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Topics: Bridgerton, TV And Film, Celebrity
Rhiannon Ingle
OK, OK - even though the latest season of everyone's favourite Regency-era drama dropped just last week (16 May), it's clear fans have rattled through the first part in no time at all.
Ever since the third season dropped, many Netflix viewers started clocking what some of their favourite cast members were doing before taking on their various roles on the 'Ton.
Hawk-eyed Bridgerton fans have already been left stunned after realising where they recognise Violet Bridgerton from.
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Ruth Gemmell AKA the Mrs Violet Bridgerton, mum of Anthony, Benedict, Colin, Daphne, Eloise, Francesca, Gregory and Hyacinth has already played another famous mother before.
Yep, in case you didn't recognise her immediately, Ruth once appeared as none other than Tracy Beaker's mum.
Fans pointed out Ruth's past acting gig in Tracy Beaker's The Movie Of Me on X, joking that the fictional orphan would feel vindicated that her mum actually was an actress, as she often claimed.
"The fact that Tracy Beaker's mum is in Bridgerton. She really was a famous actress after all, I knew Tracy wasn't lying," one wrote, sharing side-by-side shots of Ruth as violet and as Tracy's mum, Carly.
"I was waiting for someone else to notice this. The yelp I let out when I saw her face on my screen," another replied.
A third chipped in: "I was trying to think for so long what she has been in! Glad I'm not the only guilty one who used to watch Tracy Beaker."
"Hilarious, the contrast in the shows mentioned makes it funnier," as a fellow Tracy Beaker fan quipped.
And that's not all as fans were also baffled after realising where they recognised Eloise Bridgerton from - and it's miles away from the beloved steamy drama.
Claudia Jessie, who plays Eloise, also played DC Jodie Taylor in BBC's Line of Duty back in 2017.
DC Jodie Taylor worked alongside DCI Roz Huntley (played by Thandiwe Newton) who was the main target of AC-12's investigation into bent coppers.
Talk about range.
And now, Bridgerton fans are just discovering Luke Newton, who plays Colin Bridgerton, was once in a boy band.
Yes, before he landed a major role on the popular Netflix series, Luke was one quarter of the Sussex boy band South4, who signed a reported £1million record deal with Eagle Music back in their prime.
Before he played a dashing young gentleman from 1830s London, Luke formed a band with his three classmates at The BRIT School - a performing arts school that educated the likes of Jessie J and Adele.
With his band-mates Oli Evans, Joel Baylis and Henry Tredinnick, Luke formed South4. For a hot second, it looked like the boy band might have been on to something, signing an impressive deal with Eagle Music back in 2012, and releasing their debut single 'Cougar Town', which they pledged would be the 'song of the summer.'
Unfortunately, after the likes of Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe' , Nicki Minaj's 'Starships' and Maroon 5's 'Payphone' absolutely dashed their hopes of claiming song of the summer that year, the boy band's hype fizzled out, and South4 was no more.
Instead, Luke went on to land major roles in TV series like BBC's The Cut, Disney Channel's The Lodge, and - of course - Netflix's Bridgerton!
Bridgerton season 3 part one is currently available to stream on Netflix.