Emily in … Rome?! The Emily in Paris Season 5 premiere is less than a day away. Debuting on Netflix on Dec. 18, the new season sees Emily Cooper (Lily Collins) seemingly living out the Italian dream: She’s landed the career opportunity of a lifetime and is finally in an uncomplicated relationship with a charming Italian guy.
However, the season’s official description hints at trouble ahead:
“Now the head of Agence Grateau Rome, Emily faces professional and romantic challenges as she adapts to life in a new city. But just as everything falls into place, a work idea backfires, and the fallout cascades into heartbreak and career setbacks. Seeking stability, Emily leans into her French lifestyle, until a big secret threatens one of her closest relationships. Tackling conflict with honesty, Emily emerges with deeper connections, renewed clarity and a readiness to embrace new possibilities.”
The official trailer for Emily in Paris Season 5 debuted earlier this month and teases what’s to come for Emily.
“This season is a tale of two cities. Rome and Paris,” creator Darren Star told Netflix’s Tudum earlier this year. “Straddling both, Emily takes love and life to the next level.”
Ahead of tomorrow’s premiere, we’re breaking down everything we know about Emily in Paris Season 5.
When does Season 5 come out?
All 10 episodes of Emily in Paris will be available to stream on Netflix on Dec. 18.
Who will be part of the Season 5 cast?
In addition to Collins, these stars are set to return for Emily in Paris Season 5:
Eugenio Franceschini as Marcello Muratori
Ashley Park as Mindy Chen
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as Sylvie Grateau
William Abadie as Antoine Lambert
Lucien Laviscount as Alfie
Thalia Besson as Genevieve
Arnaud Binard as Laurent G
Deadline previously announced two new additions to the Season 5 roster in July: Bryan Greenberg (Suits LA, Junction) will play Jake, an American expat living in Paris, and Michèle Laroque (Brilliantissime) will play Yvette, one of Sylvie’s oldest friends.
In May, Deadline also confirmed that Oscar-nominated actress Minnie Driver (Good Will Hunting, Will & Grace) joined the cast. Driver will portray Princess Jane, a friend of Sylvie’s who marries into royalty.
Camille Razat, however, is one cast member who will not be returning for Season 5. Razat, who has starred as Gabriel’s on-again, off-again girlfriend since the first season, confirmed the news in an Instagram post from April 2025.
“After an incredible journey, I’ve made the decision to step away from Emily in Paris,” she wrote. “This character has meant a lot to me, and I feel that her storyline has naturally come to an end. It felt like the right moment to explore new horizons.”
Where did we leave off, anyway?
Where do we begin?! When Gabriel finds out that Camille is pregnant — which she lies about, by the way — he begins to prioritize her and their future child over Emily, which strains their relationship. At one point, Gabriel leaves Emily stranded at the top of a mountain to attend to Camille, prompting Emily’s realization that she’ll never be the priority in their relationship. Emily breaks up with Gabriel as a result.
Eager to get away, Emily agrees to oversee the opening of a new Agence Grateau office in Rome. There she sparks a romance with Marcello, an heir to a prominent Italian cashmere company.
Collins in Emily in Rome. (Carloline Dubois/Netflix)
Season 4 ends with Emily back in Rome in a more permanent capacity, now as the lead of the new Agence Grateau location. Her burgeoning relationship with Marcello also influences her decision to take the job. Gabriel, meanwhile, learns of Camille’s “nonpregnancy.”
While the series resumes in Italy, Star is assuring fans that Emily will be returning to France.
“She didn’t change her Instagram handle to ‘Emily in Rome.’ She is working in Rome sometimes. Sylvie’s company has an office in Rome. Emily’s getting that on its feet,” Star previously told Deadline. “I don’t necessarily think that it means a permanent — in my mind, it’s definitely not a permanent — move to Rome. We’re not leaving Paris.”
Do we know what the storylines are about?
While we don’t know a ton of details, we do know that Emily will continue to explore things with Marcello, which Collins revealed she’s on board with.
“Marcello is a whole other adventure that we want for Emily because we ultimately want Emily to be able to have a better work-life balance,” she previously told Tudum. “We want to have Emily be able to smile without condition. We want to see her beyond her vacay mode. And he comes at that perfect time.”
Collins and costar Eugenio Franceschini in Emily in Paris. (Caroline Dubois/Netflix)
Star told Tudum that the strength of Emily and Marcello’s connection will factor into Season 5.
“I feel like they have a real spark and a real connection and a real romantic connection,” he said. “A lot of that’s going to continue to play out next season.”
Lucien Laviscount and Ashley Park in Emily in Paris. (Caroline Dubois/Netflix)
A blooming romance also appears to be in the works between Mindy and Alfie, who, per the official trailer, grow closer this season.
“What’s fun though is this feels like it came out of left field, but also, Lucien [Laviscount] is one of my best friends on the show,” Chen told Us Weekly earlier this month. “So we were always laughing about how we love hanging out, but we don’t have scenes together. It made it really fun this year.”
What has the cast said?
Following the Emily in Paris Season 5 premiere in Paris on Dec. 15, Collins took to Instagram to thank her fans for their continued support.
“Parisian premiere of our dreams. Cannot believe it’s been FIVE seasons and six years with my @emilyinparis family,” she wrote alongside a carousel of photos. “Where does the time go? So much love, from the bottom of my heart, to all the fans — and everyone who makes this show of ours happen. We are eternally grateful and forever in awe. Season five is on your screens in three short days.”
Earlier this year, Collins and Park revealed on Instagram that filming for the show’s fifth season had officially wrapped.
“And that’s another wrap on @emilyinparis. … Here’s to five seasons of friendship turned sisterhood — Venice, Paris, Rome, anywhere is home with you by my side,” read their joint caption. “Incredibly grateful for our Emily family and so extremely proud of what we all created together this year. Arrivederci ’til December 18! …”
Collins and Park’s heartfelt Instagram post comes days after Diego Borella, an assistant director on the show, suddenly died while on the set in August. Filming was briefly paused but resumed a few days later.
In an October 2024 interview with IndieWire, Bravo hinted at the possibility of not returning to Emily in Paris.
“The ‘sexy chef’ was very much part of me in Season 1, and we grew apart season after season because of the choices he makes and because of the direction they make him take. I’ve never been so far away from him,” he said.
Collins and costar Lucas Bravo in Emily in Paris. (Netflix)
Bravo initially saw “a lot of me in [Gabriel]” in Season 1 but was disappointed that they “made him kind of unaware of his surroundings” and that he was “always victimizing” and “being completely lost in translation.”
“It kind of became not fun for me to shoot or to see a character I love so much and brought me so much, being slowly turned into guacamole,” he added. “I really grew apart from him.”
The Freedom star seemed to have changed his tune by April 2025. In an interview with Parade, Bravo revealed plans to begin filming the fifth season of Emily in Paris in May and that “it’s the best season so far.”
“I had lunch with Darren a few days back, and he told me a bit without telling me too much. I think fans are going to lose it,” he told the outlet. “It’s the craziest one so far.”