The arrival of the ‘Bridgerton‘ spin-off, ‘Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story,’ has made the fans excited. In the main Netflix series, Golda Rosheuvel played the mixed-race royal, Queen Charlotte. But in the spin-off series, the British actress India Amarteifio is portraying the character.
India Amarteifio, a Virgo born in September 2001, is having the moment! She has always been inclined toward acting, which gravitated her toward theater. She debuted in the ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ dance production in 2009. Later on, India was cast as Hortensia in the Cambridge Theatre adaptation of ‘Matilda the Musical.’ Amarteifio made her feature debut in 2019 with the film ‘Military Wives.’ With her playing Queen Charlotte, what is the ethnicity of the actress?
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India Amarteifio Is A Mixed-Race Child
Netflix has added another royal period drama to its catalog. ‘Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story’ stars India Amarteifio and Corey Mylchreest as Queen Charlotte and King George. It is believed that she is a descendant of the Black branch of Alfonso III’s royal Portugal family.
The lineage and ancestry of Charlotte have always been debatable. However, the evidence hints that she was of mixed race. India Amarteifio could relate to Queen Charlotte’s story. She is also a mixed-ethnic child. India’s mother is from Germany, and her father has Ghanaian ancestry.
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The Actress Found It Difficult To Fit In During Her Childhood
In April 2023, India Amarteifio sat down with Vogue for an interview. She has been receiving a lot of praise for her mature portrayal of Queen Charlotte in the new Netflix series. Charlotte came from Germany, and within six hours of meeting King George, she married him. Due to her mixed race, it was difficult for her to adjust to the family. Like her, Amarteifio also found it difficult to fit in due to her mixed ethnicity.
India Amarteifio told Vogue, when asked about her relatability to Queen Charlotte, that, “I’m mixed race. I’ve got a white mum and my dad is Black – born in London, but with Ghanaian ancestry – so I can relate to her in terms of not really knowing where you fit in. I know what it’s like to walk into a room and have everyone look at you because you’re the only person of color. There are so many scenes, especially early on in the series where Charlotte does exactly that.”
She continued, “In those moments, you feel alone and awkward, and it can be uncomfortable to talk about it, but by writing those scenes, Shonda’s starting that conversation and showing people that they aren’t alone. She’s also created spaces where you’re not alone as a person of color, and she’s diversifying these genres that, before this, weren’t really open to people like me.”
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