Simone Ashley says 代表するing brown women onscreen has been 'a joy' and makes her feel '安全な and seen' as she stuns on cover of Vogue India

Simone Ashley has opened up on 存在 an actress of Indian 遺産, admitting rather than feel 圧力 to 代表する her community, she 'celebrates it'.

The actress, 29, 発射 to fame in 2022 when she played the feisty aristocrat Kate Sharma in Netflix?period 演劇 Bridgerton.

Born to?Indian Tamil parents, her character was changed to also be from India, with south Asian culture 存在 言及/関連 throughout the season, which was celebrated as a 抱擁する step in 多様制.

Appearing on the cover of the May 問題/発行する of Vogue India, Simone spoke about how it felt to 代表する her community.

She showcased her incredible beauty in rainbow (土地などの)細長い一片d one-shouldered dress, before slipping into a sheer white blouse and 陳列する,発揮するing her long 脚s.

Simone Ashley has opened up on being an actress of Indian heritage, admitting rather than feel pressure to represent her community, she 'celebrates it'

Simone Ashley has opened up on 存在 an actress of Indian 遺産, admitting rather than feel 圧力 to 代表する her community, she 'celebrates it'

The actress, 29, shot to fame in 2022 when she played the feisty aristocrat Kate Sharma in Netflix period drama Bridgerton (pictured)

The actress, 29, 発射 to fame in 2022 when she played the feisty aristocrat Kate Sharma in Netflix period 演劇 Bridgerton (pictured)?

Appearing on the cover of the May issue of Vogue India , Simone spoke about how it felt to represent her community

Appearing on the cover of the May 問題/発行する of Vogue India , Simone spoke about how it felt to 代表する her community

When asked if she felt 圧力 to 代表する Indians, she said: 'Not really, because I’m an actor. I’m not travelling far and wide to India to save the country.?

'But when you watch and read up on the history of India and what her people have gone through, it does feel 激しい.'

Simone said it was the 'best feeling' when fellow brown women told her how much it meant to them to see themselves 代表するd onscreen.?

She continued:?'代表するing Indian women has been such a joy. Ninety-nine per cent of the people who recognise me and come up to me are women of colour, and that’s the best feeling because they’re so excited for me.?

'They’ll 抱擁する me and t ell me how 冷静な/正味の it is to see brown women on-審査する. It makes me feel 安全な and seen, and even though I may be on a street in London, I suddenly don’t feel like I’m part of a 少数,小数派 community.

'I know that there can be 圧力 on women who are 代表するing their communities in the arts. Maybe one day I will do a 事業/計画(する) where it’s like, “I need to get this 権利.” But for now, I’m able to just feel happy and celebrate it.

She will be returning for the third season of Bridgerton, which is 始める,決める to 空気/公表する its?first half on?May 16, with the second arriving on June 13.?

The end of season two saw Kate marrying Viscount Anthony?Bridgerton, played by Jonathan Bailey.?

Simone said it was the 'best feeling' when fellow brown women told her how much it meant to them to see themselves represented onscreen

Simone said it was the 'best feeling' when fellow brown women told her h ow much it meant to them to see themselves 代表するd onscreen?

She will be returning for the third season of Bridgerton, which is set to air its first half on May 16, and said Kate has 'softened quite a bit' and is 'growing into her role as viscountess' after?marrying Anthony Bridgerton (pictured)

She will be returning for the third season of Bridgerton, which is 始める,決める to 空気/公表する its first half on May 16, and said Kate has '軟化するd やめる a bit' and is 'growing into her 役割 as viscountess' after?marrying Anthony Bridgerton (pictured)

A teaser trailer for the upcoming season released last month, showed the couple to s
till be very much in love, sharing a kiss mid-dance

A teaser trailer for the 近づいている season 解放(する)d last month, showed the couple to still be very much in love, 株ing a kiss 中央の-dance?

And Simone said that the new season will show that Kate has '軟化するd やめる a bit' and is 'growing into her 役割 as viscountess'.

A teaser trailer for the 近づいている season 解放(する)d last month, showed the couple to still be very much in love.

The clip sees Anthony asking his wife for a dance at a ball, before kissing her passionately?中央の-dance.

Speaking about her rise to stardom after appearing on the show, Simone 詳細(に述べる)d what it was like to navigate her newfound fame, 述べるing it as a 'whirlwind' and admitting to 存在 '圧倒するd'.

She said: 'I’m keeping my 長,率いる 負かす/撃墜する as much as I can. Life after Bridgerton has been so exciting. I was doing all these unbelievable things, like going to the Met 祝祭 and 狙撃 fashion 編集(者)のs.?It was a whirlwind.?

'There were days when I would think, “What is going on?”. I struggled to 収容する/認める that I was 圧倒するd because I’m a person with such clarity. I know 正確に/まさに what I’m doing and what I want.'

She also made a rare 言及/関連 to her boyfriend Tino Klein, as she said she planned to take him to India.

Simone said: 'If you’re an Indian returning to your 母国, it’s really powerful. I want to go 支援する with my boyfriend this winter. I can’t wait to do work that 許すs me to ex plore more of the country.'

Speaking about her rise to stardom after appearing on the show, Simone detailed what it was like to navigate her newfound fame, describing it as a 'whirlwind' and admitting to being 'overwhelmed'

Speaking about her rise to stardom after appearing on the show, Simone 詳細(に述べる)d what it was like to navigate her newfound fame, 述べるing it as a 'whirlwind' and admitting to 存在 '圧倒するd'?

She also made a rare reference to her boyfriend Tino Klein, as she said she planned to take him to India (pictured last year)

She also made a rare 言及/関連 to her boyfriend Tino Klein, as she said she planned to take him to India (pictured last year)?

Simone 確認するd her 関係 with Tino in March last year, going Instagram 公式の/役人 with loved-up snaps after packing on the PDA at a Netflix event.

While it is 不明瞭な how long the 星/主役にする and the CEO of the GP Ice Race,?have been dating, it has been 報告(する)/憶測d that they met at the F1 race in Monaco.

In 2022, the Mail on Sunday 明らかにする/漏らすd Simone's first serious 関係 was with coffee brand 経営者/支配人 Luke Richardson, who is 13 years her 上級の.

The couple met in an East London caf? where he was working as a barista and quickly moved in together.

They then moved to Los Angeles as Simone 追求するd her fledgling 審査する career, but their two-year 関係 ended when Grimsby-born Luke decided to leave California.

One of Luke's family friends said: 'Everything was 広大な/多数の/重要な for a couple of years. We genuinely thought they were on 跡をつける to marry an d have kids.

'It was a serious 関係. There is no 疑問 that Luke was really in love with Simone and the feeling was 明確に 報いるd.'

The source said that Simone quickly became 'like one of the family', but 追加するd: 'The closer they seemed to get together, the more Luke seemed to get 冷淡な feet.

'The way it ended was that it (機の)カム 負かす/撃墜する to this 問題/発行する of him not wanting to stay in LA. They did the long-distance thing for a while, and that didn't really work.'

Coffee brand manager Luke Richardson

Last year the Mail on Sunday 明らかにする/漏らすd Simone's first serious 関係 was with coffee brand 経営者/支配人 Luke Richardson, who is 13 years her 上級の (pictured)