Bridgerton Cast: Where You’ve Seen The Stars Since The Show Began

Dearest Reader… things have changed for the cast of Bridgerton since the racy Netflix drama debuted in 2020.

When the show premiered during the global pandemic and national lockdown, few could have predicted what an worldwide phenomenon the series was about to become.

Since the first season turned the cast into global household names, many have become Hollywood royalty after appearing in the romantic drama, while others have become mainstays in the television world.

Here is what some of the stars of Bridgerton have been up to since the show debuted …

Although Jonathan Bailey was already an award-winning star of stage and screen for more than two decades when he made his debut as Anthony Bridgerton, the Regency romance catapulted the actor to international fame.

Since appearing on the show, he won a Critics’ Choice Award for his role in the historical miniseries Fellow Travelers and an Actors Award (then still known as a SAG Award) for his work in the big screen adaptation of Wicked.

Last year, he was named the top grossing actor of 2025 thanks to his performances as Dr Henry Loomis in Jurassic World Rebirth and Fieryo in Wicked: For Good. He was also named People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Of The Year, being the first openly gay man to earn this title.

Despite his big screen stardom, Jonathan has not foregone his love for the stage, either. In 2022, he appeared in the Mike Bartlett play, Cock and last year, he took on the role of Richard III.

You can next see him alongside his Wicked co-star Ariana Grande in a West End revival of Sunday In The Park With George.

When Bridgerton first aired, Nicola Coughlan was one of the better-known faces to British audiences thanks to her role as Claire in Derry Girls. Since her first season as Penelope, she has taken on a starring role in Channel 4’s dark comedy Big Mood and played Joy in the 2024 Doctor Who Christmas special, alongside Ncuti Gatwa.

On the big screen, she had a minor role in the Barbie film, playing Diplomat Barbie, and has voice roles in the animated film Goat and the upcoming adaptation of Enid Blyton’s Faraway Tree.

Nicola is also currently appearing in a new stage adaptation of The Playboy Of The Western World.

Outside of her work, Nicola is a passionate advocate for a number of humanitarian causes. In 2024, Nicola helped raise £1.5 million for the children of Palestine, and last year, she helped raise more than £100K for the trans and gender non-conforming charity Not A Phase.

Despite her illustrious acting career, Nicola’s proudest moment might just have been when she fulfilled her dream of being a judge on season three of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK.

While his movie career hasn’t quite reached the heights some might have predicted just yet, he has continued to make a name for himself in Hollywood.

After leaving the show, he had a supporting role in the Netflix action thriller The Gray Man, appeared in Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves and co-starred with Cate Blanchett in last year’s critically praised Black Bag. You can next see him alongside Halle Bailey in rom-com You, Me & Tuscany.

He’s also one of many names who’ve been rumoured to be in the running to play 007 in the next James Bond film.

After Regé-Jean left Bridgerton, his on-screen love interest Phoebe Dynevor stayed on the show in a supporting role.

Luckily, this has given her ample time to build a successful film career away from the Ton.

In recent history, she has appeared in the 2023 erotic thriller Fair Play, the 2025 spy movie Inheritance and has also shared the screen with Diane Lane in the dystopian movie Anniversary.

Phoebe has a busy slate ahead of her with numerous films currently in post-production, too, most notably a supernatural romantic drama written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan with Nicholas Sparks.

Simone Ashley plays Anthony’s wife Kate in the Regency drama, joining the show in its second season.

Having already starred in Sex Education, Bridgerton boosted her profile even further, leading to roles in Disney’s live-action Little Mermaid remake as one of Ariel’s sisters, and a leading performance in the rom-com Picture This, alongside Hero Fiennes Tiffin.

Simone also appeared in the Oscar-nominated F1, although her character was controversially cut out of the film, only appearing in one blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment.

After debuting in Bridgerton, Simone has launched her own production company, Good Catch Entertainment, to tackle inequalities in the industry.

“The more you work in this industry, you see the holes, you see what shouldn’t be happening,” she told in Vogue in 2022. “I want to create sets where everyone feels equal. And I don’t want to be put in a certain box. I want to be in the driver’s seat.”

She’s next appearing in The Devil Wears Prada sequel, which will be released in May this year.

You’ll best know Adjoa Andoh for playing Lady Danbury, but the British actor has had a long and illustrious career.

Besides appearing in Bridgerton, she played Nenneke in two episodes of the fantasy The Witcher and, more recently, has been lending her voice to animated characters, including the grandmother in The Smeds And The Smoos, the narrator of Mog’s Christmas and the judge in Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.

In 2024, Adjoa played Lady Heather Nancarrow in Alibi crime drama The Red King.

She was also made a Member of the British Empire (MBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours in June 2025, for her services to drama.

Queen Charlotte herself, Golda Rosheuvel, has been a mainstay of stage and screen since the 1990s.

After debuting in her regal rule, Golda appeared in Dune as the imperial housekeeper Shadout Mapes, and had a supporting role in the rom-com This Time Next Year alongside Emily In Paris star Lucien Laviscount.

Recently, Golda appeared in the Doctor Who episode Space Babies and you can next see her in the horror film Eye For An Eye and with Nick Frost in the comedy Grow.

Luke Thompson found fame playing Benedict in Bridgerton, finally taking centre stage in the most recent run of episodes after three seasons in a supporting role.

Outside the Ton, he has continued to have success on stage, appearing in A Little Life and, more recently, in the Royal Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost.

He also played a lead in another Netflix historical drama, Transatlantic, in 2023.

You can next see him co-starring with Andrew Scott in Elsinore, a biopic of Chariots of Fire actor Ian Charleston, who was one of the first public figures to die of AIDS in the UK.

Colin Bridgerton was Luke Newton’s biggest role to date when he first began appearing in the Netflix period drama.

In 2023, he appeared in the West End in The Shape Of Things, and last year in off-Broadway’s House Of McQueen, playing the late fashion designer Alexander McQueen.

His next role is in White Mars, a science fiction thriller, alongside Lucy Hale.

Claudia Jessie has had a successful career outside of her role as Eloise Bridgerton.

She appeared in the miniseries Bali 2002 and in Jack Thorne’s 2025 Netflix drama Toxic Town, playing a woman whose child is born with birth defects due to toxic waste contamination.

Her next role will be in the Channel 4 drama, Up To No Good, which also stars Glenn Close and Penelope Wilton.

Florence plays Hyacinth in Bridgerton, though you may know her from her many viral TikTok videos where she shares behind-the-scenes moments from the Netflix series.

She has also played a young version of Teresa Palmer’s character Alison in last year’s BBC drama, Mix Tape, and will make her feature film debut in the upcoming Queen At Sea, which stars Juliette Binoche and Tom Courtenay.

Ruby Stokes originally appeared as Francesca Bridgerton in the first two seasons of Bridgerton before leaving due to scheduling conflicts with Lockwood & Co.

Francesca was actually supposed to have a bigger role in season two, but left after filming just three episodes due to her busy schedule on Lockwood & Co.

“I love Francesca, but we lost her midway through season two,” executive producer Chris Van Dusen told TVLine following the season two premiere. “After exhausting all other options, she unfortunately had to come out due to reasons beyond our control.”

Leaving the show mid-series hasn’t put a dampener on Ruby’s career, though.

Although supernatural Netflix show Lockwood & Co. was eventually cancelled after one series, she went to appear in the horror drama The Burning Girls with Samantha Morton and as Jenna Coleman’s daughter in BBC hit The Jetty.

More recently, she had a minor role in Jay Kelly with George Clooney, and will next be seen in the Bella Ramsey comedy Sunny Dancer.

Hannah Dodd took over the role of Francesca from Ruby Stokes in the third season of Bridgerton.

The year after her casting was announced, she appeared in Paramount+ miniseries The Road Trip alongside David Jonsson and Laurie Davidson.

She recently made her West End debut in Cabaret, playing Sally Bowles to Rob Madge’s Emcee in 2025.

Prolific actress Lorraine Ashbourne plays housekeeper Mrs. Varley, in Bridgerton, but this is just one of her many recent TV roles.

Over the last few years, she has played Alma’s eccentric grandma in Alma’s Not Normal, Daphne Sparrow in Sherwood, and appeared in four episodes of I Hate Suzie as Billie Piper’s on-screen mother.

Since then, she also reprised her role in the ITV drama After The Flood and starred in Sally Wainwright’s star-studded comedy-drama Riot Women.

Bessie has played Prudence since the very first season of Bridgerton.

Since the show’s debut, she has appeared in two episodes of I Hate Suzie as lawyer Poppy Hunter, played the real-life Carole Findlater in ITV crime drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story and most recently starred as socialite Nancy Mitford in a Britbox historical drama Outrageous, which followed the scandals of the Mitford sisters.

Lady Violet Bridgerton has been a mainstay of Bridgerton since the very first series.

The year after Bridgerton debuted, she reprised her role as the title character’s birth mother, Carly Beaker, in the CBBC show My Mum Tracy Beaker.

Last year, Ruth also appeared in Martin Campbell’s action flick Cleaner alongside Daisy Ridley as Superintendent Claire Hume.

Polly Walker, who plays Featherington matriarch Portia, also appeared as Margaret “Peggy” Sykes in Pennyworth in 2022, a prequel series about Batman’s butler Alfred Pennyworth.

In 2024, she starred in Dune: Prophecy as Sonya Harkonnen, and a year later had a role in the Mark Gatiss-penned crime TV show Bookish.

Dominic appeared in seasons two and three as Cressida’s father, Lord Cowper.

Following his work in Bridgerton, the actor has had minor roles in Wonka and in Ridley Scott’s historical epic, Napoleon.

His latest TV role was in 2024’s The Jetty, where he played a suspect in the crime drama.

Charithra played Kate’s younger sister, Edwina, in series two of Bridgerton. After her season two appearance in the Netflix drama, her career has gone from strength to strength.

In 2023, she had the lead role in British teen rom-com How To Date Billy Walsh and played the flight attendant in Josh Hartnett’s action film Fight Or Flight. Last Christmas, she had a role in Christmas Karma, a retelling of A Christmas Carol.

On TV, she has played Young Francesca in Dune: Prophecy, and you can next see her in the Netflix adaptation of One Piece, where she will play Miss Wednesday.

In addition to her work, she went viral last summer when everyone watching Wimbledon wanted to know who the “gorgeous” woman sitting behind Andrew Garfield was.

Sabrina starred in five episodes of Bridgerton’s first series as opera singer Siena Rosso.

The year after the show streamed on Netflix, she played Mariette Larkin in the ITV reboot of The Larkins with Bradley Walsh, but quit the show after just one series.

In 2025, she played John Simm’s Gray’s girlfriend in family drama I, Jack Wright, which aired on Alibi.

Shelley Conn played Kate’s mother, Lady Mary Sharma, in season two of the period drama.

After appearing in the series, she appeared as Beelzebub in Good Omens alongside David Tennant and Michael Sheen, and also had a lead role in The Boys spin-off Gen V as behavioural scientist Indira Shetty.

All episodes of Bridgerton season four are now streaming on Netflix.