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USA Today reveals Freida McFadden’s real name is Sara Cohen, a practicing brain-disorder doctor who wore a red wig to hide her identity; she left medicine in late 2023 to write full-time (now part-time) and the piece notes that Sydney Sweeney would play Sara Cohen and Amanda Seyfried would play Freida McFadden in the adaptation.
Freida McFadden, the thriller author behind The Housemaid, revealed she has used the pseudonym Sara Cohen and wore a wig and glasses to keep her brain-disorder doctor career private. She left full-time practice in 2023 and says she’s ready to publicly embrace her real identity while continuing to publish as McFadden; her next novel The Divorce is due May 26.
Freida McFadden publicly reveals her real identity as Sara Cohen, a physician who used a pseudonym to separate her writing from her medical career; she will continue publishing as McFadden. The Housemaid, the 2022 thriller that began the series and was adapted into a film starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, is part of a developing franchise with The Housemaid’s Secret slated for a December 17, 2027 theatrical release, with Kirsten Dunst joining the cast and Paul Feig directing the sequel.
Bestselling thriller author Freida McFadden has revealed her real name, Sara Cohen, explaining she wrote under a pseudonym while practicing as a doctor. Cohen, who has published 27 novels, gained major fame with The Housemaid, which was adapted into a film that has grossed about $400 million. She will continue publishing under her established pen name and has reduced her medical work to occasional shifts. A sequel to The Housemaid, The Housemaid’s Secret, is in development with Sydney Sweeney returning and Kirsten Dunst potentially joining the project.
Best-selling thriller author Freida McFadden revealed her real name as Sara Cohen, explaining she created the Freida pseudonym to protect her medical career; she’s stepping back from full-time medicine and continuing to publish prolifically, with millions of copies sold in the UK and US and The Housemaid adapted into a film.
Freida McFadden revealed in a USA Today interview that her real name is Sara Cohen, a neurologist who kept her author persona secret to protect her medical career; she has stepped back from practice and will continue writing under the Freida McFadden name.
Freida McFadden—the author of The Housemaid—reveals her real name is Sara Cohen, a brain-disorder doctor who wrote under a pseudonym to protect her medical career. She’s stepped back from full-time practice but will continue writing as McFadden. A Lionsgate sequel, The Housemaid’s Secret, is in the works with Paul Feig directing and Sydney Sweeney and Kirsten Dunst co-starring, premiering Dec. 17, 2027.
Lionsgate has set The Housemaid’s Secret, the sequel to The Housemaid, for December 17, 2027, reuniting Sydney Sweeney with Kirsten Dunst. Paul Feig returns to direct, Rebecca Sonnenshine adapts Freida McFadden’s bestseller, Michele Morrone reprises Enzo, and Hidden Pictures’ Todd Lieberman with Fifty-Fifty’s Kaylee McGregor will produce. Production starts later this year, with Lionsgate planning additional Housemaid films in the future.