{"id":388372,"date":"2026-04-08T16:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/388372\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T16:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:34:08","slug":"tega-alexander-as-lord-andersons-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/388372\/","title":{"rendered":"Tega Alexander as Lord Anderson’s Son"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cBridgerton<\/a>\u201d has added three new cast members for the Shonda Rhimes-produced period drama\u2019s upcoming fifth season, which will center around the love story of Francesca Bridgerton (Hannah Dodd) and Michaela Stirling (Masali Baduza)<\/a>, including the role of Lord Marcus Anderson\u2019s (Daniel Francis) adult son.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Sandman\u201d actor Tega Alexander will play Christopher Anderson, described as \u201cA Regency-era Casanova who could give the Bridgerton bachelors a run for their money. Yet behind his cheeky facade lies a current of self-doubt that threatens to unravel him. The son of Lord Anderson will make his mark on society, one way or another\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCarnival Row\u201d actress Jacqueline Boatswain has been cast as Helen Stirling. According to the character description, she is \u201cMichaela\u2019s mother and the very source of her spirit. Like any mama, she seeks to guide \u2014 and occasionally push \u2014 her daughter through London\u2019s social season, with equal measures vivaciousness and tough love.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMobland\u201d actress Gemma Knight Jones will join \u201cBridgerton\u201d Season 5 as Lady Elizabeth Ashworth, \u201can old friend of Michaela\u2019s who serves as her confidante and London guide.\u201d Per Netflix, \u201cBeneath Elizabeth\u2019s playful\u00a0charm lies a grounded realist who is wise to the unspoken rules of society.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLast month, Netflix unveiled a first-look teaser for the fifth season of the series, which is based on Julia Quinn\u2019s romance novels about the love lives of the eight siblings in the titular Bridgerton family, and announced production had begun in the UK on the eight-episode season. At that time, it was revealed Francesca Bridgerton (Hannah Dodd) and Michaela Stirling (Masali Baduza) would be the new leading couple.<\/p>\n

\n\tHere\u2019s the official logline for \u201cBridgerton\u201d Season 5: \u201cThe fifth season of\u00a0Bridgerton\u00a0spotlights introverted middle daughter Francesca (Hannah Dodd). Two years after losing her beloved husband John, Fran decides to reenter the marriage mart for practical reasons. But when John\u2019s cousin Michaela (Masali Baduza) returns to London to tend to the Kilmartin estate, Fran\u2019s complicated feelings will have her questioning whether to stick to her pragmatic intentions or pursue her inner passions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBridgerton\u201d Season 4, which was released in two parts on Netflix between January and February, focused on the love story between Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) and Sophie Baek (Yerin Ha).<\/p>\n

\n\tIn May 2025, Netflix\u00a0renewed \u201cBridgerton\u201d for a fifth and sixth season<\/a>\u00a0but was careful to not reveal which Bridgerton sibling would be the lead of each of those installments. While not officially revealed to be Francesca Bridgerton until March 24, the lead of Season 5 was teased throughout the airing of Season 4, with Francesca being positioned as the likely frontrunner despite the fact Eloise (Claudia Jessie) is the book-accurate next contender.<\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing Season 5, the remaining Bridgerton siblings left to tell their love stories will include Eloise Bridgerton, Gregory (Will Tilston) and Hyacinth (Florence Hunt).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cBridgerton\u201d has added three new cast members for the Shonda Rhimes-produced period drama\u2019s upcoming fifth season, which will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388373,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[51203,93,61,60,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-388372","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-bridgerton","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}