Netflix and Shondaland announced the return of the popular web series set in England`s Regency era, "Bridgerton", with Season 2 set to premiere on March 25. The season will feature Simone Ashley, the British actress of Indian origin, who will play Kate Sharma to Lord Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey), reports `Variety`.

The character played by Ashley was originally Kate Sheffield in author Julia Quinn`s second Bridgerton novel, "The Viscount Who Loved Me" (2002), on which Season 2 is based. The writers of the web series changed her name to Kate Sharma to reflect her Indian heritage. In the forthcoming series, she`s shown as a new arrival from India, along with her sister Edwina, played by another British Indian actress, who`s also an Oxford graduate.