Bridgerton had to recast her role

Ruby Stokes is currently playing Hannah in the brilliantly eerie The Jetty, BBC One and iPlayer’s next thriller to watch – and the latest in a string of high-profile roles for the actress.

Bridgerton fans will surely know her from her role as Francesca in the popular Netflix drama. However, the series was forced to replace her in the middle of filming the second season.

Why was actress Hannah Dodd cast as the new Francesca? And what other films has Ruby Stokes starred in? Here’s everything you need to know.

Who plays Hannah in The Jetty on BBC One?

Actress Ruby Stokes plays Hannah Manning in the cast of The Jetty. Hannah is the daughter of Jenna Coleman’s Detective Ember Manning.

Ember’s husband and Hannah’s father died of cancer a year ago. Mother and daughter grieved but were closer than ever. But as the drama continues, it becomes clear that there is definitely a problem.

Detective Ember is called to investigate the case of a pregnant teenager who brings back memories of her own teenage pregnancy… Could the case unravel the threads of her past?

Created and written by Cat Jones (of Wolfe and Harlots fame), the four-part crime thriller explores sexual morality, age of consent, grooming, identity and memory. It is both a coming-of-age story and a crime thriller…

In addition to Jenna and Ruby, the cast includes Tom Glynn-Carney from “House of the Dragon”, Archie Renaux from “Romulus”, Laura Marcus from “Bad Education” and Weruche Opia from “I May Destroy You”.

Amelia Bullmore from “The Larkins” also stars alongside “The Terror” Matthew McNulty, “The Witch” Ralph Ineson and “Shardlake” Arthur Hughes.

How old is Ruby Stokes?

In real life, Ruby Stokes is 23 years old. She was born on September 4, 2000 in Hackney, London.

In The Jetty, however, she plays a character who is at least five years younger. Hannah Manning still goes to school and still wears a uniform. Even though her mother lets her smoke and drink beer.

Was she in Bridgerton?

Bridgerton fans will know Ruby Stokes from the first and second seasons of the Netflix series. Ruby portrayed Francesca Bridgerton in both series from 2020 to 2022. However, she only appeared in five episodes and was not a main character.

However, the show was forced to replace her in the middle of the second season. In 2022, Find Me in Paris actress Hannah Dodd took over the role.

Why did Ruby Stokes leave Bridgerton?

Ruby Stokes gave up her role as Francesca Bridgerton due to a scheduling conflict. She left the series to film the supernatural drama Lockwood & Co.

Her absence for much of the second season was due to her commitment to the Netflix thriller Lockwood & Co. In the series, Ruby played the lead role of Lucy Carlyle.

Showrunner Chris Van Dusen told TVLine, “I love Francesca, but we lost her halfway through Season 2. After exhausting all other options, unfortunately she had to exit for reasons beyond our control.”

What other films has Jetty star Ruby Stokes appeared in?

Ruby Stokes began her career as a child actress. She appeared in a few small television roles before landing the role in the 2016 feature film Una. Ruby played the younger version of Rooney Mara’s character Una in the film.

In 2019, she played the lead role in the award-winning film “Rocks.” The following year, she was cast in the role of Francesca, the sixth Bridgerton child.

In 2021, Ruby played Isabelle in the horror film A Banquet. And in 2022, Ruby was cast as Lucy Carlyle in the Netflix adaptation of Lockwood & Co.

Ruby then played Samantha Morton’s daughter Florence in the spooky Paramount+ series The Burning Girls.

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The Jetty will premiere on BBC iPlayer at 6am on Monday 15 July 2024 and on BBC One at 9pm the same day.

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