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Bridgerton fans have been hungry to know who the Queen Charlotte cast will include in the upcoming spin-off series which dropped on May 4, 2023. The wait is over. Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story is designed to deepen viewers’ understanding of one of our favorite characters by depicting her as a young woman finding her own voice.
“I loved delving into the romance between Charlotte and King George,” showrunner and executive producer Rhimes said in a video for Netflix in February 2023. “I want people to feel like this is what happens with real love. Love is hard. Love is difficult. Love has many layers. The idea that the happy ending that we always talk about for characters doesn’t have to be the obvious one.”
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story depicts Charlotte’s origin story and unveils the love story between Queen Charlotte and the handsome King of England, to whom she is betrothed for better or worse. Read on for more details about the exciting, fresh additions to the Queen Charlotte cast.
Who’s in the Queen Charlotte cast?
Original Bridgerton actors Golda Rosheuval (Queen Charlotte), Adjoa Andoh (Lady Danbury), and Ruth Gemmell (Violet Bridgerton) are all reprising their roles in the Queen Charlotte cast. Performing their younger versions, Netflix announced in the spring of 2022 that British actress India Amarteifio will play the young Charlotte. More main characters are below.
Queen Charlotte (India Amarteifio)
British actress India Amarteifio, raised in Twickenham, plays the young Charlotte. Amarteifio is best known for her role in the British crime drama Line of Duty, and she also appeared on a season 1 episode of Sex Education.
Before she established a screen career, Amarteifio was a child actor in theater. She made her West End debut as Nala in The Lion King in 2011. She has also performed in Matilda the Musical and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Her first screen role was in the BBC One film Gangsta Granny.
King George III (Corey Mylchreest)
Corey Mylchreest plays the role of King George III, the monarch of Britain to which Charlotte is married. Per his profile on IMDB, he only has two prior on-screen acting credits to his name; in 2021, he starred in the short film Mars, and in 2022, he appeared in one episode of The Sandman as Adonis. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art with a Bachelor’s in Acting at the H Level in 2020.
In an interview with Esquire, the somewhat green actor spoke of how King George was “criminally misunderstood” and that he was overjoyed to have won the role. “I can’t stress enough how in 2015, there were 20,000 pages of George’s private journals and letters—some of them to Charlotte, some to family, hundreds to doctors—that were released by the Royal libraries,” explained Mylchreest, concluding that “The man was amazing.”
Lady Danbury (Arsema Thomas)
Relatively unknown Arsema Thomas (full name: Arséma Angela Adeoluwayemi Thomas) plays young Agatha Danbury, who educates the new queen on the expectations and norms of London society, while also finding her own confidence and identity.
Thomas was born in Atlanta, Georgia to Ethiopian and Nigerian diplomats, and owing to her parents’ work, she grew up across the Comoros, Uganda, Kenya, Togo and Benin, and India. Unsurprisingly, she speaks several languages other than English, including French, Spanish, Yoruba and Amharic.
Violet (Connie Jenkins-Greig)
Connie Jenkins-Greig will play young Violet Ledger before she becomes Violet Bridgerton. She shared the news of her casting in July 2022 via her Instagram, stating “Beyond excited to be able to share the news that I have joined the Bridgerton world as Young Violet.”
She has starred in Mr Selfridge (2013), The Take Down (2017), and the 2023 movie drama Love Without Walls. As young Violet, she is seeking a husband and we witness her life before she became a Bridgerton through her marriage to Edmund Bridgerton.
Brimsley (Sam Clemmett)
Sam Clemmett plays the young Brimsley in Queen Charlotte. In March 2022, he shared the news with Instagram, “So excited to be joining @shondaland and @netflix with this amazing cast and crew to tell this story! You’re in for a treat!!”
The British actor made his television debut in Foyle’s War (2013), and then Doctors the same year. He has also established himself as a theater actor since 2011, interspersing screen work with stage appearances. He played Albus Severus Potter in the stage version of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in 2016 and reprized the role in 2018. In 2021, he starred in both The War Below and the crime film Cherry.
Clemmett married hairstylist Danarose Clemmett in October 2022 in a gothic-inspired ceremony they shared on Instagram. They announced their engagement on Instagram in August 2022.
