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Sex Education’s Simone Ashley To Star In Bridgerton Season 2

The name of the character being played by Simone Ashley has been altered from the books to reflect her South-Asian background.

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Simone Ashley in Bridgerton 2: Bridgerton, one of the most successful series on Netflix, is coming back with a second season and Sex Education star Simone Ashley has landed a lead role on it. Ashley will play a major role in this adaptation of Julia Quinn's romance novel.
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Ashley will play Kate Sharma (known as Kate Sheffield in the books) who has "newly arrived in London," and is a "smart, headstrong young woman who suffers no fools — Anthony Bridgerton very much included." She would be romancing the eldest Bridgerton brother, Anthony (played by Jonathan Bailey). Her character's name has been altered to reflect her South-Asian background.

"The show was always set out to be primarily one book per season," showrunner Chris Van Dusen had previously told EW. According to Netflix, Season 2 will follow the second novel in the Bridgerton series, The Viscount Who Loved Me. 

The official Bridgerton account, tweeted: "Quite the juicy bit of gossip, dear readers... This author is certainly looking forward to many a column covering Miss Kate Sharma."

Julia Quinn is excited about the casting

"I couldn’t dream of a more perfect Kate. I mean, just LOOK at her expression in that first photo!" the author wrote on Instagram.

25-year-old Ashley plays Olivia in Sex Education, another popular series on Netflix. She also appeared in The Sister, A Working Mom’s Nightmare, Casualty, Pokémon Detective Pikachu and Broadchurch.

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The news certainly made an impact on Bridgerton fans who cheered for a South Asian casting choice. 

Here's how Twitter reacted to Ashley's casting on Bridgerton 2:

Feature Image Credit: Entertainment Weekly

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