As ‘Bridgerton’ Season 5 is set to feature Francesca and Michaela Stirling’s queer love at the centre stage, the show is expanding its cast with some new members. Tega Alexander, Jacqueline Boatswain, and Gemma Knight Jones have joined the cast of the regency-era romantic drama. Filming is currently underway in London.
About the new cast members and their roles
‘The Sandman’ actor Tega Alexander will play Christopher Anderson, who is described as “A Regency-era Casanova who could give the Bridgerton bachelors a run for their money. Yet behind his cheeky facade lies a current of self-doubt that threatens to unravel him. The son of Lord Anderson will make his mark on society, one way or another…”‘Carnival Row’ actress Jacqueline Boatswain has been cast as Helen Stirling. According to the character description, she is “Michaela’s mother and the very source of her spirit. Like any mama, she seeks to guide, and occasionally push, her daughter through London’s social season, with equal measures vivaciousness and tough love.”‘Mobland’ actress Gemma Knight Jones will join ‘Bridgerton’ Season 5 as Lady Elizabeth Ashworth, “an old friend of Michaela’s who serves as her confidante and London guide.” Per Netflix, “Beneath Elizabeth’s playful charm lies a grounded realist who is wise to the unspoken rules of society.”
More details on ‘Bridgerton’ Season 5
Last month, Netflix unveiled a first-look teaser for the fifth season of the series, which is based on Julia Quinn’s romance novels about the love lives of the eight siblings in the titular Bridgerton family, and announced production had begun in the UK on the eight-episode season. At that time, it was revealed Francesca Bridgerton (Hannah Dodd) and Michaela Stirling (Masali Baduza) would be the new leading couple.