Shondaland’s hit Regency-era British drama, Bridgerton, has taken fans by storm all over the world becoming one of the most viewed and highest-rated shows in recent months. Always a fan-favorite genre, this Austen-esque period drama with lovely young ladies vying with each other to seek their grooms.
Viewers curious about the cast may want to know who among the talent of Bridgerton is taller in height than the others, and who rises above their short stature to deliver a power-packed performance.
10 Tallest: Bessie Carter 5 Ft. 10
One of the Featherington daughters, Prudence is one of Penelope’s two quintessentially moronic sisters. She, with her sister Phillipa, is forever looking out for suitors, pushed on by an overbearing mother.
Bessie Carter who plays Prudence, in spite of her character, is actually one of the tallest actors among the cast. At 5 feet 10 inches, Carter must tower over the other female, and even some male, actors on set.
9 Shortest: Ruby Barker 5 Ft. 6
Life might have been tough on the gorgeous Marina Thompson in this lavish, period-costume drama, although one hopes that she finally finds happiness with her lover’s brother, Phillip.
At any rate, Marina had turned the heat on quite some notches for a while, giving Daphne and the Duke a run for their money. The actor is not particularly short but still shorter than many at 5 feet 6.
8 Tallest: Luke Thomson 5 Ft. 11
The other Bridgerton brother, Benedict, is played by handsome actor Luke Thomson. Benedict might turn out to be one of the few queer characters on Bridgerton — there were certainly some hints to that in season 1 – and he is all poised for a more central role in upcoming seasons.
Benedict is also the only artistically minded person in the Bridgerton family apart from the intellectually inclined Eloise, with whom he seems to share the most camaraderie. Thomson is quite tall indeed at 5 feet 11 inches.
7 Shortest: Phoebe Dynevor 5 Ft. 5
Daphne Bridgerton started out looking meek and docile but ultimately proved to be feisty, and completely capable of making her own decisions without her brother or husband making them for her.
The petite Phoebe Dynevor is about 5 feet 5 inches, making her one of the shorter actors on set.
6 Tallest: René-Jean Page 5 Ft. 11
Fans swooning over Simon Basset might wish to know that Rene-Jean Page stands tall at 5 feet 11 inches, only slightly short of a full 6 feet.
The Duke of Hastings might no longer be central to the storyline in the second season of the series if the grapevine is to be believed, but one hopes that he continues to cut an impressive figure nonetheless.
5 Shortest: Adjoa Andoh 5 Ft 4
The matriarch Lady Danbury is not someone to cross. She is for all intents and purposes like a mother to the young Duke, having given him love, and a home when his own father didn’t want him.
However formidable though her character is, actor Adjoa Andoh stands at a rather short stature of 5 feet 4, although one wouldn’t know it by looking at her.
4 Tallest: Luke Newton 6 Ft.
Daphne’s brother, Colin, the third of the Bridgerton siblings, is played by the English actor Luke Newton. Colin is currently traveling the world after being bitterly disappointed when his romance with Marina Thomson fizzled out before it had begun.
The actor is one of the tallest in the cast at 6 feet, making him taller than Page and of course, Bailey, who plays his older brother Anthony.
3 Shortest: Sabrina Bartlett 5 Ft. 2
Sabrina Bartlett plays the wild Lord Bridgerton’s saucy secret, although she isn’t so much of a secret after all. Sienna Rosso is an opera singer engaging in shenanigans with the handsome Anthony, and is a victim of that moody, although perhaps ultimately well-meaning young man’s perpetual confusion.
Bartlett, like Coughlan, is tiny although her character’s booming soprano voice and spirited nature put her right at par with actors of larger gait. Bartlett's pairing with Jonathan Bailey, who is also not particularly tall, is cute enough, whether or not it lasts on the show.
2 Tallest: Martin Imhangbe 6 Ft. 3
Simon Basset’s friend and confidante, Mondrich, is played by strapping actor Martin Imhangbe. Mondrich is a boxer who seems to have fallen into hard times; the first season saw him unwillingly throwing a fight for the unscrupulous Lord Featherington to get the cut money.
Imhangbe is possibly the tallest actor on set at an impressive 6 feet 3 inches, which is several inches more than Page himself.
1 Shortest: Nicola Coughlan 5 Ft.
Penelope Featherington might have a massive secret up her sleeve — she has, after all, been revealed to be Lady Whistledown — but Nicola Coughlan is the shortest actor at 5-feet tall.
Coughlan’s short stature is probably an advantage for her character as Penelope isn’t someone who gets taken very seriously, at first sight, a result of society’s ingrained bias towards taller men and women, but is of course more intelligent and academic than most of the other characters.
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