Overview
- Netflix, which announced Wednesday three additions to Season 5, named Tega Alexander, Jacqueline Boatswain and Gemma Knight Jones to key roles.
- Tega Alexander will play Christopher Anderson, described by Netflix as a Regency-era Casanova and the son of Lord Marcus Anderson.
- Jacqueline Boatswain is cast as Helen Stirling, mother to Michaela, and Gemma Knight Jones plays Lady Elizabeth Ashworth, a close friend and guide in London society.
- Netflix’s synopsis says Francesca returns to the marriage mart two years after her husband’s death and rethinks her plans when cousin Michaela comes back to London.
- Reporting places filming in London since late March with an expected eight-month shoot and a likely 2027 or early 2028 release window, though Netflix has not set a date.