#CAST OF KATE NETFLIX TV#

'She feels a lot of duty as the other sibling. 'That puts a lot of responsibility onto Kate to take care of Edwina and make sure she’s being married off in the right way,' Ashley continues. Mary is still processing and grieving the loss of her husband, and there’s a lot of trauma for her coming back to England and facing the ton.' She tends to make decisions on everyone else’s behalf a little bit, which can be a good thing and a bad thing. Simone Ashley tells Shondaland: 'Kate’s taken on the role of caring for Mary and Edwina, and I think she can be quite controlling. “Season two builds on that … and through Kate, we’re seeing the sense of responsibility that goes along with being a woman who doesn’t want to get married but who wants to get her sister married. She chose love.”Īnd as for Kate and her less-than-eager thoughts about marriage, “the first season was about the constraints that women feel being trapped in the marriage mart,” says Bridgerton executive producer Shonda Rhimes to Shondaland. Is it purely a contractual obligation between two people that will justify families to keep going forward? Or is there an element that allows for true love? That’s a question that Mary had to deal with in her past. “I suppose that makes her quite an original because a lot of Bridgerton speaks to the theme of love versus duty and what is marriage. “Mary comes from a long line of deep-rooted aristocracy in England,” actress Shelley Conn says in an interview with Shondaland (opens in new tab).

#CAST OF KATE NETFLIX TV#

Now Mary is back from Bombay-a TV setting swap-out for the book's Somerset-and rejoining the aristocracy under the watchful eye of its residents and Lady Whistledown. While the Sharmas debut certainly brings with it a good amount of drama and intrigue, it's nothing new for Lady Mary, whose marriage to a widowed tradesman of no aristocratic standing caused a scandal for her upper-class British family. They move into the home of Lady Danbury (Adjoa Andoh), who accompanies them to balls around town and helps with the matchmaking. The three Sharmas arrive at the Ton from India to debut Edwina to society and get her married off. A post shared by Bridgerton (opens in new tab)Ī photo posted by on Who are the Sharmas in 'Bridgerton'?Īlong with Kate, season 2 is welcoming two more Sharma ladies to the Bridgeron cast: Kate's younger sister Edwina (played by Charithra Chandran) and their mother, Lady Mary (Shelley Conn).

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