Micaela Diamond had her breakout role as “Lucille” in the stunning Broadway revival of Parade. Her character is married to Leo Frank (played by Ben Platt), a Jewish man in 1913 Atlanta who is accused of murdering a 13-year-old girl who worked at a factory he managed. Their portrayal of husband/wife seemed so comfortable and realistic that many people began to wonder if the actors were married in real life.
But are they married in real life? Read on to find out.
Is Micaela Diamond Married to Ben Platt in Real Life?
No, Micaela Diamond is not Ben Platt’s wife in real life. The two are just husband and wife on screen and are one of the cutest couples.
The character of Micaela in Parade is based on a real person named Lucille Selig (daughter of the city’s well-connected and wealthy German Jewish community). She married Leo Frank (Ben Platt), a Brooklyn Jew who studied at Cornell, moved to Atlanta, and became the director of the National Pencil Company factory.
Unfortunately, in 1913, a 13-year-old factory worker named Mary Phagan was found dead, and suspicion of the white girl’s murder fell on Leo. So, after his over-the-top political ambitions and sensational reports in the local press sent the public into a frenzy of cruel prejudice, the court sentenced Leo to death by hanging.
But his wife, Lucille, did not give up. As his staunchest supporter, she sought justice for her husband amid a barrage of anti-Semitic criticism. Finally, two years later, Georgia Governor John Slaton commuted Frank’s sentence to life in prison. Sadly, some “upstanding citizens” in Phagan’s hometown of Marietta, Georgia, kidnapped Frank from his prison cell and hanged him!
Looking back, Ben says Micaela was “amazing at that.” Not only did she help him portray her role as a martyr, but she was also Jewish in the early ’90s. “It didn’t take long for you to feel like she was on the path to something really big. She had this special energy that made people want to be around her. It also made sense to me that we were both the same age as Lucille and Leo at the time, and we were both raised Jewish,” he explains.
Yes, Micaela (despite being a newbie) definitely did a great job assembling Ben step by step and note by note.
Who is Ben Platt dating?
Ben Platt is dating Noah Galvin in 2023.
The two first connected when Noah took on the lead role in Dear Evan Hansen, after Ben left in November 2017. At the time, Ben even shared an IG photo of them before his final performance in Dear Evan Hansen, with the caption “me and Noah doing drama camp.”
The duo then went quiet for two years before being spotted again at a Wicked performance. Then, in October 2019, they appeared in coordinated Wizard of Oz Halloween costumes at Bette Midler’s annual Hulaween party with their friends Beanie Feldstein and Molly Gordon. So at this point, they were a couple.
Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and they were living together at Ben’s childhood home and regularly posting about #QuaranTunes dance parties on their Instagram pages.
Finally, in May 2020, Noah confessed that he was dating Ben on an episode of the podcast Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine.
Since then, the couple have been open about their relationship through interviews and social media. “We’ve been together for a year and a half now. We’ve been friends for five years and right before the pandemic hit, we finally decided to give it a real shot. We’ve been on the rocks for a long time,” Ben said during an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show.
By November 2022, the couple was engaged! And on January 12, 2023, the two actors just celebrated their third wedding anniversary.
Additionally, on February 2, the couple talked about the night they got engaged during an appearance on PBS NewsHour. “I did pretty well, I think,” Ben said, before Gavin complimented that the proposal location “looked like the set of The Bachelor.”
Micaela Diamond Relationship Status
As of 2023, Micaela Diamond is dating her boyfriend Sky Smith. The two have been in a relationship since at least June 2022 and have so far traveled to Japan, Portugal, the Netherlands, and Thailand for vacation.
Micaela and Sky also appeared together at the premiere of Parade in November 2022.
The last time we saw Micaela on Sky’s IG was on Valentine’s Day 2023.
Sky Smith is a half-Japanese, half-American actor based in New York City. The son of two journalists, he attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama. You may have seen him in stage plays such as Regretfully, So the Birds Are, The Chinese Lady, and The Lucky Star. He also guest starred with James Spader on The Blacklist and is an alumnus of Disney TV/ABC Discovers: Talent Showcase.
Micaela Diamond’s Dating History
Micaela Diamond is relatively new to the entertainment world. So, not much is known about her love life. However, according to “Mixedacticle.com”, Micaela is dating a boyfriend named Nathan Salstone.
Her alleged boyfriend Nathan is one half of the band The Two of Us. He is also an actor who played “Andrew Lync” in Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s world premiere of Knoxville.
Now, since this is all speculation, the list of men that appear on her IG (who she seems comfortable with) is Ben Milan-Polisar (Actor, Singer and Dancer), Ben Levi Ross (Actor and Singer), and Ethan Riordan (Singer).