Here’s everything you need to know about the cast of the Bridgerton spinoff series, from their past jobs to their personal lives. With the new side series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, the world of Bridgerton is getting bigger. The new series is about Queen Charlotte’s time on the throne and her love story with King George III.
It takes place at two different times. There are some Bridgerton stars on the show, like Golda Rosheuvel as Queen Charlotte and Adjoa Andoh as Lady Danbury. But there are also a lot of new names, with some playing younger versions of characters and others playing brand-new ones.
Corey Mylchreest, who plays young King George III, talked to PEOPLE about how he’s getting ready for his newfound fame, including being called a “Bridgerton heartthrob.” This was at the Los Angeles opening of the show. Here’s everything you need to know about the actors in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, from what they’ve done before to what they’re like in real life.
India Ria Amarteifio as Young Queen Charlotte
India Ria Amarteifio’s part as young Queen Charlotte is sure to get her a lot of attention, but this isn’t her first big acting job. She started out in show business when she was young. In 2011, she made her West End start in The Lion King as a young Nala. Since then, she has been in a number of other plays, such as Matilda the Musical, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Drury Lane.
She then moved on to TV shows like The Interceptor, The Evermoor Chronicles, and Line of Duty, just to name a few. In 2019, she made her first full-length movie, a comedy called “Military Wives.” Later, she was hired in a spinoff of “Bridgerton,” which was also a comedy.
In a press release from Netflix, Amarteifio said about taking on the part, “It has felt like a dream.” “As we all know, the Bridgerton world and fandom are huge, so I knew that stepping into it would mean I had big shoes to fill, not only as Young Charlotte, because Golda has created an iconic role, but just entering the sphere itself. There are a lot of eyes and a lot of pressure, but I’m really, really loving it.”
Queen Charlotte Was Played by Golda Rosheuvel
Golda Rosheuvel plays Queen Charlotte, her Bridgerton character, in the “present-day” time period on the new spinoff show. Rosheuvel is best known for her part as the royal figure, but she has also played roles on stage in Porgy and Bess, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Angels in America, and Jesus Christ Superstar, among others.
In Everyman Theatre’s production of Othello in 2019, she also played a female version of Othello. Rosheuvel told Liverpool Queer Collective that her part in the Othello production was important because she was a black lesbian playing a gay character. During the interview, she also talked about her partner, the writer Shireen Mula.
When asked if she thinks there are more gay roles and actors in theater, she talked about Shireen Mula. “No, I don’t,” she said. “My partner, Shireen Mula, is a writer, and she struggles to get her work seen. She writes gay work because that’s what she knows. But do we see gay plays or gay characters? I think it’s a shame.
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Young King George Iii Is Played by Corey Mylchreest
On the show, Corey Mylchreest plays a young King George III. This is his first lead part on TV. Mylchreest was a student at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before he was cast in the Netflix show. There, he was in several plays, like Hamlet and Macbeth, before getting his BA in acting in 2020, according to his bio on the RADA website.
He has been in a few short films and had a small part as Adonis on The Sandman, which is on Netflix. Bridgerton has a long history of making their main men into heartthrobs, but Mylchreest told PEOPLE that he’s not trying to think too much about that possibility. He told PEOPLE at the opening of the show, “I don’t think there’s any need to mentally prepare for that.
Who knows what’s going to happen?” “It’s a testament to the Netflix team, Shonda Rhimes’s writing, Tom Verica’s direction, and everyone else’s acting,” he said. “They could put anyone in this role, and that person would be a candidate for whatever sexy man thing there is. I don’t think I need to get ready for that, though, because I don’t think it’s likely to happen.”
Adjoa Andoh as Lady Danbury
In the new series, Adjoa Andoh plays Lady Danbury, which is the same part she played in Bridgerton. Andoh has been playing for a long time, both on stage and on TV. She has worked on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre, and the Almeida Theatre.
She has been in TV shows like Doctor Who, Casualty, EastEnders, and most recently, The Witcher. In her personal life, Andoh is married to a professor. She and Howard Cunnell got married in 2001. They have three kids: two girls, Jess and Daisy, and a boy, Liam. Also, she has a grandson who was born at the end of 2021.
Arsema Thomas as Young Agatha Danbury
As a young Agatha Danbury, Arsema Thomas joins the world of Bridgerton. Thomas, who uses she/they genders, was born in Atlanta, Georgia, unlike some of her British co-stars. However, as a child, she lived in many different countries because her parents worked for the United Nations Development Program, according to the Yale School of Public Health.
Thomas went to college and got a Bachelor of Arts in Biophysics in 2016 from Carnegie Mellon University and a Master of Public Health in 2018 from Yale University. Thomas chose to become an actor full-time after he graduated from college. Like many of her co-stars, this is her first lead part.
“This was our first big thing, so we could all relate to feeling like a fraud, being nervous, and wondering if we belong here,” they said. “Knowing that you are not alone in that way kind of takes away the feeling in general, because everyone is such a great, formidable actor that you have confidence in them and, by extension, confidence in yourself.”
Violet Bridgerton Is Played by Ruth Gemmell
Ruth Gemmell plays the mother of the Bridgerton family for a second time. Gemmell went to the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and has played many parts over the years. She played opposite Colin Firth in Fever Pitch in 1997, and she has also been in EastEnders, Casualty, Home Fires, and Penny Dreadful.
She is also well-known for her role as Tracy Beaker’s mother in the Tracy Beaker movies. Even though the new series takes place at two different times, Gemmell told Netflix that she didn’t talk to the younger players much, including Connie Jenkins-Greig, who plays young Violet Bridgerton.
It’s now Connie’s job to create a younger Violet, and it’s up to the audience to be able to bridge the gap between the young woman and the older woman,” she said. “I wouldn’t have wanted to get in the way of her work, and it’s fun to see them all come in and give these characters their own energy.”
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Young Brimsley Is Played by Sam Clemmett
Young Brimsley, who is the queen’s right-hand man, is played by Sam Clemmett. Clemmett started playing when he was young. He was the lead in a number of plays in London, such as Lord of the Flies and Accolade. He has also been in a number of movies and TV shows, such as The Musketeers, Cherry, and The War Below.
But before Bridgerton, his most famous part was as the first Albus Severus Potter in the West End production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. In 2018, he played the same role on Broadway. In June 2022, he told his girlfriend, Danarose, that he was going to marry her. In October of that year, they got married at a Halloween-themed wedding with scary outfits.
Tunji Kasim as Adolphus
Tunji Kasim plays Queen Charlotte’s older brother, who is based on the real-life king of the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Adolphus Friedrich IV. Kasim was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, but soon after he went to Nigeria. Before he moved back to Aberdeen, he lived there until he was about 12 years old.
He went to school at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, and his list of stage and movie parts is long. But he is best known for his parts as Joe Bailey in Nearly Famous, Hugo Scot in Shetland, and Ned Nickerson in The CW’s Nancy Drew.
Kasim told 1883 magazine that he didn’t want to be an actor when he was younger because both of his parents are “more based in academia.” “The arts weren’t really an option for me until I met a drama teacher in high school. She kind of showed me that I could be an actor and create in this world, which was pretty cool, and I kind of rode that wave from there,” he said.
Hugh Sachs played Brimsley
Hugh Sachs plays Hugh Sachs in the present day. Rosheuvel plays Queen Charlotte. Sachs is best known for playing Gavin Ramsbottom on the TV show Benidorm. However, he has also had parts on TV and in movies like Aristocrats, Like Minds, and The Libertine.
He told Netflix, “We met at the first readthrough. I was very nervous, but we were all very nervous. He gave me a big hug, and we just started.” He said, “I haven’t had much to work with for a while, so I’ve started doing my own thing to flesh out Brimsley’s bones.” I heard and took that into account.
Princess Augusta is Played by Michelle Fairley
Princess Augusta, who is the mother of King George III, is played by Michelle Fairley. Fairley has been playing for a long time and has been in many well-known movies and TV shows, such as the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movies as Mrs. Granger and HBO’s Game of Thrones as Catelyn Stark.
Some of the other movies she has been in are The Others, Suits, and In the Heart of the Sea. “Michelle Fairley is a force,” Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story director Tom Verica said about working with the actor. “She is brilliant, and she really brings a lot of power, structure, and tenderness, in a way.
Michelle has such a presence and command in every scene she’s in that your eyes are drawn to her. Whatever we give her, whenever the camera is on her, even in quiet moments, the layers she adds are extraordinary. She is a gift and a talent.”
Freddie Dennis as Reynolds
Reynolds, who works for King George III, is played by Freddie Dennis. Dennis went to the Oxford School of Drama and graduated. Before that, he learned with the National Youth Theatre and performed in several plays. In fact, Bridgerton is his first leading part on TV. In 2021, he was in The Nevers, which was on HBO.
Dennis told Netflix that he didn’t know anything about Bridgerton before he was cast as Reynolds. “I would say I’m a fan now that I have this job, but I hadn’t seen it before I was offered this part,” he said. “But now I am, yes, definitely. I still haven’t read the books, though, so please don’t tell Julia Quinn.”
Dennis said that when he joined the world of Bridgerton, it was “a little overwhelming” at first because the show has so many fans, but everyone was happy to have him. “I feel like I’ve gotten used to the process very quickly because everyone is so nice,” he said.
King George III as James Fleet
James Fleet plays King George III again in the spinoff series. He played the part briefly on Bridgerton. Fleet started his work on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company after he graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He has also been in a lot of movies and TV shows, like The Vicar of Dibley, the 2004 movie version of Phantom of the Opera, Sense and Sensibility, and Four Weddings and a Funeral.
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