I Generally, don’t believe actors who claim to be shy. Who insist that this crippling introversion drew them to the West End, the BBC, Broadway or Hollywood. Claudia Jessie could convince me, however. “Adjoa [Andoh], who plays Bridgerton’s Lady Danbury, said to me, ‘Are you a shy person, Claudia?’ “She grins and shrugs. “And I was like, ‘Oh my god, that’s me, isn’t it? I’m a screaming, shy person. ‘”
Today Jessie is sitting cross-legged on a sofa in the corner of a south London studio and has not yet screamed. However, it has turned out to be a sack of contradictions. The Bridgerton breakout star, in which she plays the privileged, ambitious, book addict and hooded plays
