Netflix has assembled the cast for its 6-part limited series Pride and Prejudice, based on the classic Jane Austen novel, which has started production in the UK.
Rufus Sewell (The Diplomat) will star as the wise patriarch Mr Bennet. Cast as Bennet sisters are Freya Mavor (Industry) as Jane, Heartstopper‘s Rhea Norwood as Lydia and newcomers Hollie Avery and Hopey Parish in their debut roles as Kitty and Mary, respectively. Louis Partridge (Disclaimer) will take on the scheming Mr Wickham, with Jamie Demetriou (Stath Lets Flats) as the pompous Mr Collins, Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve) as the fearsome Lady Catherine de Bourg, Daryl McCormack (Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery) as Jane’s beloved Mr Bingley and Siena Kelly (Black Mirror) as his sister Caroline.
They join previous cast leads Emma Corrin as Elizabeth Bennet, Jack Lowden as Mr. Darcy and Olivia Colman as Mrs. Bennet.
To mark the start of production, Netflix has released a first-look photo of Mrs Bennet and her five daughters. (You can see it above).
Bellow is a list of the limited series’ core and extended cast members with the characters they are playing:
Emma Corrin as Elizabeth Bennet
Jack Lowden as Mr Darcy
Olivia Colman as Mrs Bennet
Rufus Sewell as Mr Bennet
Freya Mavor as Jane Bennet
Rhea Norwood as Lydia Bennet
Hopey Parish as Mary Bennet
Hollie Avery as Kitty Bennet
Jamie Demetriou as Mr Collins
Daryl McCormack as Mr Bingley
Siena Kelly as Caroline Bingley
Louis Partridge as Mr Wickham
Fiona Shaw as Lady Catherine de Bourg
Other cast:
Anjana Vasan (We Are Lady Parts) as Mrs Gardiner, Sebastian Armesto (Gangs of London) as Mr Gardiner, Rosie Cavaliero (KAOS) as Lady Lucas, Saffron Coomber (Three Little Birds) as Mrs Hurst, James Dryden (Time Bandits) as Mr Hurst, Justin Edwards (The Franchise) as Sir William Lucas, James Northcote (Fool Me Once) as Colonel Forster, Eloise Webb (The Queen’s Gambit) as Harriet Forster and Isabella Sermon (Jurassic World: Dominion) as Georgiana Darcy.
Netflix’s Pride and Prejudice, described as a faithful adaptation of the novel, is written by Dolly Alderton and directed by Euros Lyn . The duo executive produce with Corrin as well as Laura Lankester, Will Johnston and Louise Mutter for Lookout Point. Lisa Osborne produces.
Parish just graduated from the Manchester School of Acting. Avery graduated from LAMDA in 2024.
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