bit” for Janney to join The Diplomat because “she’s awesome and so good.”
“But she’s everything you want her to be,” Russell said. “She’s gracious and funny and smart and cool.”
The alum says The Diplomat season 2 launching days before the U.S.’s first female vice president runs for the highest office in the country an “incredibly uncanny” coincidence.
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“We made this like a year and a half ago, before any of this,” the actress says. “It just so happens that it’s very worked in our favor.”
compared to season 1’s eight — but The Diplomat already got renewed by Netflix for a third season earlier this month. The Diplomat creator, showrunner, and executive producer Debora Cahn that season 3 will see Kate live “the particular nightmare that is getting what you want.”
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The Diplomat season 2 premieres Thursday, Oct. 31, on Netflix.
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