Margaret Qualley shares rare reflections on life with Jack Antonoff in new interview

Margaret Qualley is pulling back the curtain on her marriage to Jack Antonoff, sharing candid thoughts on love, creative confidence, and the future in a newly released feature that spotlights both her work and her personal life.

A love-first outlook

The actor framed her relationship with Antonoff as the natural answer to a lifelong instinct. “I’ve always been very love-oriented,” she said, adding, “I’ve always been looking for my person, and I met Jack.” The comments mark one of her most open acknowledgments of how central the musician and producer has become in her life, even as she keeps much of their day-to-day dynamic out of public view.

Confidence, creativity, and partnership

Qualley credited Antonoff with helping her embrace a fuller version of herself. “Jack has helped me for sure, because he has made me feel more confident to explore all the parts of myself,” she said. The reflection tracks with the couple’s low-key but closely watched presence around major cultural moments—he through his studio work and she through a breakout slate of performances—without turning their marriage into a promotional engine.

Plans for a family and the joys in between

Asked whether children are part of the plan, Qualley didn’t hesitate: “Yeah, for sure.” In a follow-up message expanding on what grounds her, she sketched a portrait of simple pleasures and deep bonds: “I love my husband, my family. I love dancing and horses. I love the moon. Happy crying is the best. I love listening to Tara Brach and books on tape. And anything Jack writes.” She also shouted out the women close to her—“Female friendships are so holy, shout out Talia Ryder”—and underlined a lifelong connection at home: “My sister was my first soulmate.”

For all the romance, she kept a sense of humor about her unfinished to-do list: “I need to learn how to drive stick, my brother tried to teach me but I was 12 and it didn’t land.” And on where she imagines life landing many years down the line, she was specific: “I wanna die on a farm.”

From quiet dates to a starry ceremony

Qualley and Antonoff were first linked in August 2021 after being spotted sharing a kiss on a Brooklyn bridge during a casual ice-cream outing. The pair made their public debut in March 2022 at the AFI Awards Luncheon, signaling the relationship had shifted from speculation to confirmed. Engagement talk followed in May 2022 when Qualley appeared at the Cannes Film Festival wearing a diamond ring that drew attention on red carpets and beyond.

The couple married on Aug. 19, 2023 (ET) at Parker’s Garage on Long Beach Island, New Jersey, with a guest list that underscored their far-reaching creative circles. Notables in attendance included Taylor Swift, Channing Tatum, Zoë Kravitz, and Cara Delevingne, alongside Qualley’s mother, Andie MacDowell, and her sister, Rainey Qualley. The event balanced an intimate seaside setting with the kind of cultural footprint that tends to follow Antonoff’s studio output and Qualley’s on-screen momentum.

Why these details land now

Jack Antonoff’s name often surfaces in the context of the songs he builds and the artists he champions, while Margaret Qualley’s profile continues to rise with character-driven roles that draw critical attention. Rare glimpses into their private life puncture the usual speculation gap that surrounds high-profile couples, revealing a relationship anchored in mutual encouragement and an appetite for a grounded, creatively expansive future. The latest remarks don’t radically reframe public perception so much as they add color: a shared love of work, a plan for a family, and a sensibility that folds the everyday—dancing, horses, audiobooks—into the larger arc of their lives together.

For fans of both, the update reads as a steadying note. Rather than teasing collaborations or trading on publicity, Qualley’s comments center on the reasons partnerships last: confidence reinforced by a spouse, the sanctity of friendships, and the comfort of imagining a life that ends not on a stage or a set, but somewhere quiet—perhaps a farm—far from the noise.