While Kavan Smith is the familiar face in front of the camera, Corinne Clark has built an impressive career of her own behind it.
Clark is a casting director who has worked on numerous television and film productions. Along with Jennifer Page, she has been associated with the Vancouver-based casting company Clark & Page Casting Inc., and her credits include projects such as Deadpool, Yellowjackets, The Last of Us, The Killing, A Million Little Things, Resident Alien, and Maid. (Yahoo)
Her work has also earned significant recognition within the industry, including Emmy nominations for casting. That means the woman Smith chose to build his private life with isn’t simply someone who happens to be connected to the entertainment business—she has established an accomplished career in her own right.
And there is something rather fitting about that.
Smith spends much of his professional life bringing characters to life in front of the camera. Clark’s work takes place behind the scenes, helping determine which actors become part of the stories audiences eventually see.
They may occupy different sides of the entertainment industry, but both understand what it takes to create compelling television and film.
Smith has also spoken warmly about how he met his wife. According to a Hallmark interview, he had known Clark professionally before asking her out, and he has described the decision to pursue a relationship with her as something unusual for him because he had not previously been the one to ask a woman out in that way. (Yahoo)
That little detail offers a glimpse into the relationship without invading the couple’s privacy.
Because privacy appears to be important to both of them.
Smith and Clark have two sons, but they have deliberately kept their children’s identities and personal lives away from the public eye. Smith has previously explained that he doesn’t take pictures of his wife and children, reflecting his desire to protect his family from unnecessary public attention. (Yahoo)
For a celebrity, that can be difficult to maintain.
Yet Smith has managed to keep a clear line between his professional life and his home life. Fans can enjoy his movies, television appearances, interviews, and Hallmark characters without expecting access to every detail of the person behind them.
There’s something admirable about that boundary.
