Who Will Play Sophie Beckett In Bridgerton Season 4? Yerin Ha Reportedly Cast In Lead Role

19 August 2024, 20:57 | Updated: 19 August 2024, 21:16

By Katie Louise Smith

Sophie Beckett will be Bridgerton season 4's leading lady opposite Luke Thompson's Benedict but who is the actress playing her?

Bridgerton season 4 is officially set to focus on Benedict Bridgerton and his romance with Sophie Beckett – and according to reports, she will be played by Australian actress Yerin Ha.

Yep, it's been confirmed that Benedict and Sophie will be the main couple in Bridgerton season 4. Luke Thompson will take over as our new leading man, following in the footsteps of Regé-Jean Page, Jonathan Bailey and Luke Newton.

Sophie, Benedict's future wife, has not yet appeared in the Netflix series but with Bridgerton season 4 set to begin production in the coming months, it shouldn't be long until Netflix share the first look at Luke and Yerin together.

Until then, here's everything we know so far...

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Who is Sophie Beckett in Bridgerton?

Sophie Beckett is the illegitimate daughter of an Earl, who, after his death, ends up being forced to work as a servant for her step-mother Araminta and step-sisters Rosmund and Posy. She first appears in Benedict's book, An Offer From A Gentleman.

One night, she sneaks out to the Bridgerton's masquerade ball, meets Benedict, dances with him and then flees at midnight. He then spends the next two years attempting to find out who she was, with the intent of marrying her.

Eventually, they cross paths again but Benedict has no idea that she is the woman he's been searching for this whole time. Sophie begins working for the Bridgertons and the two begin to explore their relationship but because of Benedict's vow to the unknown masked woman, things don't quite go so smoothly.

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Who plays Sophie Beckett in Bridgerton season 4?

Per Variety's report, Yerin Ha will be playing Sophie in Bridgerton season 4. Yerin is best known for her role as Kwan Ha on Paramount+'s Halo series.

Her casting has not yet officially been confirmed by Netflix or Shondaland, but a couple of Bridgerton cast members have already followed her on Instagram – including Florence Hunt (Hyacinth) and Victor Alli (John Stirling).

According to Collider, a casting call for a character named 'Emily' was shared ahead of Yerin's reported casting, and people think it was actually for the role of Sophie.

Described as a "major recurring role", 'Emily' is described as a character roughly between 24-30 years old, who is plucky, endlessly resourceful, and having trouble trusting others. 'Emily' is also scripted as an East Asian female.

Based on the fact that the role will involve "nudity and scenes of a sexual nature", fans have theorised that 'Emily' is likely a romantic interest of the lead character – who we now know is Benedict.

Will Bridgerton gender-flip Sophie Beckett?

Based on what we know so far about season 4, no. Benedict's love interest will be a woman, as confirmed by the official logline for the season, which details "a captivating Lady in Silver at his mother's masquerade ball."

Given that Benedict began to explore his sexuality in season 3, it's understandable that fans would want a male character to be at the centre of his love story.

Luke Thompson and showrunner Jess Brownell have since confirmed that Benedict is pansexual and that he will explore his 'fluid' sexuality further in season 4.

It's unclear how much the show will deviate from the book storyline in season 4, but ultimately, Benedict and Sophie appear to be endgame.

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