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Simone Ashley talks breaking the ‘Bridgerton’ rules on ‘Ellen’

Simone Ashley joined Tiffany Haddish on Ellen to talk about 'Bridgerton' and the character she loves playing so much.

Simone Ashley is Bridgerton‘s Kate Sharma, the show-stealing actress who graces the series with class, smarts, and just enough snark to keep fans intrigued.

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The show’s sophomore season focuses on another Bridgerton sibling finding love, and his potential love interests, all prim and proper, are waiting for their Prince Charming — except one. The girl who isn’t too concerned with impressing Anthony Bridgerton is the one who develops the most exciting relationship with him, naturally. Ashley spoke about the headstrong nature of Sharma today, with Tiffany Hadish and Twitch, on Ellen.

“It was a lot of fun to play that, I liked the fact that she wasn’t a people pleaser and she wasn’t afraid to be opinionated and controversial and break the rules a little bit. I mean she was there to protect her sister and I wanted to stay true to that throughout the whole story.”

Her sister, Edwina Sharma, is the one who traveled to London to meet the Viscount, and Kate only wished to tag along to look out for her. Ashley also talked about her character’s impact on that journey, and how Kate shook up the show when she joined her sister in London to find romance and adventure.

“Kate comes with her family back to London to help Edwina find her true love match and things don’t really go as planned when she meets Anthony Bridgerton.”

Of course, it isn’t all butterflies and heart eyes between the two at first. Kate isn’t the one Anthony is “supposed to” end up with; her younger sister Edwina checks off all of his boxes. So why is he so drawn to Kate? The two aren’t exactly full of adoration for one another either, but the attraction grows nonetheless. Sure, it’s a classic enemy-to-lovers trope, but it works. It’s intoxicating.

Season two of Bridgerton is streaming on Netflix, so you can get caught up now if you’ve yet to watch it, and fall for Kate the way we all have.


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Ashley Marie is a staff writer, beat leader, Disney fanatic, and Yellowstone expert. When she's not filling her friends in on all the entertainment news they can handle, she's drinking her go-to Starbucks order — a caramel macchiato, thank you — and wishing she was at Disney World or spending time at the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch. With a focus on positivity and kindness in journalism, Ashley has been writing for a decade and hopes to keep bringing you articles for decades to come.