Meet the RealLife Loves of "The Parent Trap" Cast (Including the Couple Who Eloped!) Samantha StutsmanOctober 15, 2025 at 5:30 AM 0 Axelle/BauerGriffin/FilmMagic ; NGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Bader Shammas and Lindsay Lohan in 2025; Dennis Quaid and Laura Savoie in 2025.
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Samantha StutsmanOctober 15, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Bader Shammas and Lindsay Lohan in 2025; Dennis Quaid and Laura Savoie in 2025.
The Parent Trap proves that even after years apart, love has a funny way of finding its way home — sometimes with a little help from identical twins and a summer camp swap.
A remake of Disney's 1961 classic and inspired by Erich Kästner's 1949 novel Lottie and Lisa, 1998's The Parent Trap is a family comedy centered on identical twin sisters, Hallie Parker and Annie James (both played by Lindsay Lohan). Separated at birth after their parents' divorce, Hallie grows up with their father, Nick (Dennis Quaid), in Napa Valley, Calif., while Annie is raised by their mother, Elizabeth (Natasha Richardson), in London.
When the girls accidentally meet at summer camp, they realize they're twins and devise a plan to switch places — each returning home as the other — to reunite their long-lost parents. However, their clever scheme hits a snag when Nick's glamorous fiancée, Meredith Blake (Elaine Hendrix), enters the picture. Ultimately, the twins' matchmaking efforts succeed, and their parents fall in love again, bringing the family back together.
While The Parent Trap cast didn't spark any off-screen romances, one lasting relationship did emerge from the set: a friendship.
Hendrix and her costar Lisa Ann Walter, who played Nick's housekeeper Chessy, have remained close over the years. In fact, on Oct. 14, Walter will make her Dancing with the Stars ballroom debut during Dedication Night alongside Hendrix, who is competing for the season 34 Mirrorball Trophy.
Hendrix and Walter's friendship isn't the only lasting connection worth celebrating. Here's everything to know about the real-life loves of The Parent Trap cast.
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Lindsay Lohan and Bader Shammas
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Lindsay Lohan and Bader Shammas at the 'Vanity Fair' Oscar party in March 2025.
Lohan — who played both Hallie Parker and Annie James thanks to clever editing, body doubles and visual effects — has been married to financier Bader Shammas since 2022.
A year later, the couple welcomed their first child, Luai, whose name means "shield or protector" in Arabic — a nod to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where Lohan and Shammas met and are now raising their son.
However, the Freaky Friday alum told Elle in May 2025 that she and Shammas will have to make some big decisions about their permanent home base when it's time for Luai to start school in a few years.
"It's the most important thing — my husband, my son and me," Lohan said. "It's all about balance and, as I said, routine. Especially when you have a kid, routine is the most important thing. And whatever their routine is, I've got to live by that."
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Dennis Quaid and Laura Savoie
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Dennis Quaid and Laura Savoie Quaid attend the premiere of 'Reagan' in August 2024.
It was "love at first sight" for Quaid and his wife, Laura Savoie. The pair met at a business event in 2019 and eloped a year later.
"Every day is paradise with her. It really is," the actor shared with Fox News Digital in July 2025. "It's the closest relationship I've ever had with anybody."
Quaid continued, "I don't know why God had waited so long to bring her, for her to come along, but [I'm] really glad he brought her into my life, or I walked into hers."
The The Substance star, who portrayed Hallie and Annie's dad, Nick, in The Parent Trap, was previously married to P.J. Soles from 1978 to 1983, Meg Ryan from 1991 to 2001 and Kimberly Buffington from 2004 to 2018. He shares son Jack with Ryan and twins Thomas and Zoe with Buffington.
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Natasha Richardson and Liam Neeson
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Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson in 2008.
Richardson was married to her longtime love, Liam Neeson, from 1994 until her death in 2009.
That year, Richardson — who played Hallie and Annie's mom, Elizabeth, in the iconic family comedy — tragically died from an epidural hematoma after she sustained a head injury while on a ski vacation with Neeson and their sons, Michaél and Daniel. She was 45 years old.
Richardson's relationship with Neeson marked her second union. She was married to British producer Robert Fox from 1990 to 1992.
Neeson immersed himself in his work following Richardson's sudden death, appearing in over 65 films since 2009. In October 2024, he told PEOPLE that he was stepping away from dating — but just a year later, he revealed a romance with his The Naked Gun costar, Pamela Anderson.
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Elaine Hendrix
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Elaine Hendrix in 2025.
Hendrix, who portrayed Nick's high-maintenance fiancée, Meredith Blake, is currently single.
Though she hasn't ruled out dating, the actress is currently focused on competing for the Dancing with the Stars Mirrorball Trophy with her season 34 partner, Alan Bersten, with support from her biggest cheerleader, Lisa Ann Walter.
"[Alan] is my show security blanket, and Lisa is my life security blanket," Hendrix told PEOPLE in September 2025. "I look at her and I instantly feel calm."
She continued, "We know what to say to each other because we know each other so well. So when I start to get on edge, she knows how to bring me back and how to calm me down. And so, having her here means everything to me."
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Lisa Ann Walter
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Lisa Ann Walter in 2025.
Walter, who played Nick's housekeeper Chessy, is also single and looking for love.
In August 2024, the actress told PEOPLE that she and Hendrix often swap stories about their romantic lives and even help each other vet potential matches on their dating apps.
"[Elaine] does send me her choices if either one of us is ever brave enough to go online and on the apps and look at guys," Walter shared. "She'll say, 'What about this guy?' And, 'I think that could be fun.' But then we kind of talk each other out of it. So we're not great in that way."
Walter was married to Sam Baum from 1986 to 1999, and the couple had two children together: son Jordan and daughter Delia. She later welcomed twin sons, Spencer and Simon, with her second husband. The twins were born on Oct. 11, 2000 — a.k.a. Hallie and Annie's fictional birthday.
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