The Untold Truth Of Bridgerton's Claudia Jessie

Despite how impressive Claudia Jessie is in Bridgerton, she had no formal training before she started acting because her family couldn't afford it. She told the Belfast Telegraph in 2018, "My family were so poor. My mum would clean houses to maybe get me to a ballet class, bless her. My dad — when he was still about — I don't think he worked. We were fighting off bailiffs at the door."

Her first acting role was in a 2012 short called Rosie before landing a bit part in the TV show House of Anubis. She's continued to act in a variety of TV shows, but Bridgerton is her first major role that's brought her to TV screens around the world. Jessie's a humble actress, though, and even lives on a canal boat in the U.K., she told You magazine in 2018. Apparently she grew up living in a similar home and she loved it so much that she bought one of her own as an adult. Talking to Shondaland in December 2020, she said that the day she moved onto her boat was one of the best of her life. "My first night on the boat consisted of me and my mum unpacking everything until the early hours of the morning, whilst drinking a lot of wine."

She's also been open about her Buddhism and the levity it brings to her life. We're sure it's been a great way for her to re-center herself among this Bridgerton hubbub! 

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