Bridgerton star says treating minority actors as box-tickers is 'unbelievably invalidating'

“I had people at university tell me, ‘You only got the lead in that show because they needed to have a person of colour in it.’"

Bridgerton star says treating minority actors as box-tickers is invalidating (Netflix/PA)

Bridgerton star Charithra Chandran says regarding minority actors as onscreen box-tickers is “unbelievably invalidating”.

The actress who plays Edwina Sharma in series two of Netflix’s raunchy period drama said minority actors inevitably felt pressure to represent their entire community.