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Bridgerton Season 5 Announces New Cast: Meet Tega Alexander, Jacqueline Boatswain & Gemma Knight Jones

Netflix added Tega Alexander, Jacqueline Boatswain and Gemma Knight Jones as Season 5 production continues on the eight-episode drama.

  • Netflix added three new cast members for the Shonda Rhimes-produced Bridgerton Season 5, as production continues in London. The period drama focuses on the romance between Francesca Bridgerton and Michaela Stirling .
  • Two years after losing her husband, John, Francesca decides to reenter the marriage mart in this eight-episode season. Complicated feelings arise when Michaela returns to London to tend the Kilmartin estate.
  • Jacqueline Boatswain plays Michaela's mother, Helen Stirling, while Tega Alexander joins as Christopher Anderson, a "Regency-era Casanova." Gemma Knight Jones completes the trio as Lady Elizabeth Ashworth, a confidante for Michaela.
  • Executive producer Jess Brownell serves as showrunner, joined by producers Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, Tom Verica, and Chris Van Dusen. Filming remains underway in the UK as the team develops this next installment.
  • Netflix previously renewed the series for a sixth season, which will follow Francesca's sister, Eloise Bridgerton . The show continues adapting Julia Quinn's romance novels about the eight siblings in the titular family.
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▶️ Currently filming, season 5 of "Bridgerton" will focus on Francesca's recovery as she finds love again with a woman after the death of her husband. Her chosen one is already well-known to the audience, who will also be introduced to at least three new characters. - "Bridgerton" welcomes new faces to its lesbian romance in season 5 (Culture, Media and Entertainment).

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Variety broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Wednesday, April 8, 2026.
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