Netflix viewers are just realising where they recognise Violet Bridgerton from

OK, so any Bridgerton fans out there have probably already rattled through the first part of the latest season and are itching to binge the second part which will hit our screens next month (13 June).

This season, we've been treated to a whole bunch of steamy scenes and Regency era drama and I'm sure many Netflix viewers were keen to be reunited with all the familiar faces of the cast - especially Luke Newton and Nicola Coughlan.

And you can't forget about Ruth Gemmell AKA the Mrs Violet Bridgerton, mum of

Anthony, Benedict, Colin, Daphne, Eloise, Francesca, Gregory and Hyacinth.

However, Bridgerton fans are only just realising where they recognise her from.

The matriarch of the Bridgerton family 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.

Lady Violet is the matriarch of the Bridgerton family. (Netflix)

"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.

Bristol-born actress Ruth also starred in Fever Pitch and Utopia as well as Shirley Knottin in Doc Martin and Gina Graham in Deep State.

But now many will forever know her as mama Bridgerton.

Her character is a kindly widow who truly wants love for her eight children, but needs a little help teaching them sex-ed.

Fans were losing their minds over Ruth Gemmell previously playing another famous TV mother. (BBC)

In other Bridgerton news, Nicola - AKA Penelope - had quite a specific request about her sex scenes and I'm sure it's something we can all probably relate to.

Ever been watching the telly with your parents only to be left absolutely mortified when a racy scene unfolds and you have to just sit there in painfully awkward silence?

Well, it's something Nicola clearly had in mind on set as she asked for a PG version of the show to be created just so that her parents were able to watch.

Speaking to The Sun, she said: "It's literally written into my contract. People think I'm saying it as a joke.

"I grew up Irish Catholic, that's just not how we vibe."

Bridgerton season 3 part one is currently available to stream on Netflix.