Liz Kingsman has joined the cast of Netflix’s upcoming period drama remake of Pride and Prejudice. The actress and comedian will portray Anna de Bourgh, daughter of Fiona Shaw’s Lady Catherine. Production recently began in the UK.
Deadline previously reported that Emma Corrin, Jack Lowden and Olivia Colman will lead the series as Elizabeth Bennet, Mr. Darcy and Mrs. Bennet, respectively. Rufus Sewell is set to play the wise patriarch Mr. Bennet. The Bennet sisters will be portrayed by Freya Mavor, Heartstopper’s Rhea Norwood, and newcomers Hollie Avery and Hopey Parish. Louis Partridge takes on the role of scheming Mr. Wickham, Jamie Demetriou will play the pompous Mr. Collins, and Daryl McCormack stars as Jane’s suitor Mr. Bingley. Siena Kelly joins as Caroline Bingley, while Shaw plays the formidable Lady Catherine de Bourgh.
The series is penned by Everything I Know About Love writer Dolly Alderton and directed by Heartstopper’s Euros Lyn. Produced by Lookout Point, the project’s executive producers include Lyn, Corrin, Laura Lankester, Will Johnston, and Louise Mutter, with Lisa Osborne serving as producer.
Based on Jane Austen’s second novel, the story follows Elizabeth Bennet, the second of five unmarried daughters in Hertfordshire, whose family estate can only be inherited by a male heir. The plot explores themes of manners, morality, education, and marriage within British Regency society as Elizabeth encounters various suitors, including the misunderstood Mr. Darcy.
Kingsman is best known for her satirical stage production One Woman Show, which earned a Best Show nomination at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards before transferring to London’s West End and New York. She recently appeared alongside Brad Pitt in F1: The Movie as PR aide Lisbeth and will next be seen in Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s Project Hail Mary, starring Ryan Gosling and Sandra Hüller. Her recent credits include I, Jack Wright for UKTV and Britbox, and four seasons as Rose in the French comedy series Parlement.
Additional credits include Apple TV+’s Hijack, The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin, political comedies Ballot Monkeys and Power Monkeys, Channel 5’s Borderline, BBC’s Pls Like, Starstruck, King Gary, ITV’s Timewasters, and French series Icon of French Cinema.
Kingsman is represented by Independent Talent Group, CAA, Untitled Entertainment, and Pinnacle PR. Her legal representation is provided by Yorn, Levine, Barnes, Krintzman, Rubenstein, Kohner, Endlich, Goodell & Gellman.
Source: Variety