Bridgerton Season 2 begins to take shape, with the cast of a new character.
Simone Ashley, on Netflix Sex education TVLine played the role of the untouchable member, Olivia, in the role of Kate Sharma (Sheffield, in the novels). Kate is described as a smart, powerful London newcomer “who does not suffer from fools – Anthony is very included.”
‘We’re really going to be [focusing on] the oldest brother of Bridgerton next season, Lord Anthony Bridgerton, ”said Chris Van Dusen, forerunner last month at the Today Show. “We left him at the crossroads at the end of the first season, so I’m looking forward to jumping in and discovering how he’s doing in the marriage market.”
Kate belongs to a bunch of ‘new characters’ that Van Dusen expects during the second series of the hit series, based on the author Julia Quinn’s second Bridgerton novel, The Burgh Count who loved me.
Ashley’s previous TV credits also include the ITV miniseries The Sister and the British version of Broad Church. Her cast was first reported by our sister website Deadline.
Bridgerton was renewed in late January, barely four weeks after Season 1 aired on Netflix with a boffo number.