The cast of Bridgerton may play society’s most eligible singles, but many are coupled up off-screen.
Since 2020, Netflix’s romantic drama has followed the wealthy Bridgerton family through London’s high-society marriage market. Each season, a different sibling embarks on a search for love despite the ton’s strict rules and relentless scrutiny.
Fans would love to believe that the leads of each season — Daphne (Phoebe Dynevor) and Simon (Regé-Jean Page) and Anthony (Jonathan Bailey) and Kate (Simone Ashley) — are in love in real life. Stars Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton even had to shut down dating rumors ahead of their season in 2024. And speculation is sure to come when viewers see the sparks flying between Luke Thompson’s Benedict and Yerin Ha’s Sophie in season 4, but so far, there has been no truth to any of the rumors.
Most of the Bridgerton cast is happily taken — and not with their costars. Here’s everything to know about the real-life partners of the Bridgerton cast.
Luke Newton and Antonia Roumelioti
Newton seemed to confirm that he was dating Antonia Roumelioti in June 2024. The couple was photographed holding hands as they left an afterparty together following the London premiere of the second part of Bridgerton’s third season.
In May 2025, they made their relationship Instagram official.
Roumelioti is a professional dancer who often shares her moves on Instagram. She competed on Greece’s Got Talent while in high school.
Nicola Coughlan and Jake Dunn
While her character swooned over Colin in Bridgerton, Coughlan has been linked to actor Jake Dunn since August 2024. Though the couple have kept a low profile, the actress did attend the London premiere for his show Renegade Nell .
Months after Coughlan made their relationship Instagram official — wishing him a happy birthday on her Stories — they made their red carpet debut at the BAFTA Television & Television Craft Awards nominees party in April 2025.
Adjoa Andoh and Howard Cunnell
djoa Andoh, who plays Lady Danbury on both Bridgerton and the spinoff series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, is married to author Howard Cunnell.
The two first met in 1994 when they crossed paths at the Battersea Arts Centre’s bookshop. “I had a theatre company called Wild Iris. We had a tiny little office at the centre. One of our directors came in one day to say someone was taking over the bookstore downstairs, and that he was tasty,” Andoh explained to The Guardian in December 2022 of their first encounter. “We went in and there was Howard. He was this very smiley man behind the till in a patch of sunshine.”
Cunnell was just as taken aback by Andoh, telling the publication he “lost [his] head” when he saw her come down the staircase. Though they started as friends, with Andoh and her daughter from a previous relationship regularly spending time at the bookstore, their relationship turned into something more a year later.
They welcomed two children in 1996 and 1997 and moved in together in Brixton, along with her older daughter. They later tied the knot in 2001.
The couple has kept their relationship fairly private, though Andoh has posted about Cunnell from time to time, including a sweet Instagram photo on the beach as she celebrated her birthday in January 2022.
Polly Walker and Laurence Penry-Jones
Polly Walker, who plays Lady Featherington on the series, is married to actor Laurence Penry-Jones.
The two reportedly first met in 2003 at the Theatre West End and tied the knot in October 2008, per Hello!. Through their marriage, Penry-Jones also became a stepfather to Walker’s two children, Giorgio and Delilah.
Though they tend to keep their relationship out of the spotlight, they have stepped out for a handful of red carpet events through the years, including the HBO Golden Globes afterparty in 2006.
Golda Rosheuvel and Shireen Mula
Golda Rosheuvel, who plays Queen Charlotte on both Bridgerton and the spinoff series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, has been with her partner, writer Shireen Mula, for over a decade.
Their relationship first began in the early 2010s when they met “the old-fashioned way — at a mate’s party,” as Rosheuvel told The Guardian in March 2022.
As the couple approached their 10th anniversary, Rosheuvel appeared on the Just for Variety podcast, where she recalled how she was advised not to come out as gay by a lesbian director early in her career — but she is now “out and proud.” She added that Mula has been incredibly supportive of her career and life in the spotlight.
“My sexuality is really important to me in terms of existing, knowing that I’m important. I’m as important as anyone on the planet,” Rosheuvel said in the April 2022 interview. “My partner always says, ‘The mere fact that you’re on the screen. The mere fact that you’re in Bridgerton as a Black, biracial, cis-gender, lesbian playing the first Black queen of England. The fact that you’re there is immense.’ ”