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Golda Rosheuvel
British actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Golda Rosheuvel (born 2 May 1970) is a British actress and singer. She is known for her theatre work and a number of on-screen roles, most prominently for her portrayal of Queen Charlotte in the Netflix period drama series Bridgerton (2020–) and its prequel Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (2023).
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Early life
Rosheuvel was born in Guyana to a Guyanese Anglican priest, Patrick Rosheuvel, and an English mother, Judith Evans.[1] She moved frequently around Guyana due to her father's mission work, often staying with indigenous tribes.[2] When she was five, her family moved in with her mother's brother in England before eventually settling in Hertfordshire.[3][4] She has a brother.[5]
Rosheuvel spent her teen years doing athletics with intent to be a professional athlete. She did the 100-metre sprint, javelin, and the long-jump. However, when she suffered an ankle injury, she turned her focus to theatre.[2]
She studied for a diploma in performance at East Herts College, before going on to study musical theatre at the London Studio Centre.[2]
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Rosheuvel's first professional theatre credit was portraying Donna on a nine-month European tour of Hair, while she was still in college.[6]
Rosheuvel's stage credits include Porgy and Bess, Macbeth, The Winter's Tale, Romeo and Juliet, Angels in America, Bad Girls: The Musical, and Jesus Christ Superstar.[7] In 2018, Rosheuvel played a lesbian version of Othello in Othello.[8][3][9] On television, she made her debut appearing in 2001 production of Jesus Christ Superstar aired as a part of Great Performances. She later made guest appearances on television series such as Casualty, The Bill, Torchwood, Luther, Coronation Street and Silent Witness. She had a supporting part in the 2016 period drama film Lady Macbeth.
In 2019, Rosheuvel was cast as Queen Charlotte in the Netflix period drama Bridgerton produced by Shonda Rhimes.[10] The series premiered on 25 December 2020 with positive reviews from critics.[11][12] As a cast member, Rosheuvel received Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2021.[13] In 2023, Rosheuvel reprised her role in its prequel series, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.[14][15]
Rosheuvel later was cast in the romantic comedy film This Time Next Year,[16] and the horror film Somewhere in Dreamland alongside Whitney Peak and S. Epatha Merkerson.[17]
In 2024, Rosheuvel appeared in the Doctor Who episode "Space Babies" as Jocelyn.[18]
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Personal life
Her wife is writer and playwright Shireen Mula.[9] She is a patron of An Tobar and Mull Theatre, a multi art-form creative hub on the Hebridean island of Mull.[19]
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