‘Bridgerton’ Season 3: ‘Black Sails’ Star Hannah New Joins Cast As Firebrand Widow Lady Tilley Arnold
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Casting for Netflix’s highly-anticipated third season of Bridgerton is heating up and Hannah New, the star of Starz’ series Black Sails, is the latest Deadline can reveal.
New will play Lady Tilley Arnold, a firebrand widow. Widowed at an early age, she enjoys the privileges and power that come with being at the helm of her former husband’s estate, living life on her own terms with financial independence and sexual freedom.
New is best known for playing Eleanor Guthrie across four seasons of Starz’ Black Sails. She broke out in 2014 movie Maleficent playing Princess Leila alongside Angelina Jolie and has also featured in Guillermo del Toro’s The Strain and Danny Boyle’s Trust, both for FX.
Next up is Julian Gilbey’s Summit Fever, where she stars opposite Ryan Phillippe and Freddie Thorp. The highly-anticipated third season of Shonda Rhimes’ Bridgerton is in production and first episode will be titled Out of the Shadows, helmed by new showrunner Jess Brownell, who is replacing Chris Van Dusen.
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