Key Takeaways
- Claudia has been dating Cole Edwards, one of the casting directors of Bridgerton.
- She credits Edwards’s working-class background with helping her seize the role of Eloise.
- Her next project is a short film, Booty, written and directed by her partner Cole.
While she plays the free-spirited and unmarried Eloise Brigerton on the hit Netflix series Bridgerton, actress Claudia Jessie enjoys a real-life romance off-screen.
The 34-year-old has been dating Cole Edwards, one of the casting directors who helped her land her breakout role on ‘Bridgerton.’
Jessie and Edwards have kept their relationship relatively private, only giving glimpses into their romance during interviews.
However, the actress did open up a bit about how they met while reflecting on her ‘Bridgerton‘ audition process.
“I got a job and a fella on the same day,” Jessie told The Guardian.
“It was a great day for me, wasn’t it?”
Claudia Jessie
She credits Edwards’s working-class background as a casting director on Bridgerton with helping her seize the role of Eloise despite not coming from an upper-crust background typically associated with period dramas.
“I think Bridgerton is brilliant because there are loads of people who wouldn’t usually be seen in those roles as a lady or a duke,” Jessie said.
“When I get interviewed, I am often asked if I’d like to live in the Bridgerton world and I have to remind them that if I did I’d be staff.”
Claudia Jessie
While her life has changed drastically due to Bridgerton‘s global success, the working-class actress from Birmingham seems to be taking it all in stride.
She lives with Edwards and their pet dog in her hometown’s Jewellry Quarter.
She remains grateful just to be earning a living as an actor.
“If I can get some cash for acting I’m fucking winning. I didn’t think any of it would happen,” Jessie said.
“If it all went tits-up tomorrow and I died or something, well, my life has been amazing.”
Claudia Jessie
Her next project is a short film, Booty, written and directed by her partner Cole.
For now, she’s hinting at her unlikely success story—going from a girl who never dreamed of an acting career to a beloved star on one of Netflix’s biggest shows with a man she loves by her side.
In Case You Didn’t Know
- Claudia is well known for her portrayal of Amelia Sedley in the series “Vanity Fair.”
- She has had an impressive journey performing in productions and various plays.
