Film & TV NewsJulie Andrews Tapped for Shondaland and Netflix's Bridgerton SeriesThe Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music star is the first actor set for the Netflix series, due in 2020.
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Dan Meyer
June 19, 2019
Julie Andrews
Fans of the Bridgerton book series will get a spoonful of sugar when Julie Andrews lends her voice as mysterious narrator Lady Whistledown in the upcoming Netflix adaptation.
Julia Quinn鈥檚 Bridgerton eight-book series follows a high class family鈥檚 search for love in the 19th Century. The Oscar-winning Mary Poppins star will play the anonymous gossip columnist, whose salacious stories send the Bridgerton family into a frenzy.
The currently untitled television adaptation is created by Scandal veteran Chris Van Dusen. It is one of eight shows ordered last year as part of Shonda Rhimes鈥� deal with Netflix.
Andrews has appeared on the streaming service before with Julie鈥檚 Greenroom, which she co-created with her daughter. She her second memoir, titled Home: A Memoir of My Early Years, this fall.
Last season, Rhimes was a producer on the Broadway premiere of American Son, soon head to Netflix with stars Kerry Washington and Steven Pasquale.
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Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady on Broadway
Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady on Broadway
