Golda Rosheuvel

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).

Early life
Rosheuvel was born in Guyana to a Guyanese Anglican priest, Siegfrried Rosheuvel, and an English mother, Judith Evans. She moved frequently around Guyana due to her father's mission work, often staying with indigenous tribes. When she was five, her family moved in with her mother's brother in England before eventually settling in Hertfordshire, England. She has a brother.

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.

She studied for a diploma in performance at East Herts College, before going on to study musical theatre at the London Studio Centre.

Career
Rosheuvel's first professional theatre credit was portraying Donna on a nine-month European tour of Hair, while she was still in college.

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. In 2018, Rosheuvel played a lesbian version of Othello in Othello. 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. The series premiered on 25 December 2020 with positive reviews from critics. As a cast member, Rosheuvel received Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2021. In 2023, Rosheuvel reprised her role in its prequel series, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.

Rosheuvel later was cast in the romantic comedy film This Time Next Year, and the horror film Somewhere in Dreamland alongside Whitney Peak and S. Epatha Merkerson.

In March 2024, it was announced that Rosheuvel would appear in the upcoming Doctor Who episode "Space Babies" as Jocelyn.

Personal life
Her wife is writer and playwright Shireen Mula. She is a patron of An Tobar and Mull Theatre, a multi art-form creative hub on the Hebridean island of Mull.