Hannah New (38) will join the "Bridgerton" cast. This reports "Deadline". The British actress will play Lady Tilley Arnold, a hot-tempered widow, in the Netflix hit. "Widowed at a young age, she enjoys the privilege and power that comes with being head of her husband's estate and living a life on her own terms with financial independence and sexual freedom," the announcement said.

Confirming her cast on Instagram, New wrote, "I feel so incredibly blessed to be a part of this dream team! I can't wait for you guys to meet Lady Tilley Arnold. I couldn't ask for a more fabulous, impressive, fun and sexy woman to be." wish to play! Truly the stuff of dreams! Thanks to all who bring it to life." New was seen in the series "Black Sails" from 2014 to 2017, in 2014 she starred in the Disney film "Maleficent - The Dark Fairy".

The third season "Bridgerton", which is currently in production, is particularly about the love life of Lady Whistledown or Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan, 35) and Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton, 29), as the actress announced in mid-May would have. She wrote on Instagram: "Like Lady Whistledown, I've been keeping a pretty big secret for a while... But I can finally tell you that season 3 of 'Bridgerton' will be the story of Colin and Penelope."

In May it was also announced that Hannah Dodd (27) will replace her colleague Ruby Stokes as Francesca Bridgerton. Stokes will instead appear in the Netflix series Lockwood