Major Netflix attraction Bridgerton is back for season two, delighting fans across the world.
With its dramatic, Regency-era setting full of Jane Austen-like thrills, the cast members have also shot to fame with their appearances.
Phoebe Dynevor and Regé-Jean Page seemed to garner the most interest in season one.
Now, season two has more of a focus on Anthony Bridgerton, played by Jonathan Bailey, and Kate Sharma, played by Simone Ashley, and fans can expect the raunchiness to be turned down a notch.
Despite the show helping the stars shoot to fame, some actors started out in shows like Broadchurch, Waterloo Road and Casualty.
In a question as old as the invention of TV, "where have I seen that person before?" is often said while watching a new show.
As viewers face a head-scramble to remember where they have seen their favourite new actors before, we've got a rundown of where you may have previously spotted the Bridgerton stars.
What has Jonathan Bailey been in?
Jonathan Bailey, 33, is perhaps best known to British viewers for his role on ITV's Broadchurch.
Bailey's film career has seen him in Five Children and It, St Trinian's and Testament of Youth, while TV viewers may recognise the actor from Leonardo, Jack Ryan and BBC comedy W1A.
Jonathan told Radio Times: "I’d read the book so I knew my character, Anthony, would have a lot of stuff to deal with and it would be an interesting progression."
What has Simone Ashley been in?
Simone Ashley's most notable role so far has been as Olivia Hanan in Bad Education.
Like Bailey, the now on-screen love interests have both been in Broadchurch, though Ashley played a smaller part across just two episodes.
Simone has spoken about her friendship with Bailey on set, revealing that he left her flowers in her trailer on her first day, which she later did for him.
Playing Kate Sharma, she told Glamour: "I would always leave him his favourite snacks in his trailer. We had a very unspoken rhythm going on in that sense, leaving gifts in each other’s trailers."
What has Pheobe Dyvenor been in?
BBC viewers may remember Phoebe Dyvenor from Waterloo Road, when she played Siobhan Mailey in series five.
She has also featured in The Musketeers, as well as recurring roles in Snatch, Prisoners' Wives and as Martha Cratchit in Dickensian.
With the series following the books of the same name, Phoebe is no longer in such a prominent role in the story
She told Entertainment Weekly: "Daphne has become the adult of the family... She’s found what she’s looking for — she’s had a baby, she’s a wife and mother. There’s a real confidence and womanhood about her this season."
What has Charitha Chandran been in?
Embroiled in the messy world of regency courtship is another of the Sharma sisters, Edwina Sharma, played by Charitha Chandran.
The 25-year-old's career has had a few less notable acting credits than her co-stars and she may be best known for playing Sabina Pleasance in season two of Alex Rider.
Her character Edwina develops quite the crush on Anthony Bridgerton, and a conflict can be expected as things heat up between Anthony and older sister Kate.
What has Shelley Conn been in?
Shelley Conn plays the Sharma matriarch, Lady Mary Sharma, worried about growing heartache between her two daughters.
Arriving from London with a secret about the marriage prospects of her daughters, Lady Mary must watch on as it could be the key to the financial stability of the family.
Conn is used to roles in major shows and films, having featured as the lead in Steven Spielberg's TV show Terra Nova in 2011 appearances in W1A, Death in Paradise and Backm alongside David Mitchell and Robert Webb.
What has Nicola Coughlan been in?
Amid filming for Bridgerton, Nicola Coughlan also managed to fit in a new series of Derry Girls, the role for which she is otherwise best known.
Playing Penelope Featherington, Nicola said the youngest Featherington child can expect some repercussions in season two.
She said to Radio Times: "I think you know, she's certainly been lying to literally everyone in her life and I think you'll see the repercussions of that and I think you'll see she's not – I always say it's like a Britney Spears year, she's 'not a girl, not yet a woman'.
"She definitely matures from series one. And I think she thinks she's much more a woman of the world than she actually is."
Nicola, 35, has also had roles in Doctors and Harlots.
What has Adjoa Andoh been in?
Adjoa Andoh's impressive career spans nearly 40 years, but it was in 2009 she made her Hollywood debut with Invictus, featuring alongside Matt Damon.
She is returning for the second season of the show and will continue to play Lady Danbury. On British TV, she is known for playing Francine Jones on Doctor Who and roles in Law and Order: UK, Broadchurch, Line of Duty and Silent Witness.
What has Rupert Evans been in before?
Bridgerton has a rich and varied cast full of impressive acting talents, including the likes of Rupert Evans, who plays Viscount Edmund.
Evans is best known for his part in The Man in the High Castle on Prime Video, as well as the Charmed reboot, which he has also directed.
What has Calam Lynch been in?
At the age of 27, Calam Lynch's career appears to be on the rise after a role as a sailor in Dunkirk and George Winthrop in Black Beauty.
In 2021, Lynch portrayed socialite Stephen Tennant, said to be a member of the Bright Young People social set, which included the Mitford sisters.
On TV, Lynch has also been in the prom episode of Derry Girls.
Where have I seen the Bridgerton cast before?
Some of season two's most important characters have been in well-known British TV shows like Merlin, Death in Paradise and Coronation Street.
Here is a rundown of the rest of the main cast for season two and their most notable roles.
Golda Rosheuvel - Queen Charlotte
- Casualty
- Torchwood
- Coronation Street
- Silent Witness
- Dune
Rupert Young - Jack
- Doc Martin
- Foyle's War
- Merlin
- Doctor Who
Ruth Gemmell - Violet Bridgerton
- Fever Pitch
- Macbeth (1998)
- Spooks
- Tracey Beaker: The Movie of Me
- Waking the Dead
- Utopia
Claudia Jesse - Eloise Bridgerton
- Call the midwife
- Casualty
- Doctors
- Doctor Who
- Line of Duty
- Vanity Fair
