Jonathan Bailey will soon meet his partner for Bridgerton Season 2.
Ahead of the release of the new installment of Bridgerton, the search for the lead female actress for the hit Regency-era period drama series is finally over.
Deadline reported that Because the Night and Sex Education actress Simone Ashley scored the role of Kate Sheffield in the series.
Kate is a smart young woman who will eventually become Anthony Bridgerton s romantic interest.
Both Ashley and Bailey will continue the story of Julia Quinn s Bridgerton series, specifically the second book, The Viscount Who Loved Me .
The pair succeeds Rege-Jean Page (Duke of Hastings) and Phoebe Dynevor (Daphne Bridgerton), who successfully built the series empire through its first season.