Bridgerton fans just got another exciting update about season five from Netflix.
Work is very much underway on Bridgerton season five after Netflix recently confirmed that Francesca Bridgerton (played by Hannah Dodd) and Michaela Stirling (Masali Baduza) will be the focus of the show, in a same-sex romance first on the Regency period drama. Now, the streaming platform has shared details of new members joining the Ton for the upcoming outing, which is expected to be released in 2027.
Among the stars joining is British star Gemma Knight Jones, who will be playing Lady Elizabeth Ashworth.
Lady Ashworth – Gemma Knight Jones
Lady Ashworth has been described by Netflix’s Tudum as “a member of high society who knows more than meets the eye”.
Knight is perhaps best known for starring in Paramount+’s mafia series MobLand as DC Mukasa.
She has also had roles in EastEnders, Disney+’s Andor, Professor T, Torchwood and Going Dutch.
Christopher Anderson – Tega Alexander
Meanwhile, Tega Alexander will portray Christopher Anderson, who is billed as “a mysterious bachelor whose surname is quite familiar to Bridgerton fans (and one beloved Bridgerton mama)”.
The character is likely to be related to Lord Marcus Anderson (Daniel Francis) and Lady Danbury (Adjoa Andoh), however, audiences will have to wait and see.
Up and coming star Alexander has previously appeared in ITV’s Red Eye and MobLand alongside Knight, however, Bridgerton will be his most prominent role to date.
According to IMDb, the actor is next slated to be starring in One Second After Another and Masc, which are both in post-production.
Helen Stirling – Jacqueline Boatswain
Rounding off the cast is Jacqueline Boatswain as Helen Stirling, the charming mother of Michaela.
Veteran star Boatswain whose impressive work includes playing Mrs Bassinger in Grange Hill across 50 episodes and starring as Patreesha St Rose in Shameless.
Boatswain has also had roles in Wolfblood, Collateral, Cuckoo, Hollyaoks, After the Flood, and Carnival Row.
She’s also taken on smaller parts in the likes of Red Dwarf, EasterEnders, Life on Mars, Torchwood, Silk, Death in Paradise, among many others roles.
Netflix has yet to confirm when the series will be airing, but the forthcoming outing will be loosely based on Julia Quinn’s sixth Bridgerton novel, When He Was Wicked.
After it was confirmed that Francesca and Michaela would be leading season five of Bridgerton, stars Dodd and Baduza opened up about shouldering the beloved drama.
Baduza said: “[We’re] super grateful and excited!” Her co-star Dodd explained: “When you spend so much time with a character, you genuinely do want them to be happy.
“So I am really looking forward to [Francesca] feeling like she deserves love.”
Meanwhile, Bridgerton’s showrunner Jess Brownell commented: “It feels groundbreaking. Obviously, there are a lot of great shows that have depicted queer love. We’re not the first by any means.
“But to make an entire Bridgerton season about a sapphic relationship feels huge.”