On Wednesday, April 26, Netflix hosted a Red Carpet and World Premiere Screening for “QUEEN CHARLOTTE: A BRIDGERTON STORY” at the Regency Village Theatre.
Creator and Executive Producer Shonda Rhimes, Executive Producer Betsy Beers, Executive Producer and Director Tom Verica, Co-Executive Producer Julia Quinn, Cast Golda Rosheuvel, India Amarteifio, Corey Mylchreest, Arsema Thomas, Sam Clemmett, Freddie Dennis, Hugh Sachs, Tunji Kasim, Peyvand Sadeghian and more.
Additional notable talent in attendance include Alicia Keys, Debbie Allen, James Pickens Jr., Nolan Gerard Funk, Davina Potratz, Monique Coleman, Alexis Knapp, Amanda Kloots, Kim Raver, Stacie Greenwell, and more.
Special guests of the premiere included Queens from the following HBCUs:
Aleya Barber (Miss Tuskegee University), Aliya Everett, (MIss Florida A&M University), Avionna Burns (Miss North Carolina A&T University), Chelsea Pratt (Miss Winston Salem), Jerika Edwards (MIss Dillard), Nailah Williams (Miss Clark Atlanta University), Naomi Harris (Miss Jackson State University), Nina Giddens, (Miss Xavier University of Louisiana), Nina Rutherford (Miss Benedict College), Taverlyn Shepard (Miss Prairie View A&M), Aaliyah Riddle (Miss Fisk University), and Sa’Mariah Harding (Miss Tennessee State University). See all the fun inside…
India Amarteifio wearing Elie Saab
Ted Sarandos, Co-CEO, Netflix and Queens of HBCU’s
Golda Rosheuvel and Shonda Rhimes
Tunji Kasim
Freddie Dennis
Alicia Keys
DJ Kiss
STARRING:
- India Amarteifio (Young Charlotte), Adjoa Andoh (Lady Danbury), Michelle Fairley (Princess Augusta), Ruth Gemmell (Lady Violet Bridgerton),Corey Mylchreest (Young King George), Golda Rosheuvel (Queen Charlotte), Arsema Thomas (Young Agatha Danbury), and Julie Andrews (Lady Whistledown), Sam Clemmett (Young Brimsley), Freddie Dennis (Reynolds), Hugh Sachs (Brimsley), Tunji Kasim (Adolphus), Peyvand Sadeghian (Coral)
ABOUT QUEEN CHARLOTTE: A BRIDGERTON STORY: Centered on Queen Charlotte’s rise to prominence and power, this Bridgerton-verse prequel tells the story of how the young Queen’s marriage to King George sparked both a great love story and a societal shift, creating the world of the Ton inherited by the characters in Bridgerton.
(Photos by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images for Netflix)
