Openly Gay ‘Bridgerton’ Star Golda Rosheuvel Was Told by a Lesbian Director to Stay in the Closet
Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWhen openly gay “Bridgerton” star Golda Rosheuvel —who plays the wigtastic gossip-loving Queen Charlotte on the Netflix series — was starting her acting career, she was told by a lesbian director that she should stay in the closet.“We were talking about being out and proud and representation and whether I should say I was gay in interviews,” Rosheuvel tells me on this week’s episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast. “And it was an absolute no: ‘You absolutely shouldn’t do that.
It could or it would ruin your career as an actor.’ I would rather lose a job than not be true to who I am. I’d rather not work in an industry that doesn’t accept me. …It just wasn’t how I was raised.
And then her being out as a female director, as a lesbian director, I was like, ‘I don’t understand this advice.’ It blew my mind.” Rosheuvel, who was known mostly as a theater actor in the U.K.
before “Bridgerton” gave her star a royal boost, will be in New York City on Saturday night at the Human Rights Campaign gala, where the LGBTQ civil rights organization will honor her with this year’s Equality Award. “I’m out and proud,” she says. “My sexuality is really important to me in terms of existing, knowing that I’m important.
